The original procedure of closing a retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery.
intergroupal
intergroupal
adj
Synonym of intergroup
interrupting
interrupting
verb
present participle of interrupt
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
ligniperdous
ligniperdous
adj
(zoology) Wood-destroying; said of certain insects and fungi.
meganthropus
multipronged
multipronged
adj
Having multiple elements or aspects
Having multiple prongs
necrophagous
necrophagous
adj
That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
nephrogenous
nephrogenous
adj
Involved in forming the kidney.
Of renal origin.
neurographic
neurographic
adj
Relating to neurography
neuronophagy
neuronophagy
noun
neuronophagia
neurypnology
neurypnology
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of neurohypnology
nonpurgative
nonpurgative
adj
Not purgative.
outpreaching
outpreaching
verb
present participle of outpreach
outspreading
outspreading
verb
present participle of outspread
overtrumping
overtrumping
verb
present participle of overtrump
pantagruelic
papercutting
papercutting
noun
The art of cutting decorative designs out of paper.
The traditional Chinese form of such an art, also known as jianzhi.
paralanguage
paralanguage
noun
(linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify meaning and convey emotion, such as pitch, volume, and intonation
pasteurising
pasteurising
verb
present participle of pasteurise
pasteurizing
pasteurizing
verb
present participle of pasteurize
pelargoniums
pelargoniums
noun
plural of pelargonium
pergameneous
pergameneous
adj
parchment-like
perlingually
perpetuating
perpetuating
verb
present participle of perpetuate
persuadingly
persuadingly
adv
persuasively
perturbingly
perturbingly
adv
In a manner that perturbs.
peruginesque
pervulgation
pervulgation
noun
(obsolete) The act of publishing; publication.
peutingerian
peutingerian
Adjective
Of or relating to German humanist and antiquarian of the 15th and 16th century; applied to the a map of the road network in the Roman Empire, which was bequeathed to him in 1508.
pinguiferous
pleurogenous
plunderingly
pneumatogram
pneumatogram
noun
(physiology) A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph.
pneumographs
pneumographs
noun
plural of pneumograph
pneumography
pneumography
noun
scientific description of the lungs.
postgeniture
postgeniture
noun
The fact of being born after someone else of the same bloodline.
praecognitum
preacquiring
preacquiring
verb
present participle of preacquire
preadjusting
preadjusting
verb
present participle of preadjust
precapturing
precensuring
precolluding
precommuning
precomputing
precomputing
verb
present participle of precompute
preconfigure
preconfigure
verb
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in advance so that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking.
(transitive, computing) To set up or configure a software system or hardware device with standard settings before selling or implementing it.
preconfusing
preconsuming
preconsuming
verb
present participle of preconsume
prededucting
prededucting
verb
present participle of prededuct
predisputing
preeducating
preencourage
preequipping
preexcluding
preexecuting
prefocussing
prefungoidal
pregeniculum
preguarantee
preguarantor
pregustation
pregustation
noun
The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste.
preinaugural
preinaugural
adj
Preceding or in preparation for an inauguration
preincluding
preincluding
verb
present participle of preinclude
preindulgent
preindulging
prejudgement
prejudgement
noun
Alternative spelling of prejudgment
prejudgments
prejudgments
noun
plural of prejudgment
prelaunching
prelecturing
prelingually
prelingually
adv
In a prelingual manner
premeasuring
premeasuring
verb
present participle of premeasure
premutinying
preneuralgic
prenumbering
prenumbering
verb
present participle of prenumber
preoccupying
preoccupying
verb
present participle of preoccupy
preoccurring
preoutlining
prepurposing
prerequiring
prerequiring
verb
present participle of prerequire
pressurising
pressurising
verb
present participle of pressurise
pressurizing
pressurizing
verb
present participle of pressurize
prestonsburg
presuffering
presupplying
presupplying
verb
present participle of presupply
presupposing
presupposing
verb
present participle of presuppose
presurmising
presurveying
pretorturing
preutilizing
preventuring
primigenious
primigenious
adj
Alternative form of primigenous
probudgeting
propugnacled
protargentum
proteogenous
pseudogenera
pseudorganic
puddingberry
puppeteering
puppeteering
noun
The art or trade of a puppeteer.
The manipulation of a person, event etc.
pyretogenous
pyretogenous
adj
Synonym of pyrogenic
pyroligneous
pyroligneous
adj
Produced from wood by the action of heat, especially by destructive distillation.
recuperating
recuperating
verb
present participle of recuperate
repopulating
repopulating
verb
present participle of repopulate
republishing
republishing
verb
present participle of republish
repugnancies
repugnancies
noun
plural of repugnancy
repurchasing
repurchasing
verb
present participle of repurchase
resuspending
resuspending
verb
present participle of resuspend
scuppernongs
scuppernongs
noun
plural of scuppernong
septuagenary
septuagenary
adj
(now rare) Of or related to the number seventy, particularly
Synonym of septuagenarian: lasting or aged seventy years; seventy-year-old.
noun
(now rare) Synonym of septuagenarian: a seventy-year-old.
sepulchering
sepulchering
verb
present participle of sepulcher
shippensburg
spermagonium
spermagonium
noun
(lichenology) Alternative spelling of spermogonium
spermogenous
spermogonium
spermogonium
noun
(lichenology) A conceptacle of certain lichens, containing spermatia.
spermogonous
sphingurinae
spongiferous
springhouses
springhouses
noun
plural of springhouse
springwurzel
sputteringly
sputteringly
adv
With sputtering noises.
stauropegion
stauropegion
noun
(initially) In Eastern Orthodoxy, the placement of a cross by a bishop which symbolises his approval of the construction of a church or monastery on the site the cross is placed.
(later) In Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism, an autonomous Orthodox church body (church, monastery, brotherhood, lavra, theological school) which does not answer to any local hierarch, but is ruled directly by the highest authority of the church, i.e. the primate of the said church (e.g. a Patriarch) or in the case of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1721 and 1918 by the Most Holy Synod. Similar to a personal prelature.
stephensburg
sulphureting
sulphureting
verb
present participle of sulphuret
superangelic
superangelic
adj
Superior to angels in power, rank, nature, etc.
supercoiling
supercoiling
noun
(genetics) The coiling of the DNA helix upon itself; can cause disruption to transcription and lead to cell death
supercombing
supercooling
supercooling
noun
The process by which a material is supercooled.
verb
present participle of supercool
superelegant
superelegant
adj
Very elegant.
superengrave
supererogant
supererogant
adj
supererogatory
superfitting
supergallant
supergallant
adj
Very gallant.
supergeneric
supergeneric
adj
(taxonomic) Above the level of a genus.
superheating
superheating
noun
The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially the heating of a liquid above its boiling point