| ANTHOCARP | • anthocarp n. (Botany) Any of various forms of fruits in which part of the perianth tissue remains attached to the… • ANTHOCARP n. a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| ANTHROPIC | • anthropic adj. Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity’s existence. • ANTHROPIC adj. of or relating to human beings or the period of their existence on earth, also ANTHROPICAL. |
| COPARENTS | • coparents n. Plural of coparent. • coparents v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coparent. • co-parents n. Plural of co-parent. |
| COPARTNER | • copartner n. A joint partner (in a business). • copartner v. To form a joint partnership with somebody. • COPARTNER n. one who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business. |
| COPATRONS | • copatrons n. Plural of copatron. • COPATRON n. a fellow patron. |
| CORPOSANT | • corposant n. An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere. • CORPOSANT n. St Elmo's fire or similar electrical discharge. |
| PANTROPIC | • pantropic adj. (Biology) Relating to, or affecting many types of tissue. • pantropic adj. Alternative form of pantropical. • PANTROPIC adj. occurring or distributed throughout the tropical regions of the earth, also PANTROPICAL. |
| PARATONIC | • paratonic adj. (Medicine) Relating to paratonia. • paratonic adj. (Linguistics) Relating to paratones. • paratonic adj. Retarding a plant’s growth. |
| PORTANCES | • PORTANCE n. (Spenser) carriage, bearing. |
| PROACTION | • proaction n. Proactive behavior or influence. • PROACTION n. action that initiates change as opposed to reaction to events. |
| PROCREANT | • procreant adj. That procreates. • procreant adj. Of or pertaining to procreation; procreative. • procreant n. One who, or that which, procreates. |
| PROLACTIN | • prolactin n. (Biochemistry) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth… • PROLACTIN n. a hormone produced by the pituitary gland. |
| PROVOCANT | • provocant n. One who or that which provokes. • PROVOCANT n. one who provokes. |
| PUNCTATOR | • punctator n. One who marks with points, especially in writing Hebrew. • punctator n. (Taxonomy) Used attributively as a specific epithet; that marks with dots. • PUNCTATOR n. someone who marks something with dots, esp. applied to the Massoretes, who invented the Hebrew vowel points. |
| RECAPTION | • recaption n. (Law) The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him. • recaption v. (Transitive) To assign a new caption to. • RECAPTION n. taking back by peaceable means goods, children, etc. from someone who has no right to detain them. |
| RHAPONTIC | • rhapontic n. The false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum). • RHAPONTIC n. the common rhubarb. |
| SPORTANCE | • SPORTANCE n. playful, sportive, or frolicsome activity. |