| FETOPROTEIN | • fetoprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein. • FETOPROTEIN n. any of several fetal antigens present in the adult in some abnormal conditions. |
| FOREPAYMENT | • forepayment n. Payment made in advance. • FOREPAYMENT n. payment in advance. |
| FOREPOINTED | • forepointed v. Simple past tense and past participle of forepoint. • FOREPOINT v. to foreshadow. |
| IMPERFORATE | • imperforate adj. Not perforated, as… • imperforate n. (Philately) A postage stamp that has not been perforated. • IMPERFORATE adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATED. |
| PERFECTIONS | • perfections n. Plural of perfection. • PERFECTION n. freedom from fault or defect. |
| PERFORATIVE | • perforative adj. Having power to perforate or pierce. • PERFORATIVE adj. causing perforation, also PERFORATORY. |
| PESTIFEROUS | • pestiferous adj. Containing organisms that cause contagious diseases. • pestiferous adj. Annoying, vexatious. • PESTIFEROUS adj. bringing plague or pestilence. |
| PETTIFOGGER | • pettifogger n. Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry. • pettifogger n. An unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, especially one of lesser skill. • PETTIFOGGER n. a petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer. |
| POWERLIFTER | • powerlifter n. One who performs powerlifting. • POWERLIFTER n. one who practises power lifting. |
| PRENOTIFIED | • prenotified v. Simple past tense and past participle of prenotify. • PRENOTIFY v. to notify beforehand. |
| PRENOTIFIES | • prenotifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prenotify. • PRENOTIFY v. to notify beforehand. |
| PROFITEERED | • profiteered v. Simple past tense and past participle of profiteer. • PROFITEER v. to act as a profiteer. |
| PROFITEROLE | • profiterole n. A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling. • PROFITEROLE n. (French) a small puff of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and covered with a chocolate sauce. |
| PROLIFERATE | • proliferate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply. • PROLIFERATE v. to grow or increase in number rapidly. |
| SEPTIFEROUS | • septiferous adj. (Botany) Bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule. • septiferous adj. (Obsolete) Conveying putrid poison. • SEPTIFEROUS adj. having barriers. |
| TYPEFOUNDER | • typefounder n. Alternative spelling of type-founder. • type-founder n. A manufacturer of metal type for printing. • type␣founder n. Alternative spelling of type-founder. |