| CRYOPHORUS | • cryophorus n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary… • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| CRYOPROBES | • cryoprobes n. Plural of cryoprobe. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| PORPHYRIOS | • porphyrios n. Plural of porphyrio. • PORPHYRIO n. any bird of the purple-coot genus Porphyrio. |
| PORPHYROUS | • porphyrous adj. Of or crafted from porphyry. • porphyrous adj. Of purple hue, like that of porphyry. • PORPHYROUS adj. purple. |
| PROCARYONS | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PROEMBRYOS | • proembryos n. Plural of proembryo. • PROEMBRYO n. a group of cells formed in the dividing zygote, from which part the embryo arises. |
| PROKARYONS | • PROKARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROCARYON. |
| PROKARYOTS | • PROKARYOT n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROCARYOTE, PROKARYOTE. |
| PROMISSORY | • promissory adj. Containing or consisting of a promise. • promissory adj. (Law, of a contractual provision) Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance… • PROMISSORY adj. containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne. |
| PROPULSORY | • propulsory adj. Propulsive. • PROPULSORY adj. propulsive. |
| PYORRHOEAS | • pyorrhoeas n. Plural of pyorrhoea. • PYORRHOEA n. suppuration in the sockets of the teeth, also PYORRHEA. |
| PYROPHORUS | • pyrophorus n. A substance capable of taking fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state. • Pyrophorus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – fire beetles, bioluminescent click beetles. • PYROPHORUS n. any substance capable of igniting spontaneously on exposure to air. |
| REPOSITORY | • repository n. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. • REPOSITORY n. a side altar in a Catholic church. |
| RESPONSORY | • responsory n. A chant or anthem recited after a reading in a church service. • responsory n. A book of liturgical responses; a responsorial. • responsory adj. Containing or making answer; answering. |