MORPHOTROPY | • MORPHOTROPY n. the effect on crystalline form of the addition or substitution of an element or radical. |
OPPROBRIOUS | • opprobrious adj. Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful. • OPPROBRIOUS adj. expressing contemptuous reproach; bringing disgrace. |
PROPORTIONS | • proportions n. Plural of proportion. • proportions n. (Informal) A person’s figure. • proportions n. (Flags) The measurements of a flag, described using a ratio. |
PROPRANOLOL | • propranolol n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic compound which acts as a beta blocker and is used mainly in the treatment… • PROPRANOLOL n. a beta-blocker drug used mainly in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. |
PROPROCTORS | • proproctors n. Plural of proproctor. • PROPROCTOR n. an assistant proctor. |
PROSAUROPOD | • prosauropod n. Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head… • PROSAUROPOD n. a reptile-like dinosaur of the division Prosauropoda which lived in the Triassic period. |
PROTOTROPHS | • prototrophs n. Plural of prototroph. • PROTOTROPH n. a bacterium feeding only on inorganic matter. |
PROTOTROPHY | • prototrophy n. The condition of being a prototroph. • PROTOTROPHY n. the state of being prototrophic. |
PYROPHOROUS | • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC. |
SPOROPHORES | • sporophores n. Plural of sporophore. • SPOROPHORE n. a spore-bearing stalk or structure, as in fungi. |
SPOROPHORIC | • sporophoric adj. (Botany) Having the nature of a sporophore. • SPOROPHORIC adj. bearing spores, also SPOROPHOROUS. |