| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| HYPOSTROPHE | • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) The act of a patient turning himself or herself. • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) A relapse, or return of a disease. • hypostrophe n. (Rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis. |
| PAEDOTROPHY | • paedotrophy n. Alternative form of pedotrophy. • PAEDOTROPHY n. the art of rearing children. |
| PHONOTYPERS | • PHONOTYPER n. one who phonotypes, prints in phonotype. |
| PHOSPHORATE | • phosphorate v. (Transitive) To combine or treat with phosphorus; to phosphorize. • PHOSPHORATE v. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus. |
| PHOSPHORETS | • phosphorets n. Plural of phosphoret. • PHOSPHORET n. (obsolete) a phosphide, also PHOSPHURET. |
| PHOSPHORITE | • phosphorite n. (Mineralogy) a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite. • PHOSPHORITE n. fibrous apatite. |
| PHOTOCOPIER | • photocopier n. A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates. • PHOTOCOPIER n. a machine for copying. |
| PHOTOPERIOD | • photoperiod n. (Biology) The normal duration of natural daylight experienced by an organism; daylength. • PHOTOPERIOD n. the period during every 24 hours when an organism is exposed to daylight. |
| PHOTOPHORES | • photophores n. Plural of photophore. • PHOTOPHORE n. a luminiferous organ. |
| PHOTOSPHERE | • photosphere n. (Astronomy) A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun. • PHOTOSPHERE n. the sun's luminous envelope. |
| PHOTOTROPES | • PHOTOTROPE n. a substance exhibiting phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| PROPHETHOOD | • prophethood n. State or condition of being a prophet. • PROPHETHOOD n. the state of being a prophet. |
| PROTOPHLOEM | • protophloem n. The form of phloem that is initially formed, composed of narrow, thin-walled cells. • PROTOPHLOEM n. the first-formed phloem that develops from procambium, usually associated with a region of rapid growth. |
| PROTOPHYTES | • protophytes n. Plural of protophyte. • PROTOPHYTE n. any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. |
| SHOWSTOPPER | • showstopper n. A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong… • showstopper n. Any impediment that prevents all further progress. • show-stopper n. Alternative spelling of showstopper. |
| SPOROPHYTES | • sporophytes n. Plural of sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTE n. a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |
| TOPOGRAPHER | • topographer n. A person who studies or records topography. • TOPOGRAPHER n. a specialist in topography. |
| TROPOPHYTES | • tropophytes n. Plural of tropophyte. • TROPOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
| TROPOSPHERE | • troposphere n. The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body… • TROPOSPHERE n. a region of the atmosphere from 25,000 feet to 55,000 feet, the boundary between the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere. |