| COPYREAD | • copyread v. To read text (Of a newspaper etc.) and edit it to correct mistakes. • COPYREAD v. (US) to subedit. |
| DAPPERLY | • dapperly adv. In a dapper way. • dapperly adj. (Scotland) variegated. • DAPPER adv. trim, neat. |
| EMPAYRED | • empayred v. Simple past tense and past participle of empayre. • EMPAYRE v. (Spenser) to impair, also EMPAIRE, EMPARE. |
| JEOPARDY | • jeopardy n. Danger of loss, harm, or failure. • jeopardy v. (Transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger. • Jeopardy prop.n. Jeopardy!, a popular US television game show in which contestants answer clues by responding in the… |
| PANDERLY | • panderly adj. (Archaic) Having the quality of a pander. • PANDERLY adj. (Shakespeare) acting as a procurer. |
| PARLAYED | • parlayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of parlay. • PARLAY v. to wager original winnings on a new bet. |
| PARLEYED | • parleyed v. Simple past tense and past participle of parley. • PARLEY v. to discuss terms with an enemy, also PARLE. |
| PAYGRADE | • paygrade n. Alternative spelling of pay grade. • pay␣grade n. A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees). • pay␣grade n. (Figuratively) Level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally… |
| PEDANTRY | • pedantry n. An excessive attention to detail or rules. • pedantry n. An overly ambitious display of learning. • PEDANTRY n. ostentatious display of knowledge. |
| PYODERMA | • pyoderma n. (Medicine) An infection of the skin by pyogenic bacteria. • PYODERMA n. a pus-causing skin disease. |
| REPANDLY | • repandly adv. In a repand manner. • REPAND adv. having a wavy margin. |
| REPLAYED | • replayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of replay. • REPLAY v. to play again. |
| UNDERPAY | • underpay v. (Transitive) To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently. • underpay v. (Transitive) To pay less than is due for (something). • UNDERPAY v. to pay less than is deserved. |
| UNPRAYED | • unprayed adj. Not prayed. • UNPRAY v. to revoke the praying of. |
| UPBRAYED | • upbrayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of upbray. • UPBRAY v. (Spenser) to upbraid. |