| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| APOSTROPHUS | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| EPISTROPHES | • epistrophes n. Plural of epistrophe. • EPISTROPHE n. the ending of successive clauses with the same word e.g. 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'. |
| PARAPHRASTS | • paraphrasts n. Plural of paraphrast. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
| PASTORSHIPS | • pastorships n. Plural of pastorship. • PASTORSHIP n. the office of pastor. |
| PHOSPHORETS | • phosphorets n. Plural of phosphoret. • PHOSPHORET n. (obsolete) a phosphide, also PHOSPHURET. |
| PHOSPHURETS | • phosphurets n. Plural of phosphuret. • PHOSPHURET n. (obsolete) a phosphide, also PHOSPHORET. |
| PRETORSHIPS | • pretorships n. Plural of pretorship. • PRETORSHIP n. the office of pretor, a magistrate of ancient Rome, also PRAETORSHIP. |
| PRIESTSHIPS | • priestships n. Plural of priestship. • PRIESTSHIP n. the office of priest. |
| PROPHETISMS | • prophetisms n. Plural of prophetism. • PROPHETISM n. the actions of a prophet or prophets. |
| PROVOSTSHIP | • provostship n. The state, property, or office of being a provost. • PROVOSTSHIP n. the office of provost. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| 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. |
| SPHEROPLAST | • spheroplast n. (Cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed. • SPHEROPLAST n. a bacterium or yeast cell that is modified, as by enzymatic action, so that there is partial loss of the cell wall and increased osmotic sensitivity. |
| SPOROPHYTES | • sporophytes n. Plural of sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTE n. a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |