Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres
of or pertaining to polygenesis
porcupines
porcupines
noun
plural of porcupine
porousness
porousness
noun
The quality of being porous; porosity
portentous
portentous
adj
Of momentous or ominous significance.
Ominously prophetic.
Puffed up with vanity.
postneural
postneural
adj
posterior to a neural plate
postulance
postvenous
poundstone
praecuneus
praecuneus
noun
Alternative form of precuneus
precensure
preclusion
preclusion
noun
(countable) The act of precluding.
(uncountable) The condition of being precluded.
preconfuse
preconsult
preconsume
preconsume
verb
(transitive) To consume beforehand.
precounsel
precounsel
verb
To counsel beforehand.
To prophesy.
prefurnish
pregustant
preinsular
preinsured
preissuing
prenursery
prenursery
adj
(agriculture, education) Before entering a nursery.
prepunches
prepunches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prepunch
prespinous
pressuring
pressuring
noun
An act or instance of pressuring.
verb
present participle of pressure
presternum
presternum
noun
(anatomy) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.
presuspend
presustain
procensure
pronounces
pronounces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pronounce
pronucleus
pronucleus
noun
Either of the two haploid nuclei (of a sperm and ovum) that fuse during fertilization
proscenium
proscenium
noun
(in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
(in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
(in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
A proscenium arch.
prosneusis
prosternum
prosternum
noun
(zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
proteinous
proteinous
adj
proteinaceous
prudentius
pseudandry
pseudandry
noun
(rare) The use by a female writer of a male pseudonym.
pseudaxine
pseudocone
pseudocone
noun
(zoology) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
pseudodont
pseudogyne
pseudogyne
noun
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.
pseudogyny
pseudogyny
noun
The property of being pseudogynous.
pseudonyms
pseudonyms
noun
plural of pseudonym
pubescence
pubescence
noun
(anatomy) A covering of fine, soft hairs.
The state of being in or reaching puberty.
pubescency
pubescency
noun
Archaic form of pubescence.
publicness
publicness
noun
The quality or state of being public.
pukishness
pulsatance
pulsatance
noun
(physics) angular frequency (in radians per second)
punchiness
punchiness
noun
The condition of being punchy
punctuates
punctuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of punctuate
punditries
punditries
noun
plural of punditry
pungencies
pungencies
noun
plural of pungency
puninesses
punishable
punishable
adj
Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
punishment
punishment
noun
(figuratively) Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
puntarenas
pupigenous
purenesses
purenesses
noun
plural of pureness
puritaness
purloiners
purloiners
noun
plural of purloiner
purpleness
purpleness
noun
The state or condition of being purple in colour.
purpliness
purpliness
noun
Synonym of purplishness.
pursuances
pursuances
noun
plural of pursuance
purulences
purulences
noun
plural of purulence
putredinis
putrescent
putrescent
adj
Becoming putrid; putrefying.
putrescine
putrescine
noun
A diamine, NH₂(CH₂)₄NH₂ (1,4-diaminobutane or butanediamine), produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms.
putridness
putridness
noun
putridity
pyrogenous
pyrogenous
adj
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenetic
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenic
quersprung
quersprung
noun
(skiing) A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.
quintuples
quintuples
noun
plural of quintuple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quintuple
reperusing
reperusing
verb
present participle of reperuse
repulsions
repulsions
noun
plural of repulsion
repursuing
repursuing
verb
present participle of repursue
responsusa
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
resupinate
resupinate
adj
(botany) Having the appearance of being upside down
(medicine) Lying on the back, supine.
verb
To supinate; to turn on the back.
rupestrian
rupestrian
adj
Occurring, or executed on rocks, or on cave walls
rupestrine
rupestrine
adj
Growing on rocks or cliffs.
Living among or occupying rocks or cliffs.
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
scuppering
scuppering
verb
present participle of scupper
semisupine
semisupine
adj
(Alexander technique) Positioned lying on one's back with the knees bent upward while the soles of the feet and the upper body remain in contact with a horizontal surface.
Positioned so that the upper body is tilted (at 45° or variations) and not horizontal.
septennium
septennium
Noun
A of years.
septuagint
septuagint
noun
(now rare) A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
septuncial
septupling
septupling
verb
present participle of septuple
serpenteau
serpulidan
sextupling
sextupling
verb
present participle of sextuple
shoupeltin
shunpikers
shunpikers
noun
plural of shunpiker
siphoneous
siphoneous
adj
Of or relating to the Siphoneae.
siphuncled
siphuncled
adj
(zoology) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
soundscape
soundscape
noun
An acoustic environment, a virtual/emotional environment created using sound.
An electroacoustic musical composition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.
verb
To establish or define an acoustic environment, either a virtual one created using sound or a physical one created architecturally to have specific effects on sound.
sousaphone
sousaphone
noun
A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.
spellbound
spellbound
adj
Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell.
speluncean
speluncean
adj
Of or relating to spelunking, the exploration of underground caverns.
spelunkers
spelunkers
noun
plural of spelunker
spelunking
spelunking
noun
The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns.
verb
present participle of spelunk
spheniscus
spinaceous
spinaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to which it belongs.
spindleful
spindleful
noun
Enough to fill a spindle.
spinnerule
spinnerule
noun
(zoology) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
spinulated
spinulated
adj
Alternative form of spinulate
splenculus
splenculus
noun
(anatomy) A lienculus.
splendrous
splendrous
adj
Splendid, having splendor.
spleneolus
splenoncus
spoutiness
spoutiness
noun
The quality of being spouty.
spruceness
spruceness
noun
The property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.
spumescent
spumescent
adj
(rare) Resembling froth or foam; foaming.
spunkiness
spunkiness
noun
The quality of being spunky.
spurnwater
spurnwater
noun
(nautical) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
sputtering
sputtering
noun
A noise that sputters.
The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.
verb
present participle of sputter
stipendium
stumpiness
stumpiness
noun
The quality of being stumpy.
stupefying
stupefying
adj
That causes stupefaction.
verb
present participle of stupefy
stupendous
stupendous
adj
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
stupidness
stupidness
noun
(countable, rare) The result or product of being stupid.
(uncountable, rare) The quality or state of being stupid.
subception
subconcept
subconcept
noun
A secondary or subsidiary concept.
subpattern
subpattern
noun
A pattern that is contained in another, larger pattern.
subpenaing
subpenaing
verb
present participle of subpena
subphrenic
subphrenic
adj
(anatomy) Below the diaphragm
subpoenaed
subpoenaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subpoena
subpotency
subpotency
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
subreption
subreption
noun
The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
subspinose
sulphamine
sulphinate
sulphinate
noun
Alternative form of sulfinate
sulphinide
sulphinide
noun
Alternative form of sulfinide
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
sulphurean
sunspotted
superadorn
superbness
superbness
noun
(dated) Haughtiness.
The state or condition of being superb; excellence.
superbrain
superbrain
noun
An exceptionally intelligent person; a genius.
An exceptionally powerful brain or artificial intelligence.
superclean
superclean
adj
Containing very few impurities.
superdense
superdense
adj
(of matter) More dense than ordinary matter.
(of quantum coding of information) Having an information density of two classical bits per qubit, made possible by a shared entanglement state between sender and recipient.
superdying
superendow
superfancy
superfancy
adj
Very fancy.
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
supergrant
superhuman
superhuman
adj
Beyond what is possible for a human being.
noun
A human being with remarkable abilities or superpowers.
superindue
superinfer
superliner
superliner
noun
An ocean liner or cruise liner of over 10,000 gross tons.
superlunar
superlunar
adj
Above or beyond the Moon (from a vantage point on Earth).