| APOCOPATES | • apocopates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apocopate. • APOCOPATE v. to cut off the end of a word. |
| APOPHONIES | • apophonies n. Plural of apophony. • APOPHONY n. a change in root vowels of verb forms. |
| APOSPORIES | • APOSPORY n. reproduction without spore formation. |
| APOSTROPHE | • apostrophe n. (Orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a… • apostrophe n. (Rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| CARPOSPORE | • carpospore n. A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. • CARPOSPORE n. a kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. |
| HYPOPNOEAS | • hypopnoeas n. Plural of hypopnoea. • HYPOPNOEA n. abnormally shallow breathing, also HYPOPNEA. |
| OPOPANAXES | • opopanaxes n. Plural of opopanax. • OPOPANAX n. (Greek) a medicinal gum-resin. |
| PAMPOOTIES | • pampooties n. Plural of pampootie. • PAMPOOTIE n. a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands. |
| PANTOSCOPE | • pantoscope n. (Historical) A panoramic camera. • pantoscope n. (Historical) A very wide-angled photographic lens. • PANTOSCOPE n. a panoramic camera. |
| PERAEOPODS | • peraeopods n. Plural of peraeopod. • PERAEOPOD n. each of the eight walking limbs of a crustacean such as a crab or lobster, growing from the thorax, also PEREIOPOD, PEREOPOD. |
| PHOTOPHASE | • photophase n. The period of light during a day-night cycle. • PHOTOPHASE n. the light period of a photoperiodic cycle of light and dark. |
| PRAEPOSTOR | • praepostor n. (Britain) a prefect in some public schools. • PRAEPOSTOR n. (Latin) the name used for a prefect in some English public schools, also PREPOSITOR, PREPOSTOR. |
| PROPANONES | • PROPANONE n. a systematic name of acetone. |
| PROPOSABLE | • proposable adj. Capable of being proposed. • PROPOSABLE adj. that can be proposed. |
| PROPOSITAE | • propositae n. Plural of proposita. • PROPOSITA n. a woman from whom a line of descent is traced. |
| PROTANOPES | • protanopes n. Plural of protanope. • PROTANOPE n. a sufferer from protanopia, colour-blindness with respect to red. |
| TROPOPAUSE | • tropopause n. The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The… • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |