| AUTOPHOBY | • autophoby n. Archaic form of autophobia. • AUTOPHOBY n. a shrinking from making any reference to oneself. |
| AUTOPHONY | • autophony n. The unusually loud hearing of a person’s own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds. • autophony n. (Medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer’s own voice, while… • AUTOPHONY n. apparent distortion of one's own voice due to infection or stoppage of ears. |
| AUTOSCOPY | • autoscopy n. The experience of seeing one’s body from the outside while awake, as if disembodied. • AUTOSCOPY n. a hallucination of an image of one's own body. |
| BUMPOLOGY | • bumpology n. (Archaic, derogatory) phrenology. • BUMPOLOGY n. jocularly, the study of bumps on the head, aka phrenology. |
| COPIOUSLY | • copiously adv. In a copious manner; plentifully. • COPIOUS adv. abundant. |
| EPONYMOUS | • eponymous adj. Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym. • eponymous adj. Of a thing: named after a person or entity. • EPONYMOUS adj. of, relating to, or being the person for whom something is believed to be named, also EPONYMIC. |
| HYPOGEOUS | • hypogeous adj. (Biology) Living or maturing underground; subterranean. • HYPOGEOUS adj. germinating with cotyledons underground, also HYPOGAEAL, HYPOGAEAN, HYPOGAEOUS, HYPOGEAL, HYPOGEAN. |
| OUROSCOPY | • ouroscopy n. Obsolete form of uroscopy. • OUROSCOPY n. the diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine, also UROSCOPY. |
| PLOUGHBOY | • ploughboy n. (Historical) A boy who directed the animals that pulled a plough. • PLOUGHBOY n. a boy who drives or guides horses in ploughing, also PLOWBOY. |
| PLUTOLOGY | • plutology n. The science that deals with wealth. • PLUTOLOGY n. political economy; the study of wealth. |
| PLUTONOMY | • plutonomy n. (Sometimes derogatory) The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as… • PLUTONOMY n. economics. |
| POLYGONUM | • polygonum n. (Botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including… • Polygonum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – including the various knotweeds, smartweeds, and bistort. • POLYGONUM n. any plant of the knotgrass family Polygonaceae. |
| POMPOUSLY | • pompously adv. In a pompous manner. • POMPOUS adv. infused with exaggerated self-importance. |
| PROLUSORY | • prolusory adj. Relating to prolusion; preliminary, introductory. • PROLUSORY adj. relating to prolusion, preliminary. |
| PUPPYHOOD | • puppyhood n. The state of being a puppy (young dog). • puppyhood n. (By extension) Youth and adolescence, especially that of a conceited and impertinent young man. • PUPPYHOOD n. the time or state of being a puppy. |
| PUSSYFOOT | • pussyfoot v. (Intransitive) To move silently, stealthily, or furtively. • pussyfoot v. (Intransitive) To act timidly or cautiously. • pussyfoot v. (Intransitive) To use euphemistic language or circumlocution. |
| PUTTYROOT | • puttyroot n. An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled… • PUTTYROOT n. an American orchidaceous plant which flowers in early summer. |