| 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. |
| DEPROGRAM | • deprogram v. (Transitive) To counteract the effects of previous programming or brainwashing, especially in an attempt… • DEPROGRAM v. to prevail on a person to reject obsessive beliefs, also DEPROGRAMME. |
| MADREPORE | • madrepore n. A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria. • madrepore n. (Archaic) Any stony coral. • MADREPORE n. a coral of the common reef-building type, occurring esp. in tropical seas. |
| PERFORMED | • performed v. Simple past tense and past participle of perform. • PERFORM v. to begin and carry through to completion. |
| PERIDROME | • peridrome n. The space between the columns and the wall of the cella in an Ancient Greek or Roman temple. • PERIDROME n. a gallery or balcony that ran round all four sides of a classical building. |
| PREFORMED | • preformed v. Simple past tense and past participle of preform. • preformed adj. Formed, constructed or assembled in advance. • PREFORM v. to form beforehand. |
| PREMODERN | • premodern adj. Preceding or predating the modern era. • PREMODERN adj. occurring before the modern era. |
| PRIMORDIA | • primordia n. Plural of primordium. • PRIMORDIUM n. (Latin) the first discernible rudiment. |
| PRIMROSED | • primrosed v. Simple past tense and past participle of primrose. • PRIMROSE v. to gather primroses. |
| 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. |
| PROGRAMED | • programed v. Alternative spelling of programmed. • PROGRAM v. to arrange in a plan of proceedings. |
| PROMODERN | • PROMODERN adj. in favour of the modern. |
| 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. |