| MACROPTEROUS | • macropterous adj. Having long wings or fins. • MACROPTEROUS adj. having large wings or fins. |
| MICROPTEROUS | • micropterous adj. (Entomology) Having small, sometimes merely vestigial, wings. • MICROPTEROUS adj. having small wings or fins. |
| PARAMENSTRUA | • PARAMENSTRUUM n. the four days before and the four days after the onset of menstruation. |
| PERIOSTRACUM | • periostracum n. (Malacology) The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells. • PERIOSTRACUM n. the horny outer layer of a mollusc's shell. |
| PRECOMPUTERS | • precomputers adv. (Informal) Before the availability of computers. • precomputers n. Plural of precomputer. |
| PREMENSTRUAL | • premenstrual adj. Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation. • premenstrual adj. Relating to the time period in a girl’s life prior to her first experience of menstruation; prepubescent. • PREMENSTRUAL adj. taking place before menstruation. |
| PROCUREMENTS | • procurements n. Plural of procurement. • PROCUREMENT n. the act of procuring. |
| PROMPTUARIES | • promptuaries n. Plural of promptuary. • PROMPTUARY n. a repository; a reference book of facts. |
| PSEUDOMARTYR | • pseudomartyr n. One who dies like a martyr but (e.g. because of heretical religious views) is not a true martyr. • PSEUDOMARTYR n. a false martyr. |
| SUPERMARKETS | • supermarkets n. Plural of supermarket. • SUPERMARKET n. a self-service retail market selling especially foods and household merchandise. |
| SUPERSTARDOM | • superstardom n. The status or position of a superstar. • SUPERSTARDOM n. being a superstar. |
| SUPERSTRATUM | • superstratum n. (Geology) A stratum that is on top of another. • superstratum n. (Linguistics) A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language. • SUPERSTRATUM n. an overlying layer. |
| TEMPERATURES | • temperatures n. Plural of temperature. • TEMPERATURE n. the degree of hotness of a body. |
| TRIUMPHERIES | • TRIUMPHERY n. (Shakespeare) a triumvir. |