| 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. |
| APPRAISER | • appraiser n. One who performs appraisals. • APPRAISER n. one who appraises. |
| APPRISERS | • apprisers n. Plural of appriser. • APPRISER n. one who informs, also APPRIZER. |
| APPRIZERS | • apprizers n. Plural of apprizer. • APPRIZER n. one who informs, also APPRISER. |
| PAPERGIRL | • papergirl n. (Britain) a girl who delivers newspapers; a female paperboy. • PAPERGIRL n. a female paperboy. |
| PERICARPS | • pericarps n. Plural of pericarp. • PERICARP n. the wall of a ripened plant ovary or fruit. |
| PLURIPARA | • pluripara n. A multipara; a woman who has given birth to more than one child. • PLURIPARA n. (Latin) a mother of two or more children, also MULTIPARA. |
| PORPHYRIA | • porphyria n. (Pathology) Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by… • PORPHYRIA n. any of various disorders of metabolism resulting in the excretion of an excessive quantity of porphyrins in the urine. |
| PREPARING | • preparing v. Present participle of prepare. • preparing n. Preparation. • PREPARE v. to get ready. |
| PRIMIPARA | • primipara n. (Obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy. • primipara n. (Obstetrics, veterinary medicine, specifically) A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy… • PRIMIPARA n. (Latin) a woman who bears a child for the first time. |
| PUERPERIA | • puerperia n. Plural of puerperium. • PUERPERIUM n. (Latin) the condition immediately following childbirth. |
| RIPRAPPED | • riprapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of riprap. • RIPRAP v. to strengthen with a foundation of broken stones. |
| SCRAPPIER | • scrappier adj. Comparative form of scrappy: more scrappy. • SCRAPPY adj. fragmentary. |
| STRAPPIER | • strappier adj. Comparative form of strappy: more strappy. • STRAPPY adj. having straps. |