| ATTERCOP | • attercop n. (Dialectal, Northern England) A spider. • attercop n. (Dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person. • ATTERCOP n. (Old English) a spider, also ETHERCAP, ETTERCAP. |
| BOATPORT | • BOATPORT n. an enclosure for boats. |
| OPERETTA | • operetta n. (Music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue. • OPERETTA n. (Italian) a light musical drama with dialogue. |
| OUTPARTS | • outparts n. Plural of outpart. • OUTPART n. (obsolete) an outlying part. |
| PATENTOR | • patentor n. One who obtains a legal patent. • patentor n. One who grants a legal patent. • PATENTOR n. one who grants a patent. |
| PATRIOTS | • patriots n. Plural of patriot. • Patriots n. Plural of Patriot. • Patriots n. (US, sports) The New England Patriots, a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. |
| PORTLAST | • portlast n. (Nautical) The portoise. • PORTLAST n. (obsolete) the gunwale of a ship, also PORTOISE. |
| PORTRAIT | • portrait n. (Countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. • portrait n. (Countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc. • portrait n. (Computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides. |
| POTATORY | • potatory adj. Of or pertaining to drinking. • POTATORY adj. pertaining to (excessive) drinking. |
| PROSTATE | • prostate n. (Anatomy) The prostate gland. • prostate adj. Of or relating to the prostate gland. • prostate adj. Alternative spelling of pro-state. |
| PROTATIC | • protatic adj. Of or pertaining to protasis. • PROTATIC adj. of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory. |
| PROTRACT | • protract v. To draw out; to extend, especially in duration. • protract v. To use a protractor. • protract v. (Surveying) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. |
| PYROSTAT | • pyrostat n. A thermostat designed to operate at high temperatures. • pyrostat n. An automatic draught-regulator for chimney-stacks, smoke-pipes, etc. • PYROSTAT n. an automatic fire-alarm and extinguisher; a thermostat. |
| STARSPOT | • starspot n. (Astronomy) The equivalent of a sunspot on another star. • STARSPOT n. an area of darkness on a star. |
| TAPROOTS | • taproots n. Plural of taproot. • TAPROOT n. the main root of a plant. |
| TETRAPOD | • tetrapod n. Any vertebrate with four limbs. • tetrapod n. Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods; especially any member… • tetrapod n. A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects. |
| TOPWATER | • topwater adj. Describing an angling lure or bait that floats near or on the surface of the water. • TOPWATER adj. floating on or near the top of the water. |
| TRAPUNTO | • trapunto n. (Sewing) A type of quilting producing a raised surface. • TRAPUNTO n. (Italian) a decorative quilted design. |
| TYROPITA | • tyropita n. Alternative form of tiropita. • TYROPITA n. (Modern Greek) a Greek cheese pie, also TYROPITTA. |