| ERIOPHORUM | • Eriophorum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – cottongrass, found in acidic bogs, especially in the Arctic. • ERIOPHORUM n. a plant of the cotton-grass genus. |
| IMPLORATOR | • implorator n. (Obsolete) One who implores. • IMPLORATOR n. (Shakespeare) one who implores. |
| IMPROVISOR | • improvisor n. Alternative form of improviser. • IMPROVISOR n. one who improvises, also IMPROVISATOR, IMPROVISER. |
| MICROPORES | • micropores n. Plural of micropore. • MICROPORE n. a very small pore. |
| MICROPOWER | • micropower n. (Sometimes attributive) The generation, storage and use of extremely small amounts of power. • MICROPOWER n. generating, using, or relating to small amounts of power. |
| MICROPROBE | • microprobe n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to determine the chemical composition at a point on a solid surface… • MICROPROBE n. a device that produces a very thin electron beam by which the chemical makeup of various compounds may be examined. |
| MICROPROOF | • microproof adj. That may be used in a microwave oven without damage. |
| MICROSPORE | • microspore n. (Botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore. • microspore n. (Zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads. • MICROSPORE n. a spore giving rise to a male gametophyte. |
| OPPROBRIUM | • opprobrium n. (Countable, archaic) A cause, object, or situation of disgrace or shame. • opprobrium n. (Uncountable). • OPPROBRIUM n. something that brings disgrace; infamy, contempt. |
| ORTHOPRISM | • ORTHOPRISM n. in monoclinic crystals, a form consisting of two faces parallel to the orthodiagonal. |
| POROMERICS | • poromerics n. Plural of poromeric. • POROMERIC n. a poromeric substance. |
| PREMONITOR | • premonitor n. One who, or that which, gives premonition. • PREMONITOR n. one who, or that which, gives premonition. |
| PROMISSORS | • promissors n. Plural of promissor. • PROMISSOR n. one who makes a (legal) promise, also PROMISER, PROMISOR. |
| PROMISSORY | • promissory adj. Containing or consisting of a promise. • promissory adj. (Law, of a contractual provision) Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance… • PROMISSORY adj. containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne. |
| PROTEIFORM | • proteiform adj. (Zoology) changeable in form; resembling a proteus. • PROTEIFORM adj. changeable in form. |
| RHIZOMORPH | • rhizomorph n. A rootlike structure, consisting of a dense mass of hyphae, in many fungi. • RHIZOMORPH n. a rootlike mass of fungal hyphae. |
| VAPORIFORM | • vaporiform adj. (Archaic) Existing in a vaporous state. • VAPORIFORM adj. existing in a vaporous form or state. |