| APOCARPOUS | • apocarpous adj. (Botany) Having carpels that are not joined. • APOCARPOUS adj. either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil. |
| APOSPOROUS | • aposporous adj. (Botany) relating to apospory. • APOSPOROUS adj. showing apospory, the development of prothalli from direct outgrowths from the fern frond. |
| APOTROPOUS | • APOTROPOUS adj. anatropous with a ventral raphe. |
| PAPAVEROUS | • papaverous adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy. • papaverous adj. (Figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific. • PAPAVEROUS adj. of or relating to poppies. |
| PAUPERDOMS | • PAUPERDOM n. the state of being a pauper. |
| PEASOUPERS | • peasoupers n. Plural of peasouper. • pea-soupers n. Plural of pea-souper. • PEASOUPER n. a thick fog. |
| PLAYGROUPS | • playgroups n. Plural of playgroup. • PLAYGROUP n. an informal, sometimes voluntarily run group having morning or afternoon sessions attended by preschool children. |
| POMPADOURS | • pompadours n. Plural of pompadour. • POMPADOUR n. a hairstyle where the hair at the front is brushed up into a mound or a roll, above the forehead. |
| POPULARISE | • popularise v. (Transitive) To make something popular. • popularise v. (Transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical… • POPULARISE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARIZE. |
| POPULARISM | • popularism n. Any political doctrine chosen to appeal to a majority of the electorate. |
| POPULARIST | • popularist adj. Reflecting popular taste and opinion. • popularist n. An artist or composer whose work appeals to popular tastes. • popularist n. One who adapts and popularizes a subject. |
| POSTPARTUM | • postpartum adj. Of a mother: after giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth). • postpartum adv. After giving birth. • postpartum n. The period immediately following childbirth. |
| PROPAGULES | • propagules n. Plural of propagule. • PROPAGULE n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULUM. |
| PSEUDOCARP | • pseudocarp n. (Botany) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part… • PSEUDOCARP n. that portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig. |
| PULPBOARDS | • pulpboards n. Plural of pulpboard. • PULPBOARD n. a coarse cardboard made from pulp. |
| PUPIPAROUS | • pupiparous adj. (Entomology) Producing young that are ready to pupate. • PUPIPAROUS adj. bearing, or containing, a pupa. |
| SUPRAOPTIC | • supraoptic adj. (Anatomy) Above the optic tract or chiasma. • SUPRAOPTIC adj. situated above the optic chiasma. |
| 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. |