| CLAPPERBOY | • CLAPPERBOY n. the person who works the clapperboards. |
| HYPERPLOID | • hyperploid adj. (Genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number. • hyperploid adj. (Medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number. • hyperploid n. A hyperploid organism. |
| IMPROPERLY | • improperly adv. In an improper manner; not properly. • IMPROPER adv. not proper. |
| OVERSUPPLY | • oversupply v. To supply more than is needed. • oversupply n. An excessive supply. • OVERSUPPLY v. to supply to excess. |
| PETROGLYPH | • petroglyph n. (Archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times. • PETROGLYPH n. an ancient rock-carving. |
| PLEIOTROPY | • pleiotropy n. (Genetics) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism. • pleiotropy n. (Pharmacology) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually… • PLEIOTROPY n. the property of having an effect simultaneously on more than one characteristic of the offspring. |
| PLEOMORPHY | • pleomorphy n. Alternative form of pleomorphism. • PLEOMORPHY n. the state of being pleomorphic, occurring in several different forms. |
| PLEROPHORY | • plerophory n. Fullness, especially of conviction or persuasion; the state of being fully persuaded. • PLEROPHORY n. full conviction, also PLEROPHORIA. |
| POLYPARIES | • polyparies n. Plural of polypary. • polyparies n. The base and other supporting structure of a colony of polyps (such as coral). • POLYPARY n. the common supporting structure of a polyp colony. |
| POWERPLAYS | • powerplays n. Plural of powerplay. • power-plays n. Plural of power-play. • power␣plays n. Plural of power play. |
| PROPENSELY | • propensely adv. In a propense manner. • PROPENSE adv. (obsolete) inclined. |
| PROPYLAEUM | • propylaeum n. (Historical, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple. • PROPYLAEUM n. any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure. |
| PROPYLENES | • propylenes n. Plural of propylene. • PROPYLENE n. a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor, also PROPENE. |
| PROPYLITES | • propylites n. Plural of propylite. • PROPYLITE n. an andesite altered by solfataric action. |
| SUPPLETORY | • suppletory n. A source of supply. • suppletory n. A supplement. • suppletory adj. (Now chiefly law) Making up for deficiencies; supplementary. |
| UNPROPERLY | • unproperly adv. In an unproper manner; not properly. • UNPROPER adv. improper. |