| BROOMRAPES | • broomrapes n. Plural of broomrape. • broom-rapes n. Plural of broom-rape. • broom␣rapes n. Plural of broom rape. |
| COMPRADORE | • compradore n. Alternative form of comprador. • COMPRADORE n. (Portuguese) a native agent or intermediary through whom a foreign power trades, also COMPRADOR. |
| COMPRESSOR | • compressor n. A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas. • compressor n. A device that squeezes (compresses). • compressor n. (Audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. |
| COPPERWORM | • copperworm n. The teredo. • copperworm n. The ringworm. • COPPERWORM n. the shipworm. |
| COPROMOTER | • copromoter n. A joint promoter. • COPROMOTER n. a joint promoter. |
| ERIOPHORUM | • Eriophorum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – cottongrass, found in acidic bogs, especially in the Arctic. • ERIOPHORUM n. a plant of the cotton-grass genus. |
| MACROSPORE | • macrospore n. One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc. • MACROSPORE n. a spore giving rise to a female gametophyte. |
| MICROPORES | • micropores n. Plural of micropore. • MICROPORE n. a very small pore. |
| MICROPOWER | • micropower n. (Sometimes attributive) The generation, storage and use of extremely small amounts of power. • MICROPOWER n. generating, using, or relating to small amounts of power. |
| MICROPROBE | • microprobe n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to determine the chemical composition at a point on a solid surface… • MICROPROBE n. a device that produces a very thin electron beam by which the chemical makeup of various compounds may be examined. |
| MICROSPORE | • microspore n. (Botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore. • microspore n. (Zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads. • MICROSPORE n. a spore giving rise to a male gametophyte. |
| OUTPERFORM | • outperform v. To perform better than something or someone. • OUTPERFORM v. to exceed in performance. |
| PETRODROME | • PETRODROME n. an African elephant shrew. |
| POROMERICS | • poromerics n. Plural of poromeric. • POROMERIC n. a poromeric substance. |
| PREMONITOR | • premonitor n. One who, or that which, gives premonition. • PREMONITOR n. one who, or that which, gives premonition. |
| PRESSROOMS | • pressrooms n. Plural of pressroom. • PRESSROOM n. a room for reporters. |
| PROEMBRYOS | • proembryos n. Plural of proembryo. • PROEMBRYO n. a group of cells formed in the dividing zygote, from which part the embryo arises. |
| PROTEIFORM | • proteiform adj. (Zoology) changeable in form; resembling a proteus. • PROTEIFORM adj. changeable in form. |
| PROTODERMS | • protoderms n. Plural of protoderm. • PROTODERM n. the dermatogen, the nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. |
| XEROMORPHS | • xeromorphs n. Plural of xeromorph. • XEROMORPH n. a plant thriving in desert conditions, a xerophyte. |