| LITHONTRIPTOR | • lithontriptor n. Alternative form of lithotriptor. • LITHONTRIPTOR n. a device that crushes stones in the bladder by ultrasound, also LITHOTRIPTER, LITHOTRIPTOR, LITHOTRITE, LITHOTRITOR. |
| LITHOTRIPTORS | • lithotriptors n. Plural of lithotriptor. • LITHOTRIPTOR n. a device that crushes stones in the bladder by ultrasound, also LITHONTRIPTOR, LITHOTRIPTER, LITHOTRITE, LITHOTRITOR. |
| ORTHOPTERISTS | • orthopterists n. Plural of orthopterist. • ORTHOPTERIST n. a student of insects. |
| PHOTODETECTOR | • photodetector n. Any device used to detect electromagnetic radiation. • PHOTODETECTOR n. any of various devices for detecting and measuring the intensity of radiant energy through photoelectric action. |
| PHOTOMETRISTS | • photometrists n. Plural of photometrist. • PHOTOMETRIST n. one who practises photometry, that branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light. |
| POSTDOCTORATE | • postdoctorate adj. Postdoctoral. • postdoctorate n. Synonym of postdoc. • POSTDOCTORATE n. a degree after a doctorate. |
| POTENTIOMETER | • potentiometer n. (Electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider. • potentiometer n. (Physics) An instrument that measures a voltage by opposing it with a precise fraction of a known voltage… • POTENTIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring electromotive forces. |
| POTENTIOMETRY | • potentiometry n. (Physics) The measurement of electrical potential (voltage) using a potentiometer. • POTENTIOMETRY n. the measurement of the potential difference of electromotive force. |
| PROSTATECTOMY | • prostatectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland. • PROSTATECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the prostate gland. |
| PROSTITUTIONS | • prostitutions n. Plural of prostitution. • PROSTITUTION n. the act or practice of engaging in promiscuous sexual relations esp. for money. |
| PROTECTIONIST | • protectionist adj. Of or pertaining to protectionism, or an advocate thereof. • protectionist n. Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign… • PROTECTIONIST n. an advocate of government economic protection for domestic producers through restrictions on foreign competitors. |
| PROTECTORATES | • protectorates n. Plural of protectorate. • PROTECTORATE n. an area governed by a protector. |
| PROTESTATIONS | • protestations n. Plural of protestation. • PROTESTATION n. an avowal or solemn declaration. |
| PROTONOTARIAT | • PROTONOTARIAT n. the college constituted by the twelve apostolical prothonotaries (bishops and senior members of the curia) in Rome, also PROTHONOTARIAT. |
| TELEPORTATION | • teleportation n. Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to… • TELEPORTATION n. the act of moving an object or person by psychokinesis. |
| TROPOSCATTERS | • TROPOSCATTER n. the propagation of radio waves by using irregularities in the troposphere to scatter the signals beamed up by means of high-powered UHF transmitters and parabolic antennas. |