(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gastropore
gastropore
noun
A pore, in a hydrozoan coral, containing a gastrozooid
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geothlypis
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
glossotype
glossotype
noun
A particular phonetic writing system.
gobstopper
gobstopper
noun
A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
grapestone
grapestone
noun
(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
A seed of the grape.
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
logotypies
osteophage
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
pedagogist
pedagogist
noun
A pedagogical teacher
pedologist
pedologist
noun
A scientist who specializes in pedology.
A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed.
A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems.
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
pigmentose
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
plastogene
plastogene
noun
(genetics) The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids
poetiising
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
portuguese
portuguese
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.
Noun
A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
Proper noun
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of and
postgenial
postplegic
postsigner
prestorage
prestorage
adj
Prior to storage.
prestoring
propagates
propagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propagate
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
protogenes
protostega
pterygotus
pygostyled
pygostyled
adj
Having a pygostyle.
reportages
reportages
noun
plural of reportage
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
scapegoats
scapegoats
noun
plural of scapegoat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scapegoat
signposted
signposted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of signpost
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper
sporangite
spurgewort
spurgewort
noun
Any euphorbiaceous plant.
steatopyga
steatopyga
noun
(archaic) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially Khoekhoe women.
steatopygy
steganopod
steganopod
noun
(zoology) Any of the Steganopodes.
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.