| BARORECEPTOR | • baroreceptor n. (Anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. • BARORECEPTOR n. a sensory nerve ending, esp. in the walls of large arteries, that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure. |
| CARPETBAGGER | • carpetbagger n. (Politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after… • carpetbagger n. (Derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • carpet␣bagger n. Alternative spelling of carpetbagger. |
| EXPROBRATIVE | • exprobrative adj. (Obsolete) Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. • EXPROBRATIVE adj. expressing reproach, also EXPROBRATORY. |
| OBSTREPERATE | • obstreperate v. To make a loud noise. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| OBSTREPEROUS | • obstreperous adj. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. • obstreperous adj. Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not. • OBSTREPEROUS adj. noisy, unruly, also OBSTROPALOUS, OBSTROPULOUS. |
| PERTURBANCES | • perturbances n. Plural of perturbance. • PERTURBANCE n. perturbation. |
| PERTURBATIVE | • perturbative adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation. • PERTURBATIVE adj. tending to perturb. |
| POWERBOATERS | • powerboaters n. Plural of powerboater. |
| PREBREAKFAST | • prebreakfast adj. Before breakfast. • PREBREAKFAST adj. taking place before breakfast. |
| PREFABRICATE | • prefabricate v. (Transitive) To manufacture (A building, etc.) in standard components that can be fitted together on site. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
| PREPUBERTIES | • PREPUBERTY n. the time before puberty. |
| PRESBYTERATE | • presbyterate n. A priest; also, presbytership. • PRESBYTERATE n. the office of presbyter. |
| PRESBYTERIAL | • presbyterial adj. Presbyterian. • presbyterial n. A presbytery run by the Women’s Missionary Society. • PRESBYTERIAL adj. relating to a presbytery. |
| PRESBYTERIAN | • presbyterian adj. Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who… • Presbyterian adj. Relating to Presbyterianism. • Presbyterian n. A person belonging to a church in the tradition of Presbyterianism. |
| PRESBYTERIES | • presbyteries n. Plural of presbytery. • PRESBYTERY n. part of church reserved for officiating clergy. |
| PROTUBERANCE | • protuberance n. A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes. • PROTUBERANCE n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCY. |
| PROTUBERATED | • protuberated v. Simple past tense and past participle of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |
| PROTUBERATES | • protuberates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |
| STEPBROTHERS | • stepbrothers n. Plural of stepbrother. • step-brothers n. Plural of step-brother. • STEPBROTHER n. a son of one's stepparent by a former partner. |
| UNREPORTABLE | • unreportable adj. Not reportable. • UNREPORTABLE adj. not reportable. |