| PARACRINE | • paracrine adj. Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather… • PARACRINE adj. of signalling between biological senses. |
| PORIFERAN | • poriferan n. (Zoology) Any sponge of the phylum Porifera. • PORIFERAN adj. relating to the Porifera, sponges, also PORIFERAL. • PORIFERAN n. a member of the sponge family. |
| PREARMING | • prearming v. Present participle of prearm. • PREARM v. to arm beforehand. |
| PREORDAIN | • preordain v. (Transitive) To determine the fate of something in advance. • PREORDAIN v. to ordain in advance. |
| PREPARING | • preparing v. Present participle of prepare. • preparing n. Preparation. • PREPARE v. to get ready. |
| PRETORIAN | • pretorian adj. Alternative spelling of praetorian. • pretorian n. Alternative spelling of praetorian. • Pretorian adj. Alternative spelling of Praetorian. |
| PRETRAINS | • pretrains v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretrain. • pre-trains v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pre-train. • PRETRAIN v. to train beforehand. |
| REPAIRING | • repairing v. Present participle of repair. • repairing n. The act by which something is repaired; a mending. • REPAIR v. to restore to good condition. |
| REPAIRMAN | • repairman n. A man whose job is to repair things. • REPAIRMAN n. one whose job is to repair things. |
| REPAIRMEN | • repairmen n. Plural of repairman. • REPAIRMAN n. one whose job is to repair things. |
| REPARKING | • reparking v. Present participle of repark. • REPARK v. to park again. |
| REPRIMAND | • reprimand n. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public. • reprimand v. To reprove in a formal or official way. • REPRIMAND v. to scold, censure. |
| TERRAPINS | • terrapins n. Plural of terrapin. • TERRAPIN n. any of various webfooted pond or river turtles. |
| TRANSPIRE | • transpire v. (Transitive, intransitive) To give off (Vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (An odour etc.). • transpire v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To perspire. • transpire v. (Botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. |
| UNREPAIRS | • UNREPAIR n. a lack of repair. |
| UPREARING | • uprearing v. Present participle of uprear. • UPREAR v. to raise; to erect. |