| ALPINIST | • alpinist adj. Of or pertaining to alpinism. • alpinist adj. (Skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing. • alpinist n. (Sometimes capitalized) A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar… |
| ANTIPILL | • antipill adj. (Not comparable) Preventing or countering the formation of pills on fabric. • antipill adj. Opposing the contraceptive pill. • antipill adj. (Finance) Opposing a poison pill. |
| ANTISLIP | • antislip adj. Preventing slipping. • anti-slip adj. Alternative form of antislip. • ANTISLIP adj. designed to prevent slipping. |
| HAPLITIC | • HAPLITIC adj. of or like haplite, a fine-grained, light-coloured rock. |
| LAPIDIST | • lapidist n. A lapidary. • LAPIDIST n. an expert in gems, also LAPIDARY. |
| LIPARITE | • liparite n. (Mineralogy) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite. • LIPARITE n. an acid igneous rock, aka rhyolite. |
| PALMITIC | • palmitic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from palmitic acid. • PALMITIC adj. as in palmitic acid, an ingredient of some soaps. |
| PALMITIN | • palmitin n. (Organic chemistry) A glyceride of palmitic acid. • PALMITIN n. a glyceride of palmitic acid. |
| PIGTAILS | • pigtails n. Plural of pigtail. • PIGTAIL n. a single plait hanging down at the back of the head. |
| PINTAILS | • pintails n. Plural of pintail. • PINTAIL n. a river duck. |
| PITIABLE | • pitiable adj. That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful. • PITIABLE adj. arousing pity. |
| PITIABLY | • pitiably adv. In a pitiable manner. • PITIABLE adv. arousing pity. |
| PIXILATE | • pixilate v. Misspelling of pixelate. • PIXILATE v. to divide an image into pixels for display in a digital format, also PIXELATE, PIXELLATE, PIXILLATE. |
| PLAITING | • plaiting v. Present participle of plait. • plaiting n. Plaited material. • PLAITING n. plaited braid, also PLATTING. |
| PLATINIC | • platinic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Containing tetravalent platinum. • PLATINIC adj. of or containing platinum in the tetravalent state. |
| REPTILIA | • reptilia n. Plural of reptilium. • Reptilia prop.n. A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata – reptiles. • REPTILIUM n. a building for displaying reptiles. |
| TAILPIPE | • tailpipe n. (US) An exhaust pipe (on a vehicle) (in any configuration). • tailpipe n. (Automotive) An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle. • TAILPIPE v. to tie cans to the exhaust pipe of a vehicle. |
| TAILSPIN | • tailspin n. (Aviation) The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. • tailspin n. (Figuratively) A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown. • tailspin n. (Figuratively) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline. |
| TILAPIAS | • tilapias n. Plural of tilapia. • TILAPIA n. any member of an African freshwater fish genus. |
| WHIPTAIL | • whiptail n. Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails. • whiptail n. A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae. • whiptail n. (Uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency. |