| DEPOPULATE | • depopulate v. (Transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc. • depopulate v. (Transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board. • depopulate v. (Intransitive) To become depopulated, to lose its population. |
| EPIPHANOUS | • epiphanous adj. Being or relating to an epiphany. • EPIPHANOUS adj. of or like an epiphany. |
| PAPAVEROUS | • papaverous adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy. • papaverous adj. (Figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific. • PAPAVEROUS adj. of or relating to poppies. |
| PAPERBOUND | • paperbound adj. (Not comparable, of a book) Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered. • paperbound adj. (Comparable) Involving or burdened by excessive administrative requirements, especially in the form of paperwork. • paperbound n. (Dated) A paperback book. |
| PAUPERDOMS | • PAUPERDOM n. the state of being a pauper. |
| PEASOUPERS | • peasoupers n. Plural of peasouper. • pea-soupers n. Plural of pea-souper. • PEASOUPER n. a thick fog. |
| POPULARISE | • popularise v. (Transitive) To make something popular. • popularise v. (Transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical… • POPULARISE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARIZE. |
| POPULARIZE | • popularize v. To make popular. • POPULARIZE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARISE. |
| POURPARLER | • pourparler n. A diplomatic consultation, preliminary to a treaty. • POURPARLER n. (French) a discussion prior to negotiation. |
| PROPAGULES | • propagules n. Plural of propagule. • PROPAGULE n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULUM. |
| PROPYLAEUM | • propylaeum n. (Historical, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple. • PROPYLAEUM n. any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure. |
| PSEUDOCARP | • pseudocarp n. (Botany) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part… • PSEUDOCARP n. that portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig. |
| RAPPORTEUR | • rapporteur n. (Law, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and… • RAPPORTEUR n. (French) a person who gives reports (as at a meeting of a learned society). |
| REPOPULATE | • repopulate v. To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up. • repopulate v. (Transitive) To reintroduce a species into (an area). • repopulate v. (Computing) To fill with data again; to refresh. |
| SUPPEAGOES | • SUPPEAGO n. a skin disease. |
| SUPPOSABLE | • supposable adj. Capable of being supposed; imaginable. • SUPPOSABLE adj. capable of being supposed. |
| TOUCHPAPER | • touchpaper n. Alternative spelling of touch-paper. • touch-paper n. A strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc. • TOUCHPAPER n. paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder. |
| TROPOPAUSE | • tropopause n. The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The… • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |
| UNAPPROVED | • unapproved adj. Not approved. • unapproved adj. (Archaic) Not proven. • UNAPPROVED adj. not approved. |