| APOSTROPHUSES | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| CEPHALOPODOUS | • cephalopodous adj. (Zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. • CEPHALOPODOUS adj. of or like a cephalopod, also CEPHALOPODIC. |
| DEPOPULATIONS | • depopulations n. Plural of depopulation. • DEPOPULATION n. the act of depopulating. |
| OVERPOPULATES | • overpopulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpopulate. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| PAPILLOMATOUS | • papillomatous adj. Having papillomae. • PAPILLOMATOUS adj. of or like a papilloma. |
| PHYLLOPHAGOUS | • phyllophagous adj. (Zoology) that feeds on leaves; leaf-eating. • PHYLLOPHAGOUS adj. leaf-eating. |
| PLAGIOTROPOUS | • PLAGIOTROPOUS adj. showing plagiotropism, the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
| PLEUROCARPOUS | • pleurocarpous adj. (Botany) Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia. • PLEUROCARPOUS adj. of mosses, having the archegonia on short lateral branches. |
| POLYADELPHOUS | • polyadelphous adj. (Botany) Having stamens combined in more than two groups. • POLYADELPHOUS adj. of stamens, united in several bundles; having the stamens so united. |
| POSTMENOPAUSE | • postmenopause n. The period in which menopause no longer occurs; often defined as the first full year in which no menstruation occurs. |
| PROPITIATIOUS | • PROPITIATIOUS adj. serving to propitiate, also PROPITIATIVE, PROPITIATORY. |
| PROPUGNATIONS | • propugnations n. Plural of propugnation. • PROPUGNATION n. (Shakespeare) defence. |
| PSAMMOPHILOUS | • psammophilous adj. (Botany) arenophilous, sand-loving. • psammophilous adj. (Zoology), sand-loving. • PSAMMOPHILOUS adj. sand-loving. |
| PSEUDOCARPOUS | • PSEUDOCARPOUS adj. of or like a pseudocarp. |
| REPOPULATIONS | • repopulations n. Plural of repopulation. • REPOPULATION n. the act of repopulating. |
| SUBPOPULATION | • subpopulation n. A subdivision of a population. • SUBPOPULATION n. an identifiable fraction or subdivision of a population. |
| SUPPOSITIONAL | • suppositional adj. Relating to, or based on, supposition; hypothetical; conjectural. • SUPPOSITIONAL adj. having the nature of a supposition. |