| NOTOTHERIUMS | • NOTOTHERIUM n. an extinct Pleistocene rhinoceros-sized marsupial of the genus Nototherium, related to the wombats. |
| PHOTOTHERAPY | • phototherapy n. The use of light to treat disorders of the skin, and certain mood disorders. • PHOTOTHERAPY n. the treatment of disease by light. |
| PHOTOTHERMAL | • photothermal adj. (Physics) Involving the production of heat by photoexcitation. • PHOTOTHERMAL adj. of or concerned with light and heat, esp. the production of heat by light, also PHOTOTHERMIC. |
| PHOTOTHERMIC | • photothermic adj. Relating to both light and heat. • PHOTOTHERMIC adj. of or concerned with light and heat, esp. the production of heat by light, also PHOTOTHERMAL. |
| PHOTOTONUSES | • PHOTOTONUS n. the sensitivity of a living organism to light. |
| PHOTOTROPHIC | • phototrophic adj. (Biology) That exhibits phototrophy. • PHOTOTROPHIC adj. relating to phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| 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. |
| PROTOTHERIAN | • prototherian adj. Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Prototheria of monotremes. • prototherian n. Any of the egg-laying mammals of the subclass Prototheria; a monotreme. • PROTOTHERIAN adj. pertaining to a member of Prototheria, which comprises the order Monotremata and related fossil forms. |
| PROTOTROPHIC | • prototrophic adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to a prototroph or to prototrophy. • PROTOTROPHIC adj. of bacteria, feeding directly on uncombined elements. |
| PROTOTYPICAL | • prototypical adj. Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from. • PROTOTYPICAL adj. relating to a prototype, also PROTOTYPAL, PROTOTYPIC. |