| ANGUIPED | • anguiped adj. Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs. • anguiped n. A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs. • ANGUIPED n. (Latin) a mythical giant having feet or legs in the form of snakes, also ANGUIPEDE. |
| APNEUSIS | • apneusis n. (Pathology) An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause… • APNEUSIS n. protracted gasping inhalations followed by short inhalations. |
| DAUPHINE | • dauphine n. The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness. • Dauphiné prop.n. (Historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble. • DAUPHINE n. (French) the title of the wife of the dauphin, also DAUPHINESS. |
| EPIFAUNA | • epifauna n. The benthic fauna, i.e. the collection of sea animals living on the seafloor. • EPIFAUNA n. (Latin) fauna living on a hard sea floor. |
| EUPHONIA | • euphonia n. Any of the birds of the genus Euphonia. • euphonia n. Euphony. • Euphonia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae. |
| PAINTURE | • painture n. (Obsolete) The art of painting. • painture n. (Obsolete, countable) A painting. • PAINTURE n. the art of painting. |
| PALUDINE | • paludine adj. Of or relating to a marsh. • PALUDINE adj. of marshes, also PALUDAL, PALUDIC, PALUDINAL, PALUDINOUS. |
| PETUNIAS | • petunias n. Plural of petunia. • PETUNIA n. (Tupi) a South American genus of ornamental plants closely related to tobacco. |
| PICAYUNE | • picayune n. (Especially Louisiana, historical) A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin… • picayune n. (By extension, archaic) A coin worth five cents (a nickel) or some other low value. • picayune n. (Figuratively, informal) A person regarded as unworthy of respect or useless; also, something of very… |
| PINNULAE | • pinnulae n. Plural of pinnula. • PINNULA n. (Latin) a pinnate part or organ, also PINNULE. |
| PIQUANCE | • piquance n. Piquancy; having a piquant taste. • PIQUANCE n. the quality of being piquant. |
| POULAINE | • poulaine n. A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries. • poulaine n. A shoe in such a style. • poulaine n. Rare form of poleyn (“knee armor”). |
| SPINULAE | • spinulae n. Plural of spinula. • SPINULA n. (Latin) a small thorn, also SPINULE. |
| SUPINATE | • supinate v. (Transitive, anatomy) To twist the forearm so as to turn the palm of the hand backwards if the forearm… • supinate v. (Transitive, anatomy) To twist the foot so the weight is on the outer edge. • SUPINATE v. to turn so that the palm is facing upward. |
| UNPAINED | • unpained adj. Not pained. • UNPAINED adj. not pained. |
| UNPAIRED | • unpaired adj. Not forming one of a pair. • unpaired v. Simple past tense and past participle of unpair. • UNPAIRED adj. not paired. |
| UNPRAISE | • UNPRAISE v. to deprive of praise. |
| UNREPAID | • unrepaid adj. (Of a loan etc.) not yet repaid. • UNREPAID adj. not repaid. |
| UNREPAIR | • unrepair n. An unsound state, as that of a building; dilapidation. • UNREPAIR n. a lack of repair. |