| PORPHYRINS | • porphyrins n. Plural of porphyrin. • PORPHYRIN n. any of a large group of red or purple crystalline pigments present in plant and animal tissues. |
| PYRENOCARPS | • PYRENOCARP n. a perithecium, a small fruiting body containing ascospores. |
| PERSPIRINGLY | • perspiringly adv. While perspiring; with perspiration or sweat. • PERSPIRING adv. PERSPIRE, to exude sweat through the pores of the skin. |
| PORPHYROPSIN | • porphyropsin n. Any of a group of purple carotenoid pigments, similar to rhodopsin, in the retinas of some fish. • PORPHYROPSIN n. a purple pigment in the retinal rods of freshwater fishes that resembles rhodopsin. |
| PORPHYROPSINS | • porphyropsins n. Plural of porphyropsin. • PORPHYROPSIN n. a purple pigment in the retinal rods of freshwater fishes that resembles rhodopsin. |
| DISPROPERTYING | • dispropertying v. Present participle of disproperty. • DISPROPERTY v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of property. |
| PROPAROXYTONES | • proparoxytones n. Plural of proparoxytone. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
| UNPROSPEROUSLY | • unprosperously adv. In an unprosperous manner. • UNPROSPEROUS adv. not prosperous. |
| HYPERPOLARISING | • hyperpolarising v. Present participle of hyperpolarise. • HYPERPOLARISE v. to increase the difference in electric potential across a cell membrane, also HYPERPOLARIZE. |
| HYPERRESPONSIVE | • hyperresponsive adj. Involving an abnormally high degree of responsiveness. • HYPERRESPONSIVE adj. excessively responsive. |
| PORPHYROGENITES | • porphyrogenites n. Plural of porphyrogenite. • PORPHYROGENITE n. a Byzantine emperor's son, born in the purple. |
| PROTOPORPHYRINS | • protoporphyrins n. Plural of protoporphyrin. • PROTOPORPHYRIN n. metal-free porphyrin derived from blood hemin. |
| RHOMBENPORPHYRS | • RHOMBENPORPHYR n. an intermediate, moderately fine-grained igneous rock with feldspar phenocrysts rhombic in section, also RHOMBENPORPHYRY, RHOMBPORPHYRY. |
| SEMIPORNOGRAPHY | • semipornography n. Material that is partly or somewhat pornographic. • SEMIPORNOGRAPHY n. material approaching the pornographic. |