| FERROGRAPHY | • ferrography n. The analysis of particle wear on machine components based on the contaminants found in lubricating oil. • FERROGRAPHY n. a technique for measuring magnetically the wear on machinery. |
| IRREPARABLY | • irreparably adv. Such that it cannot be repaired. • IRREPARABLE adv. that cannot be repaired. |
| PERFORATORY | • PERFORATORY adj. causing perforation, also PERFORATIVE. |
| PRELITERARY | • preliterary adj. Before the development of literature. • PRELITERARY adj. before the written word. |
| PREPARATORY | • preparatory adj. Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative. • PREPARATORY adj. by way of preparation. |
| PROCURATORY | • procuratory adj. Tending to, or authorizing, procuration. • PROCURATORY n. authorization to act for another. |
| PROPRIETARY | • proprietary adj. Of or relating to property or ownership. • proprietary adj. Owning something; having ownership. • proprietary adj. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret. |
| PROTERANDRY | • proterandry n. (Botany) The condition of being proterandrous. • PROTERANDRY n. in a hermaphrodite organism, the maturation and loss of the male elements before the female elements develop. |
| PROTOMARTYR | • protomartyr n. Any of the first Christian martyrs. • PROTOMARTYR n. the first martyr in any cause, esp. St Stephen. |
| PYRARGYRITE | • pyrargyrite n. (Mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral used as a silver ore; it is dark red or black in color with a metallic… • PYRARGYRITE n. a deep-red to black silver ore. |
| PYROGRAPHER | • pyrographer n. An artist who practises pyrography. • PYROGRAPHER n. one who practises pyrography. |
| PYROGRAVURE | • pyrogravure n. Pyrography. • pyrogravure n. A design or picture made by pyrography. • PYROGRAVURE n. design traced by pyrography. |
| REPROBATORY | • reprobatory adj. Reprobative. • REPROBATORY adj. condemnatory, also REPROBATIVE. |
| REPROGRAPHY | • reprography n. The reproduction, reprinting and copying of graphics, especially using electromechanical or photographic methods. • REPROGRAPHY n. the reproduction of graphic or typeset material. |
| RESPIRATORY | • respiratory adj. (Relational) Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing. • RESPIRATORY adj. related to respiration. |