| LEAPOROUS | • leaporous adj. Obsolete form of leprous. • LEAPOROUS adj. (obsolete) leprous, also LEAPEROUS, LEAPROUS, LEPROUS. |
| OWERLOUPS | • OWERLOUP v. (Scots) to leap over, also OVERLEAP. |
| POLITBURO | • politburo n. The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other… • politburo n. (By extension, sometimes derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other… • Politburo prop.n. Any of various politburos, especially that of the Soviet Union or that of the People’s Republic of China. |
| POULDRONS | • pouldrons n. Plural of pouldron. • POULDRON n. a shoulder-plate of a suit of armour, also PAULDRON, PULDRON. |
| PROCONSUL | • proconsul n. (In ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province. • Proconsul prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Proconsulidae – a Miocene basal ape or basal catarrhine. • PROCONSUL n. an officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. |
| PROLABOUR | • PROLABOUR adj. favouring an organized labour movement, also PROLABOR. |
| PROLOGUED | • prologued v. Simple past tense and past participle of prologue. • PROLOGUE v. to preface, also PROLOG. |
| PROLOGUES | • prologues n. Plural of prologue. • PROLOGUE v. to preface, also PROLOG. |
| PROLUSION | • prolusion n. A trial before the principal performance; a prelude. • prolusion n. An introductory essay. • PROLUSION n. preliminary performance, activity or display. |
| PROLUSORY | • prolusory adj. Relating to prolusion; preliminary, introductory. • PROLUSORY adj. relating to prolusion, preliminary. |
| PROPULSOR | • propulsor n. (Chiefly aeronautics) A propellor enclosed in a short cylinder, that can typically be swivelled to change… • PROPULSOR n. something which propels. |
| PULMOTORS | • pulmotors n. Plural of pulmotor. • PULMOTOR n. a respiratory device. |
| PUREBLOOD | • pureblood n. A person or animal of unmixed ancestry. • PUREBLOOD n. a horse etc. of unmixed race. |
| SUPERCOOL | • supercool v. (Physics) To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring. • supercool adj. (Informal) Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable. • SUPERCOOL v. to cool a liquid below its normal freezing point. |
| SUPERLOOS | • superloos n. Plural of superloo. • SUPERLOO n. a self-cleaning public toilet. |
| TURCOPOLE | • turcopole n. (Historical) A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades. • TURCOPOLE n. (Modern Greek) a light-armed soldier of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. |
| UPROOTALS | • uprootals n. Plural of uprootal. • UPROOTAL n. the act of uprooting. |