English words starting with ps - page 2

Meanings of Pseudimago:

noun

A form or stage that resembles the adult but is not a true adult; especially the subimago of a mayfly.

Meanings of Pseudo:

adjective

Not genuine; spurious or sham.

Usage examples:

We are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind

noun

A pretentious or insincere person.

Usage examples:

The arty chat of a campus pseudo

combining form

Supposed or purporting to be but not really so; false; not genuine.

Usage examples:

Pseudonym

prefix

Pretended and not real

Usage examples:

Pseudo-religious, a pseudo-intellectual

Meanings of Pseudoaconitine:

noun

A highly poisonous alkaloid related to aconitine and occurring in several aconites, especially bikh, aconitum ferox.

Meanings of Pseudoalkaloid:

noun

A substance resembling an alkaloid.

Meanings of Pseudoallele:

noun

Each of two or more mutations that are allelic functionally, in that they affect the same process or property, but not structurally, in that crossing over is possible between them.

Meanings of Pseudoallelic:

adjective

Behaving as or consisting of pseudoalleles.

Meanings of Pseudoallelism:

noun

The state or property of being pseudoallelic.

Meanings of Pseudoarthrosis:

noun

A false joint, especially one formed when the two parts of a fractured bone fail to unite; the formation of such a joint.

Meanings of Pseudoarticulation:

noun

A structure in an arthropod that has the appearance of an articulation but does not actually form one.

Meanings of Pseudoasymmetry:

noun

The property of an atom of being bonded to two enantiomorphic groups.

Meanings of Pseudoataxia:

adjective

Resembling (that of) ataxia.

Meanings of Pseudobasidium:

noun

(in certain fungi) a spore-bearing structure resembling a basidium or resulting from modification of a basidium.

Meanings of Pseudobranch:

noun

A structure resembling a gill, but not functioning as one; specifically (in many fishes) a structure anterior to the gills that in adults receives blood that has already been oxygenated in the gills, but which may have had a respiratory function in early life.

Meanings of Pseudobranchia:

noun

= pseudobranch .

Meanings of Pseudobranchial:

adjective

Relating to or of the nature of a pseudobranch (pseudobranchia).

Meanings of Pseudobrookite:

noun

A rare black to reddish-brown mineral which resembles brookite and occurs in volcanic rocks as small tabular or acicular crystals.

Meanings of Pseudobulb:

noun

A bulbous enlargement of the stem in many orchids, especially tropical and epiphytic ones.

Usage examples:

Microstylis and its relatives, although often growing on the ground, have pseudobulbs (probably ind…

Meanings of Pseudobulbar:

adjective

Designating or relating to a syndrome resembling bulbar palsy, with paralysis of the muscles of the face, tongue, and pharynx, but caused by supranuclear (upper motor neuron) lesions.

Meanings of Pseudobulbil:

noun

(in certain ferns) an aposporous gametophyte.

Meanings of Pseudobulbous:

adjective

Of the nature of or having a pseudobulb; apparently but not truly bulbous.

Meanings of Pseudocarp:

noun

Technical term for false fruit.

Meanings of Pseudocele:

noun

A principal body cavity which is not completely lined with cells of mesodermal origin, and is thus distinguished from a true coelom; especially one formed by persistence of the blastocoel of the early embryo (typical of certain protostome invertebrates).

Meanings of Pseudochromesthesia:

noun

A form of synaesthesia in which a mental impression of colour is produced by the stimulation of another sense, especially hearing.

Meanings of Pseudochrysolite:

noun

A glassy substance resembling obsidian, now identified with moldavite.

Meanings of Pseudocirrhosis:

noun

(originally) severe hepatic congestion secondary to constrictive pericarditis; (later) any liver disease resembling cirrhosis.