| ALLOPATRIC | • allopatric adj. (Biology) Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed. • ALLOPATRIC adj. pertaining to populations which inhabit separate geographical areas. |
| ALLOTROPIC | • allotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy. • ALLOTROPIC adj. relating to allotropy. |
| BILLPOSTER | • billposter n. One who posts handbills or posters in public places. • BILLPOSTER n. one who sticks up bills, also BILLSTICKER. |
| 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. |
| PALLIATORS | • palliators n. Plural of palliator. • PALLIATOR n. one who palliates. |
| PALLIATORY | • palliatory adj. Palliative; extenuating. • PALLIATORY adj. palliative; extenuating. |
| PATRILOCAL | • patrilocal adj. (Of a married couple) living with the family of the husband. • patrilocal adj. (Anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the husband’s family. • PATRILOCAL adj. designating a form of marriage in which the wife goes to live with the husband's group. |
| PATROLLING | • patrolling v. Present participle of patrol. • patrolling n. The act of going on patrol. • PATROL v. to guard by moving and watching. |
| PETROLLING | • PETROL v. to supply with petrol (gasoline). |
| POLLINATOR | • pollinator n. (Biology) the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect. • pollinator n. The plant that is the source of pollen for cross-pollination. • POLLINATOR n. an agent that pollinates. |
| PORTCULLIS | • portcullis n. A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc. • portcullis n. (Historical) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company… • portcullis v. To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. |
| POSTILLERS | • postillers n. Plural of postiller. • POSTILLER n. one who postils, provides glosses. |
| PROTHALLIA | • prothallia n. Plural of prothallium. • PROTHALLIUM n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLUS. |
| PROTHALLIC | • PROTHALLIC adj. relating to a prothallus, the growth following a germinating spore, for the purpose of sexual reproduction. |
| TROLLOPIER | • TROLLOPY adj. like a trollop. |
| TROLLOPING | • trolloping v. Present participle of trollop. • TROLLOP v. to act or dress like a trollop. |
| TROLLOPISH | • trollopish adj. Like a trollop. • TROLLOPISH adj. like a trollop. |
| TROPICALLY | • tropically adv. In a tropical manner; of the tropics. • tropically adv. In a metaphorical or figurative manner; as a trope. • TROPICAL adv. related to the tropics. |