| APOSPORIC | • aposporic adj. Alternative form of aposporous. • APOSPORIC adj. relating to apospory, the development of prothalli. |
| APPOINTOR | • appointor n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. • APPOINTOR n. a person who is given (by the owner) the power to appoint property to other persons. |
| APPORTION | • apportion v. (Transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole. • apportion v. (Transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally. • APPORTION v. to portion out. |
| PARATROOP | • paratroop n. A company of paratroopers. • PARATROOP adj. relating to paratroops, troops trained to drop by parachute. |
| PAUROPODS | • pauropods n. Plural of pauropod. • PAUROPOD n. a minute myriapod, a millepede or centipede. |
| PERAEOPOD | • peraeopod n. (Zoology) One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. • PERAEOPOD n. each of the eight walking limbs of a crustacean such as a crab or lobster, growing from the thorax, also PEREIOPOD, PEREOPOD. |
| PODOCARPS | • podocarps n. Plural of podocarp. • PODOCARP n. a stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit. |
| POMPADOUR | • pompadour n. A women’s hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead. • pompadour n. A men’s hairstyle of the 1950s. • pompadour n. A crimson or pink colour. |
| PORPORATE | • PORPORATE adj. (Browning) clad in purple. |
| PROPANOIC | • propanoic adj. Of or pertaining to propanoic acid or its derivatives; propionic. • PROPANOIC adj. as in propanoic acid, a colourless carboxylic acid, also PROPIONIC. |
| PROPANOLS | • propanols n. Plural of propanol. • PROPANOL n. propyl alcohol. |
| PROPANONE | • propanone n. (Chemistry) The systematic name of the simplest ketone with formula C3H6O, usually called acetone. • PROPANONE n. a systematic name of acetone. |
| PROPOSALS | • proposals n. Plural of proposal. • PROPOSAL n. something that is proposed. |
| PROPOSITA | • proposita n. The first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case. • PROPOSITA n. a woman from whom a line of descent is traced. |
| PROTANOPE | • protanope n. A person who has protanopia. • PROTANOPE n. a sufferer from protanopia, colour-blindness with respect to red. |
| SPOROCARP | • sporocarp n. (Mycology) The structure on a fungus and some algae which houses the spore-producing organs. • SPOROCARP n. a closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. |
| TOPOGRAPH | • topograph n. A monument erected in a high place, such as a hilltop, indicating the direction and distance of notable… • TOPOGRAPH n. a type of X-ray photograph. |