| APOSTLESHIP | • apostleship n. The position, post, or duty of being an apostle. • APOSTLESHIP n. the state of being an apostle. |
| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| APOSTROPHUS | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| EPITAPHISTS | • epitaphists n. Plural of epitaphist. • EPITAPHIST n. an epitapher. |
| PANPSYCHIST | • panpsychist adj. Pertaining to, or in accordance with, the doctrine of panpsychism. • panpsychist n. A proponent of panpsychism. • PANPSYCHIST n. a believer in panpsychism. |
| PANSOPHISTS | • pansophists n. Plural of pansophist. • PANSOPHIST n. one who claims to know everything. |
| PARAPHRASTS | • paraphrasts n. Plural of paraphrast. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
| PASTORSHIPS | • pastorships n. Plural of pastorship. • PASTORSHIP n. the office of pastor. |
| PATAPHYSICS | • pataphysics n. An absurdist philosophy or pseudoscience studying things "beyond" metaphysics. • 'pataphysics n. Alternative spelling of pataphysics. • PATAPHYSICS n. 'The science of imaginary solutions' invented by the French dramatist Alfred Jarry (1873-1907), writer of symbolic farce, from which is descended the theatre of the absurd. |
| PHOSPHATASE | • phosphatase n. (Biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism… • PHOSPHATASE n. an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of phosphate esters. |
| PHOSPHATISE | • phosphatise v. Alternative form of phosphatize. • PHOSPHATISE v. to phosphate, also PHOSPHATIZE. |
| PHOTOPHASES | • photophases n. Plural of photophase. • PHOTOPHASE n. the light period of a photoperiodic cycle of light and dark. |
| PISSASPHALT | • pissasphalt n. (Mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. • PISSASPHALT n. a semiliquid bitumen. |
| PSYCHOPATHS | • psychopaths n. Plural of psychopath. • PSYCHOPATH n. a mentally ill or unstable person. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| SPHEROPLAST | • spheroplast n. (Cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed. • SPHEROPLAST n. a bacterium or yeast cell that is modified, as by enzymatic action, so that there is partial loss of the cell wall and increased osmotic sensitivity. |