| IMPERFORABLE | • imperforable adj. Incapable of being perforated. • IMPERFORABLE adj. not able to be perforated. |
| IMPERFORATED | • imperforated adj. Not perforated; having no opening or aperture; imperforate. • IMPERFORATED adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATE. |
| PARROTFISHES | • parrotfishes n. Plural of parrotfish. • PARROTFISH n. a brightly coloured tropical fish, having parrot-like jaws. |
| PERFORATIONS | • perforations n. Plural of perforation. • PERFORATION n. the act of perforating. |
| PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
| PREFECTORIAL | • prefectorial adj. Of or pertaining to a prefect. • PREFECTORIAL adj. relating to office of prefect. |
| PREFLORATION | • prefloration n. (Botany) The arrangement (vernation) of floral parts in a bud. • PREFLORATION n. the manner in which the petals and sepals are folded in the flower-bud. |
| PREFORMATION | • preformation n. Prior formation. • preformation n. (Biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and… • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
| PROFESSORIAL | • professorial adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships. • PROFESSORIAL adj. of or like a professor. |
| PROFESSORIAT | • professoriat n. Professors in general. • PROFESSORIAT n. the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society, also PROFESSORIATE. |
| PROLIFERATED | • proliferated v. Simple past tense and past participle of proliferate. • PROLIFERATE v. to grow or increase in number rapidly. |
| PROLIFERATES | • proliferates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proliferate. • PROLIFERATE v. to grow or increase in number rapidly. |
| PROOFREADING | • proofreading v. Present participle of proofread. • proofreading n. The act or process by which a document is proofread. • proof-reading v. Present participle of proof-read. |
| PURIFICATORS | • purificators n. Plural of purificator. • PURIFICATOR n. a cloth used to wipe the Eucharist chalice. |
| PURIFICATORY | • purificatory adj. That purifies; purificative. • PURIFICATORY adj. serving to purify, also PURIFICATIVE. |
| RAINPROOFING | • rainproofing v. Present participle of rainproof. • RAINPROOF v. to make proof against rain. |