(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.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
dipsaceous
dipsaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Dipsaceae, including teasels.
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disepalous
disepalous
adj
(botany) Having two sepals.
disespouse
disespouse
verb
(poetic, transitive) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispiteous
dispiteous
adj
(archaic, literary) Not showing mercy or pity.
dispurpose
dispurpose
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dissuade; to frustrate.
disulphone
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
eohippuses
epicoelous
epidermous
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
epiphytous
epipterous
epirhizous
episporium
equipoised
equipoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equipoise
equipoises
equipoises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equipoise
eumolpides
euphemious
euphonious
euphonious
adj
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
euploidies
euploidies
noun
plural of euploidy
europasian
europasian
Adjective
Eurasian
Noun
Eurasian
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
exceptious
exceptious
adj
(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
expulsions
expulsions
noun
plural of expulsion
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
fetiparous
fetiparous
adj
(of a marsupial) bearing offspring born not fully developed
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
hemipodius
hemophilus
herophilus
housepaint
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypozeuxis
hypozeuxis
noun
(rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
impervious
impervious
adj
Immune to damage or effect.
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposthume
imposthume
noun
(obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess.
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with an abscess.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
inexposure
inexposure
noun
A state of not being exposed.
isopleural
isopleuran
isopterous
isopterous
adj
Having the wings equal.
jaspideous
jaspideous
adj
jaspidean; containing jasper
jaspidean; like jasper
jaspidean; made of jasper
lipoferous
lipogenous
lipoxenous
megapodius
menopausic
mesohippus
mesopodium
mesopodium
noun
(botany) Synonym of petiole
(zoology) The middle portion of the foot in the gastropods and pteropods.
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
missuppose
missuppose
verb
(transitive) To suppose incorrectly.
opinicuses
opulencies
opulencies
noun
plural of opulency
opuntiales
outpension
outpension
noun
A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution.
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
outspinned
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
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
pediferous
pediferous
adj
(zoology) pedigerous; having feet
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
pedimanous
pedimanous
adj
(zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.
pedionomus
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
pentosuria
pentosuria
noun
(pathology) the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose in the urine
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.
perfidious
perfidious
adj
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
periculous
periculous
adj
dangerous, hazardous, perilous
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
perilously
perilously
adv
In a perilous manner.
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
perivenous
perivenous
adj
(medicine) Surrounding a vein.
perjurious
perjurious
adj
Of or pertaining to perjury.
pernicious
pernicious
adj
(obsolete) swift; celeritous.
Causing death or injury; deadly.
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
perochirus
perspicous
persuasion
persuasion
noun
(by extension, often humorous) Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature.
A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology.
A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.
An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.
One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness.
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.
perviously
perviously
adv
In a pervious manner.
phenicious
philoetius
piliferous
piliferous
adj
Containing or producing hair.
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pilocereus
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
piniferous
pirouettes
pirouettes
noun
plural of pirouette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pirouette
plesiosaur
plesiosaur
noun
Any of several extinct marine reptiles, of the order Plesiosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
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.
podilegous
poiseuille
polyuresis
polyuresis
noun
Synonym of polyuria
pomiferous
pomiferous
adj
(botany) bearing pomes or pomelike fruit as opposed to berries.
Producing or bearing fruit, especially apples
popularise
popularise
verb
(transitive) To make something popular.
(transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical or scientific material for a general audience.
porcupines
porcupines
noun
plural of porcupine
poriferous
poriferous
adj
Having pores.
Of or related to the Porifera.
postluetic
postluetic
adj
Following syphilis.
posturised
posturised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturise
posturized
posturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturize
pourboires
pourboires
noun
plural of pourboire
poxviruses
poxviruses
noun
plural of poxvirus
praetorius
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
preludious
preludious
adj
(archaic) preludial
preobvious
prepiously
prespinous
prestomium
previously
previously
adv
(now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
(television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.
(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time.
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
procursive
procursive
adj
(medicine) Running forward, as the patient does in certain forms of epilepsy.
prologuise
promiseful
promiseful
adj
Full of promise for the future; promising.
propertius
propulsive
propulsive
adj
Of or pertaining to propulsion
Serving to propel
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
prostitute
prostitute
adj
(obsolete) Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.
noun
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.
A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
verb
(transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.