(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
deputations
deputations
noun
plural of deputation
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
inaptitudes
inaptitudes
noun
plural of inaptitude
inauspicate
inauspicate
adj
(obsolete) inauspicious
incapsulate
incapsulate
verb
Alternative form of encapsulate
instipulate
intercampus
intercampus
adj
between universities or colleges
katipuneros
manipulates
manipulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate
outpatients
outpatients
noun
plural of outpatient
outpleasing
outpleasing
verb
present participle of outplease
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
painfullest
painfullest
adj
superlative form of painful: most painful
panneuritis
parturients
parturients
noun
plural of parturient
peculations
peculations
noun
plural of peculation
peninsulate
peninsulate
verb
(transitive) To make into a peninsula; to surround almost entirely with water.
pentacrinus
petulancies
petulancies
noun
plural of petulancy
piquantness
piquantness
noun
The quality of being piquant.
pneumatosic
pneumatosis
pneumatosis
noun
(medicine) the abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in the body.
precautions
precautions
noun
plural of precaution
preinsulate
pugnacities
pugnacities
noun
plural of pugnacity
pyraustinae
reputations
reputations
noun
plural of reputation
resupinated
resupinated
adj
Alternative form of resupinate
septenarius
septenarius
noun
(prosody) A verse having seven metrical feet.
septinsular
septinsular
adj
Consisting of seven islands.
speculating
speculating
noun
speculation
verb
present participle of speculate
speculation
speculation
noun
(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
(obsolete) An act of looking at something; examination, observation.
(obsolete) The faculty of sight.
(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
subdiapente
superdainty
superdainty
adj
(rare) Very dainty.
supergiants
supergiants
noun
plural of supergiant
superlation
superlation
noun
(obsolete) exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety
supernation
supernation
noun
An alliance or union of several nations into a nationlike entity.
supersanity
superstrain
superstrain
noun
A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.
verb
(obsolete) To overstrain.
thelphusian
unaspirated
unaspirated
adj
(phonology) Not aspirated.
unipetalous
unipetalous
adj
Having a single petal.
unpractised
unpractised
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of unpracticed