| HAPTOTROPISM | • haptotropism n. (Biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus. • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| OPPORTUNISTS | • opportunists n. Plural of opportunist. • OPPORTUNIST n. one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism. |
| PHONOTYPISTS | • phonotypists n. Plural of phonotypist. • PHONOTYPIST n. one who practises phonotypy. |
| PHOTOTROPHIC | • phototrophic adj. (Biology) That exhibits phototrophy. • PHOTOTROPHIC adj. relating to phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| PHOTOTROPIES | • PHOTOTROPY n. change of colour due to wavelength of incident light. |
| PHOTOTROPISM | • phototropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant towards or away from light. • PHOTOTROPISM n. movement directed by light. |
| PITTOSPORUMS | • pittosporums n. Plural of pittosporum. • PITTOSPORUM n. any of numerous chiefly subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees. |
| POSTHOSPITAL | • posthospital adj. After a period spent in hospital. • POSTHOSPITAL adj. taking place after a stay in hospital. |
| POSTHYPNOTIC | • posthypnotic adj. After being hypnotized. • POSTHYPNOTIC adj. taking place after hypnosis. |
| POSTPOSITION | • postposition n. (Grammar) A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun. • postposition n. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. • POSTPOSITION n. the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence. |
| POSTPOSITIVE | • postpositive adj. (Grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after… • postpositive n. (Grammar) A postpositive modifier. • POSTPOSITIVE adj. of an adjective, placed after the word it modifies e.g. attorney general, Scrabble player manque. |
| PROPITIATION | • propitiation n. The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but with the added concept of appeasement… • propitiation n. (Theology) The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin. • PROPITIATION n. the act of propitiating. |
| PROPITIATORS | • propitiators n. Plural of propitiator. • PROPITIATOR n. one who propitiates. |
| PROPITIATORY | • propitiatory adj. Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory. • PROPITIATORY adj. serving to propitiate, also PROPITIATIOUS, PROPITIATIVE. • PROPITIATORY n. the mercy seat. |
| PROTOPATHIES | • PROTOPATHY n. first or direct experience. |
| PROTOPLASTIC | • protoplastic adj. Of or relating to protoplast. • protoplastic adj. (Obsolete) prototypical. • PROTOPLASTIC adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMAL, PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASMIC. |
| PROTOTROPHIC | • prototrophic adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to a prototroph or to prototrophy. • PROTOTROPHIC adj. of bacteria, feeding directly on uncombined elements. |
| PROTOTYPICAL | • prototypical adj. Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from. • PROTOTYPICAL adj. relating to a prototype, also PROTOTYPAL, PROTOTYPIC. |
| TROPHOTROPIC | • trophotropic adj. Relating to trophotropy. • TROPHOTROPIC adj. related to trophotropism, direction of growth by nutritional factors. |