English words starting with pt - page 2

Meanings of Pterygoid:

adjective

Relating to the sphenoid bone (= a bone in the lower part of the skull)

Meanings of Pterygoidal:

adjective

Pterygoid.

Meanings of Pterygomaxillary:

adjective

Of or relating to the pterygoid process and the maxilla.

Meanings of Pterygopalatine:

adjective

Of or relating to the pterygoid process and the palate or palatine bone.

Meanings of Pterygopharyngeal:

adjective

Of or relating to the pterygoid process and the pharynx.

Meanings of Pterygopharyngean:

adjective

Of or relating to the pterygoid process and the pharynx.

Meanings of Pterygopodium:

noun

The clasper of an elasmobranch; a similarly adapted fin in male fishes of the family poeciliidae.

Meanings of Pterygoquadrate:

adjective

Of or relating to the pterygoid process and the quadrate bone; specifically designating a cartilage forming the upper jaw in sharks, regarded as homologous to the pterygoid process and quadrate bone of other vertebrates.

Meanings of Pterygospinous:

adjective

Of or relating to the pterygoid process and the spine of the sphenoid bone; specifically designating a ligament running from the spine of the sphenoid bone to the lateral pterygoid plate.

Meanings of Pterygota:

plural noun

A large group of insects that comprises those that have wings or winged ancestors, including the majority of modern species.

Usage examples:

In most insects (the pterygota) the thorax posses one or two pairs of wings for flying.

Meanings of Pteryla:

noun

Any of several distinct tracts on a bird's skin in which feathers grow.

Meanings of Pterylography:

noun

The scientific description of the disposition and arrangement of the feathers of birds; a treatise on this.

Meanings of Pterylosis:

noun

The arrangement or disposition of the feathers of a bird, especially where this occurs in distinct tracts (pterylae); an instance of this.

Meanings of Ptilinal:

adjective

Of or relating to a ptilinum.

Meanings of Ptilinum:

noun

A structure on the head of cyclorrhaphous dipteran flies which can be inflated (especially to rupture the puparium) and later atrophies, leaving a suture.

Meanings of Ptilopaedic:

adjective

Of a bird: hatched with a complete covering of down. contrasted with psilopaedic.

Meanings of Ptilosis:

noun

The appearance or characteristics of the feathers (especially the down feathers) of a bird; the plumage; the study of this.

Meanings of Ptochocracy:

noun

A government elected by or consisting of the poor; (in extended use) poor people considered as a class.

Meanings of Ptochogony:

noun

The creation of a class of poor people; (hence) poverty.

Meanings of Ptolemaean:

noun

A member of the ptolemaic dynasty of egypt. compare "ptolemaic".

adjective

Of or relating to this dynasty or the period of its rule; = "ptolemaic".

Meanings of Ptolemaian:

adjective

Ptolemaic.

Meanings of Ptolemaic:

adjective

Relating to the greek astronomer ptolemy or his theories.

Usage examples:

Her vernacular dutch writings reflect familiarity with latin, rhetoric, numerology, ptolemaic astro…

Meanings of Ptolemaism:

noun

Belief in the ptolemaic system of astronomy.

Meanings of Ptolemaist:

noun

An advocate of the ptolemaic system of astronomy; = "ptolemaic".

Meanings of Ptolemean:

noun

A member of the ptolemaic dynasty of egypt. compare "ptolemaic".

adjective

Of or relating to this dynasty or the period of its rule; = "ptolemaic".