| CORPORIFY | • corporify v. To form into a body. • CORPORIFY v. to embody; to form into a body. |
| CRYOPROBE | • cryoprobe n. (Surgery) An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| OROGRAPHY | • orography n. (Geomorphology) the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains. • orography n. The orographic features of a region. • OROGRAPHY n. the branch of physical geography which deals with the formation and features of mountains, also OREOGRAPHY. |
| PORPHYRIO | • porphyrio n. A swamphen. • Porphyrio prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – swamp hen. • PORPHYRIO n. any bird of the purple-coot genus Porphyrio. |
| PROBATORY | • probatory adj. Serving for trial; probationary. • probatory adj. Relating to, or serving for, proof. • PROBATORY adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATIVE. |
| PROCARYON | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PRODITORY | • proditory adj. (Obsolete) Treacherous, traitorous. • PRODITORY adj. treacherous. |
| PROEMBRYO | • proembryo n. (Botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo. • proembryo n. (Botany) The protonema of mosses. • PROEMBRYO n. a group of cells formed in the dividing zygote, from which part the embryo arises. |
| PROKARYON | • PROKARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROCARYON. |
| PROKARYOT | • PROKARYOT n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROCARYOTE, PROKARYOTE. |
| PROLUSORY | • prolusory adj. Relating to prolusion; preliminary, introductory. • PROLUSORY adj. relating to prolusion, preliminary. |
| PROVISORY | • provisory adj. Containing a proviso. • provisory adj. Dependent on a proviso or condition. • provisory adj. Temporary; pending something more permanent. |
| PROVOSTRY | • provostry n. A district under a provost. • PROVOSTRY n. the office of provost, the head of certain universities and colleges. |
| PYORRHOEA | • pyorrhoea n. Flowing or discharge of pus; periodontitis. • pyorrhœa n. Alternative spelling of pyorrhea. • PYORRHOEA n. suppuration in the sockets of the teeth, also PYORRHEA. |
| PYROBORIC | • pyroboric adj. Of or relating to pyroboric acid or its derivatives. • PYROBORIC adj. as in pyroboric acid. |