| APPRENTICEHOOD | • apprenticehood n. (Obsolete) apprenticeship. • APPRENTICEHOOD n. (Shakespeare) apprenticeship. |
| BISPHOSPHONATE | • bisphosphonate n. (Chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom. • bisphosphonate n. (Medicine) Any of several pharmaceuticals having this structure; they are inhibitors of bone resorption… • BISPHOSPHONATE n. any of a family of drugs primarily used to prevent and treat osteoporosis. |
| CEPHALOSPORINS | • cephalosporins n. Plural of cephalosporin. • CEPHALOSPORIN n. any of a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics derived from the fungus Cephalosporin. |
| DEIPNOSOPHISTS | • deipnosophists n. Plural of deipnosophist. • DEIPNOSOPHIST n. a person skilled in dinner conversation. |
| MORPHOPHONEMIC | • morphophonemic adj. (Linguistics) Relating to morphophonemes or morphophonemics. • MORPHOPHONEMIC adj. like a morphophoneme. |
| NONPHILOSOPHER | • nonphilosopher n. One who is not a philosopher. • nonphilosopher n. One devoted to François Laruelle’s concept of nonphilosophy. • nonphilosopher n. One who doesn’t believe in philosophy or the concept of it. |
| PHARMACOPOEIAN | • pharmacopœian adj. Obsolete typography of pharmacopoeian. • pharmacopœian n. Obsolete typography of pharmacopoeian. • PHARMACOPOEIAN adj. of or like a pharmacopoeia, also PHARMACOPEIAL, PHARMACOPOEIA. |
| PHOSPHOCREATIN | • PHOSPHOCREATIN n. a compound of phosphoric acid and creatine found in vertebrate muscle, also PHOSPHOCREATINE. |
| PHOSPHOKINASES | • phosphokinases n. Plural of phosphokinase. • PHOSPHOKINASE n. a kind of enzyme, aka kinase. |
| 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. |
| PHOSPHORESCING | • phosphorescing v. Present participle of phosphoresce. • PHOSPHORESCE v. to exhibit phosphorescence. |
| PHOTORECEPTION | • photoreception n. (Biology) The absorption of light energy by plants and animals, and its utilization for biologically… • PHOTORECEPTION n. the perception of waves in the range of visible light. |
| PORPHYROGENITE | • porphyrogenite n. (Historical) an honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably… • PORPHYROGENITE n. a Byzantine emperor's son, born in the purple. |
| PROGENITORSHIP | • progenitorship n. The state of being a progenitor. • PROGENITORSHIP n. the state of being a progenitor. |
| SPORANGIOPHORE | • sporangiophore n. (Botany) A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails). • sporangiophore n. (Mycology) A special type of hypha that bears sporangia on the tip. • SPORANGIOPHORE n. a stalk to which sporangia are attached. |
| SYNAPOMORPHIES | • synapomorphies n. Plural of synapomorphy. |