| COLPORTEUR | • colporteur n. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books. • COLPORTEUR n. (French) a peddler of religious books. |
| DROPPERFUL | • dropperful n. Enough to fill a dropper. • DROPPERFUL n. the contents of a dropper. |
| FLUORSPARS | • fluorspars n. Plural of fluorspar. • FLUORSPAR n. a mineral, calcium fluoride, also FLUOR, FLUORITE. |
| OPERCULARS | • operculars n. Plural of opercular. • OPERCULAR n. the opercular bone. |
| PETROLEURS | • petroleurs n. Plural of petroleur. • PETROLEUR n. (French) a rioter who uses petroleum, as in the Paris uprising of 1871. |
| POULTERERS | • poulterers n. Plural of poulterer. • POULTERER n. a dealer in dead fowls and game, also POULTER. |
| POURPARLER | • pourparler n. A diplomatic consultation, preliminary to a treaty. • POURPARLER n. (French) a discussion prior to negotiation. |
| PREOCULARS | • preoculars n. Plural of preocular. • PREOCULAR n. a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish. |
| PROCEDURAL | • procedural adj. Related to procedure. • procedural adj. (Computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed. • procedural n. (Literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail. |
| PROCURABLE | • procurable adj. Able to be procured. • PROCURABLE adj. capable of being procured. |
| PROLOCUTOR | • prolocutor n. A spokesman, one who speaks on behalf of others. • prolocutor n. A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church. • PROLOCUTOR n. a presiding officer; a chairman, esp. of the lower house of Convocation. |
| PRONUCLEAR | • pronuclear adj. (Not comparable) Of or pertaining to the pronucleus. • pronuclear adj. Alternative form of pro-nuclear. • pro-nuclear adj. In favour of the use of nuclear energy and the building of nuclear power plants. |
| PROPULSORS | • propulsors n. Plural of propulsor. • PROPULSOR n. something which propels. |
| PROPULSORY | • propulsory adj. Propulsive. • PROPULSORY adj. propulsive. |
| PROTRUSILE | • protrusile adj. Capable of being protruded. • PROTRUSILE adj. that can be protruded, also PROTRUDABLE, PROTRUSIBLE. |
| PURLOINERS | • purloiners n. Plural of purloiner. • PURLOINER n. one who purloins. |
| SUPERIORLY | • superiorly adv. (Anatomy, medicine) above; in a superior position. • superiorly adv. In a superior manner. • SUPERIOR adv. of higher rank, quality, or authority than another. |
| UNPROPERLY | • unproperly adv. In an unproper manner; not properly. • UNPROPER adv. improper. |