| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| APOSTROPHUS | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| PASSPORTING | • passporting n. The provision of commercial services in another EEA (European Economic Area) country without requiring… • PASSPORT v. in the European Economic Area) to award a firm that is registered in one member state the right to do business in every other member state without applying to each country for authorization. |
| PASTORSHIPS | • pastorships n. Plural of pastorship. • PASTORSHIP n. the office of pastor. |
| PRAEPOSTORS | • praepostors n. Plural of praepostor. • PRAEPOSTOR n. (Latin) the name used for a prefect in some English public schools, also PREPOSITOR, PREPOSTOR. |
| PROPLASTIDS | • proplastids n. Plural of proplastid. • PROPLASTID n. a precursor of a cell plastid. |
| 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. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| 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. |
| STRAPPADOES | • strappadoes n. Plural of strappado. • STRAPPADO v. to torture by this. |
| TROPOPAUSES | • tropopauses n. Plural of tropopause. • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |