| APLANOSPORE | • aplanospore n. An immobile spore that may nevertheless potentially grow flagella. • APLANOSPORE n. a nonmotile spore. |
| COPROPHILIA | • coprophilia n. (Psychiatry) A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and… • COPROPHILIA n. an abnormal liking for excrement. |
| DEPOPULATOR | • depopulator n. A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate. • DEPOPULATOR n. one who depopulates. |
| FLAPPERHOOD | • flapperhood n. The state of being a flapper (young woman). • FLAPPERHOOD n. the state of being a flapper. |
| LAPAROSCOPE | • laparoscope n. A thin endoscope that may be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall. • LAPAROSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the peritoneal cavity. |
| LAPAROSCOPY | • laparoscopy n. (Medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal… • LAPAROSCOPY n. an examination done via a laparoscope. |
| PLEROPHORIA | • plerophoria n. Alternative form of plerophory. • PLEROPHORIA n. full conviction, also PLEROPHORY. |
| POLARISCOPE | • polariscope n. A polarimeter. • POLARISCOPE n. an instrument for detecting polarized light. |
| POLAROGRAPH | • polarograph n. (Chemistry) Any of several instruments used in polarography. • POLAROGRAPH n. an apparatus for automatic chemical analysis in which a sample solution is electrolysed at successively higher voltages and the resulting current plotted against voltage. |
| POLYCARPOUS | • polycarpous adj. Alternative form of polycarpic. • POLYCARPOUS adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPIC. |
| PROPRANOLOL | • propranolol n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic compound which acts as a beta blocker and is used mainly in the treatment… • PROPRANOLOL n. a beta-blocker drug used mainly in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. |
| PROTOPLANET | • protoplanet n. An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction… • PROTOPLANET n. a planet in its initial state of formation. |
| PROTOPLASMS | • protoplasms n. Plural of protoplasm. • PROTOPLASM n. the complex translucent colourless colloidal material comprising the living part of a cell. |
| PROTOPLASTS | • protoplasts n. Plural of protoplast. • PROTOPLAST n. living material within a cell divided into discrete structures; the protein of which cells are composed. |
| SPLASHPROOF | • splashproof adj. Alternative spelling of splash-proof. • splash-proof adj. Constructed to withstand splashing. • SPLASHPROOF adj. resistant to being splashed. |
| TROPHOPLASM | • trophoplasm n. An undifferentiated protoplasm that used to be nutritive in use. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |