| FLAVOPROTEINS | • flavoproteins n. Plural of flavoprotein. • FLAVOPROTEIN n. a protein which serves as an electron carrier in the electron transfer chain. |
| IMPERFORATION | • imperforation n. The state of being without perforation. • imperforation n. (Medicine) Absence of perforation in a normally patent structure. • IMPERFORATION n. the state of being imperforate. |
| OUTPERFORMING | • outperforming v. Present participle of outperform. • OUTPERFORM v. to exceed in performance. |
| PERFOLIATIONS | • PERFOLIATION n. the state of being perfoliate. |
| PETROLIFEROUS | • petroliferous adj. (Geology, petrology, of a rock or geologic formation) Containing or yielding petroleum. • PETROLIFEROUS adj. bearing petroleum. |
| PHOTOFINISHER | • photofinisher n. One who develops customers’ films into photographic prints. • PHOTOFINISHER n. one that develops and prints photographic film commercially. |
| POSTINFECTION | • postinfection adj. (Medicine) Occurring after an infection. • postinfection adv. (Medicine) After an infection. • postinfection n. (Medicine) An infection that arises after a medical procedure. |
| PREFLORATIONS | • preflorations n. Plural of prefloration. • PREFLORATION n. the manner in which the petals and sepals are folded in the flower-bud. |
| PREFOLIATIONS | • prefoliations n. Plural of prefoliation. • PREFOLIATION n. the manner in which the leaf is folded within the leaf bud, vernation. |
| PREFORMATIONS | • preformations n. Plural of preformation. • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PROFECTITIOUS | • profectitious adj. Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. • PROFECTITIOUS adj. derived from a parent or ancestor. |
| PROFESSORIATE | • professoriate n. Professors considered as a group or body. • professoriate n. (Dated) The office of a professor. • PROFESSORIATE n. the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society, also PROFESSORIAT. |
| PROFESSORIATS | • professoriats n. Plural of professoriat. • PROFESSORIAT n. the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society, also PROFESSORIATE. |
| PROLIFERATION | • proliferation n. (Uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation… • proliferation n. (Countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement. • proliferation n. (Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion. |
| TELESCOPIFORM | • telescopiform adj. Shaped like a telescope, with retractile tubular portions. • TELESCOPIFORM adj. in the form of a telescope. |
| WATERPROOFING | • waterproofing v. Present participle of waterproof. • waterproofing n. The treatment of something to make it waterproof. • waterproofing n. A waterproof material. |