order Proteales
— Noun
– English
~ coextensive with the family Proteaceae
occipital protuberance
— Noun
– English
~ prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
order Protura
— Noun
– English
~ minute wingless arthropods: telsontails
Old Prussian
— Noun
– English
~ a dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
order Pseudomonadales
— Noun
– English
~ one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments
order Psilophytales
— Noun
– English
~ Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
order Psilotales
— Noun
– English
~ lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots
order Psittaciformes
— Noun
– English
~ an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
order Psocoptera
— Noun
– English
~ an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice
order Pterosauria
— Noun
– English
~ extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs
os pubis
— Noun
– English
~ one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
order Pulmonata
— Noun
– English
~ large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails
oil pump
— Noun
– English
~ a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts
on purpose
— Adverb
– English
~ with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"
off-putting
— Adjective
– English
~ tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess
off-putting
— Adjective
– English
~ causing annoyance or repugnance; "an off-putting remark"