| ALLOPATRIC | • allopatric adj. (Biology) Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed. • ALLOPATRIC adj. pertaining to populations which inhabit separate geographical areas. |
| CARPELLATE | • carpellate adj. (Botany) Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens). • CARPELLATE n. a flower containing carpels. |
| MALAPERTLY | • malapertly adv. In a malapert manner. • MALAPERT adv. (archaic) impudently bold. |
| PALAESTRAL | • palaestral adj. Alternative form of palestral. • PALAESTRAL adj. related to a palaestra, a wrestling school. |
| PALLIATORS | • palliators n. Plural of palliator. • PALLIATOR n. one who palliates. |
| PALLIATORY | • palliatory adj. Palliative; extenuating. • PALLIATORY adj. palliative; extenuating. |
| PARENTALLY | • parentally adv. In a parental manner, like a parent. • PARENTAL adv. pertaining to a parent. |
| PARTIALLED | • partialled v. Simple past tense and past participle of partial. • PARTIAL v. as in partial out, to eliminate a factor in statistics. |
| PASTORALLY | • pastorally adv. In a pastoral manner. • pastorally adv. In the role of a pastor. • PASTORAL adv. of literature, music, or works of art, portraying rural life or the life of shepherds, esp. in an idealized or romantic form. |
| PATERNALLY | • paternally adv. In a paternal manner; fatherly. • PATERNAL adv. pertaining to a father. |
| PATRILOCAL | • patrilocal adj. (Of a married couple) living with the family of the husband. • patrilocal adj. (Anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the husband’s family. • PATRILOCAL adj. designating a form of marriage in which the wife goes to live with the husband's group. |
| PHALLOCRAT | • phallocrat n. One who advocates or imposes phallocracy. • PHALLOCRAT n. one who assumes the naturalness of male dominance. |
| PLATELAYER | • platelayer n. (Rail transport) A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation. • PLATELAYER n. a workman who lays and maintains railway track. |
| PORTABELLA | • portabella n. Alternative spelling of portobello. • PORTABELLA n. a variety of button mushroom, also PORTABELLO, PORTOBELLO. |
| PRATFALLEN | • pratfallen v. Simple past tense and past participle of pratfall. • PRATFALL v. to fall on the buttocks, to make a big blunder. |
| PRELATICAL | • prelatical adj. Pertaining to a prelate; prelatial. • prelatical adj. (Chiefly derogatory) Adhering to prelates; episcopal. • PRELATICAL adj. relating to a prelate, a bishop or abbot of superior rank, also PRELATIAL, PRELATIC. |
| PRENATALLY | • prenatally adv. Before birth. • PRENATAL adv. prior to birth. |
| PROTHALLIA | • prothallia n. Plural of prothallium. • PROTHALLIUM n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLUS. |