| LEAPOROUS | • leaporous adj. Obsolete form of leprous. • LEAPOROUS adj. (obsolete) leprous, also LEAPEROUS, LEAPROUS, LEPROUS. |
| NONPOROUS | • nonporous adj. Having no pores, not penetrable, impervious. • NONPOROUS adj. not porous. |
| OOSPOROUS | • OOSPOROUS adj. of or pertaining to an oospore, a special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids, also OOSPORIC. |
| POROGAMIC | • porogamic adj. (Botany) Exhibiting or relating to porogamy. • POROGAMIC adj. relating to porogamy, the fertilization of seed plants by the entry of a pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| POROMERIC | • poromeric n. A kind of artificial leather made from a plastic coating (usually a polyurethane) on a fibrous base… • POROMERIC adj. permeable to water vapour. • POROMERIC n. a poromeric substance. |
| POROSCOPE | • poroscope n. A device for measuring permeability. • POROSCOPE n. an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| POROSCOPY | • poroscopy n. The study of microscopic skin pores in forensic science. • POROSCOPY n. the use of a poroscope, an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| SPOROCARP | • sporocarp n. (Mycology) The structure on a fungus and some algae which houses the spore-producing organs. • SPOROCARP n. a closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. |
| SPOROCYST | • sporocyst n. (Biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop. • sporocyst n. A larval stage in many trematode worms. • sporocyst n. A structure in Ascosphaera fungi within which the asci form. |
| SPOROCYTE | • sporocyte n. A cell that produces haploid spores during meiosis. • SPOROCYTE n. a diploid cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores. |
| SPOROGENY | • sporogeny n. Sporogenesis. • SPOROGENY n. the production of spores. |
| SPOROGONY | • sporogony n. The formation of sporozoites from spores or zygotes. • SPOROGONY n. the growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. |
| SPOROPHYL | • sporophyl n. Alternative form of sporophyll. • SPOROPHYL n. a leaf that bears sporangia, also SPOROPHYLL. |
| SPOROZOAL | • SPOROZOAL adj. related to sporozoa, also SPOROZOIC. |
| SPOROZOAN | • sporozoan n. Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually… • SPOROZOAN n. any parasitic protozoan of the class Sporozoa, including the causal organisms of malaria and pebrine, also SPOROZOON. |
| SPOROZOIC | • SPOROZOIC adj. related to sporozoa, also SPOROZOAL. |
| SPOROZOON | • SPOROZOON n. a parasitic one-celled animal. |
| STUPOROUS | • stuporous adj. Having slow or confused reactions, as if in a stupor; groggy. • STUPOROUS adj. in a state of stupor, drowsy. |