Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.
adv
(obsolete) Peevishly.
pelvics
pelvics
noun
plural of pelvic
pensive
pensive
adj
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
pevsner
physrev
piasava
plosive
plosive
adj
(phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
noun
(phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
plovers
plovers
noun
plural of plover
pluvius
pravous
previse
previse
verb
To foresee.
To forewarn.
prevost
prevues
prevues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevue
pristav
privets
privets
noun
plural of privet
privies
privies
noun
plural of privy
proavis
provers
provers
noun
plural of prover
proviso
proviso
noun
A conditional provision to an agreement.
provost
provost
noun
(UK, higher education) The head of various colleges and universities.
(UK, military slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
(US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
(fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.
(historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
(historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees; (obsolete, sometimes as ~ of Paradise or ~ of Heaven) a title of the archangel Michael.
(historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
(military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
(obsolete) A governor.
(obsolete) A reeve.
(obsolete) A ruler.
(obsolete) A viceroy.
(obsolete) The head of various Roman offices, such as prefect and praetor.
(religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
(religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
(religion, historical) A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
(religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
verb
(UK, transitive, used in passive, obsolete, military slang) To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
pulsive
pulsive
adj
Tending to compel; compulsory.
pursive
pursive
adj
Obsolete form of pursy.
purveys
purveys
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purvey
repaves
repaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repave
revamps
revamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revamp
savdeep
septave
sparver
sparver
noun
(obsolete) A canopy for a bed.
spavied
spavies
spaviet
spavine
spavins
spavins
noun
plural of spavin
spivery
spivery
noun
Alternative spelling of spivvery
tapasvi
tapasvi
noun
The sadhaka who performs tapasya.
updives
updives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of updive
upshove
upsolve
upsolve
verb
(competitive programming, neologism) To solve a problem after the end of a contest.
(transitive) To solve; explain.
vampers
vampers
noun
plural of vamper
vampish
vampish
adj
Like a vamp (flirtatious woman).
vapours
vapours
noun
plural of vapour
veepees
veepees
noun
plural of veepee
vepsish
vespers
vespers
noun
(Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours, an evening prayer service
plural of vesper
vespery
vespids
vespids
noun
plural of vespid
vespina
vespine
vespine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wasps.
vespoid
vespoid
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the superfamily Vespoidea of wasps and ants.