| COLPORTEUR | • colporteur n. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books. • COLPORTEUR n. (French) a peddler of religious books. |
| FLUOROTYPE | • fluorotype n. (Historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of… • FLUOROTYPE n. (obsolete) photography by means of fluorides. |
| GLUCOPHORE | • GLUCOPHORE n. a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste. |
| OWERLOUPEN | • OWERLOUP v. (Scots) to leap over, also OVERLEAP. |
| OWERLOUPIT | • OWERLOUP v. (Scots) to leap over, also OVERLEAP. |
| PETROLEOUS | • petroleous adj. Containing petroleum. • petroleous adj. Pertaining to the mining of petroleum. • petroleous adj. Characteristic of oil or petroleum. |
| PLEURODONT | • pleurodont adj. (Zoology) Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones. • pleurodont n. (Zoology) Any reptile with teeth of this kind. • PLEURODONT adj. with teeth attached to the inside of the jawbone, rather than rooted in it. |
| PLEUROTOMY | • pleurotomy n. (Medicine) the surgical incision of the pleura. • PLEUROTOMY n. incision into the pleura. |
| POLYMEROUS | • polymerous adj. (Biology) Having many parts or members in each set. • polymerous adj. (Chemistry) Polymeric. • POLYMEROUS adj. consisting of many parts or segments. |
| POULTROONE | • POULTROONE n. (Shakespeare) a poltroon, also POLTROON. |
| PROCOELOUS | • procoelous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the procoelians. • procoelous adj. Hollowed or cupped in front. • PROCOELOUS adj. cupped in front. |
| PROLOGUISE | • prologuise v. Alternative form of prologuize. • PROLOGUISE v. to speak a prologue, also PROLOGISE, PROLOGIZE, PROLOGUIZE. |
| PROLOGUIZE | • prologuize v. (Intransitive) To deliver or create a prologue, as for an oration or for a written or musical work. • PROLOGUIZE v. to speak a prologue, also PROLOGISE, PROLOGIZE, PROLOGUISE. |
| PUREBLOODS | • purebloods n. Plural of pureblood. • PUREBLOOD n. a horse etc. of unmixed race. |
| SUPERCOOLS | • supercools v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supercool. • SUPERCOOL v. to cool a liquid below its normal freezing point. |
| TOOLPUSHER | • toolpusher n. The senior worker in charge of an oil drilling rig. • tool-pusher n. Alternative spelling of toolpusher. • TOOLPUSHER n. a supervisor of drilling operations at an oil well. |
| TROPAEOLUM | • Tropaeolum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Tropaeolaceae – nasturtiums. • Tropæolum prop.n. Obsolete spelling of Tropaeolum. • TROPAEOLUM n. a genus of South American trailing plants. |
| TURCOPOLES | • turcopoles n. Plural of turcopole. • TURCOPOLE n. (Modern Greek) a light-armed soldier of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. |