| LEPTOTENE | • leptotene n. (Biology) The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes. • LEPTOTENE n. the first stage of meiotic prophase in which long, slender, single-stranded chromosomes develop. |
| NILPOTENT | • nilpotent adj. (Algebra, ring theory, of an element x of a semigroup or ring) Such that, for some positive integer… • nilpotent n. (Algebra) A nilpotent element. • NILPOTENT n. a quantity which equals zero when multiplied by itself. |
| PANTALETS | • pantalets n. Alternative form of pantalettes. • PANTALET n. long underpants trimmed with ruffles. |
| PATIENTLY | • patiently adv. In a patient manner. • PATIENT adv. calm and uncomplaining. |
| PELTATION | • PELTATION n. the state of being peltate. |
| PENTATHLA | • pentathla n. Plural of pentathlon. • PENTATHLUM n. a pentathlon. |
| PESTILENT | • pestilent adj. Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly. • pestilent adj. (Informal) Annoying. • pestilent adj. (Archaic) Harmful to morals or public order. |
| PETILLANT | • petillant adj. Alternative form of pétillant. • pétillant adj. Of wine, cider, etc.: sparkling, fizzy. • PETILLANT adj. (French) sparkling, used of wine. |
| PLAINTEXT | • plaintext n. (Cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text. • plain␣text n. (Cryptography) Text or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext). • plain␣text n. (Computing) Data which consists only of human-readable text, as opposed to machine-readable binary data… |
| PLANTLETS | • plantlets n. Plural of plantlet. • PLANTLET n. a small plant, also PLANTLING. |
| POTENTIAL | • potential n. Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to). • potential n. (Physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational… • potential n. (Physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified… |
| TELEPOINT | • telepoint n. A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls. • TELEPOINT n. a device located in a public place that activates cordless phones. |
| TELEPRINT | • teleprint n. A document reproduced by a teleprinter. • teleprint v. (Transitive) To reproduce (a document) by means of a teleprinter. • TELEPRINT v. to print out (a message) using a teleprinter. |
| TENTPOLES | • tentpoles n. Plural of tentpole. • tent-poles n. Plural of tent-pole. • tent␣poles n. Plural of tent pole. |
| TINPLATED | • tinplated v. Simple past tense and past participle of tinplate. • tin-plated v. Simple past tense and past participle of tin-plate. • TINPLATE v. to coat with tin. |
| TINPLATES | • tinplates n. Plural of tinplate. • tin-plates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tin-plate. • tin␣plates n. Plural of tin plate. |