| IMPERFORATED | • imperforated adj. Not perforated; having no opening or aperture; imperforate. • IMPERFORATED adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATE. |
| PARROTFISHES | • parrotfishes n. Plural of parrotfish. • PARROTFISH n. a brightly coloured tropical fish, having parrot-like jaws. |
| PERFORATIONS | • perforations n. Plural of perforation. • PERFORATION n. the act of perforating. |
| PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
| POWERLIFTERS | • powerlifters n. Plural of powerlifter. • POWERLIFTER n. one who practises power lifting. |
| PREFECTORIAL | • prefectorial adj. Of or pertaining to a prefect. • PREFECTORIAL adj. relating to office of prefect. |
| PREFLORATION | • prefloration n. (Botany) The arrangement (vernation) of floral parts in a bud. • PREFLORATION n. the manner in which the petals and sepals are folded in the flower-bud. |
| PREFORMATION | • preformation n. Prior formation. • preformation n. (Biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and… • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
| PROFESSORIAT | • professoriat n. Professors in general. • PROFESSORIAT n. the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society, also PROFESSORIATE. |
| PROFITEERING | • profiteering n. The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by… • profiteering v. Present participle of profiteer. • PROFITEERING n. acting as a profiteer. |
| PROFITEROLES | • profiteroles n. Plural of profiterole. • PROFITEROLE n. (French) a small puff of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and covered with a chocolate sauce. |
| PROLIFERATED | • proliferated v. Simple past tense and past participle of proliferate. • PROLIFERATE v. to grow or increase in number rapidly. |
| PROLIFERATES | • proliferates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proliferate. • PROLIFERATE v. to grow or increase in number rapidly. |
| PYRITIFEROUS | • pyritiferous adj. Containing, or yielding pyrites. • PYRITIFEROUS adj. bearing pyrite. |
| SERPENTIFORM | • serpentiform adj. Having the form of a serpent. • SERPENTIFORM adj. in the form of a serpent. |
| SUPERPROFITS | • superprofits n. Plural of superprofit. • SUPERPROFIT n. an exceptional profit. |