| 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. |
| NONPOPULAR | • nonpopular adj. Not popular. • NONPOPULAR adj. not popular. |
| PAPULATION | • papulation n. (Medicine) The formation of papules. • PAPULATION n. the development of papillae or pimples. |
| PLAYGROUPS | • playgroups n. Plural of playgroup. • PLAYGROUP n. an informal, sometimes voluntarily run group having morning or afternoon sessions attended by preschool children. |
| POLYPARIUM | • polyparium n. (Biology) The stem, or supporting structure, of any colonial cnidarian such as coral. • POLYPARIUM n. the framework and base of a polyp colony, esp. coral, also POLYPARY. |
| 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. |
| POPULARISM | • popularism n. Any political doctrine chosen to appeal to a majority of the electorate. |
| POPULARIST | • popularist adj. Reflecting popular taste and opinion. • popularist n. An artist or composer whose work appeals to popular tastes. • popularist n. One who adapts and popularizes a subject. |
| POPULARITY | • popularity n. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor… • popularity n. (Archaic) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people. • popularity n. (Archaic) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap. |
| POPULARIZE | • popularize v. To make popular. • POPULARIZE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARISE. |
| POPULATING | • populating v. Present participle of populate. • POPULATE v. to inhabit. |
| POPULATION | • population n. The people living within a political or geographical boundary. • population n. (By extension) The people with a given characteristic. • population n. A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world. |
| 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. |
| PROPAGULUM | • propagulum n. (Botany) A runner terminated by a germinating bud. • propagulum n. A gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algae. • PROPAGULUM n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULE. |
| 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. |
| PULPBOARDS | • pulpboards n. Plural of pulpboard. • PULPBOARD n. a coarse cardboard made from pulp. |
| 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. |
| SUPPOSABLE | • supposable adj. Capable of being supposed; imaginable. • SUPPOSABLE adj. capable of being supposed. |
| SUPPOSABLY | • supposably adv. Able to be supposed or conjectured. • supposably adv. (Nonstandard) Supposedly. • SUPPOSABLE adv. capable of being supposed. |