| APRIORITY | • apriority n. (Philosophy) The quality or state of being known a priori. • APRIORITY n. the quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience. |
| PARTYGOER | • partygoer n. Someone who attends a party or parties. • party-goer n. One who attends a specific party. • party-goer n. One who frequently attends parties. |
| PORTRAYAL | • portrayal n. The act of portraying. • portrayal n. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait. • PORTRAYAL n. the act of portraying. |
| PORTRAYED | • portrayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of portray. • PORTRAY v. to paint or draw the likeness of, also POURTRAY. |
| PORTRAYER | • portrayer n. Agent noun of portray; one who portrays. • PORTRAYER n. one who portrays. |
| POURTRAYD | • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| POURTRAYS | • pourtrays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pourtray. • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| PRECATORY | • precatory adj. Expressing a wish. • precatory adj. (Law) Expressing a wish but not creating any legal obligation or duty. • PRECATORY adj. expressing a wish. |
| PREDATORY | • predatory adj. Of, or relating to a predator. • predatory adj. Living by preying on other living animals. • predatory adj. (Figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain. |
| PREFATORY | • prefatory adj. Serving as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary. • PREFATORY adj. acting as a preface. |
| PROBATORY | • probatory adj. Serving for trial; probationary. • probatory adj. Relating to, or serving for, proof. • PROBATORY adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATIVE. |
| PROKARYOT | • PROKARYOT n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROCARYOTE, PROKARYOTE. |
| PROLETARY | • proletary n. A proletarian. • PROLETARY n. a proletarian, also PROLETARIAN. |
| PROTANDRY | • protandry n. (Biology) The condition in which an organism begins life as a male and then changes into a female. • protandry n. (Botany) The condition of flowers whose male parts mature before the female ones. • protandry n. (Ethology) The arrival of males before females at a mating site. |
| PURGATORY | • purgatory n. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory. • purgatory n. Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption. • purgatory adj. Tending to cleanse; expiatory. |
| PYROLATER | • pyrolater n. A fire-worshipper. • PYROLATER n. a fire-worshipper. |
| PYROLATRY | • pyrolatry n. The worship of fire. • PYROLATRY n. fire-worship. |
| RASPATORY | • raspatory n. A surgeon’s rasp. • RASPATORY n. a surgeon's rasp. |
| TEMPORARY | • temporary adj. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time. • temporary adj. Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral. • temporary n. One serving for a limited time; short-term employee. |