(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
persiflage
persiflage
noun
Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
Good-natured banter; raillery.
persisting
persisting
noun
persistence
verb
present participle of persist
perspiring
perspiring
adj
Producing perspiration; sweating.
noun
The act of producing perspiration.
verb
present participle of perspire
perstringe
perstringe
verb
(now archaic or literary) To censure; criticize.
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
petrissage
petrissage
noun
(massage) A form of massage involving kneading or wringing the skin with one's fingers, knuckles and thumbs.
phlegmasia
phlegmasia
noun
(medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phrensying
phrensying
verb
present participle of phrensy
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
pigmentose
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pilgrimess
pilgrimess
noun
A female pilgrim.
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pingrasses
pingrasses
noun
plural of pingrass
pipingness
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
plagiaries
plagiaries
noun
plural of plagiary
plagiarise
plagiarise
verb
Alternative spelling of plagiarize
plastering
plastering
noun
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
verb
present participle of plaster
pleasingly
pleasingly
adv
In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
pleasuring
pleasuring
noun
An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
verb
present participle of pleasure
plenishing
plenishing
noun
(Scotland) household furniture; stock
verb
present participle of plenish
plexiglass
plexiglass
noun
polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
pluguglies
pluguglies
noun
plural of plugugly
podilegous
poetiising
polygamies
polygamies
noun
plural of polygamy
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polygonies
polygonies
noun
plural of polygony
polygynies
polygynies
noun
plural of polygyny
pomologies
pomologies
noun
plural of pomology
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
posologies
posologies
noun
plural of posology
possessing
possessing
verb
present participle of possess
postgenial
postplegic
postsigner
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
preassigns
preassigns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preassign
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
precessing
precessing
verb
present participle of precess
preclosing
preclosing
Adjective
Before closure.
preconsign
preconsign
verb
(transitive) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
predigests
predigests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predigest
predisgust
prefigures
prefigures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefigure
preissuing
preleasing
preleasing
verb
present participle of prelease
presagient
prescoring
prescoring
verb
present participle of prescore
preselling
preselling
verb
present participle of presell
presenting
presenting
verb
present participle of present
preserving
preserving
noun
preservation
verb
present participle of preserve
presetting
presetting
verb
present participle of preset
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
presifting
presifting
verb
present participle of presift
presignify
presignify
verb
(transitive) To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
pressingly
pressingly
adv
Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
pressuring
pressuring
noun
An act or instance of pressuring.
verb
present participle of pressure
prestating
prestoring
pretasting
pretasting
verb
present participle of pretaste
pretesting
pretesting
verb
present participle of pretest
preversing
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
priestling
priestling
noun
(derogatory) A petty, insignificant priest.
priggeries
priggeries
noun
plural of priggery
privileges
privileges
noun
plural of privilege
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privilege
processing
processing
noun
The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
The action of the verb to process.
verb
present participle of process
professing
professing
verb
present participle of profess
prologised
prologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prologise
prologuise
propagines
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
prospering
prospering
verb
present participle of prosper
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
pryingness
pryingness
noun
The quality of being prying or nosy.
pseudimago
pseudimago
noun
subimago
pterygiums
pubigerous
pubigerous
adj
(botany, zoology) pubescent
pungencies
pungencies
noun
plural of pungency
pupigenous
pupigerous
pupigerous
adj
Containing a pupa.
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
pyogenesis
pyogenesis
noun
(medicine) formation of pus
pyrologies
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
reclasping
reclasping
verb
present participle of reclasp
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
reimposing
reimposing
verb
present participle of reimpose
reopenings
reopenings
noun
plural of reopening
reopposing
reopposing
verb
present participle of reoppose
reperusing
reperusing
verb
present participle of reperuse
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
repraising
repressing
repressing
noun
A second or subsequent pressing.
verb
present participle of repress
repursuing
repursuing
verb
present participle of repursue
resampling
resampling
noun
(statistics) Any technique or instance of generating a new sample from an existing dataset.
verb
present participle of resample
reshipping
reshipping
noun
Act of shipping something again.
verb
present participle of reship
respecting
respecting
prep
regarding; considering
verb
present participle of respect
respelling
respelling
noun
A different spelling of a word, especially to show its pronunciation.
verb
present participle of respell
resplicing
resplicing
noun
The act by which things are respliced.
verb
present participle of resplice
responding
responding
noun
response
verb
present participle of respond
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
resweeping
resweeping
verb
present participle of resweep
ridgepoles
ridgepoles
noun
plural of ridgepole
saprogenic
saprogenic
adj
Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
scampering
scampering
noun
A quick, light running motion.
verb
present participle of scamper
scarpering
scarpering
verb
present participle of scarper
sceptering
sceptering
verb
present participle of scepter
schlepping
schlepping
verb
present participle of schlep
present participle of schlepp
scuppering
scuppering
verb
present participle of scupper
seakeeping
seakeeping
noun
Effective operation of a ship at sea; remaining seaworthy.
separating
separating
adj
(zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.
noun
An instance of separating.
verb
present participle and gerund of separate
septuagint
septuagint
noun
(now rare) A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.