| FERROGRAPHIES | • FERROGRAPHY n. a technique for measuring magnetically the wear on machinery. |
| IMPERFORATION | • imperforation n. The state of being without perforation. • imperforation n. (Medicine) Absence of perforation in a normally patent structure. • IMPERFORATION n. the state of being imperforate. |
| PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
| PRAEFECTORIAL | • praefectorial adj. Alternative form of prefectorial. • PRAEFECTORIAL adj. of or like a praefect. |
| PREFABRICATOR | • prefabricator n. One who prefabricates. • PREFABRICATOR n. one who prefabricates. |
| PREFATORIALLY | • PREFATORIAL adv. serving as preface or opening remarks. |
| PREFIGURATION | • prefiguration n. A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished. • prefiguration n. Something that prefigures. • PREFIGURATION n. the act of prefiguring. |
| PREFLORATIONS | • preflorations n. Plural of prefloration. • PREFLORATION n. the manner in which the petals and sepals are folded in the flower-bud. |
| PREFORMATIONS | • preformations n. Plural of preformation. • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
| PREFORMATTING | • preformatting v. Present participle of preformat. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
| PROFESSORIATE | • professoriate n. Professors considered as a group or body. • professoriate n. (Dated) The office of a professor. • PROFESSORIATE n. the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society, also PROFESSORIAT. |
| PROFESSORIATS | • professoriats n. Plural of professoriat. • PROFESSORIAT n. the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society, also PROFESSORIATE. |
| PROLIFERATING | • proliferating v. Present participle of proliferate. • PROLIFERATE v. to grow or increase in number rapidly. |
| PROLIFERATION | • proliferation n. (Uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation… • proliferation n. (Countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement. • proliferation n. (Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion. |
| PROLIFERATIVE | • proliferative adj. (Not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells. • proliferative adj. Proliferating; tending to proliferate. • proliferative n. Such a cell. |
| PROOFREADINGS | • proofreadings n. Plural of proofreading. • PROOFREADING n. the process of reading to check for mistakes. |
| WATERPROOFING | • waterproofing v. Present participle of waterproof. • waterproofing n. The treatment of something to make it waterproof. • waterproofing n. A waterproof material. |