| 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. |
| COPATRIOT | • copatriot n. A joint patriot. • COPATRIOT n. a person born, residing, or holding citizenship in the same country as another, also COMPATRIOT. |
| ESOTROPIA | • esotropia n. A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turn(s) inward. • ESOTROPIA n. a condition in which the eye turns inwards. |
| EXOTROPIA | • exotropia n. (Medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards. • EXOTROPIA n. a condition in which the eyes turn outwards. |
| 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. |
| OVIRAPTOR | • oviraptor n. Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period. • Oviraptor prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Oviraptoridae – oviraptors, a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous… • OVIRAPTOR n. a small two-footed dinosaur. |
| PAROTOIDS | • parotoids n. Plural of parotoid. • PAROTOID n. any of various glands which form warty excrescences behind the eyes in some amphibians, esp. toads. |
| 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. |
| PROPOSITA | • proposita n. The first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case. • PROPOSITA n. a woman from whom a line of descent is traced. |
| 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… |
| PROSTOMIA | • prostomia n. Plural of prostomium. • PROSTOMIUM n. that portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. |
| PROTOAVIS | • PROTOAVIS n. a member of the genus Protoavis of the Triassic periods, with dinosaur-like tail and hind legs, but some anatomical features characteristic of modern birds. |
| SPOLIATOR | • spoliator n. (Obsolete) One who spoliates. • SPOLIATOR n. one who spoliates. |
| TROOPIALS | • troopials n. Plural of troopial. • TROOPIAL n. any of various American orioles, also TROUPIAL. |
| 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. |