| AMBIPOLAR | • ambipolar adj. Reacting to both positive and negative polarity. • AMBIPOLAR adj. of plasmas and semiconductors, involving both positive and negative charge carriers. |
| BAROPHILE | • barophile n. An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile. • BAROPHILE n. a bacterium able to tolerate high atmospheric pressure. |
| CLIPBOARD | • clipboard n. A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held. • clipboard n. (Computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from… • clip␣board n. Alternative form of clipboard. |
| FLIPBOARD | • flipboard n. A set of cards hinged together on an easel, used in making presentations. • FLIPBOARD n. a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached. |
| OMBROPHIL | • ombrophil n. Alternative form of ombrophile. • OMBROPHIL n. a plant flourishing in extremely rainy conditions, also OMBROPHILE. |
| PANBROILS | • panbroils v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of panbroil. • pan-broils v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pan-broil. • PANBROIL v. to fry in a pan with little or no fat. |
| PARABOLIC | • parabolic adj. (Chiefly mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid. • parabolic adj. (Rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable. • parabolic n. (Mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc. |
| PARBOILED | • parboiled v. Simple past tense and past participle of parboil. • parboiled adj. Partially boiled. • PARBOIL v. to cook partially by boiling for a short time. |
| PERIBOLOI | • periboloi n. Plural of peribolos. • PERIBOLOS n. (Greek) a precinct; an enclosing wall of a precinct, also PERIBOLUS. |
| PERIBOLOS | • peribolos n. (Architecture, historical) An enclosed court, especially one surrounding a temple. • PERIBOLOS n. (Greek) a precinct; an enclosing wall of a precinct, also PERIBOLUS. |
| PERIBOLUS | • peribolus n. Alternative form of peribolos. • PERIBOLUS n. a precinct; an enclosing wall of a precinct, also PERIBOLOS. |
| POLITBURO | • politburo n. The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other… • politburo n. (By extension, sometimes derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other… • Politburo prop.n. Any of various politburos, especially that of the Soviet Union or that of the People’s Republic of China. |
| POLYBRIDS | • POLYBRID n. a type of hybrid plant. |
| POSSIBLER | • possibler adj. (Nonstandard) comparative form of possible: more possible. • POSSIBLE adj. that can be done. |
| POTBOILER | • potboiler n. Alternative spelling of pot boiler. • pot-boiler n. Alternative spelling of pot boiler. • pot␣boiler n. (Mildly derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc), produced merely to earn a living… |
| PREBOILED | • preboiled adj. Boiled in advance. • PREBOIL v. to boil beforehand. |
| PROBINGLY | • probingly adv. In a probing way. • PROBINGLY adv. PROBING. |
| SAPROBIAL | • SAPROBIAL adj. of or like a saprobe, an organism living in foul water, also SAPROBIC. |