| APERTURAL | • apertural adj. Relating to an aperture. • APERTURAL adj. related to an aperture. |
| APPARITOR | • apparitor n. (Historical) An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. • apparitor n. A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. • APPARITOR n. an officer in court who attends to execute orders, also PARITOR. |
| ASPIRATOR | • aspirator n. A pump which draws gas through a liquid. • aspirator n. A pump for removing gases or liquids. • aspirator n. A pooter (device for collecting insects). |
| HARDPARTS | • HARDPARTS n. the skeletal parts of an organism. |
| PARAMETER | • parameter n. A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other… • parameter n. (Sciences) A variable that describes some system (Material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof. • parameter n. (Programming) An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time. |
| PARATROOP | • paratroop n. A company of paratroopers. • PARATROOP adj. relating to paratroops, troops trained to drop by parachute. |
| PARRAKEET | • parrakeet n. Alternative spelling of parakeet. • PARRAKEET n. a small long-tailed parrot, also PARAKEET, PARAQUET, PARAQUITO, PAROQUET, PARROKET, PARROQUET. |
| PARTAKERS | • partakers n. Plural of partaker. • PARTAKER n. one who partakes. |
| PARTITURA | • partitura n. Sheet music; score. • PARTITURA n. (Italian) a score in music. |
| PATRIARCH | • patriarch n. (Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops… • patriarch n. In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve… • patriarch n. A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. |
| PORTRAYAL | • portrayal n. The act of portraying. • portrayal n. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait. • PORTRAYAL n. the act of portraying. |
| PRECARIAT | • precariat n. (Sociology, collective) People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living… • PRECARIAT n. the class of people in society who lack a reliable long-term source of income, such as permanent employment. |
| RAMPARTED | • ramparted adj. Provided with a rampart. • RAMPART v. to furnish with a fortifying embankment. |
| RAPTORIAL | • raptorial adj. Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey. • RAPTORIAL adj. predatory, also RAPTATORIAL. |
| RASPATORY | • raspatory n. A surgeon’s rasp. • RASPATORY n. a surgeon's rasp. |
| RATEPAYER | • ratepayer n. Someone who pays for utility service. • RATEPAYER n. one who pays rates or taxes. |
| SEPARATOR | • separator n. An object located between two or more things and hence separating them. • separator n. A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk. • separator n. One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating. |
| TARPAPERS | • tarpapers n. Plural of tarpaper. • tar␣papers n. Plural of tar paper. • TARPAPER n. a heavy paper coated with tar. |
| TRAPANNER | • trapanner n. One who trapans, or ensnares. • TRAPANNER n. one who trapans. |