| CHLORPROPAMIDE | • chlorpropamide n. (Medicine) A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug. • CHLORPROPAMIDE n. a sulfonylurea drug used orally to reduce blood sugar in the treatment of mild diabetes. |
| POLAROGRAPHIES | • polarographies n. Plural of polarography. • POLAROGRAPHY n. a technique for determining the concentration and nature of the ions in a solution by an electrolytic process. |
| PREOPERATIONAL | • preoperational adj. Prior to a surgical operation. • preoperational adj. In or relating to a Piagetian phase of child development characterized by sparse and logically inadequate… • PREOPERATIONAL adj. preceding an operation. |
| PREPOSTEROUSLY | • preposterously adv. In a preposterous manner. • PREPOSTEROUS adv. contrary to nature, reason, or common sense. |
| PROLOCUTORSHIP | • prolocutorship n. The rank or office of a prolocutor. • PROLOCUTORSHIP n. the office of a prolocutor, a spokesman. |
| PROPITIATORILY | • propitiatorily adv. By way of propitiation. • PROPITIATORY adv. serving to propitiate, also PROPITIATIOUS, PROPITIATIVE. |
| PROPORTIONABLE | • proportionable adj. Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional. • proportionable adj. In the correct proportion; proportional; commensurable. • PROPORTIONABLE adj. proportional, proportionate. |
| PROPORTIONABLY | • proportionably adv. In a proportionable manner; proportionately. • PROPORTIONABLE adv. proportional, proportionate. |
| PROPORTIONALLY | • proportionally adv. In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively. • PROPORTIONAL adv. relating to proportion. |
| PROPORTIONLESS | • proportionless adj. Without proportion; unsymmetrical. • PROPORTIONLESS adj. without proportion. |
| PROTOPLANETARY | • protoplanetary adj. (Astronomy, planets) Of or pertaining to a protoplanet. • protoplanetary adj. Relating to a stage in the life of a red giant star or its protoplanetary nebula during the star’s final… • proto-planetary adj. Alternative form of protoplanetary. |
| SPERMATOPHORAL | • spermatophoral adj. Relating to spermatophores. • SPERMATOPHORAL adj. of or like a spermatophore, a case enclosing the spermatozoa of certain crustaceans. |
| UNPROSPEROUSLY | • unprosperously adv. In an unprosperous manner. • UNPROSPEROUS adv. not prosperous. |
| XYLOPYROGRAPHY | • xylopyrography n. (Art) The art of burning pictures onto wood. • XYLOPYROGRAPHY n. engraving designs on wood with hot poker. |