| AMPHIPROSTYLE | • amphiprostyle adj. (Architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides. • amphiprostyle n. (Architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice. • AMPHIPROSTYLE adj. with columns at each end but not at sides. |
| BLEPHAROPLAST | • blepharoplast n. A basal body. • BLEPHAROPLAST n. a basal body esp. of a flagellated cell. |
| HYPOSULPHATES | • hyposulphates n. Plural of hyposulphate. • HYPOSULPHATE n. a dithionate. |
| LEPTOCEPHALUS | • leptocephalus n. The flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species. • LEPTOCEPHALUS n. the larva of the conger eel. |
| PELOTHERAPIES | • PELOTHERAPY n. medical treatment by mud baths. |
| PENTADELPHOUS | • pentadelphous adj. (Botany) Of a flower or plant: having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so… • PENTADELPHOUS adj. having five bundles of stamens; united in five bundles. |
| PETROPHYSICAL | • petrophysical adj. Relating to petrophysics. • PETROPHYSICAL adj. relating to petrophysics. |
| PHELLOPLASTIC | • phelloplastic adj. Of or pertaining to phelloplasty. • phelloplastic n. A model made from cork. • PHELLOPLASTIC n. a model in cork. |
| PHILANTHROPES | • philanthropes n. Plural of philanthrope. • PHILANTHROPE n. someone who tries to benefit mankind. |
| PHOSPHATIDYLS | • phosphatidyls n. Plural of phosphatidyl. • PHOSPHATIDYL n. any of several monovalent groups that are derived from phosphatidic acids. |
| PHOSPHORYLATE | • phosphorylate v. (Transitive) to cause phosphorylation. • phosphorylate v. (Intransitive) to undergo phosphorylation. • PHOSPHORYLATE v. to cause (an organic compound) to take up or combine with phosphoric acid or a phosphorus-containing group. |
| PHRAGMOPLASTS | • phragmoplasts n. Plural of phragmoplast. • PHRAGMOPLAST n. the enlarged barrel-shaped spindle that is characteristic of the later stages of plant mitosis and within which the cell plate forms. |
| POLYGRAPHISTS | • polygraphists n. Plural of polygraphist. • POLYGRAPHIST n. one who operates a polygraph. |
| POSTULANTSHIP | • POSTULANTSHIP n. the office of postulant. |
| PROPHYLACTICS | • prophylactics n. Plural of prophylactic. • PROPHYLACTIC n. something (a drug or device) that protects from disease. |
| PSILANTHROPIC | • psilanthropic adj. Relating to, or embodying, psilanthropy. • PSILANTHROPIC adj. relating to psilanthropism, the denial of Christ's divinity. |
| PYROSULPHATES | • pyrosulphates n. Plural of pyrosulphate. • PYROSULPHATE n. a salt of sulphur. |
| SCOPTOPHILIAS | • SCOPTOPHILIA n. the practice of obtaining sexual pleasure from things seen, as e.g. naked bodies, also SCOPOPHILIA. |
| SPELEOTHERAPY | • speleotherapy n. The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma. • SPELEOTHERAPY n. an alternative or complementary method of therapy for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases, involving periods spent underground in a salt mine. |
| XIPHIPLASTRON | • xiphiplastron n. The posterior, or fourth lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle. • XIPHIPLASTRON n. in chelonians, one of the plates forming the plastron, lying posterior to the hypoplastron. |