| OPOTHERAPY | • opotherapy n. Organotherapy. • OPOTHERAPY n. treatment by administration of extracts of animal organs, esp. ductless glands. |
| PEREMPTORY | • peremptory adj. (Law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal. • peremptory adj. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or… • peremptory adj. (Obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn. |
| PERIPHYTON | • periphyton n. (Ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to… • PERIPHYTON n. aquatic organisms which are attached to, or cling to, stems and leaves of rooted plants, rocks, etc. |
| PETROGLYPH | • petroglyph n. (Archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times. • PETROGLYPH n. an ancient rock-carving. |
| PHONOTYPER | • PHONOTYPER n. one who phonotypes, prints in phonotype. |
| 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. |
| PORPHYRITE | • porphyrite n. A rock with a porphyritic structure. • PORPHYRITE n. a rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
| PRECEPTORY | • preceptory n. A community of the Knights Templar, or the physical buildings or estate of such a community. • preceptory adj. Preceptive. • PRECEPTORY n. a community of Knights Templars (occasionally extended to a commandery of the Hospitallers). |
| PREPOTENCY | • prepotency n. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. • prepotency n. (Biology) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more… • PREPOTENCY n. the state of being prepotent, also PREPOTENCE. |
| PROPENSITY | • propensity n. An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction. • PROPENSITY n. an often intense natural inclination or preference. |
| PROPYLITES | • propylites n. Plural of propylite. • PROPYLITE n. an andesite altered by solfataric action. |
| PROSPERITY | • prosperity n. The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune. • PROSPERITY n. the condition of being successful or thriving. |
| PROTOPHYTE | • protophyte n. (Biology) Any of various primitive organisms such as the slime molds. • PROTOPHYTE n. any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. |
| PROTOTYPED | • prototyped adj. Constructed as a prototype. • PROTOTYPE v. to make a prototype. |
| PROTOTYPES | • prototypes n. Plural of prototype. • PROTOTYPE v. to make a prototype. |
| SAPROPHYTE | • saprophyte n. Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SPOROPHYTE | • sporophyte n. (Botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order… • SPOROPHYTE n. a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |
| SUPPLETORY | • suppletory n. A source of supply. • suppletory n. A supplement. • suppletory adj. (Now chiefly law) Making up for deficiencies; supplementary. |
| TROPOPHYTE | • tropophyte n. (Biology) Any plant that lives in an environment in which heavy rainfall alternates with periods of drought. • TROPOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |