| DIPTEROCARPOUS | • DIPTEROCARPOUS adj. of or like a dipterocarp. |
| DISAPPROBATIVE | • disapprobative adj. Disapproving. • DISAPPROBATIVE adj. disapproving. |
| DISAPPROPRIATE | • disappropriate v. To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere. • disappropriate adj. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. • DISAPPROPRIATE v. to take away from the condition of being appropriated. |
| DISPROPERTYING | • dispropertying v. Present participle of disproperty. • DISPROPERTY v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of property. |
| LEPIDOPTERISTS | • lepidopterists n. Plural of lepidopterist. • LEPIDOPTERIST n. a specialist in lepidopterology. |
| PHOSPHORYLATED | • phosphorylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of phosphorylate. • phosphorylated adj. (Chemistry) reacted or combined with phosphoric acid. • PHOSPHORYLATE v. to cause (an organic compound) to take up or combine with phosphoric acid or a phosphorus-containing group. |
| PHOTOPERIODISM | • photoperiodism n. (Biology) The growth, development and other responses of plants and animals according to the length… • PHOTOPERIODISM n. a plant or animal's response or capacity to respond to photoperiod. |
| POLYDISPERSITY | • polydispersity n. (Uncountable) The state of being polydisperse. • polydispersity n. (Countable) A measure of the degree to which a colloid is polydisperse. • POLYDISPERSITY n. the state of being polydisperse, characterized by particles of varied sizes in the dispersed phase of a disperse system. |
| POSTDEPRESSION | • postdepression adj. After an economic depression. • POSTDEPRESSION adj. after a depression. |
| PREADAPTATIONS | • preadaptations n. Plural of preadaptation. • 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. |
| PREDISPOSITION | • predisposition n. The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition. • PREDISPOSITION n. an inclination. |
| PREPRODUCTIONS | • preproductions n. Plural of preproduction. • pre-productions n. Plural of pre-production. • PREPRODUCTION n. a preliminary production. |
| PSEUDOPREGNANT | • pseudopregnant adj. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing pseudopregnancy. • PSEUDOPREGNANT adj. relating to pseudopregnancy. |
| PTERIDOPHILIST | • PTERIDOPHILIST n. a fern-lover. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |
| SUPERDIPLOMATS | • superdiplomats n. Plural of superdiplomat. • SUPERDIPLOMAT n. an exceptional diplomat. |