| APOSTROPHE | • apostrophe n. (Orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a… • apostrophe n. (Rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| APPOINTERS | • appointers n. Plural of appointer. • APPOINTER n. one who appoints. |
| APPROBATES | • approbates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approbate. • APPROBATE v. to approve expressly or formally. |
| CARTOPPERS | • cartoppers n. Plural of cartopper. • CARTOPPER n. something suitable for carrying on the top of a car e.g. a fishing craft. |
| NOTEPAPERS | • notepapers n. Plural of notepaper. • NOTEPAPER n. writing paper intended for letters. |
| PASSPORTED | • passported adj. (UK, of a benefit) For which one is automatically eligible if receiving certain other benefits. • PASSPORT v. in the European Economic Area) to award a firm that is registered in one member state the right to do business in every other member state without applying to each country for authorization. |
| PRAEPOSTOR | • praepostor n. (Britain) a prefect in some public schools. • PRAEPOSTOR n. (Latin) the name used for a prefect in some English public schools, also PREPOSITOR, PREPOSTOR. |
| PROPAGATES | • propagates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propagate. • PROPAGATE v. to increase by natural process; to multiply. |
| PROPOSITAE | • propositae n. Plural of proposita. • PROPOSITA n. a woman from whom a line of descent is traced. |
| PROTANOPES | • protanopes n. Plural of protanope. • PROTANOPE n. a sufferer from protanopia, colour-blindness with respect to red. |
| REAPPOINTS | • reappoints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reappoint. • REAPPOINT v. to appoint again. |
| SAPROPHYTE | • saprophyte n. Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SPACEPORTS | • spaceports n. Plural of spaceport. • SPACEPORT n. a place from which spacecraft are launched. |
| TROPOPAUSE | • tropopause n. The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The… • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |