| APPORTIONMENT | • apportionment n. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. • apportionment n. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. • apportionment n. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. |
| PAEDOBAPTISTS | • paedobaptists n. Plural of paedobaptist. • pædobaptists n. Plural of pædobaptist. • PAEDOBAPTIST n. a believer in paedobaptism. |
| PEPTONISATION | • peptonisation n. Alternative form of peptonization. • PEPTONISATION n. the process of peptonising, also PEPTONIZATION. |
| PEPTONIZATION | • peptonization n. (Physiology, biochemistry) The conversion of a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin. • PEPTONIZATION n. the process of peptonizing, also PEPTONISATION. |
| PERPETRATIONS | • perpetrations n. Plural of perpetration. • PERPETRATION n. the act of perpetrating. |
| PERPETUATIONS | • perpetuations n. Plural of perpetuation. • PERPETUATION n. continuation or preservation for ever, or a long time. |
| PHREATOPHYTIC | • phreatophytic adj. Relating to phreatophytes. • PHREATOPHYTIC adj. of or like a phreatophyte, a plant with a deep root system that draws its water supply from near the water table. |
| POSTAPARTHEID | • postapartheid adj. Occurring after a period of apartheid. |
| POSTOPERATIVE | • postoperative adj. Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation. • postoperative n. A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery. • post-operative adj. Alternative spelling of postoperative. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PRECIPITATION | • precipitation n. (Meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the… • precipitation n. A hurried headlong fall. • precipitation n. (Countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter… |
| PRECIPITATORS | • precipitators n. Plural of precipitator. • PRECIPITATOR n. one who precipitates. |
| PROPORTIONATE | • proportionate adj. In proportion; proportional; commensurable. • proportionate adj. Harmonious and symmetrical. • proportionate v. (Transitive) To make proportionate. |
| PROTOSPATAIRE | • PROTOSPATAIRE n. the captain of the guards at Byzantium, also PROTOSPATHAIRE, PROTOSPATHARIUS. |
| REAPPOINTMENT | • reappointment n. An act of reappointing. • reäppointment n. Obsolete spelling of reappointment. • REAPPOINTMENT n. the act of reappointing. |
| SPECTATORSHIP | • spectatorship n. The state or quality of being a spectator. • SPECTATORSHIP n. the office of spectator. |
| SUPERPATRIOTS | • superpatriots n. Plural of superpatriot. • SUPERPATRIOT n. an exceptional patriot. |
| TRIPHOSPHATES | • triphosphates n. Plural of triphosphate. • TRIPHOSPHATE n. a salt or acid that contains three phosphate groups. |