| COEMPTION | • coemption n. (Economics) The buying of the entire supply of a commodity. • coemption n. (Historical) A form of civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitious sale of the man and wife took place. • COEMPTION n. the purchase of the entire supply of a commodity. |
| COMPOSITE | • composite adj. Made up of multiple components; compound or complex. • composite adj. (Architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles. • composite adj. (Mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one. |
| COMPOTIER | • compotier n. A dish for holding fruit or compotes. • COMPOTIER n. (French) a dish, usually with a stemmed base, for serving dessert. |
| EMPOISONS | • empoisons v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empoison. • EMPOISON v. (archaic) to poison. |
| HOMOPHILE | • homophile adj. (Dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one’s own… • homophile adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement. • homophile n. (Dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons… |
| LIPOSOMES | • liposomes n. Plural of liposome. • LIPOSOME n. a microscopic globule composed of lipids. |
| MEIOSPORE | • meiospore n. A haploid spore produced by meiosis. • MEIOSPORE n. a haploid spore. |
| MENOPOLIS | • MENOPOLIS n. (colloquial) an area with a high proportion of single men. |
| MICROPORE | • micropore n. A microscopic pore. • micropore n. (Chemistry) A pore of size 0-2 nanometers. • MICROPORE n. a very small pore. |
| PAMPOOTIE | • pampootie n. A traditional shoe, formerly made and worn on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland, consisting… • PAMPOOTIE n. a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands. |
| PICOMOLES | • picomoles n. Plural of picomole. • PICOMOLE n. one trillionth of a mole. |
| POMOERIUM | • pomoerium n. Alternative form of pomerium. • pomœrium n. Alternative spelling of pomerium. • POMOERIUM n. (Latin) an open space around a town within the walls. |
| POROMERIC | • poromeric n. A kind of artificial leather made from a plastic coating (usually a polyurethane) on a fibrous base… • POROMERIC adj. permeable to water vapour. • POROMERIC n. a poromeric substance. |
| PREMOTION | • premotion n. Previous motion or excitement to action. • PREMOTION n. a motion or impulse given beforehand; esp. divine action as determining will. |
| PROMOTIVE | • promotive adj. Tending to promote. • PROMOTIVE adj. tending to advance, promote, or encourage. |
| PROOEMION | • prooemion n. A preface, an introduction. • proœmion n. Obsolete form of proœmium. • PROOEMION n. a preface, also PROEM, PROOEMIUM. |
| PROOEMIUM | • proœmium n. Obsolete form of proemium. • PROOEMIUM n. a preface, also PROEM, PROOEMION. |
| PROTEOMIC | • proteomic adj. Of or pertaining to proteomics. • PROTEOMIC adj. relating to a proteome, the full complement of proteins that occurs with a cell or tissue. |