Astrolabe :: Astrolabe (n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.

Astrolabe :: Astrolabe (n.) A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere..

Astrolater :: Astrolater (n.) A worshiper of the stars.

Astrolatry :: Astrolatry (n.) The worship of the stars.

Hierolatry :: Hierolatry (n.) The worship of saints or sacred things.

Necrolatry :: Necrolatry (n.) The worship of the dead; manes worship.

Petrolatum :: Petrolatum (n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments..

Prolapse :: Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum..

Prolapse :: Prolapse (v. i.) To fall down or out; to protrude.

Prolapsion :: Prolapsion (n.) Prolapse.

Prolapsus :: Prolapsus (n.) Prolapse.

Prolata :: Prolata (pl. ) of Prolatu.

Prolate :: Prolate (a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate..

Prolate :: Prolate (v. t.) To utter; to pronounce.

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation.

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) A mediaeval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.

Prolatum :: Prolatum (n.) A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid..

Pyrolator :: Pyrolator (n.) A fire worshiper.

Pyrolatry :: Pyrolatry (n.) The worship of fire.

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