(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
copernicus
croupiness
croupiness
noun
The state or quality of being croupy.
curiescopy
deceptious
deceptious
adj
(obsolete) Tending to deceive.
dipsaceous
dipsaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Dipsaceae, including teasels.
epicoelous
exceptious
exceptious
adj
(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
menopausic
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
opinicuses
opulencies
opulencies
noun
plural of opulency
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
paroecious
paroecious
adj
(bryology) Having the male and female reproductive organs in close proximity.
pediculous
pediculous
adj
Alternative form of pedicular
perculsion
percussion
percussion
noun
(countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
(countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
(countable) The sound so produced.
(engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
(medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
(palmistry) The outer side of the hand.
periculous
periculous
adj
dangerous, hazardous, perilous
pernicious
pernicious
adj
(obsolete) swift; celeritous.
Causing death or injury; deadly.
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
perochirus
perspicous
phenicious
pilocereus
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
porcupines
porcupines
noun
plural of porcupine
postluetic
postluetic
adj
Following syphilis.
precarious
precarious
adj
(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
(dentistry) Relating to incipient caries.
(law) Depending on the intention of another.
preciouses
preciouses
noun
plural of precious
preciously
preciously
adv
In a precious manner.
preclusion
preclusion
noun
(countable) The act of precluding.
(uncountable) The condition of being precluded.
precocious
precocious
adj
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
Exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age.
predacious
predacious
adj
Alternative spelling of predaceous
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
procursive
procursive
adj
(medicine) Running forward, as the patient does in certain forms of epilepsy.
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.
pseudoacid
pseudomica
reoccupies
reoccupies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reoccupy
scopuliped
semicupola
sepiaceous
sepicolous
spadiceous
spadiceous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour.
speciously
speciously
adv
In a specious manner; fallaciously and erroneously, but seeming superficially to be correct.
spicehouse
spicehouse
noun
A warehouse where spices are stored.
spinaceous
spinaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to which it belongs.
subception
sulpholeic
supersonic
supersonic
adj
(colloquial, of a sound) Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.
(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
noun
An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.