| APOCOPATES | • apocopates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apocopate. • APOCOPATE v. to cut off the end of a word. |
| 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. |
| APOTROPOUS | • APOTROPOUS adj. anatropous with a ventral raphe. |
| APPOINTORS | • appointors n. Plural of appointor. • APPOINTOR n. a person who is given (by the owner) the power to appoint property to other persons. |
| APPORTIONS | • apportions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion. • APPORTION v. to portion out. |
| APPOSITION | • apposition n. (Grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent… • apposition n. (Grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. • apposition n. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other. |
| 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. |
| PARATROOPS | • paratroops n. Infantry soldiers deployed by parachute. • PARATROOPS n. troops carried by air. |
| 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. |
| PHOTOPLAYS | • photoplays n. Plural of photoplay. • PHOTOPLAY n. a motion picture. |
| PHOTOPSIAS | • photopsias n. Plural of photopsia. • PHOTOPSIA n. the appearance of light flashes due to retinal irritation, also PHOTOPSY. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PROTOPLASM | • protoplasm n. (Cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid… • PROTOPLASM n. the complex translucent colourless colloidal material comprising the living part of a cell. |
| PROTOPLAST | • protoplast adj. (Obsolete) Created first; archetypal. • protoplast n. The first-created human; Adam. • protoplast n. (Rare) A prototype or archetype; a model. |
| SAPROTROPH | • saprotroph n. An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing… • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| TOPOGRAPHS | • topographs n. Plural of topograph. • TOPOGRAPH n. a type of X-ray photograph. |
| 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. |