| APOTROPOUS | • APOTROPOUS adj. anatropous with a ventral raphe. |
| 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. |
| OPPUGNANTS | • oppugnants n. Plural of oppugnant. • OPPUGNANT n. an opponent. |
| PAPULATION | • papulation n. (Medicine) The formation of papules. • PAPULATION n. the development of papillae or pimples. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| POSTPARTUM | • postpartum adj. Of a mother: after giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth). • postpartum adv. After giving birth. • postpartum n. The period immediately following childbirth. |
| PROMPTUARY | • promptuary n. (Obsolete) A magazine, repository, or handbook. • promptuary n. (Arithmetic) A device described in Napier’s treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips… • promptuary adj. (Obsolete) Of or relating to preparation. |
| 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. |
| SUPRAOPTIC | • supraoptic adj. (Anatomy) Above the optic tract or chiasma. • SUPRAOPTIC adj. situated above the optic chiasma. |
| 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. |