HYPERPRODUCTION | • hyperproduction n. Excessive production. • HYPERPRODUCTION n. excessive production. |
HYPERTROPHOUS | • hypertrophous adj. (Dated, medicine) Hypertrophic. • HYPERTROPHOUS adj. of an organ, abnormally enlarged. |
PARAMORPHOUS | • paramorphous adj. (Mineralogy) Relating to, or exhibiting, paramorphism. • PARAMORPHOUS adj. of or like a paramorph. |
PARTHENOCARPOUS | • parthenocarpous adj. Alternative form of parthenocarpic. • PARTHENOCARPOUS adj. relating to parthenocarpy. |
PERIMORPHOUS | • perimorphous adj. Perimorphic. • PERIMORPHOUS adj. like a perimorph, also PERIMORPHIC. |
PORPHYROUS | • porphyrous adj. Of or crafted from porphyry. • porphyrous adj. Of purple hue, like that of porphyry. • PORPHYROUS adj. purple. |
PROCURATORSHIP | • procuratorship n. The role or position of a procurator. • PROCURATORSHIP n. the office of procurator. |
PROCURATORSHIPS | • procuratorships n. Plural of procuratorship. • PROCURATORSHIP n. the office of procurator. |
PROLOCUTORSHIP | • prolocutorship n. The rank or office of a prolocutor. • PROLOCUTORSHIP n. the office of a prolocutor, a spokesman. |
PROLOCUTORSHIPS | • prolocutorships n. Plural of prolocutorship. • PROLOCUTORSHIP n. the office of a prolocutor, a spokesman. |
PROTOSPATHARIUS | • protospatharius n. Alternative form of protospatharios. • PROTOSPATHARIUS n. (historical) the captain of the guards at Byzantium, also PROTOSPATAIRE, PROTOSPATHAIRE. |
PYROPHOROUS | • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC. |
PYROPHORUS | • pyrophorus n. A substance capable of taking fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state. • Pyrophorus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – fire beetles, bioluminescent click beetles. • PYROPHORUS n. any substance capable of igniting spontaneously on exposure to air. |
PYROPHORUSES | • PYROPHORUS n. any substance capable of igniting spontaneously on exposure to air. |
RADIOPHOSPHORUS | • radiophosphorus n. Radioactive phosphorus (especially when used as a tracer). • RADIOPHOSPHORUS n. a radioactive isotope of phosphorus. |
SPOROPHOROUS | • sporophorous adj. Relating to sporophores. • sporophorous adj. Having spores. • SPOROPHOROUS adj. bearing spores, also SPOROPHORIC. |