| ANTHROPOPHYTE | • anthropophyte n. (Ecology) A plant introduced into a new habitat by humans. • ANTHROPOPHYTE n. a plant introduced incidentally in the course of cultivation. |
| APPORTIONMENT | • apportionment n. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. • apportionment n. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. • apportionment n. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. |
| OPPORTUNITIES | • opportunities n. Plural of opportunity. • OPPORTUNITY n. a favorable juncture of circumstances. |
| PEPTONISATION | • peptonisation n. Alternative form of peptonization. • PEPTONISATION n. the process of peptonising, also PEPTONIZATION. |
| PEPTONIZATION | • peptonization n. (Physiology, biochemistry) The conversion of a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin. • PEPTONIZATION n. the process of peptonizing, also PEPTONISATION. |
| PERPETRATIONS | • perpetrations n. Plural of perpetration. • PERPETRATION n. the act of perpetrating. |
| PERPETUATIONS | • perpetuations n. Plural of perpetuation. • PERPETUATION n. continuation or preservation for ever, or a long time. |
| PHYTOPATHOGEN | • phytopathogen n. (Biology) Any organism that is pathogenic to plants. • PHYTOPATHOGEN n. an organism parasitic on a plant host. |
| PHYTOPLANKTER | • phytoplankter n. A single phytoplankton organism. • PHYTOPLANKTER n. a planktonic plant. |
| POSTPONEMENTS | • postponements n. Plural of postponement. • POSTPONEMENT n. the act of postponing. |
| POSTPUBESCENT | • postpubescent adj. That occurs after puberty. • postpubescent n. An individual who has completed puberty; a sexually mature person. • POSTPUBESCENT n. someone of an age after pubescence. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PRECIPITATION | • precipitation n. (Meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the… • precipitation n. A hurried headlong fall. • precipitation n. (Countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter… |
| PROPORTIONATE | • proportionate adj. In proportion; proportional; commensurable. • proportionate adj. Harmonious and symmetrical. • proportionate v. (Transitive) To make proportionate. |
| REAPPOINTMENT | • reappointment n. An act of reappointing. • reäppointment n. Obsolete spelling of reappointment. • REAPPOINTMENT n. the act of reappointing. |