| COMPENSATOR | • compensator n. (Literally) A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation. • compensator n. Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance. • compensator n. A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature… |
| COMPORTANCE | • comportance n. (Obsolete) behaviour; comport. • COMPORTANCE n. (Spenser) comportment. |
| HOMOPTERANS | • homopterans n. Plural of homopteran. • HOMOPTERAN n. a member of the Homoptera, cicadas, froghoppers etc. |
| IMPLORATION | • imploration n. The action of imploring; begging, beseeching. • IMPLORATION n. the act of imploring. |
| IMPORTATION | • importation n. The act or an instance of importing. • importation n. The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country. • importation n. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. |
| IMPROBATION | • improbation n. Disapproval. • improbation n. (Law, Scotland) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose… • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
| MONOTHERAPY | • monotherapy n. (Medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself. • MONOTHERAPY n. a medical treatment using a single drug or therapy. |
| NEMATOPHORE | • nematophore n. A polyp, in some hydrozoans, that contains nematocysts. • NEMATOPHORE n. a mouthless type of hydrozoan polyp. |
| NONTEMPORAL | • nontemporal adj. Not temporal. • NONTEMPORAL adj. not temporal. |
| PATROLWOMAN | • patrolwoman n. A female equivalent of a patrolman. • PATROLWOMAN n. a female police officer on duty on a beat. |
| PATROLWOMEN | • patrolwomen n. Plural of patrolwoman. • PATROLWOMAN n. a female police officer on duty on a beat. |
| PROMOTIONAL | • promotional adj. Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc. • promotional adj. Of or relating to promotion to a post of higher status. • promotional n. An advertising promotion. |
| PROTAGONISM | • protagonism n. The quality of being a protagonist. • PROTAGONISM n. the state of being a protagonist. |
| PROTANOMALY | • protanomaly n. A form of colour blindness causing a lower sensitivity to red light. • PROTANOMALY n. a form of colour blindness in which there is a decreased response to red. |
| PROTOHUMANS | • protohumans n. Plural of protohuman. • proto-humans n. Plural of proto-human. • PROTOHUMAN n. a prehistoric primate, a supposed ancestor of modern man. |
| PROTONEMATA | • protonemata n. Plural of protonema. • PROTONEMA n. a branched filament produced by germination of a moss spore, giving rise to moss plants from buds. |
| PROXIMATION | • proximation n. Proximity. • proximation n. Approximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| SPORTSWOMAN | • sportswoman n. (UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete. • SPORTSWOMAN n. a woman who engages in sports. |
| TRYPANOSOME | • trypanosome n. Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of… • TRYPANOSOME n. a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |