| APOGRAPH | • apograph n. (Textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph). • APOGRAPH n. an exact copy. |
| APPROACH | • approach v. (Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. • approach v. (Intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot. • approach v. (Transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone… |
| CHOPPERS | • choppers n. Plural of chopper. • choppers n. (Informal) teeth. • Choppers n. Plural of Chopper. |
| CHOPPIER | • choppier adj. Comparative form of choppy: more choppy. • CHOPPY adj. full of irregular waves. |
| COPPERAH | • copperah n. Archaic form of copra. • COPPERAH n. (Malay) dried coconut meat, also COPRA, COPPRA, COPRAH. |
| HOPPLERS | • HOPPLER n. one who hopples. |
| HORNPIPE | • hornpipe n. (Music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. • hornpipe n. A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed. • hornpipe n. A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time. |
| HYPEROPE | • hyperope n. A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia. • HYPEROPE n. a farsighted person. |
| PHOSPHOR | • phosphor n. (Chemistry) Any of various compounds of transition metals or of rare earths that exhibit phosphorescence. • phosphor n. (Chemistry, obsolete) Phosphorus. • Phosphor prop.n. Alternative spelling of Phosphorus (“the planet Venus, as the morning star”). |
| PORPHYRY | • porphyry n. (Geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. • Porphyry prop.n. A Tyrian Neoplatonic philosopher. • PORPHYRY n. (Greek) a very hard, variegated rock of a purple and white colour, used in sculpture. |
| PROPHAGE | • prophage n. (Biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome. • PROPHAGE n. a virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it. |
| PROPHASE | • prophase n. The first stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form the chromosomes. • prophase n. The first stage of meiosis. • PROPHASE n. the first stage in cell division. |
| PROPHECY | • prophecy n. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration. • prophecy n. The public interpretation of Scripture. • prophecy v. (Chiefly dated) Alternative form of prophesy. |
| PROPHESY | • prophesy v. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. • prophesy v. To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). • prophesy v. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. |
| PROPHETS | • prophets n. Plural of prophet. • Prophets prop.n. A division of the Old Testament, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah… • Prophets prop.n. The 21st sura (chapter) of the Qur’an. |
| PROPHYLL | • prophyll n. (Botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot. • PROPHYLL n. a small leaf on the axis of a flower. |
| SHOPPERS | • shoppers n. Plural of shopper. • SHOPPER n. one who shops. |
| SHOPPIER | • shoppier adj. Comparative form of shoppy: more shoppy. • SHOPPY adj. abounding with shops. |
| THROPPLE | • thropple n. (Chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Alternative spelling of thrapple. • thropple v. (Transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) Alternative spelling of thrapple. • THROPPLE v. (Scots) to throttle, strangle, also THRAPPLE. |
| WHOPPERS | • whoppers n. Plural of whopper. • WHOPPER n. something unusually large, also WHAPPER. |