| APPROPINQUATES | • appropinquates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appropinquate. • APPROPINQUATE v. (archaic) to approach, also APPROPINQUE. |
| DISAPPROPRIATE | • disappropriate v. To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere. • disappropriate adj. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. • DISAPPROPRIATE v. to take away from the condition of being appropriated. |
| MISAPPROPRIATE | • misappropriate v. (Transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes. • misappropriate v. (Transitive) To embezzle. • MISAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). |
| PEPPERCORNIEST | • PEPPERCORNY adj. containing or tasting like peppercorn. |
| PHOSPHOPROTEIN | • phosphoprotein n. (Biochemistry) any protein containing bound phosphate or complexed with a phospholipid. • PHOSPHOPROTEIN n. any of various proteins, such as casein, that contain combined phosphoric acid. |
| PHOSPHOROSCOPE | • phosphoroscope n. (Physics, chemistry) Any of several devices used to measure phosphorescence, and to distinguish it from fluorescence. • PHOSPHOROSCOPE n. an instrument for measuring the duration of phosphorescence after the source of radiation causing it has been removed. |
| PLEURAPOPHYSES | • pleurapophyses n. Plural of pleurapophysis. • PLEURAPOPHYSIS n. a lateral process of a vertebra, with the morphological character of a rib. |
| PLEURAPOPHYSIS | • pleurapophysis n. A process on a vertebra that is essentially a vertebral rib. • PLEURAPOPHYSIS n. a lateral process of a vertebra, with the morphological character of a rib. |
| POLYPROPYLENES | • polypropylenes n. Plural of polypropylene. • POLYPROPYLENE n. any of various thermoplastic plastics or fibers that are polymers of propylene, also POLYPROPENE. |
| PRECEPTORSHIPS | • preceptorships n. Plural of preceptorship. • PRECEPTORSHIP n. the office of preceptor. |
| PRESUPPOSITION | • presupposition n. An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation. • presupposition n. The act of presupposing. • presupposition n. (Linguistics) An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language. |
| PROPERISPOMENA | • properispomena n. Plural of properispomenon. • PROPERISPOMENON n. a word with the circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PROPRIETORSHIP | • proprietorship n. The state of being a proprietor; ownership. • PROPRIETORSHIP n. the office of proprietor. |
| PROPRIOCEPTORS | • proprioceptors n. Plural of proprioceptor. • PROPRIOCEPTOR n. a sense organ receptive to stimuli from within the body. |
| PROSOPOGRAPHER | • PROSOPOGRAPHER n. a writer of prosopographies, biographical sketches. |
| PYROPHOSPHATES | • pyrophosphates n. Plural of pyrophosphate. • PYROPHOSPHATE n. a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid. |
| REAPPROPRIATES | • reappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reappropriate. • REAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate again. |
| SUPERPHOSPHATE | • superphosphate n. A fertilizer produced by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on powdered phosphate rock. • superphosphate n. A phosphate containing the greatest amount of phosphoric acid that can combine with the base. • SUPERPHOSPHATE n. acid phosphate. |
| UNAPPROPRIATES | • unappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unappropriate. • UNAPPROPRIATE v. to remove from private ownership and return to public ownership. |