| IMPERIALLY | • imperially adv. In an imperial manner. • IMPERIAL adv. commanding. |
| IMPERILLED | • imperilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of imperil; alternative spelling of imperiled. • IMPERIL v. to put in danger, also PERIL. |
| MICROPHYLL | • microphyll n. (Botany) A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf. • microphyll n. (Botany) A very small leaf. • MICROPHYLL n. a type of (usually small) leaf having a single medial vein, characteristic of the glycophytes (clubmosses, spike mosses, and quillworts). |
| MILLEPORES | • millepores n. Plural of millepore. • MILLEPORE n. any of a group or order of colonial hydrozoans. |
| MILLIPROBE | • milliprobe n. Any of various very small scientific probes, especially such a spectrometer. • MILLIPROBE n. an instrument for analysing small quantities, esp. a spectrometer. |
| MULTIPLIER | • multiplier n. (Arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied. • multiplier n. (Grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied. • multiplier n. (Economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities. |
| MULTIPOLAR | • multipolar adj. (Physics, biology) Having more than two poles. • multipolar adj. (Politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural… • multipolar n. An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist. |
| PEPPERMILL | • peppermill n. Alternative form of pepper mill. • pepper␣mill n. A small handheld grinder containing a supply of peppercorns for grinding fresh at the table or in the kitchen. • pepper␣mill n. (Historical, slang) The Curta, a cylindrical hand-held mechanical calculator invented in the 1930s. |
| PERMILLAGE | • permillage n. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 1000. • PERMILLAGE n. reckoning by the thousand. |
| PLURALISMS | • pluralisms n. Plural of pluralism. • PLURALISM n. a theory or system of thought recognizing more than one ultimate principle. |
| PREMAXILLA | • premaxilla n. (Anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw. • PREMAXILLA n. (Latin) a bone in front of the maxilla, also PREMAXILLARY. |
| PRIMEVALLY | • primevally adv. In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. • PRIMEVAL adv. belonging to the earth's beginnings, also PRIMAEVAL. |
| PROXIMALLY | • proximally adv. (Of causation) Immediately; most directly. • proximally adv. (Medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally. • PROXIMAL adv. located near the point of origin. |
| RAMPALLIAN | • rampallian n. (Obsolete) A mean wretch; a low person. • RAMPALLIAN n. (Shakespeare) a mean wretch. |