In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
pleasantry
pleasantry
noun
(dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
(sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark.
A playful remark; a jest.
pleasingly
pleasingly
adv
In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
poetastery
poetastery
noun
Inferior poetry.
polybasite
polybasite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
polycrates
polygamies
polygamies
noun
plural of polygamy
polymerase
polymerase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.
polynesian
polynesian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.
Noun
A person from Polynesia.
A language group spoken by these people.
polyparies
polyparies
noun
The base and other supporting structure of a colony of polyps (such as coral)
plural of polypary
polyphaser
polyphaser
noun
A machine generating more than one pressure wave.
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
polysemeia
polystomea
posttreaty
prayerless
prayerless
Adjective
Without prayer.
prayerwise
prayerwise
adv
In the manner of a prayer.
predisplay
predisplay
adj
Before display.
premastery
premastery
adj
Before reaching the level of mastery.
presatisfy
presatisfy
verb
(transitive) To satisfy (requirements) in advance.
presbyopia
presbyopia
noun
(pathology) Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.
presidiary
presidiary
adj
Synonym of presidial
noun
Alternative form of presidary (“guard”)
preslavery
preslavery
adj
Prior to a historical period of slavery.
presumably
presumably
adv
able to be sensibly presumed
presylvian
presylvian
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
proslavery
proslavery
adj
Supporting slavery.
pseudandry
pseudandry
noun
(rare) The use by a female writer of a male pseudonym.
pseudovary
pseudovary
noun
Alternative form of pseudovarium
psychiater
psychiater
noun
(archaic) A psychiatrist.
purchasery
pylaemenes
pyocyanase
pyospermia
pyraechmes
pyranoside
pyranoside
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoside of a pyranose
pyrolysate
pyrolysate
noun
(chemistry) Any product of pyrolysis
redisplays
redisplays
noun
plural of redisplay
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of redisplay
repayments
repayments
noun
plural of repayment
repositary
responsary
sandpapery
sandpapery
adj
Resembling sandpaper.
saprophyte
saprophyte
noun
any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria
screenplay
screenplay
noun
(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show.
verb
To write a screenplay.
separately
separately
adv
In a separate manner; not together; apart.
separatory
separatory
adj
Used to separate.
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) An apparatus used in separating, such as a separating funnel.
(obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.
septennary
septically
septically
adv
In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
(architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors.
(figuratively) Anything very tall or high.
(nautical, archaic) A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.
sleepyhead
sleepyhead
noun
(informal) A sleepy person.
The ruddy duck.
somatotype
somatotype
noun
A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic, endomorphic, mesomorphic.
verb
(transitive) To classify (a person) by physical build.
speakingly
speakingly
adv
(rare) In an expressive manner.
speciality
speciality
noun
Britain standard form of specialty.
spectatory
spectatory
noun
(dated) A place for spectators to watch an event.
spectrally
spectrally
adv
In a spectral manner; like a ghost.
In terms of a spectrum.
specularly
specularly
adv
In a specular manner (in the manner of a mirror)
spherality
spherality
noun
The property of being spheral.
sphyraenid
sphyraenid
noun
(zoology) Any barracuda in the family Sphyraenidae.
sphyrnidae
spreaghery
spyglasses
spyglasses
noun
plural of spyglass
stannotype
stannotype
noun
A tintype.
staphyline
staphyline
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
steatopyga
steatopyga
noun
(archaic) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially Khoekhoe women.
steatopygy
stipendary
stipendary
adj
(of a job or employment) Paid (sometimes at a low level, but not voluntary).
(of a person) In receipt of a regular payment; salaried
Of or pertaining to a stipend.
strathspey
strathspey
noun
A Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
A piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance.
stylopidae
subreptary
superalloy
superalloy
noun
(metallurgy) Any of several high-performance alloys that are resistant to high temperatures
superfancy
superfancy
adj
Very fancy.
superheavy
superheavy
adj
(linguistics, of a syllable) stressed more than is usual
(physics) Describing a transuranic element with an extremely high atomic number; typically taken to mean beyond lawrencium (element 103, the last actinide)
Having far greater weight than usual.
noun
(physics) A superheavy element.
superloyal
superloyal
adj
Extremely loyal.
supermanly
supermanly
adj
Characteristic of a superman
supernally
supernally
adv
In a supernal way; celestially.
superroyal
superroyal
adj
Beyond the royal rank; being greater than or beyond royal; exceptionally royal.
Larger than royal; applied to a particular size of paper: 19¼ × 27½ inches for writing and drawing paper, 20½ × 27½ inches for printing paper.
superyacht
superyacht
Noun
A very large luxury yacht
swampberry
sympathies
sympathies
noun
plural of sympathy
sympathise
sympathise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathize.
sympathize
sympathize
verb
(intransitive) To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.
(intransitive) To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
(intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
(intransitive) To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action).
(transitive, obsolete) To share (a feeling or experience).
sympatries
sympatries
noun
plural of sympatry
sympetalae
symphyseal
symphyseal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to symphysis
synaloepha
synaloepha
noun
Alternative form of synalepha
synaloephe
syncarpies
syncopated
syncopated
adj
(grammar) of a word, shortened by syncope
(music) of a rhythm, modified by syncopation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of syncopate
syncopates
syncopates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of syncopate
tachyscope
tachyscope
noun
An early form of animated-picture machine in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.
tenoplasty
tenoplasty
noun
(surgery)
tympanites
tympanites
noun
(medicine) A distended abdomen as a result of an accumulation of gas.
typhaceous
typhaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Typhaceae of cattails.
underplays
underplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underplay