| ACROPHONY | • acrophony n. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented… • ACROPHONY n. the use of a word starting with a letter of the alphabet as the name of the letter. |
| APPARENCY | • apparency n. The quality of being apparent; apparentness. • apparency n. (Obsolete) Appearance. • apparency n. The position of being heir apparent. |
| CAPTAINRY | • captainry n. (Obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship. • CAPTAINRY n. the rank or condition of a captain, also CAPTAINCY. |
| CARPENTRY | • carpentry n. (Uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures;… • carpentry n. (Countable) A carpenter’s workshop. • carpentry n. (Uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor… |
| CARPINGLY | • carpingly adv. In a carping manner; with complaints. • CARPING adv. complaining. |
| COPARCENY | • coparceny n. (Law) An equal share of an inheritance. • COPARCENY n. a form of joint ownership of property. |
| PANEGYRIC | • panegyric n. A formal speech publicly praising someone or something. • panegyric n. Someone who writes or delivers such a speech. • panegyric adj. Panegyrical. |
| PARCENARY | • parcenary n. (Law) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or… • PARCENARY n. the state of being a parcener, a joint heir. |
| PARCIMONY | • parcimony n. Obsolete form of parsimony. • PARCIMONY n. (archaic) sparingness or reluctance in the spending of money, also PARSIMONY. |
| PARONYMIC | • paronymic adj. Being or relating to a paronym. • PARONYMIC adj. of or like a paronym. |
| PECUNIARY | • pecuniary adj. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial. • PECUNIARY adj. pertaining to money. |
| PENTARCHY | • pentarchy n. (Politics) Government by five persons. • pentarchy n. A governing body consisting of five persons. • pentarchy n. A federation of five nations, each under its own government or ruler. |
| PREGNANCY | • pregnancy n. (Countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this. • pregnancy n. The period of time this condition prevails. • pregnancy n. (Uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth. |
| PROCARYON | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PYRACANTH | • pyracanth n. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha having small white flowers followed by hard red… • PYRACANTH n. the evergreen thorn, a shrub native of Europe, also PYRACANTHA. |
| PYROMANCY | • pyromancy n. Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information. • pyromancy n. The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire. • PYROMANCY n. divination by the use of fire. |