(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
blueprints
blueprints
noun
plural of blueprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blueprint
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
chuprassie
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
copernicus
crispature
crispature
noun
The state of being crispate.
croupiness
croupiness
noun
The state or quality of being croupy.
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
curiescopy
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispurpose
dispurpose
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dissuade; to frustrate.
disreputed
disreputed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disrepute
disreputes
disreputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrepute
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disrupture
disrupture
noun
Alternative form of disruption
encarpuspi
epicranius
epicranius
noun
The occipitofrontalis muscle.
epicureans
epicureans
noun
plural of epicurean
epidermous
epipterous
epirhizous
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
espiritual
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
euphrasies
euphrasies
noun
plural of euphrasy
europasian
europasian
Adjective
Eurasian
Noun
Eurasian
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
fetiparous
fetiparous
adj
(of a marsupial) bearing offspring born not fully developed
frumperies
frumperies
noun
plural of frumpery
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gravipause
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
guidership
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
haruspices
haruspices
noun
plural of haruspex
herophilus
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
hippurites
hippurites
noun
plural of hippurite
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
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impressure
impressure
noun
(obsolete) dent; impression
impureness
impureness
noun
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
inexposure
inexposure
noun
A state of not being exposed.
interpause
interpause
adj
Between pauses.
noun
An intermission.
interrupts
interrupts
noun
plural of interrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interrupt
isopleural
isopleuran
isopterous
isopterous
adj
Having the wings equal.
jurisprude
jurisprude
noun
One who studies jurisprudence.
laurelship
lipoferous
lupinaster
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
maupertuis
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
misusurped
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
palustrine
palustrine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or thriving in marshy habitats.
parageusia
parageusia
noun
(medicine) The abnormal presence of an unpleasant taste in the mouth, sometimes caused by medications.
parageusic
parageusic
adj
Of or relating to parageusia.
parageusis
parageusis
noun
Alternative form of parageusia
paroecious
paroecious
adj
(bryology) Having the male and female reproductive organs in close proximity.
parthenius
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
pasquiller
pasteurian
pasteurian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1822–1895), French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.
pasteurise
pasteurise
verb
(transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
pasteurism
pasteurism
Proper noun
The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
pasteurisation
pasteurize
pasticheur
pasticheur
noun
One who mimics the literary or artistic style of another.
pauperised
pauperised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pauperise
pauperiser
pauperisms
pauperisms
noun
plural of pauperism
pauperizes
pauperizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pauperize
pearisburg
pearisburg
Proper noun
a town in Virginia, USA
pediastrum
pedicurism
pedicurism
noun
The practice or the art of giving pedicures.
pedicurist
pedicurist
noun
A person who performs pedicures.
pediferous
pediferous
adj
(zoology) pedigerous; having feet
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
peninsular
peninsular
adj
Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula.
noun
Misspelling of peninsula.
One who inhabits a peninsula.
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
perculsive
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
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.
percussive
percussive
adj
(phonetics) Produced by striking organs together, for example, smacking the lips or gnashing the teeth.
Characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something.
noun
(phonetics) A percussive phone.
peregrinus
perfidious
perfidious
adj
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
periastrum
peribursal
peribursal
adj
Around a bursa.
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.
perimysium
perimysium
noun
(anatomy) A layer of connective tissue which surrounds several muscle fibers into bundles
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peristylum
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.
perlucidus
pernicious
pernicious
adj
(obsolete) swift; celeritous.
Causing death or injury; deadly.
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
perochirus
perquisite
perquisite
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
A gratuity.
A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.
persifleur
persifleur
noun
One who participates in light, playful talk or banter or persiflage.
perspicous
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
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.
persuasive
persuasive
adj
Able to persuade; convincing.
noun
That which persuades; incitement.
pertusaria
perviously
perviously
adv
In a pervious manner.
petaurista
picaresque
picaresque
adj
(literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
noun
(literature) A picaresque novel.
piliferous
piliferous
adj
Containing or producing hair.
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pilocereus
piniferous
pirouettes
pirouettes
noun
plural of pirouette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pirouette
pisauridae
pleasuring
pleasuring
noun
An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
verb
present participle of pleasure
pleasurist
pleasurist
noun
One who is devoted to worldly pleasure.
plesiosaur
plesiosaur
noun
Any of several extinct marine reptiles, of the order Plesiosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
pleurisies
pleurisies
noun
plural of pleurisy
plumassier
plumassier
noun
One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.
plumberies
plumberies
noun
plural of plumbery
pluralised
pluralised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pluralise
pluraliser
pluralizes
pluralizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pluralize
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.
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
praesidium
praesidium
noun
Alternative form of presidium
praetorius
precarious
precarious
adj
(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.