| HAPTOTROPISMS | • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| LYMPHOPOIESES | • lymphopoieses n. Plural of lymphopoiesis. • LYMPHOPOIESIS n. the formation of lymphatic tissue or lymphocytes. |
| LYMPHOPOIESIS | • lymphopoiesis n. (Medicine) The development of lymphocytes and associated tissue. • LYMPHOPOIESIS n. the formation of lymphatic tissue or lymphocytes. |
| METOPOSCOPIES | • METOPOSCOPY n. the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, principally his forehead. |
| METOPOSCOPIST | • metoposcopist n. One versed in metoposcopy. • METOPOSCOPIST n. one who practises metoposcopy, the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, principally his forehead. |
| PERISPOMENONS | • PERISPOMENON n. a word having a circumflex accent on the final syllable. |
| PHILOSOPHISMS | • philosophisms n. Plural of philosophism. • PHILOSOPHISM n. would-be philosophy. |
| PHOTOCOMPOSES | • photocomposes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of photocompose. • PHOTOCOMPOSE v. to set (as reading matter) by photocomposition. |
| PHOTOTROPISMS | • phototropisms n. Plural of phototropism. • PHOTOTROPISM n. movement directed by light. |
| PITYROSPORUMS | • PITYROSPORUM n. a yeastlike fungus which can cause pityriasis. |
| PLEIOTROPISMS | • pleiotropisms n. Plural of pleiotropism. • PLEIOTROPISM n. the state of being pleiotropic, having an effect simultaneously on more than one character in the offspring. |
| PLEOMORPHISMS | • pleomorphisms n. Plural of pleomorphism. • PLEOMORPHISM n. polymorphism; the occurrence of two or more structural forms during a life cycle. |
| POLYMORPHISMS | • polymorphisms n. Plural of polymorphism. • POLYMORPHISM n. the circumstance in which two minerals with different crystalline structures have identical chemical compositions, e.g. diamond and graphite. |
| POMPOUSNESSES | • pompousnesses n. Plural of pompousness. • POMPOUSNESS n. the state of being pompous. |
| POSTMENOPAUSE | • postmenopause n. The period in which menopause no longer occurs; often defined as the first full year in which no menstruation occurs. |
| POSTPONEMENTS | • postponements n. Plural of postponement. • POSTPONEMENT n. the act of postponing. |
| PSAMMOPHILOUS | • psammophilous adj. (Botany) arenophilous, sand-loving. • psammophilous adj. (Zoology), sand-loving. • PSAMMOPHILOUS adj. sand-loving. |
| SPHYGMOPHONES | • sphygmophones n. Plural of sphygmophone. • SPHYGMOPHONE n. an instrument for hearing the pulse. |
| SPHYGMOSCOPES | • sphygmoscopes n. Plural of sphygmoscope. • SPHYGMOSCOPE n. an instrument for making arterial pulsations visible. |