| CARDPLAYER | • cardplayer n. One who plays card games. • CARDPLAYER n. one who plays cards. |
| CARPELLARY | • carpellary adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to carpels. • CARPELLARY adj. belonging to, forming, or containing carpels. |
| CEROGRAPHY | • cerography n. The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax. • cerography n. A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax. • CEROGRAPHY n. writing or printing on plates spread with wax. |
| COPARTNERY | • copartnery n. The state of being copartners in any undertaking. • COPARTNERY n. the state of being copartners in any undertaking. |
| COPYREADER | • copyreader n. One who copyreads. • COPYREADER n. a subeditor. |
| CORPORALLY | • corporally adv. In or with the body; bodily. • CORPORAL adv. relating to the body. |
| CRYPTOGRAM | • cryptogram n. Encrypted text. • cryptogram n. (Games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded. • CRYPTOGRAM n. anything written in cipher, also CRYPTOGRAPH. |
| HYPERBARIC | • hyperbaric adj. Of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure (as of oxygen). • HYPERBARIC adj. having specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. |
| MICROPARTY | • microparty n. (Chiefly Australian politics) A very small political party. • MICROPARTY n. a small political party, especially one focussing on a single issue. |
| MICROPYLAR | • micropylar adj. Of or pertaining to micropyles. • MICROPYLAR adj. of or like a micropyle, a micropore in ovum for spermatozoon. |
| PATRIARCHY | • patriarchy n. (Anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority… • patriarchy n. A power structure in which men are dominant. • patriarchy n. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate. |
| PORNOCRACY | • pornocracy prop.n. (Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum… • pornocracy n. (Derogatory, often figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons. • pornocracy n. (Derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography. |
| PREACHERLY | • preacherly adj. Befitting a preacher. |
| PROCARYONS | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PROCARYOTE | • procaryote n. Alternative spelling of prokaryote. • PROCARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROKARYOT, PROKARYOTE. |
| PYRENOCARP | • PYRENOCARP n. a perithecium, a small fruiting body containing ascospores. |
| PYROCERAMS | • PYROCERAM n. (tradename) a strong heat-resistant glass. |
| PYROMANCER | • pyromancer n. One who performs pyromancy. • pyromancer n. (Fantasy) One who has a magical ability to conjure or control fire. • PYROMANCER n. one who engages in pyromancy, divination by the use of fire. |
| SCRAPYARDS | • scrapyards n. Plural of scrapyard. • SCRAPYARD n. a place where old iron or useless material is collected. |
| SKYSCRAPER | • skyscraper n. (Architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors. • skyscraper n. (Nautical, archaic) A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail. • skyscraper n. (Figuratively) Anything very tall or high. |