(figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
(medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament of the Bible.
(obsolete) Synonym of mange and glanders in horses.
(obsolete, rare) Synonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.
Ellipsis of murine leprosy. and feline leprosy, diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium.
parlays
parlays
noun
plural of parlay
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parlay
parleys
parleys
noun
plural of parley
parsley
parsley
noun
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
verb
to add parsley to
players
players
noun
plural of player
plurisy
plurisy
noun
(obsolete) superabundance, excess, plethora
presley
pressly
pressly
adv
(obsolete) closely; concisely
prestly
propyls
propyls
noun
plural of propyl
prosely
prosily
prosily
adv
In a prosy manner.
protyls
protyls
noun
plural of protyl
psaltry
psaltry
noun
Alternative spelling of psaltery
pursily
pursily
adv
In a puckered manner.
Out of breath, breathlessly.
pursley
pursley
noun
(dialect) The plant purslane.
pylorus
pylorus
noun
(anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.
pyrales
pyralis
pyralis
noun
A moth of the genus Pyralis.
A species of firefly, Photinus pyralis
pyrolas
pyrolas
noun
plural of pyrola
pyrrols
pyrrols
noun
plural of pyrrol
replays
replays
noun
plural of replay
sharply
sharply
adv
(to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
In a sharp manner.
In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner.
Of speech, delivered in a stern or harsh tone.
Severely.
sleepry
sparely
sparely
adv
In a spare manner; sparsely or frugally.
sparily
sparkly
sparkly
adj
bubbly or effervescent
giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery