| APPROBATORY | • approbatory adj. Tending to approve or confirm. • APPROBATORY adj. expressing approbation. |
| HEPATOSCOPY | • hepatoscopy n. (Rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section… • HEPATOSCOPY n. divination by examining animal livers. |
| HYPNOPHOBIA | • hypnophobia n. The fear of falling asleep. • HYPNOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of sleep. |
| HYPSOPHOBIA | • hypsophobia n. Fear of heights. • HYPSOPHOBIA n. a fear of falling from high places. |
| LAPAROSCOPY | • laparoscopy n. (Medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal… • LAPAROSCOPY n. an examination done via a laparoscope. |
| PAEDOTROPHY | • paedotrophy n. Alternative form of pedotrophy. • PAEDOTROPHY n. the art of rearing children. |
| PHONOGRAPHY | • phonography n. The transcription of speech using symbols. • phonography n. A form of shorthand using such symbols. • phonography n. (Dated) The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph. |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | • photography n. The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. • photography n. The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs. • PHOTOGRAPHY n. the process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and esp. light on a sensitive surface. |
| POLYCARPOUS | • polycarpous adj. Alternative form of polycarpic. • POLYCARPOUS adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPIC. |
| POLYPHAGOUS | • polyphagous adj. Eating many types of food. • polyphagous adj. (Of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants. • POLYPHAGOUS adj. eating many types of food. |
| POLYPLOIDAL | • polyploidal adj. Alternative form of polyploid. • POLYPLOIDAL adj. having more than two sets (diploid) of the basic chromosome number (haploid), also POLYPLOIDIC. |
| PORNOGRAPHY | • pornography n. The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. • pornography n. (By extension) The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to… • pornography n. (Usually humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something. |
| PYROPHOBIAS | • PYROPHOBIA n. fear of fire. |