| APARTMENTS | • apartments n. Plural of apartment. • APARTMENT n. a separate room in a house, used or occupied by a particular person or party. |
| COMPEARANT | • compearant n. (Scotland, law) A person who appears in court. • COMPEARANT n. (Scots) one who compears, appears in court. |
| MERCAPTANS | • mercaptans n. Plural of mercaptan. • MERCAPTAN n. a substance analogous to an alcohol, with sulphur instead of oxygen. |
| NITRAZEPAM | • nitrazepam n. (Pharmacology) A short-acting hypnotic drug (British trademark Mogadon) of the benzodiazepine group… • NITRAZEPAM n. a hypnotic and tranquillizing drug used for the relief of insomnia. |
| PANARITIUM | • panaritium n. (Medicine) The purulent inflammation of a digit. • PANARITIUM n. a whitlow. |
| PANCRATIUM | • pancratium n. (Historical) An ancient athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling. • pancratium n. (Botany) Any of the genus Pancratium of African and Eurasian perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants… • PANCRATIUM n. an athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling. |
| PANTRYMAID | • pantrymaid n. (Historical) A female servant responsible for the pantry. • PANTRYMAID n. a maid in charge of a pantry. |
| PARAMAGNET | • paramagnet n. (Physics) Any paramagnetic material. • PARAMAGNET n. an ordinary magnet as opposed to a diamagnet. |
| PARAMOUNTS | • paramounts n. Plural of paramount. • PARAMOUNT n. an overlord; a supreme ruler or proprietor. |
| PARLIAMENT | • parliament n. (Now chiefly historical) A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues. • parliament n. In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies… • parliament n. A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period… |
| PENTAGRAMS | • pentagrams n. Plural of pentagram. • PENTAGRAM n. a five-pointed star, formerly used as a mystic or magical symbol. |
| PORTMANTUA | • portmantua n. Obsolete form of portmanteau (“case”). • PORTMANTUA n. (obsolete) a portmanteau, also PORTMANTEAU, PORTMANTLE. |
| PTARMIGANS | • ptarmigans n. Plural of ptarmigan. • PTARMIGAN n. (Gaelic) a game-bird of the grouse family. |
| RAMPARTING | • ramparting v. Present participle of rampart. • RAMPART v. to furnish with a fortifying embankment. |