| HYPERMILER | • hypermiler n. One who uses special driving techniques to achieve unusually good fuel economy. |
| IMPLORATOR | • implorator n. (Obsolete) One who implores. • IMPLORATOR n. (Shakespeare) one who implores. |
| IMPROPERLY | • improperly adv. In an improper manner; not properly. • IMPROPER adv. not proper. |
| LONGPRIMER | • longprimer n. Alternative form of Long Primer. • Long␣Primer prop.n. (Printing, dated) The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point. • LONGPRIMER n. in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois. |
| MADREPORAL | • madreporal adj. Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic. • madreporal adj. Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes… • MADREPORAL adj. relating to madrepore, a kind of coral, also MADREPORIC. |
| MARPRELATE | • MARPRELATE v. to inveigh after the manner of Martin Marprelate, the name assumed by the author of certain anti-episcopal tracts, 1588-9. |
| MICROPYLAR | • micropylar adj. Of or pertaining to micropyles. • MICROPYLAR adj. of or like a micropyle, a micropore in ovum for spermatozoon. |
| PALMCORDER | • palmcorder n. A small camcorder. • PALMCORDER n. a small camcorder which can be held in the palm of the hand. |
| PALMERWORM | • palmerworm n. (Archaic) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body. • palmerworm n. A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees. • palmer-worm n. Alternative form of palmerworm. |
| PARAMETRAL | • parametral adj. Synonym of parametric. • PARAMETRAL adj. relating to parameters, also PARAMETRIC, PARAMETRICAL. |
| PARANORMAL | • paranormal adj. That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining… • paranormal n. A person to whom paranormal powers are attributed. • PARANORMAL adj. not scientifically explainable. |
| PERIDERMAL | • peridermal adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the periderm. • PERIDERMAL adj. relating to the periderm, the outer layer of bark, also PERIDERMIC. |
| PERIMETRAL | • PERIMETRAL adj. relating to a perimeter, also PERIMETRIC, PERIMETRICAL. |
| PILGRIMERS | • pilgrimers n. Plural of pilgrimer. • PILGRIMER n. someone who goes on a pilgrimage, also PILGRIM, PILGRIMAGER. |
| PLATFORMER | • platformer n. (Video games, informal) A platform game. • PLATFORMER n. a platform game, a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems. |
| POLAROGRAM | • polarogram n. A plot of current against potential produced by polarography. • POLAROGRAM n. a picture taken by polarography. |
| PREMARITAL | • premarital adj. Before marriage; before getting married. • PREMARITAL adj. taking place before marriage. |
| PRIMORDIAL | • primordial adj. First, earliest or original. • primordial adj. (Biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium. • primordial adj. Primeval. |
| PROCLAIMER | • proclaimer n. One who proclaims. • proclaimer n. A public avowal of independent opinion. Used instead of disclaimer. • PROCLAIMER n. one who proclaims. |
| TERPOLYMER | • terpolymer n. A copolymer derived from three species of monomer. • TERPOLYMER n. a polymer such as a complex resin. |