plurigenera
plural of plurigenus

plurigenus
The dimension of a canonical ring.

pluto
To demote or devalue something.

podia
plural of podium

podium
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
A result amongst the best three at a competition.
A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
A foot or footstalk.

podiums
plural of podium

polynema
A connected graph.

polynemas
plural of polynema

pompions
plural of pompion

potter wasp
A wasp of a group in the subfamily Eumeninae of family Vespidae.

potter wasps
plural of potter wasp

pratincoles
plural of pratincole

presystole
cardiac contraction that follows the diastole and precedes the systole

presystoles
plural of presystole

prolabium
The exposed or outer part of the lip.

propodea
plural of propodeum
plural of propodeon

prosonomasia
An allusion to the similarity of sound of several names or words.

protopodia
plural of protopodium

protopodium
A primitive foot

psammoseres
plural of psammosere

pseudopodium
pseudopod

pteromalids
plural of pteromalid

pumpions
plural of pumpion

radiolaria
The members of the taxonomic subclass Radiolaria; radiolarians.

radiolithium
radioactive lithium

red ant
Any of various red-coloured ants.
Any of various red-coloured ants.
Any of various red-coloured ants.
Any of various red-coloured ants.
Any of various red-coloured ants.
Any of various red-coloured ants.
Any of various red-coloured ants.

red imported fire ant
Solenopsis invicta, a red ant native to South America that has become a pest in numerous other regions.

red wasp
Polistes carolina, a paper wasp found in the eastern United States.
Polistes rubiginosus, a paper wasp found in the eastern United States.
Polistes canadensis, a paper wasp found across the Neotropical realm, from Arizona through Central America and into South America.
Polistes major castaneicolor, a paper wasp found in the desert southwestern United States and into Sonora, Mexico.
Vespula rufa, a yellowjacket found in Eurasia.
Vespula intermedia, a yellowjacket found in North America.

resin bees
plural of resin bee

rhizopodia
plural of rhizopodium

rhizopodium
a pseudopodium of the rhizopods.

ringed paper wasp
A paper wasp of species Polistes annularis.

rose sawfly
Arge ochropus, a sawfly that attacks rose plants.

rya
A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.

ryas
plural of rya

samba
A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.

sambas
plural of samba

sand wasp
A predatory crabronid wasp that builds burrowlike nests in the ground:
A predatory crabronid wasp that builds burrowlike nests in the ground:

sand wasps
plural of sand wasp

sawflies
plural of sawfly

sawfly
Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.

scelionids
plural of scelionid

scobina
The pedicle of the spikelets of grasses.

scobinae
plural of scobina

scolia
plural of scolion
plural of scolium

scrobiculi
plural of scrobiculus

scrobiculus
A pit or depression.

semen
A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.

semens
plural of semen

seres
plural of sere

short-haired bumblebee
A species of bumblebee, Bombus subterraneus, native to Eurasia.

sigilla
plural of sigillum

silsila
Lineage or genealogy, in Arab contexts.

silsilas
plural of silsila

sima
The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.

simas
plural of sima

sirenes
plural of siren

skullcup
A kapala.

skullcups
plural of skullcup

small carpenter bee
Any bee of the genus Ceratina.

small carpenter bees
plural of small carpenter bee

solitaries
plural of solitary

solitary
One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
Ellipsis of solitary confinement.
The state of being solitary; solitude

southeastern blueberry bee
Habropoda laboriosa, a species of bee found in the southeastern United States.

spheges
plural of sphex

sphex
Any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.

sphexes
plural of sphex

spider wasp
Any of the solitary wasps in the Pompilidae family, which feed on spiders; a pompilid.

spider wasps
plural of spider wasp

spider-hunting wasp
spider wasp

squash bees
plural of squash bee

stenotritids
plural of stenotritid

stepmamas
plural of stepmama

stepmamma
stepmother

stepmomma
stepmother

stereocamera
A camera, fitted with two lenses, that can produce stereoscopic photographs

stereocameras
plural of stereocamera

stilts
plural of stilt

stingless bees
plural of stingless bee

stipitipellis
The cuticle of the stipe.

subcreator
A created being that also creates.

subcreators
plural of subcreator

surculi
plural of surculus

surculus
A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.

sweat bee
Any of various bees that are attracted to the salt in human sweat, principally Halictidae spp.

sweat bees
plural of sweat bee

syllabi
plural of syllabus

syllabus
A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.

syntexis
A change in the structure of magma by melting or the assimilation of a different type of rock.
emaciation or wasting away

systases
plural of systasis

systasis
The combination of different elements; synthesis.
A union or confederation.

systole
The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.

systoles
plural of systole

tala
The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

talas
plural of tala

tarpa
A wind instrument that is played by blowing into a reservoir chamber that is connected to two bamboo pipes attached to a resonating chamber. It is primarily played by the Western Indian Warli tribe.

tarsalia
plural of tarsale

telecamera
A television camera, or a video camera more generally.

telecameras
plural of telecamera

terminator
Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
An intelligent android created to destroy humans.

terminators
plural of terminator

thermocamera
A camera that is sensitive to thermal (infrared) radiation

thermocameras
plural of thermocamera

thief ant
Solenopsis molesta, very small ants that sometimes nest close to other ant nests, from which they steal food.

thoron
Radon-220 (22086Rn; symbol Tn), an isotope of radon
Alternative form of thorin (“C₁₆H₁₁AsN₂O₁₀S₂.₂Na”).

tortilladora
A tortilla press.

torymids
plural of torymid

tractates
plural of tractate

trapjaw ant
Alternative form of trap-jaw ant.

trichoclasis
A brittle condition of the hair.

trichogramma
Any of the tiny insect-egg-parasitizing wasps in the genus Trichogramma, which are widely used as for biological control.

trichogrammas
plural of trichogramma

trigona
plural of trigonon