| ANDROPHORES | • androphores n. Plural of androphore. • ANDROPHORE n. a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
| ARTHROPODAL | • arthropodal adj. (Zoology) Relating to the Arthropoda. • ARTHROPODAL adj. of or like an arthropod, also ARTHROPODAN, ARTHROPODOUS. |
| ARTHROPODAN | • arthropodan adj. (Zoology) Of, or relating to, arthropods. • arthropodan n. (Zoology) An arthropod. • ARTHROPODAN adj. of or like an arthropod, also ARTHROPODAL, ARTHROPODOUS. |
| COMPRADORES | • compradores n. Plural of compradore. • COMPRADORE n. (Portuguese) a native agent or intermediary through whom a foreign power trades, also COMPRADOR. |
| DOXOGRAPHER | • doxographer n. A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists. • DOXOGRAPHER n. a compiler of the opinions of philosophers. |
| LADDERPROOF | • LADDERPROOF adj. of tights etc., not susceptible to laddering. |
| PARADOCTORS | • paradoctors n. Plural of paradoctor. • PARADOCTOR n. a doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas. |
| PETRODOLLAR | • petrodollar n. (Oil industry, chiefly in the plural, also attributively) Money (either notionally or specifically in… • PETRODOLLAR n. a dollar's worth of foreign exchange obtained by a petroleum exporting country through sales abroad. |
| PREDOCTORAL | • predoctoral adj. (Education) Prior to receiving a doctorate. • PREDOCTORAL adj. of, relating to, or engaged in academic study leading to the doctoral degree. |
| PROOFREADER | • proofreader n. A person who proofreads. • proofreader n. A person whose occupation is to proofread. • proof-reader n. Alternative spelling of proofreader. |
| PROSAUROPOD | • prosauropod n. Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head… • PROSAUROPOD n. a reptile-like dinosaur of the division Prosauropoda which lived in the Triassic period. |
| PROTANDROUS | • protandrous adj. (Biology) Exhibiting protandry. • protandrous adj. (Botany) Whose male parts (anthers) becomes mature before the female ones (stigma). • protandrous adj. (Botany) Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature. |
| RAINPROOFED | • rainproofed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rainproof. • RAINPROOF v. to make proof against rain. |
| ROTOGRAPHED | • rotographed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rotograph. • ROTOGRAPH v. to make a photograph by laying negative on sensitive paper. |
| TRANSPONDOR | • transpondor n. Dated form of transponder. • TRANSPONDOR n. a type of radio or radar transmitter-receiver that transmits signals automatically when it receives predetermined signals, also TRANSPONDER. |