| AFTERPIECE | • afterpiece n. (Now chiefly historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment… • afterpiece n. (Nautical) The heel of a rudder. • AFTERPIECE n. a minor piece after a play. |
| APPERCEIVE | • apperceive v. (Obsolete) To perceive. • apperceive v. (Psychology) To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass… • APPERCEIVE v. to perceive an inner meaning. |
| BEDIAPERED | • bediapered v. Simple past tense and past participle of bediaper. • BEDIAPER v. to put a nappy on. |
| DEPRECIATE | • depreciate v. (Transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of. • depreciate v. (Intransitive) To decline in value over time. • depreciate v. (Transitive) To belittle or disparage. |
| DIAPEDESES | • diapedeses n. Plural of diapedesis. • DIAPEDESIS n. the migration of white blood corpuscles through the walls of the blood vessels without apparent rupture. |
| EPIMERASES | • epimerases n. Plural of epimerase. • EPIMERASE n. an enzyme which catalyses inversion at an asymmetric carbon atom in a molecule containing more than one such atom. |
| ESPALIERED | • espaliered v. Simple past tense and past participle of espalier. • ESPALIER v. to train a tree to grow on a lattice. |
| EXPEDITATE | • expeditate v. (UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet. • EXPEDITATE v. to deprive of the ball of the foot or the claws. |
| HEADPIECES | • headpieces n. Plural of headpiece. • HEADPIECE n. any covering for the head, esp. a helmet, also HEADPEACE. |
| KEEPSAKIER | • KEEPSAKY adj. vapidly pretty. |
| PAPETERIES | • papeteries n. Plural of papeterie. • PAPETERIE n. (French) a stationery-case. |
| PEABERRIES | • peaberries n. Plural of peaberry. • PEABERRY n. a type of coffee seed. |
| PEACETIMES | • peacetimes n. Plural of peacetime. • PEACETIME n. a period of time between wars. |
| PERIPETEIA | • peripeteia n. (Drama) A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy. • peripeteia n. (By extension) Any sudden change in circumstances; a crisis. • peripeteia n. (Psychoanalysis) A turning point in psychosocial development. |
| PERMEATIVE | • permeative adj. Tending to permeate. • PERMEATIVE adj. that permeates. |
| PIECEMEALS | • piecemeals n. Plural of piecemeal. • PIECEMEAL v. to divide or distribute piecemeal. |
| PIERCEABLE | • pierceable adj. Capable of being pierced; penetrable. • PIERCEABLE adj. that may be pierced, also PERCEABLE. |
| SPEAKERINE | • speakerine n. (Dated) A female speaker. • SPEAKERINE n. a female announcer or programme hostess. |