proloculi
plural of proloculus

proloculus
An initial chamber.

pronaoi
plural of pronaos

pronaos
The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple

pronaoses
plural of pronaos

proofroom
A room where proofreading is carried out.

proofrooms
plural of proofroom

propaideia
Preliminary teaching or education

proproctor
An assistant proctor in a university.

proproctors
plural of proproctor

propugnacle
A defence, rampart or fortress.

propugnacles
plural of propugnacle

propyla
plural of propylon

propylaeon
Alternative form of propylaeum.

propylaeum
A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.

propylaeums
plural of propylaeum

propylon
Alternative spelling of propylaeum.

propylons
plural of propylon

proseucha
Alternative form of proseuche.

proseuchae
plural of proseucha

proseuchas
plural of proseucha

proseuche
A place of prayer; among the Jews, one that was not a synagogue, or the temple, usually roofless.

proseuches
plural of proseuche

proseukhe
Alternative form of proseuche.

proseukhes
plural of proseukhe

protanthean
Any sea anemone of the suborder Protanthaea

protantheans
plural of protanthean

prothonotariat
The college constituted by the twelve apostolic prothonotaries in Rome.

prothonotariats
plural of prothonotariat

prothonotaryship
The position or office of a prothonotary.

protoanalysis
In the practice of the Arica School, the analysis of the complete human being, from anatomy and physiology up to higher consciousness and enlightenment.

protoconch
The embryonic shell, or initial chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods

protoconches
plural of protoconch

protoconchs
plural of protoconch

protocontinent
A landmass capable of becoming a continent.

protocontinents
plural of protocontinent

protointron
A section of RNA that develops into an intron

protointrons
plural of protointron

protonymphon
The larva of a sea spider

protonymphons
plural of protonymphon

protosanctuaries
plural of protosanctuary

protosanctuary
A precursor to a sanctuary.

protosite
Any part of a biomolecule that has the potential to be a site for the attachment of another one

protospatharios
A military governor in the Byzantine empire

protospatharius
Alternative form of protospatharios.

protostate
An inchoate state; a geopolitical entity that might develop into a state.

protostates
plural of protostate

prototypographer
One of the first people to introduce printing to a given city, state, etc.

prototypographers
plural of prototypographer

proximities
plural of proximity

proximity
Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.

prytanea
plural of prytaneum

prytaneum
The town hall in an Ancient Greek city.

psammaquent
A sandy aquent.

psammaquents
plural of psammaquent

psammon
The community of organisms living in the sandy, moist habitat along a shoreline.

psammosere
A sere originating on coastal sand.

pseudocastle
A building designed to resemble a castle.

pseudocastles
plural of pseudocastle

pseudodiscipline
An area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline.

pseudodisciplines
plural of pseudodiscipline

pseudofovea
An area of the retina in which an image is fixated (in a person with strabismus)

pseudofoveas
plural of pseudofovea

pseudoinversion
An operation that approximates an inversion; A reversal of the ends while maintaining a constant central region.

pseudoinversions
plural of pseudoinversion

pseudonation
An entity that falsely purports or is purported to be a nation.

pseudonations
plural of pseudonation

pseudonormality
An abnormal state that resembles normality.

pseudorationalism
A school of thought that believes that all actions can be subject to rational analysis

pseudosink
A habitat that appears to be a sink due to its high immigration rate, but which could support a smaller stable population in the absence of immigration.

pseudosinks
plural of pseudosink

pseudosite
An incorrect binding site that resembles the desired one.

pseudostate
A geopolitical entity which has some of the trappings of an independently-governed country or territory, but which lacks real independence and is not recognized as a self-governing political entity by the international community of nations.
An entity that resembles, but is not in fact, a state in a state machine or similar.

pseudostates
plural of pseudostate

pseudosurface
An extended region, often parallel to a surface, that in some way acts as if it were a surface.

pseudosurfaces
plural of pseudosurface

pseudosynchrony
Apparent synchrony caused by viewing from multiple frames of reference

pseudotrajectory
A false trajectory that approximates the real one.

pseudoturbinal
An incurved portion of the wall of the nasal chamber, distinguished from the true turbinals.

pseudoturbinals
plural of pseudoturbinal

pseudovacua
plural of pseudovacuum

pseudovacuum
A quantum state that has many properties of a vacuum

psychoclinic
A psychologist's clinic.

psychoclinics
plural of psychoclinic

psychomime
A word or phrase that depicts a certain psychological state or bodily feeling.

psychomimes
plural of psychomime

psychonautics
The research of the altered state of consciousness induced by meditation or mind-altering substances.

psychotopologies
plural of psychotopology

psychotopology
The psychological dimension of place; the impact of the physical environment on one's emotional and mental state; psychogeography.
The pattern or structure of mental processes.

psychrosphere
The deep, relatively cold layer of the ocean.

psychrospheres
plural of psychrosphere

ptenoglossan
Any sea snail of the clade Ptenoglossa.

ptenoglossans
plural of ptenoglossan

pterasterid
Any sea star of the family Pterasteridae

pterasterids
plural of pterasterid

pteron
A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate.

pteropod
Any of free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, of the suborder Thecosomata, that have winglike lobes on the feet; a sea butterfly.

ptychodactean
Any sea anemone of the suborder Ptychodacteae

ptychodacteans
plural of ptychodactean

ptychonome
An enclosure formed (of leaves) by some organisms of the order Lepidoptera; a tentiform mine.

ptychonomes
plural of ptychonome

ptyxes
plural of ptyxis

ptyxis
The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud.

publands
An area with many pubs.

pubmate
A friend or acquaintance of the same pub

pubmates
plural of pubmate

pucksey
Alternative spelling of pucksy.

pucksies
plural of pucksy

pucksy
An area of miry or swampy ground; a place (in a road, field, etc) where a spring rises, or where rain pools, and keeps the ground miry.

pueblito
A small pueblo or village.

pueblitos
plural of pueblito

puffinries
plural of puffinry

puffinry
A colony of puffins.

pughole
A marshy place where water pools or seeps.

pugholes
plural of pughole

pukara
A defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic inhabitants (primarily Inca and Aymara) of the central Andean area.

pukaras
plural of pukara

pulenuku
The village mayor of an atoll of Tokelau.

pulenukus
plural of pulenuku

pulvinoid
An area of tissue that swells on a permanent basis to reorient a plant part, most often a leaf or leaflet.

pulvinoids
plural of pulvinoid

punchout
strikeout

punchouts
plural of punchout

pundette
A female pundit.

pundettes
plural of pundette

pungies
plural of pungy

pungy
a type of schooner developed in and peculiar to the Chesapeake Bay region.

punja
cultivable dry land

puputan
A suicidal march towards an enemy as carried out by the aristocracy or ruling class of a Balinese kingdom.

puputans
plural of puputan

puquio
An aqueduct built by the ancient Nazca people.

puquios
plural of puquio

puramboke
Alternative form of poramboke.

purambokes
plural of puramboke

purampoke
Alternative form of poramboke.

purampokes
plural of purampoke

purlicue
The space between one's forefinger and thumb.

purlicues
plural of purlicue