| AMETROPIA | • ametropia n. (Medicine) Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability. • AMETROPIA n. abnormal optical refraction. |
| AMETROPIC | • ametropic adj. (Ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia. • AMETROPIC adj. relating to ametropia, abnormal optical refraction. |
| COPRAEMIA | • copraemia n. Alternative form of copræmia. • copræmia n. (Medicine) Condition caused by retention of faecal matter and absorption of their material into blood. • COPRAEMIA n. blood poisoning resulting from chronic constipation, also COPREMIA. |
| COPRAEMIC | • copraemic adj. Alternative form of copremic. • COPRAEMIC adj. relating to copraemia, a form of blood poisoning, also COPREMIC. |
| COPREMIAS | • COPREMIA n. blood poisoning resulting from chronic constipation, also COPRAEMIA. |
| IMPERATOR | • imperator n. An emperor. • Imperator prop.n. (Formal, usually italicized) The reigning emperor; male equivalent of Imperatrix. • IMPERATOR n. (Latin) a commander; an emperor. |
| MEROPIDAN | • meropidan n. Any bird (such as the bee-eaters) of the family Meropidae. • MEROPIDAN n. one of a family of birds that includes bee-eaters. |
| PAROECISM | • paroecism n. The quality of being paroecious. • PAROECISM n. the state of having the male and female reproductive organs at different levels on the same stem, also PARECISM. |
| PAROEMIAC | • paroemiac n. A catalectic anapestic dimeter. • PAROEMIAC n. the anapaestic dimeter catalectic. |
| PAROEMIAL | • paroemial adj. Alternative form of parœmial. • parœmial adj. (Obsolete, rare) Proverbial. • PAROEMIAL adj. relating to paroemia, a proverb, adage or saying. |
| PAROEMIAS | • paroemias n. Plural of paroemia. • PAROEMIA n. (Greek) a proverb, adage or saying. |
| PEPEROMIA | • peperomia n. Any plant of the genus Peperomia, some of which are popular houseplants. • Peperomia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Piperaceae – pepper-like herbaceous perennials. • PEPEROMIA n. a genus of subtropical herbaceous plants. |
| PREATOMIC | • preatomic adj. Prior to the discovery or use of the atomic bomb. • PREATOMIC adj. before the harnessing of atomic energy. |
| PREMOSAIC | • premosaic adj. Before the time of Moses. • PREMOSAIC adj. relating to the time before Moses. |
| PRENOMINA | • prenomina n. Plural of prenomen. • PRENOMEN n. (Latin) the first name of an ancient Roman, also PRAENOMEN. |
| PROLAMINE | • prolamine n. (Biochemistry) any of a class of proteins, high in proline, found in the seeds of cereals. • PROLAMINE n. one of a group of proteins found in wheat and rye, also PROLAMIN. |
| PROTAMINE | • protamine n. (Biochemistry) Any of various strongly basic proteins of relatively low molecular weight that are rich… • PROTAMINE n. any of a class of simple basic proteins which occur combined with nucleic acids (esp. in fish sperm), also PROTAMIN. |
| PROXIMATE | • proximate adj. Close or closest; adjacent. • proximate adj. (Law) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation. • proximate adj. About to take place; impending. |
| SEMIPOLAR | • semipolar adj. (Physics) Partially polar. • semipolar adj. (Chemistry) dative. • SEMIPOLAR adj. as in semipolar bond, a type of chemical bond. |