| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| APOSTROPHIC | • apostrophic adj. (Rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). • apostrophic adj. (Orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ’). • APOSTROPHIC adj. relating to apostrophe. |
| APOSTROPHUS | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| HYPOPLASTRA | • hypoplastra n. Plural of hypoplastron. • HYPOPLASTRON n. the plate behind the hyoplastron in a turtle's plastron. |
| PANTOGRAPHS | • pantographs n. Plural of pantograph. • PANTOGRAPH n. a jointed framework of rods, based on the geometry of a parallelogram, for copying drawings, plans, etc., also PANTAGRAPH. |
| PASTORSHIPS | • pastorships n. Plural of pastorship. • PASTORSHIP n. the office of pastor. |
| PATROONSHIP | • patroonship n. (US, historical) The position or office of a patroon; landownership (originally of a Dutch colony). • patroonship n. (US, historical) An estate run by a patroon, or under a similar system. • PATROONSHIP n. the office of patroon, a ship's captain; a holder of a grant of land from the Dutch governor of New York. |
| PHOSPHORATE | • phosphorate v. (Transitive) To combine or treat with phosphorus; to phosphorize. • PHOSPHORATE v. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus. |
| PHOTOGRAPHS | • photographs n. Plural of photograph. • photographs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of photograph. • PHOTOGRAPH v. to take a photograph of. |
| PICTOGRAPHS | • pictographs n. Plural of pictograph. • PICTOGRAPH n. a picture used as a symbol for a word or phrase. |
| PRAETORSHIP | • praetorship n. (History) The office or term of a praetor. • PRAETORSHIP n. the office of praetor, a magistrate of ancient Rome, also PRETORSHIP. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
| SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| SPHEROPLAST | • spheroplast n. (Cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed. • SPHEROPLAST n. a bacterium or yeast cell that is modified, as by enzymatic action, so that there is partial loss of the cell wall and increased osmotic sensitivity. |
| THORNAPPLES | • thornapples n. Plural of thornapple. • thorn␣apples n. Plural of thorn apple. |
| TOUCHPAPERS | • touchpapers n. Plural of touchpaper. • touch-papers n. Plural of touch-paper. • TOUCHPAPER n. paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder. |
| TROPHOPLASM | • trophoplasm n. An undifferentiated protoplasm that used to be nutritive in use. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |
| TRYPTOPHANS | • tryptophans n. Plural of tryptophan. • TRYPTOPHAN n. an essential amino acid, also TRYPTOPHANE. |