| APPROPRIATIONS | • appropriations n. Plural of appropriation. • APPROPRIATION n. an act or instance of appropriating. |
| HIPPOPOTAMUSES | • hippopotamuses n. Plural of hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMUS n. a large African artiodactyl ungulate of aquatic habits. |
| HYPOPHOSPHITES | • hypophosphites n. Plural of hypophosphite. • HYPOPHOSPHITE n. a salt of hypophosphorous acid. |
| HYPOPHOSPHORIC | • hypophosphoric adj. Of or pertaining to hypophosphoric acid or its derivatives. • HYPOPHOSPHORIC adj. as in hypophosphoric acid, a tetrabasic acid produced by the slow oxidation of phosphorus in moist ai. |
| PHOSPHOLIPASES | • phospholipases n. Plural of phospholipase. • PHOSPHOLIPASE n. any of several enzymes that hydrolyze lecithins or phosphatidylethanolamines. |
| PHOSPHOPROTEIN | • phosphoprotein n. (Biochemistry) any protein containing bound phosphate or complexed with a phospholipid. • PHOSPHOPROTEIN n. any of various proteins, such as casein, that contain combined phosphoric acid. |
| POLYPHOSPHORIC | • polyphosphoric adj. (Chemistry) Used to describe polymeric phosphoric acids and their derivatives. • POLYPHOSPHORIC adj. as in polyphosphoric acid, any oxyacid of pentavalent phosphorus. |
| PRESUPPOSITION | • presupposition n. An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation. • presupposition n. The act of presupposing. • presupposition n. (Linguistics) An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language. |
| PROPERISPOMENA | • properispomena n. Plural of properispomenon. • PROPERISPOMENON n. a word with the circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PROPRIETORSHIP | • proprietorship n. The state of being a proprietor; ownership. • PROPRIETORSHIP n. the office of proprietor. |
| PROPRIOCEPTORS | • proprioceptors n. Plural of proprioceptor. • PROPRIOCEPTOR n. a sense organ receptive to stimuli from within the body. |
| PYROPHOSPHORIC | • pyrophosphoric adj. Of, or relating to pyrophosphoric acid or its derivatives. • PYROPHOSPHORIC adj. as in pyrophosphoric acid, a type of acid. |