APOTROPAISM | • apotropaism n. (Religion, mysticism) The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations)… • APOTROPAISM n. a magical practice averting evil. |
HIPPOPOTAMI | • hippopotami n. Plural of hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMUS n. a large African artiodactyl ungulate of aquatic habits. |
METOPOSCOPY | • metoposcopy n. The practice of judging someone’s character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead. • METOPOSCOPY n. the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, principally his forehead. |
MORPHOTROPY | • MORPHOTROPY n. the effect on crystalline form of the addition or substitution of an element or radical. |
OPPORTUNISM | • opportunism n. The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard… • OPPORTUNISM n. the practice of regulating actions by favourable opportunities rather than consistent principles. |
PHOTOMAPPED | • photomapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of photomap. • PHOTOMAP v. to map by means of aerial photography. |
PITTOSPORUM | • pittosporum n. Any plant of the genus Pittosporum, various Old World shrubs and trees. • Pittosporum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pittosporaceae – certain of trees called cheesewoods. • PITTOSPORUM n. any of numerous chiefly subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees. |
POMPOSITIES | • pomposities n. Plural of pomposity. • POMPOSITY n. the state of being pompous. |
POPMOBILITY | • popmobility n. (Dated) A form of aerobics performed to pop music. • POPMOBILITY n. a form of exercise that combines aerobics in a continuous dance routine, performed to pop music. |
PROMPTBOOKS | • promptbooks n. Plural of promptbook. • PROMPTBOOK n. a copy of a play for a prompter. |
PROTOPHLOEM | • protophloem n. The form of phloem that is initially formed, composed of narrow, thin-walled cells. • PROTOPHLOEM n. the first-formed phloem that develops from procambium, usually associated with a region of rapid growth. |
PROTOPLASMS | • protoplasms n. Plural of protoplasm. • PROTOPLASM n. the complex translucent colourless colloidal material comprising the living part of a cell. |
TAMPERPROOF | • tamperproof adj. Resistant to tampering. • tamperproof v. (Transitive) To make resistant to tampering. • TAMPERPROOF adj. proof against tampering. |
TROPHOPLASM | • trophoplasm n. An undifferentiated protoplasm that used to be nutritive in use. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |