| DOORPOST | • doorpost n. Doorjamb. • DOORPOST n. one of the two vertical members forming the sides of a doorframe, also DOORJAMB. |
| DOORSTOP | • doorstop n. Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some… • doorstop n. (Humorous) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door. • doorstop n. (Britain, proscribed, nonstandard) (in error for doorstep) A thick sandwich. |
| FOOTROPE | • footrope n. (Nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail. • footrope n. (Nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing. • FOOTROPE n. a rope used in sailing. |
| HOROPITO | • horopito n. (New Zealand) Either of two plant species in the Pseudowintera genus. • HOROPITO n. (Maori) a bushy New Zealand shrub, with red aromatic peppery leaves. |
| MOONPORT | • moonport n. A spaceport located on a moon. • Moonport n. (Rare) A spaceport designed to send spacecraft to the Moon. • MOONPORT n. a facility for launching spacecraft to the moon. |
| ORTHOPOD | • orthopod n. (Informal, medicine) An orthopaedic surgeon. • ORTHOPOD n. (slang) an orthopaedic surgeon. |
| OUTROOPS | • outroops n. Plural of outroop. • OUTROOP n. (obsolete) an auction sale, also OUTROPE. |
| POKEROOT | • pokeroot n. Synonym of pokeweed. • POKEROOT n. an aromatic perennial herb of the United States, also POKEWEED. |
| POLTROON | • poltroon n. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch. • poltroon adj. Cowardly. • POLTROON n. a despicable coward, also POULTROONE. |
| POTOROOS | • potoroos n. Plural of potoroo. • POTOROO n. (Native Australian) a kind of small kangaroo, aka kangaroo rat. |
| PROMOTOR | • promotor n. (Academia) A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the… • promotor n. (Chemistry) A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst. • PROMOTOR n. a person who presents candidates for graduation. |
| PROTOCOL | • protocol n. (Now chiefly historical) The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially… • protocol n. (International law, now rare) An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically… • protocol n. (International law) An amendment to an official treaty. |
| PROTOPOD | • protopod n. Synonym of protopodite. • PROTOPOD n. a part of a crustacean appendage. |
| PROTOZOA | • protozoa n. Plural of protozoan. • protozoa n. Plural of protozoon. • Protozoa prop.n. Protozoans; eukaryotes that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies… |
| ROOFTOPS | • rooftops n. Plural of rooftop. • ROOFTOP n. the outside of a roof. |
| ROTPROOF | • rotproof adj. Resistant to rotting. • rotproof v. (Transitive) To make resistant to rotting. • rot-proof adj. Alternative form of rotproof. |
| SOAPROOT | • soaproot n. A perennial herb (Gypsophila struthium) whose root was formerly used as a substitute for soap. • SOAPROOT n. any plant whose root can be used for soap. |
| ZOOTROPE | • zootrope n. Alternative form of zoetrope. • ZOOTROPE n. (Greek) a slotted rotating cylinder producing primitive animation, also ZOETROPE. |