| APLANOSPORES | • aplanospores n. Plural of aplanospore. • APLANOSPORE n. a nonmotile spore. |
| APOTROPAISMS | • APOTROPAISM n. a magical practice averting evil. |
| APPROBATIONS | • approbations n. Plural of approbation. • APPROBATION n. approval, consent. |
| APPROPRIATOR | • appropriator n. A person who appropriates something. • appropriator n. The religious organization that owns the income of a benefice. • APPROPRIATOR n. one who appropriates. |
| CARPOPHAGOUS | • carpophagous adj. Living on fruits; fruit-eating. • CARPOPHAGOUS adj. fruit-eating. |
| COPROPHAGANS | • coprophagans n. Plural of coprophagan. • COPROPHAGAN n. a beetle that lives in dung. |
| EVAPOROGRAPH | • evaporograph n. A device that uses evaporation to create a visible image from infrared. • EVAPOROGRAPH n. a device giving direct or photographic images of objects in darkness by focusing infrared radiations from them onto an oil-film. |
| GRAPHOPHOBIA | • graphophobia n. Fear or dislike of writing. • GRAPHOPHOBIA n. fear of writing. |
| LAPAROSCOPES | • laparoscopes n. Plural of laparoscope. • LAPAROSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the peritoneal cavity. |
| LAPAROSCOPIC | • laparoscopic adj. Of, relating to, or using laparoscopy or a laparoscope. • LAPAROSCOPIC adj. relating to laparoscopy. |
| PARAMORPHOUS | • paramorphous adj. (Mineralogy) Relating to, or exhibiting, paramorphism. • PARAMORPHOUS adj. of or like a paramorph. |
| PARATROOPERS | • paratroopers n. Plural of paratrooper. • PARATROOPER n. a member of the paratroops. |
| POLAROGRAPHS | • polarographs n. Plural of polarograph. • 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. |
| POLAROGRAPHY | • polarography n. (Chemistry) An electrochemical technique for the analysis of redox reactions. • POLAROGRAPHY n. a technique for determining the concentration and nature of the ions in a solution by an electrolytic process. |
| PROPAGATIONS | • propagations n. Plural of propagation. • PROPAGATION n. the act of propagating. |
| PROTOPLASMAL | • protoplasmal adj. (Cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm. • PROTOPLASMAL adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASMIC, PROTOPLASTIC. |
| SAPROPHAGOUS | • saprophagous adj. Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter. • SAPROPHAGOUS adj. feeding on decaying material. |