| CRYOPHORUSES | • cryophoruses n. Plural of cryophorus. • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| MICROSPOROUS | • microsporous adj. Relating to microspores. • MICROSPOROUS adj. of or like a microspore, also MICROSPORIC. |
| OBSTREPEROUS | • obstreperous adj. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. • obstreperous adj. Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not. • OBSTREPEROUS adj. noisy, unruly, also OBSTROPALOUS, OBSTROPULOUS. |
| PORTERHOUSES | • porterhouses n. Plural of porterhouse. • PORTERHOUSE n. a house where malt liquor (as porter) is sold. |
| PREPOSTEROUS | • preposterous adj. Absurd, or contrary to common sense. • PREPOSTEROUS adj. contrary to nature, reason, or common sense. |
| PROSAUROPODS | • prosauropods n. Plural of prosauropod. • PROSAUROPOD n. a reptile-like dinosaur of the division Prosauropoda which lived in the Triassic period. |
| PROSPEROUSLY | • prosperously adv. In a prosperous manner; so as to prosper. • PROSPEROUS adv. thriving, affluent. |
| PROSTITUTORS | • prostitutors n. Plural of prostitutor. • PROSTITUTOR n. one who prostitutes. |
| PYROPHORUSES | • PYROPHORUS n. any substance capable of igniting spontaneously on exposure to air. |
| SARRUSOPHONE | • sarrusophone n. (Music) Any of a family of wind instruments intended to replace the oboe and bassoon in bands. • SARRUSOPHONE n. a double-reeded musical instrument resembling the bassoon. |
| SOPORIFEROUS | • soporiferous adj. (Archaic) soporific, sleep-inducing. • SOPORIFEROUS adj. causing or tending to cause sleep. |
| SPOROPHOROUS | • sporophorous adj. Relating to sporophores. • sporophorous adj. Having spores. • SPOROPHOROUS adj. bearing spores, also SPOROPHORIC. |
| SUDORIPAROUS | • sudoriparous adj. Sudoriferous. • SUDORIPAROUS adj. secreting sweat. |
| TETRASPOROUS | • tetrasporous adj. Relating to tetraspores. • TETRASPOROUS adj. of or like a tetraspore, also TETRASPORIC. |
| UNPROSPEROUS | • unprosperous adj. Not prosperous. • UNPROSPEROUS adj. not prosperous. |
| UREDIOSPORES | • urediospores n. Plural of urediospore. • UREDIOSPORE n. the thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts, also UREDINIOSPORE, UREDOSPORE. |