| COLPORTEUR | • colporteur n. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books. • COLPORTEUR n. (French) a peddler of religious books. |
| COPULATORY | • copulatory adj. Pertaining to copulation. • COPULATORY adj. relating to copulation. |
| FLUOROTYPE | • fluorotype n. (Historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of… • FLUOROTYPE n. (obsolete) photography by means of fluorides. |
| GROUNDPLOT | • GROUNDPLOT n. the plot of ground on which a building stands. |
| OWERLOUPIT | • OWERLOUP v. (Scots) to leap over, also OVERLEAP. |
| PETROLEOUS | • petroleous adj. Containing petroleum. • petroleous adj. Pertaining to the mining of petroleum. • petroleous adj. Characteristic of oil or petroleum. |
| PHOTOMURAL | • photomural n. A large photograph (or series of photographs) used as a wall decoration. • PHOTOMURAL n. an enlarged photograph, usually several yards long. |
| PLEURODONT | • pleurodont adj. (Zoology) Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones. • pleurodont n. (Zoology) Any reptile with teeth of this kind. • PLEURODONT adj. with teeth attached to the inside of the jawbone, rather than rooted in it. |
| PLEUROTOMY | • pleurotomy n. (Medicine) the surgical incision of the pleura. • PLEUROTOMY n. incision into the pleura. |
| POLITBUROS | • politburos n. Plural of politburo. • POLITBURO n. (Russian) the policy-making committee in communist states. |
| POSTOCULAR | • postocular adj. Situated behind the eyes. • postocular n. Any of the scales lying directly behind and in contact with the eye of a reptile. • POSTOCULAR n. a scale situated behind the eye of some lizards. |
| POSTULATOR | • postulator n. A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument. • postulator n. A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification or canonization of a proposed saint. • POSTULATOR n. an official who presents case for canonization or beatification. |
| POULTROONE | • POULTROONE n. (Shakespeare) a poltroon, also POLTROON. |
| 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. |
| TOOLPUSHER | • toolpusher n. The senior worker in charge of an oil drilling rig. • tool-pusher n. Alternative spelling of toolpusher. • TOOLPUSHER n. a supervisor of drilling operations at an oil well. |
| TROPAEOLUM | • Tropaeolum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Tropaeolaceae – nasturtiums. • Tropæolum prop.n. Obsolete spelling of Tropaeolum. • TROPAEOLUM n. a genus of South American trailing plants. |
| TURCOPOLES | • turcopoles n. Plural of turcopole. • TURCOPOLE n. (Modern Greek) a light-armed soldier of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. |