| DIAPHOTOTROPY | • DIAPHOTOTROPY n. the state of being diaphototropic, turning transversely to the light. |
| LEPIDOPTERIST | • lepidopterist n. Someone who studies lepidoptery; someone who studies butterflies and moths. • LEPIDOPTERIST n. a specialist in lepidopterology. |
| PAEDOBAPTISTS | • paedobaptists n. Plural of paedobaptist. • pædobaptists n. Plural of pædobaptist. • PAEDOBAPTIST n. a believer in paedobaptism. |
| PENTAPEPTIDES | • pentapeptides n. Plural of pentapeptide. • PENTAPEPTIDE n. a polypeptide that contains five amino acid residues. |
| PHOSPHORETTED | • PHOSPHORETTED adj. combined with phosphorus, also PHOSPHURETTED. |
| PHOSPHURETTED | • phosphuretted adj. Alternative spelling of phosphureted. • PHOSPHURETTED adj. combined with phosphorus, also PHOSPHORETTED. |
| PHOTOPRODUCTS | • photoproducts n. Plural of photoproduct. • PHOTOPRODUCT n. a product of a photochemical reaction. |
| POLYPROTODONT | • polyprotodont n. Any marsupial of the order Polyprotodontia. • POLYPROTODONT n. any member of the Polyprotodontia, the suborder of marsupials, including opossums, dasyures, etc., with many small incisors. |
| POSTAPARTHEID | • postapartheid adj. Occurring after a period of apartheid. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PTERIDOPHYTES | • pteridophytes n. Plural of pteridophyte. • PTERIDOPHYTE n. the general name for the ferns and their allies. |
| PTERIDOPHYTIC | • pteridophytic adj. Of or pertaining to the ferns of the division Pteridophyta. • PTERIDOPHYTIC adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTOUS. |
| UNPERPETRATED | • unperpetrated adj. Not having been perpetrated. • UNPERPETRATED adj. not perpetrated. |