| ANTIPORTER | • antiporter n. (Biochemistry) A cell protein that acts within an antiport to transport different molecules or ions… • ANTIPORTER n. a membrane protein that transports substances across cell membranes. |
| BRAINPOWER | • brainpower n. Mental ability; intelligence. • brainpower n. Intelligent people considered as a group. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • BRAINPOWER n. intellectual ability. |
| INTERPOLAR | • interpolar adj. Between poles. • INTERPOLAR adj. between poles. |
| MAINPERNOR | • mainpernor n. (Law) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner’s appearance in court at a day. • MAINPERNOR n. one who gives mainprise, surety for the appearance of a prisoner at trial. |
| PATRONISER | • patroniser n. Alternative spelling of patronizer. • PATRONISER n. one who patronises, also PATRONIZER. |
| PATRONIZER | • patronizer n. A person who patronizes. • PATRONIZER n. one who patronizes, also PATRONISER. |
| PATRONLIER | • PATRONLY adj. like a patron. |
| PERIASTRON | • periastron n. (Astronomy) That point of the orbit of a celestial body which is closest to the star around which the… • PERIASTRON n. that point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter. |
| PERIKARYON | • perikaryon n. The cell body of a neuron or of an odontoblast. • PERIKARYON n. the cell body of a neuron containing the nucleus. |
| PERORATING | • perorating v. Present participle of perorate. • PERORATE v. to make a lengthy speech. |
| PERORATION | • peroration n. The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up… • peroration n. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general. • PERORATION n. the concluding part of a discourse; a highly rhetorical speech. |
| PORIFERANS | • poriferans n. Plural of poriferan. • PORIFERAN n. a member of the sponge family. |
| POWERTRAIN | • powertrain n. The group of components in a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air. • power␣train n. Alternative form of powertrain. • POWERTRAIN n. the drive-transmitting sequence in a motor vehicle. |
| PRAETORIAN | • praetorian adj. (Ancient Rome) Of or relating to a praetor. • praetorian adj. (Ancient Rome) Of or relating to the pretorium in an ancient Roman camp. • praetorian adj. (By extension) Corruptly mercenary and venal. |
| PREORDAINS | • preordains v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preordain. • PREORDAIN v. to ordain in advance. |
| PRETORIANS | • pretorians n. Plural of pretorian. • Pretorians n. Plural of Pretorian. • PRETORIAN n. a former praetor or man of equivalent rank, also PRAETORIAN. |
| PROSEMINAR | • proseminar n. A seminar that is open to (and accessible to) upper level undergraduates; contrasts with a graduate… • PROSEMINAR n. a course of study like a graduate seminar but often open to advanced students. |
| REPARATION | • reparation n. (Usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s). • reparation n. (Archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired. • REPARATION n. a repairing or keeping in repair. |