| BOOTSTRAPPED | • bootstrapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of bootstrap. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BOOTSTRAPPER | • bootstrapper n. Someone engaged in bootstrapping, or self-improvement. • bootstrapper n. (Computing) A process that performs bootstrapping. • bootstrapper n. (Statistics) One who uses bootstrap methods. |
| CONTRAPPOSTO | • contrapposto n. (Art) The position of a figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders. • CONTRAPPOSTO n. a pose of the human body with hips, shoulders and head in different planes. |
| HAPTOTROPISM | • haptotropism n. (Biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus. • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| OPPORTUNISTS | • opportunists n. Plural of opportunist. • OPPORTUNIST n. one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism. |
| OUTPOPULATES | • outpopulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpopulate. • OUTPOPULATE v. to surpass in population. |
| PHONOTYPISTS | • phonotypists n. Plural of phonotypist. • PHONOTYPIST n. one who practises phonotypy. |
| PHOTOTROPIES | • PHOTOTROPY n. change of colour due to wavelength of incident light. |
| PHOTOTROPISM | • phototropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant towards or away from light. • PHOTOTROPISM n. movement directed by light. |
| PHOTOTYPESET | • phototypeset v. (Transitive) To typeset by a phototypesetting process. • PHOTOTYPESET v. to set (type matter) by phototypesetting. |
| PITTOSPORUMS | • pittosporums n. Plural of pittosporum. • PITTOSPORUM n. any of numerous chiefly subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees. |
| POSTHOSPITAL | • posthospital adj. After a period spent in hospital. • POSTHOSPITAL adj. taking place after a stay in hospital. |
| POSTHYPNOTIC | • posthypnotic adj. After being hypnotized. • POSTHYPNOTIC adj. taking place after hypnosis. |
| POSTPONEMENT | • postponement n. A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding. • POSTPONEMENT n. the act of postponing. |
| POSTPOSITION | • postposition n. (Grammar) A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun. • postposition n. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. • POSTPOSITION n. the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence. |
| POSTPOSITIVE | • postpositive adj. (Grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after… • postpositive n. (Grammar) A postpositive modifier. • POSTPOSITIVE adj. of an adjective, placed after the word it modifies e.g. attorney general, Scrabble player manque. |
| PROPITIATORS | • propitiators n. Plural of propitiator. • PROPITIATOR n. one who propitiates. |
| PROTOPATHIES | • PROTOPATHY n. first or direct experience. |
| PROTOPLANETS | • protoplanets n. Plural of protoplanet. • PROTOPLANET n. a planet in its initial state of formation. |
| PROTOPLASTIC | • protoplastic adj. Of or relating to protoplast. • protoplastic adj. (Obsolete) prototypical. • PROTOPLASTIC adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMAL, PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASMIC. |