| COPYWRITER | • copywriter n. (Marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements). • copy␣writer n. A writer of advertising copy. • COPYWRITER n. a writer of advertising or publicity copy. |
| CORPOREITY | • corporeity n. (Uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body. • corporeity n. (Countable) A body, a physical substance. • CORPOREITY n. the state of being corporeal. |
| EXPIRATORY | • expiratory adj. Of or pertaining to expiration. • EXPIRATORY adj. pertaining to the expiration of air from the lungs. |
| IMPROPERLY | • improperly adv. In an improper manner; not properly. • IMPROPER adv. not proper. |
| PERIKARYON | • perikaryon n. The cell body of a neuron or of an odontoblast. • PERIKARYON n. the cell body of a neuron containing the nucleus. |
| PORPHYRIES | • porphyries n. Plural of porphyry. • PORPHYRY n. (Greek) a very hard, variegated rock of a purple and white colour, used in sculpture. |
| PORPHYRITE | • porphyrite n. A rock with a porphyritic structure. • PORPHYRITE n. a rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
| PREHISTORY | • prehistory n. The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. • prehistory n. The study of those times. • prehistory n. (Humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era. |
| PROSPERITY | • prosperity n. The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune. • PROSPERITY n. the condition of being successful or thriving. |
| PROTERVITY | • protervity n. (Rare) wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness. • PROTERVITY n. peevishness. |
| PYORRHOEIC | • pyorrhoeic adj. Alternative form of pyorrheic. • pyorrhœic adj. Obsolete form of pyorrheic. • PYORRHOEIC adj. relating to pyorrhoea, suppuration in the sockets of the teeth, also PYORRHEAL, PYORRHEIC, PYORRHOEAL. |
| PYRETHROID | • pyrethroid n. (Organic chemistry) Any of several synthetic insecticides having a structure based on pyrethrin. • PYRETHROID n. any of various synthetic compounds related to the pyrethrins, and sharing their insecticidal properties. |
| PYROMERIDE | • PYROMERIDE n. a nodular rhyolite. |
| PYROMETRIC | • pyrometric adj. (Analytical chemistry) Of, or relating to a pyrometer or pyrometry. • PYROMETRIC adj. relating to pyrometry, the art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat, also PYROMETRICAL. |
| PYRRHOTINE | • pyrrhotine n. (Mineralogy) pyrrhotite. • PYRRHOTINE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTITE. |
| PYRRHOTITE | • pyrrhotite n. (Mineralogy) A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS. • PYRRHOTITE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTINE. |
| REPOSITORY | • repository n. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. • REPOSITORY n. a side altar in a Catholic church. |
| SPIROMETRY | • spirometry n. (Medicine) The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer. • SPIROMETRY n. the act of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer. |
| SUPERIORLY | • superiorly adv. (Anatomy, medicine) above; in a superior position. • superiorly adv. In a superior manner. • SUPERIOR adv. of higher rank, quality, or authority than another. |