| ANTHROPOTOMY | • anthropotomy n. The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. • ANTHROPOTOMY n. human anatomy. |
| COMPOTATIONS | • compotations n. Plural of compotation. • COMPOTATION n. an act of carousing in company. |
| CONTRAPPOSTO | • contrapposto n. (Art) The position of a figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders. • CONTRAPPOSTO n. a pose of the human body with hips, shoulders and head in different planes. |
| OCTOPETALOUS | • octopetalous adj. (Botany) Having eight petals. • OCTOPETALOUS adj. having eight petals. |
| OPTOACOUSTIC | • optoacoustic adj. (Physics) Describing any of several interactions between light and sound. • OPTOACOUSTIC adj. relating to or combining both vision and hearing. |
| PHOTOCATHODE | • photocathode n. (Physics) A cathode that emits electrons when exposed to light. • PHOTOCATHODE n. a cathode that emits electrons when exposed to radiant energy and esp. light. |
| PHOTOMONTAGE | • photomontage n. (Photography) A composite image combining two or more photographs. • photomontage n. (Photography) The art of constructing such images. • PHOTOMONTAGE n. montage using photographic images. |
| PHOTOVOLTAIC | • photovoltaic adj. Producing a voltage when exposed to light. • photo-voltaic adj. Alternative spelling of photovoltaic. • PHOTOVOLTAIC adj. of, relating to, or utilizing the generation of a voltage when radiant energy falls on the boundary between dissimilar substances (as two different semiconductors). |
| POSTABORTION | • postabortion adj. After abortion (termination of pregnancy). • POSTABORTION adj. taking place after an abortion. |
| POSTDOCTORAL | • postdoctoral adj. After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree. • postdoctoral n. Synonym of postdoc. • POSTDOCTORAL n. a degree beyond the doctoral level. |
| POSTVAGOTOMY | • postvagotomy adj. (Medicine) After a vagotomy. • POSTVAGOTOMY adj. following a vagotomy. |
| POTAMOGETONS | • potamogetons n. Plural of potamogeton. • POTAMOGETON n. a plant of the pondweed genus of water plants, with floating and submerged leaves. |
| POTAMOLOGIST | • potamologist n. One who studies rivers. • POTAMOLOGIST n. one who studies rivers. |
| PROTHONOTARY | • prothonotary n. (Obsolete, historical) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome. • prothonotary n. (Roman Catholicism) One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office… • prothonotary n. A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia)… |
| PROTONATIONS | • protonations n. Plural of protonation. • PROTONATION n. the acquisition of an additional proton. |
| SOMATOTROPIC | • somatotropic adj. (Physiology) That stimulates body growth. • SOMATOTROPIC adj. promoting bodily growth, also SOMATOTROPHIC. |
| SOMATOTROPIN | • somatotropin n. (Biology, medicine) Synonym of growth hormone. • SOMATOTROPIN n. a polypeptide growth hormone, also SOMATOTROPHIN, SOMATOTROPINE. |