| COMPANDOR | • compandor n. (Electronics) Any device used in companding. • COMPANDOR n. a system of transmitting or reproducing sound by compressing and then re-expanding the volume-range, also COMPANDER. |
| COMPORTED | • comported v. Simple past tense and past participle of comport. • COMPORT v. to conduct oneself in a certain way. |
| COMPRADOR | • comprador n. An intermediary. • comprador n. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser. • comprador n. (Nautical) A ship’s chandler in the Far East. |
| ENDOMORPH | • endomorph n. A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another. • endomorph n. A person of the endomorphic physical type, characterised by big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs… • endomorph n. (Bodybuilding) A person having a theoretical body type with slow metabolism in which weight is gained… |
| MACROPODS | • macropods n. Plural of macropod. • MACROPOD n. an animal of the marsupial family that includes kangaroos. |
| MOPBOARDS | • mopboards n. Plural of mopboard. • MOPBOARD n. a narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; aka skirting board. |
| MYRIOPODS | • myriopods n. Plural of myriopod. • MYRIOPOD n. a millepede or centipede, also MYRIAPOD. |
| PODOMERES | • podomeres n. Plural of podomere. • PODOMERE n. a limb segment of an arthropod, also PODITE. |
| POMPADOUR | • pompadour n. A women’s hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead. • pompadour n. A men’s hairstyle of the 1950s. • pompadour n. A crimson or pink colour. |
| PREDOOMED | • predoomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of predoom. • PREDOOM v. to sentence in advance. |
| PRODROMAL | • prodromal adj. Relating to prodrome; indicating an early stage of a disease. • PRODROMAL adj. of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease, also PRODROMIC. |
| PRODROMES | • prodromes n. Plural of prodrome. • PRODROME n. a prefatory work; an initial symptom of a disease, also PRODROMA, PRODROMUS. |
| PRODROMIC | • prodromic adj. Prodromal. • PRODROMIC adj. of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease, also PRODROMAL. |
| PRODROMUS | • prodromus n. (Medicine) A prodrome; an early symptom. • prodromus n. (Archaic) A preliminary course or publication; used especially in the titles of elementary works. • PRODROMUS n. a prefatory work; an initial symptom of a disease, also PRODROMA, PRODROME. |
| PROMODERN | • PROMODERN adj. in favour of the modern. |
| PROPODEUM | • propodeum n. The first abdominal segment in wasps, bees and ants, fused with the thorax to form the mesosoma. • PROPODEUM n. in some Hymenoptera, the first abdominal segment, also PROPODEON. |
| PROTODERM | • protoderm n. (Botany) the primary meristem from which the epidermis develops. • PROTODERM n. the dermatogen, the nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. |
| SPODOGRAM | • SPODOGRAM n. a preparation of the ash from a section of a plant, used in microscopy. |