| APPETITIONS | • appetitions n. Plural of appetition. • APPETITION n. (archaic) direction of desire. |
| APPOINTMENT | • appointment n. The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust. • appointment n. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed. • appointment n. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. |
| OPPORTUNIST | • opportunist n. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle. • OPPORTUNIST n. one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism. |
| OPPORTUNITY | • opportunity n. A chance for advancement, progress or profit. • opportunity n. A favorable circumstance or occasion. • opportunity n. (Nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness. |
| OUTSTEPPING | • outstepping v. Present participle of outstep. • OUTSTEP v. to step beyond. |
| PALPITATION | • palpitation n. An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness. • PALPITATION n. a nervous throbbing. |
| PEPTISATION | • PEPTISATION n. the act of peptising, also PEPTIZATION. |
| PEPTIZATION | • peptization n. The stabilization of a hydrophobic colloidal sol by the addition of an electrolyte that is adsorbed… • PEPTIZATION n. the act of peptizing, also PEPTISATION. |
| PHONOTYPIST | • phonotypist n. One versed in phonotypy. • PHONOTYPIST n. one who practises phonotypy. |
| PHOTOTYPING | • phototyping v. Present participle of phototype. • PHOTOTYPE v. to print by this means. |
| PINSPOTTERS | • pinspotters n. Plural of pinspotter. • PINSPOTTER n. an employee on a mechanical device that spots pins in a bowling alley, also PINSETTER. |
| PINSPOTTING | • pinspotting n. Synonym of pinsetting. • PINSPOT v. to illuminate with a pinspot. |
| PLATINOTYPE | • platinotype n. (Uncountable) A method of making photographic prints using platinum salts. • platinotype n. (Countable) A print made by this method. • PLATINOTYPE n. an obsolete method of photography by reducing a compound of platinum. |
| PLENIPOTENT | • plenipotent adj. Possessing full power. • PLENIPOTENT adj. having absolute power, also PLENIPOTENTIAL. |
| PLURIPOTENT | • pluripotent adj. (Biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all. • PLURIPOTENT adj. not fixed as to development potentialities e.g. 'pluripotent stem cells'. |
| POPLINETTES | • POPLINETTE n. an imitation poplin. |
| POSTNUPTIAL | • postnuptial adj. Subsequent to marriage. • POSTNUPTIAL adj. made or occurring after marriage or mating. |
| PROTOTYPING | • prototyping n. The rapid creation of prototypes of a new product for demonstration and research purposes. • PROTOTYPE v. to make a prototype. |
| TIPPYTOEING | • tippytoeing v. Present participle of tippytoe. • TIPPYTOE v. to walk on the tips of one's toes, also TIPTOE. |