| BOOTSTRAPPING | • bootstrapping v. Present participle of bootstrap. • bootstrapping n. The process by which something is bootstrapped. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| HAPTOTROPISMS | • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| METOPOSCOPIST | • metoposcopist n. One versed in metoposcopy. • METOPOSCOPIST n. one who practises metoposcopy, the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, principally his forehead. |
| OPPORTUNISTIC | • opportunistic adj. Taking advantage of situations that arise. • opportunistic adj. Taking advantage of situations to advance one’s own interests without regard for moral principles. • OPPORTUNISTIC adj. taking advantage of opportunities as they arise. |
| OPPORTUNITIES | • opportunities n. Plural of opportunity. • OPPORTUNITY n. a favorable juncture of circumstances. |
| OPPOSITIONIST | • oppositionist n. A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition. • OPPOSITIONIST n. a member of an opposition. |
| PEPTONISATION | • peptonisation n. Alternative form of peptonization. • PEPTONISATION n. the process of peptonising, also PEPTONIZATION. |
| PHOTOGRAPHIST | • photographist n. (Dated) One who produces photographs. • PHOTOGRAPHIST n. a photographer. |
| PHOTOPOSITIVE | • photopositive adj. (Biology) having a positive phototropic or phototactic response; attracted by light. • PHOTOPOSITIVE adj. exhibiting positive phototropism or phototaxis. |
| PHOTOTROPISMS | • phototropisms n. Plural of phototropism. • PHOTOTROPISM n. movement directed by light. |
| POSTOPERATIVE | • postoperative adj. Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation. • postoperative n. A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery. • post-operative adj. Alternative spelling of postoperative. |
| POSTPOSITIONS | • postpositions n. Plural of postposition. • POSTPOSITION n. the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence. |
| POSTPOSITIVES | • postpositives n. Plural of postpositive. • POSTPOSITIVE n. a postpositive adjective. |
| PROPITIATIONS | • propitiations n. Plural of propitiation. • PROPITIATION n. the act of propitiating. |
| PROPITIATIOUS | • PROPITIATIOUS adj. serving to propitiate, also PROPITIATIVE, PROPITIATORY. |
| PROTECTORSHIP | • protectorship n. The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. • PROTECTORSHIP n. the office of protector. |
| PROTOSPATAIRE | • PROTOSPATAIRE n. the captain of the guards at Byzantium, also PROTOSPATHAIRE, PROTOSPATHARIUS. |
| PROTOTROPHIES | • prototrophies n. Plural of prototrophy. • PROTOTROPHY n. the state of being prototrophic. |
| TROPHOTROPISM | • trophotropism n. The movements of the organs in a growing plant, as towards nutrient substances, induced by the chemical… • TROPHOTROPISM n. direction of growth by nutritional factors. |