| COMPATRIOT | • compatriot n. Somebody from one’s own country. • compatriot adj. Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism. • COMPATRIOT n. a person born, residing, or holding citizenship in the same country as another, also COPATRIOT. |
| COMPETITOR | • competitor n. A person or organization against whom one is competing. • competitor n. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics. • competitor n. (Obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal. |
| COMPLOTTER | • complotter n. One who complots; a conspirator. • COMPLOTTER n. one who complots. |
| COMPOTATOR | • compotator n. One who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker. • COMPOTATOR n. one who drinks with another. |
| COMPUTATOR | • computator n. (Archaic) A person who performs computations. • computator n. (Archaic) A mechanical device that performs computation. • computator n. (Humorous) Synonym of computer (“electronic device”) (Can we add an example for this sense?). |
| MOTORSPORT | • motorsport n. Auto racing. • motorsport n. Any sport involving automobiles (motor cars) other than racing; e.g. time trials. |
| OPTOMETERS | • optometers n. Plural of optometer. • OPTOMETER n. an instrument for testing vision. |
| OPTOMETRIC | • optometric adj. Of or pertaining to optometry. • OPTOMETRIC adj. relating to optometry, also OPTOMETRICAL. |
| PHOTOMETER | • photometer n. (Physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light. • photometer v. (Astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer. • PHOTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring light intensity. |
| PHOTOMETRY | • photometry n. (Physics) The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity. • photometry n. (Astronomy) The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars. • PHOTOMETRY n. that branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light. |
| PORTAMENTO | • portamento n. (Music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments… • PORTAMENTO n. (Italian) in singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another. |
| POSTMORTEM | • postmortem n. Alternative spelling of post mortem. • post-mortem adj. Alternative spelling of post mortem. • post-mortem n. Alternative spelling of post mortem. |
| POTOMETERS | • potometers n. Plural of potometer. • POTOMETER n. an instrument measuring the rate at which plants absorb water. |
| PROTOSTOME | • protostome n. Any animal, of the taxon Protostomia, in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastopore. • PROTOSTOME n. a major group of bilateral metazoan animals, that includes mollusks and annelids. |