| LAMPHOLES | • lampholes n. Plural of lamphole. • LAMPHOLE n. a shaft for lowering a lamp into a sewer. |
| LAMPSHELL | • lampshell n. Alternative form of lamp shell. • lamp␣shell n. (Zoology) A brachiopod (Brachiopoda). • LAMPSHELL n. a kind of brachiopod with a shell shaped like an antique lamp. |
| MAPLELIKE | • maplelike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a maple tree. • MAPLELIKE adj. like a maple. |
| MEDALPLAY | • medal␣play n. (Golf) Synonym of stroke play. • MEDALPLAY n. a scoring system used in golf, aka stroke play. |
| MEGAPHYLL | • megaphyll n. (Botany) A leaf having an internally branching system of veins, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf. • MEGAPHYLL n. a relatively large type of leaf produced by e.g. ferns. |
| MELPHALAN | • melphalan n. A particular drug used in chemotherapy. • MELPHALAN n. an antineoplastic drug. |
| PALMATELY | • palmately adv. In a palmate fashion. • PALMATE adv. resembling an open hand, also PALMATED. |
| PERMABULL | • permabull n. (Finance, informal) A financial pundit who is permanently bullish on the stock market. • PERMABULL n. an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise. |
| PERMALLOY | • permalloy n. Any of a class of nickel/iron alloys that have a high magnetic permeability. • PERMALLOY n. an alloy of nickel and iron, the most easily magnetized of all materials. |
| PHILOMELA | • Philomela prop.n. A female given name. • Philomela prop.n. (Greek mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly… • Philomela prop.n. (Literary zoology) The nightingale. |
| PLASMAGEL | • PLASMAGEL n. cytoplasm in the form of a gel, esp. surrounding the plasmasol in an amoeboid cell. |
| PLUMBABLE | • plumbable adj. Capable (as depths) of being plumbed. • PLUMBABLE adj. that can be plumbed. |
| PLUMULATE | • PLUMULATE adj. downy. |
| POLEMICAL | • polemical adj. Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic. • polemical n. A diatribe or polemic. • POLEMICAL adj. related to polemics, debate, also POLEMIC. |
| POLYLEMMA | • polylemma n. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between multiple options that seem equally undesirable. • POLYLEMMA n. an argument forcing a choice between contradictory statements. |