| EPHORAL | • ephoral adj. Pertaining to an ephor. • EPHORAL adj. pertaining to an ephor, one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. |
| LEOPARD | • leopard n. Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male… • leopard n. (Inexact) A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. • leopard n. (Heraldry) A lion passant guardant. |
| OVERLAP | • overlap v. To extend over and partly cover something. • overlap v. To have an area, range, character or function in common. • overlap v. (Mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common. |
| PAROLED | • paroled v. Simple past tense and past participle of parole. • PAROLE v. to give a conditional release of a prisoner. |
| PAROLEE | • parolee n. A person who is released on parole. • PAROLEE n. one who is paroled. |
| PAROLES | • paroles n. Plural of parole. • paroles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parole. • PAROLE v. to give a conditional release of a prisoner. |
| PELORIA | • peloria n. A variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one. • peloria n. (Botany) abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become… • PELORIA n. (Greek) abnormal symmetry of structure in flowers normally zygomorphic (e.g. toadflax), also PELORISM, PELORY. |
| PERGOLA | • pergola n. A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support… • pergola n. Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio. • Pergola prop.n. A surname from Italian. |
| PERORAL | • peroral adj. (Medicine) By way of the mouth. • PERORAL adj. occurring through the mouth. |
| PLEROMA | • pleroma n. (Botany) A plant of the genus Pleroma. • pleroma n. (Botany) The central portion of the primary meristem. • pleroma n. (Chiefly theology) A state of perfect fullness, especially of God’s being. |
| POLACRE | • polacre n. (Nautical, obsolete or historical) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship. • POLACRE n. (Italian) a vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean, also POLACCA. |
| PRELOAD | • preload v. (Transitive) To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale). • preload v. (Intransitive, Britain, slang) To drink (cheaper) alcohol at home before going out socially. • preload n. (Anatomy) The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its… |
| PREORAL | • preoral adj. (Anatomy) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth. • preoral adj. (Psychoanalysis) Prior to the oral stage, in Freudian psychoanalysis. • pre-oral adj. (Anatomy) Alternative spelling of preoral. |
| PROLATE | • prolate adj. Elongated at the poles. • prolate v. (Obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce. • PROLATE adj. having flattened sides due to lengthwise elongation. |
| PROPALE | • propale v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disclose. • PROPALE v. (Scots) to disclose. |
| RAMPOLE | • RAMPOLE n. a dead tree or tree decayed at top, also RAMPICK, RAMPIKE, RANPIKE. |
| REPOSAL | • reposal n. The act or state of reposing. • reposal n. (Obsolete) That on which one reposes. • REPOSAL n. the act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of trust, also REPOSALL. |
| ROPABLE | • ropable adj. Alternative form of ropeable. • ROPABLE adj. that can be roped, also ROPEABLE. |