| APOPROTEINS | • apoproteins n. Plural of apoprotein. • APOPROTEIN n. the protein component of a conjugated protein. |
| 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. |
| APOTROPAISM | • apotropaism n. (Religion, mysticism) The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations)… • APOTROPAISM n. a magical practice averting evil. |
| CONTRAPROPS | • CONTRAPROP n. a contra-rotating propeller. |
| 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. |
| PORNOTOPIAS | • pornotopias n. Plural of pornotopia. • PORNOTOPIA n. a perfect setting for the antics of pornography. |
| PRAEPOSTORS | • praepostors n. Plural of praepostor. • PRAEPOSTOR n. (Latin) the name used for a prefect in some English public schools, also PREPOSITOR, PREPOSTOR. |
| PROPAGATORS | • propagators n. Plural of propagator. • PROPAGATOR n. one who propagates. |
| PROPIONATES | • propionates n. Plural of propionate. • PROPIONATE n. a salt of propionic acid. |
| PROPRAETORS | • propraetors n. Plural of propraetor. • PROPRAETOR n. a magistrate of ancient Rome who, after acting as praetor, was appointed to the governor of a province, also PROPRETOR. |
| PROTANOPIAS | • protanopias n. Plural of protanopia. • PROTANOPIA n. colour-blindness with respect to red. |
| PROTOPLASMS | • protoplasms n. Plural of protoplasm. • PROTOPLASM n. the complex translucent colourless colloidal material comprising the living part of a cell. |
| PROTOPLASTS | • protoplasts n. Plural of protoplast. • PROTOPLAST n. living material within a cell divided into discrete structures; the protein of which cells are composed. |
| 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. |
| TROPHOPLASM | • trophoplasm n. An undifferentiated protoplasm that used to be nutritive in use. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |
| TROPOPAUSES | • tropopauses n. Plural of tropopause. • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |