| DEPOPULATOR | • depopulator n. A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate. • DEPOPULATOR n. one who depopulates. |
| ELECTROPOPS | • ELECTROPOP n. a genre of pop music characterized by the use of synthesizers to replace guitars and drums. |
| LIPOPROTEIN | • lipoprotein n. Any of a large group of complexes of protein and lipid with many biochemical functions. • LIPOPROTEIN n. a water-soluble protein found in the blood, which carries cholesterol. |
| LIPOTROPIES | • LIPOTROPY n. the breaking down of fat in the body. |
| LIPOTROPINS | • lipotropins n. Plural of lipotropin. • LIPOTROPIN n. a protein hormone of the pituitary gland. |
| OPPORTUNELY | • opportunely adv. In a manner suitable for some particular purpose. • opportunely adv. In a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time. • OPPORTUNE adv. happening at the right time. |
| PLEIOTROPIC | • pleiotropic adj. Of or pertaining to pleiotropy. • PLEIOTROPIC adj. of a gene, having an effect simultaneously on more than one character in the offspring. |
| POLYTROPHIC | • polytrophic adj. (Biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way. • polytrophic adj. (Biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary. • polytrophic adj. (Of a lake) Rich in nutrients. |
| PROTOPHILIC | • protophilic adj. (Chemistry) Describing a solvent that can accept protons, and is therefore basic. • PROTOPHILIC adj. having or involving an affinity for hydrogen ions (protons). |
| PROTOPHLOEM | • protophloem n. The form of phloem that is initially formed, composed of narrow, thin-walled cells. • PROTOPHLOEM n. the first-formed phloem that develops from procambium, usually associated with a region of rapid growth. |
| PROTOPLANET | • protoplanet n. An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction… • PROTOPLANET n. a planet in its initial state of formation. |
| PROTOPLASMS | • protoplasms n. Plural of protoplasm. • PROTOPLASM n. the complex translucent colourless colloidal material comprising the living part of a cell. |
| PROTOPLASTS | • protoplasts n. Plural of protoplast. • PROTOPLAST n. living material within a cell divided into discrete structures; the protein of which cells are composed. |
| SPOILSPORTS | • spoilsports n. Plural of spoilsport. • spoil-sports n. Plural of spoil-sport. • SPOILSPORT n. one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others. |
| TROPHOPLASM | • trophoplasm n. An undifferentiated protoplasm that used to be nutritive in use. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |