| APPOINTOR | • appointor n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. • APPOINTOR n. a person who is given (by the owner) the power to appoint property to other persons. |
| APPORTION | • apportion v. (Transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole. • apportion v. (Transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally. • APPORTION v. to portion out. |
| OPERATION | • operation n. The method by which a device performs its function. • operation n. The method or practice by which actions are done. • operation n. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. |
| ORPHARION | • orpharion n. (Music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are… • ORPHARION n. a large lute-like stringed instrument with six to nine metal strings, also ORPHEOREON. |
| PICAROONS | • picaroons n. Plural of picaroon. • picaroons v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of picaroon. • PICAROON v. to act as a pirate. |
| PICKAROON | • pickaroon n. Archaic form of picaroon. • PICKAROON n. (Spanish) a pirate ship, also PICAROON. |
| PORTOLANI | • portolani n. Plural of portolano. • PORTOLANO n. (Italian) in the Middle Ages, a navigation manual, also PORTOLAN, PORTULAN. |
| PROACTION | • proaction n. Proactive behavior or influence. • PROACTION n. action that initiates change as opposed to reaction to events. |
| PROBATION | • probation n. A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance. • probation n. (Law) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but… • probation n. A testing period of time. |
| PROLATION | • prolation n. (Obsolete) Speaking, utterance, the producing of words or speech. • prolation n. (Music) The relative time value of a minim to a semibreve in medieval music. • prolation n. (Obsolete) Production, bringing forth. |
| PRONATION | • pronation n. Walking on the inner edge of the foot. • pronation n. (Anatomy) The action of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned down or back. • pronation n. (Fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down. |
| PROPANOIC | • propanoic adj. Of or pertaining to propanoic acid or its derivatives; propionic. • PROPANOIC adj. as in propanoic acid, a colourless carboxylic acid, also PROPIONIC. |
| PRORATION | • proration n. (Telecommunications) In budgeting, the proportional distribution or allocation of parameters, such as… • proration n. (Telecommunications) In a telephone switching center, the distribution or allocation of equipment or… • proration n. (Accounting) In the insurance industry, the act of taking money that is currently due from the insurance… |
| PROSODIAN | • prosodian n. A prosodist. • PROSODIAN n. one skilled in prosody, also PROSODIST. |
| RAINPROOF | • rainproof adj. Waterproof (for use outdoors); resistant to rain. • rainproof v. To make rainproof. • RAINPROOF v. to make proof against rain. |
| SOPRANINO | • sopranino n. (Music) a musical instrument, especially a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano… • SOPRANINO n. (Italian) an instrument higher than the corresponding soprano. |
| TROPARION | • troparion n. In Byzantine music and in the religious music of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, a short hymn of one… • TROPARION n. (Greek) in the Greek Church, a stanza or short hymn. |