| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| CARPOSPORES | • carpospores n. Plural of carpospore. • CARPOSPORE n. a kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. |
| GOBSTOPPERS | • gobstoppers n. Plural of gobstopper. • gob␣stoppers n. Plural of gob stopper. • GOBSTOPPER n. (colloquial) a large sweet that is sucked. |
| OPPRESSIONS | • oppressions n. Plural of oppression. • OPPRESSION n. unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power. |
| PHOSPHORETS | • phosphorets n. Plural of phosphoret. • PHOSPHORET n. (obsolete) a phosphide, also PHOSPHURET. |
| PHOSPHORISE | • phosphorise v. Alternative spelling of phosphorize. • PHOSPHORISE v. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus, also PHOSPHORIZE. |
| PODOSPHERES | • podospheres n. Plural of podosphere. • PODOSPHERE n. the collective podcasting social network or community. |
| POROSCOPIES | • POROSCOPY n. the use of a poroscope, an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| POSTPERSONS | • postpersons n. Plural of postperson. • POSTPERSON n. a postman or postwoman. |
| PRAEPOSTORS | • praepostors n. Plural of praepostor. • PRAEPOSTOR n. (Latin) the name used for a prefect in some English public schools, also PREPOSITOR, PREPOSTOR. |
| PRECOMPOSES | • precomposes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precompose. • PRECOMPOSE v. to compose beforehand. |
| PREPOSITORS | • prepositors n. Plural of prepositor. • PREPOSITOR n. (Latin) the name used for a prefect in some English public schools, also PRAEPOSTOR, PREPOSTOR. |
| PROPENSIONS | • propensions n. Plural of propension. • PROPENSION n. (Shakespeare) inclination, propensity. |
| PROSPECTORS | • prospectors n. Plural of prospector. • PROSPECTOR n. one who prospects. |
| PYCNOSPORES | • pycnospores n. Plural of pycnospore. • PYCNOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNIDIOSPORE. |
| 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. |
| SPIROPHORES | • spirophores n. Plural of spirophore. • SPIROPHORE n. an apparatus for inducing artificial respiration by means of an airtight case for the body and an air pump. |
| SPOROPHORES | • sporophores n. Plural of sporophore. • SPOROPHORE n. a spore-bearing stalk or structure, as in fungi. |
| SPOROPHYTES | • sporophytes n. Plural of sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTE n. a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |
| TROPOPAUSES | • tropopauses n. Plural of tropopause. • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |