| DEPENDABLE | • dependable adj. Able, or easily able to be depended on. • dependable n. A reliable person or thing. • DEPENDABLE adj. that can be depended on. |
| ELAEOPTENE | • elaeoptene n. (Chemistry) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, as distinguished from stearoptene… • ELAEOPTENE n. the liquid part of a volatile oil. |
| ELECAMPANE | • elecampane n. A tall Eurasian herb, Inula helenium, whose roots have been used medicinally. • ELECAMPANE n. a composite plant formerly much cultivated for its medicinal root, also ALYCOMPAINE. |
| EMPALEMENT | • empalement n. Obsolete form of impalement. in particular in botany as a term for the calyx of a flower. • EMPALEMENT n. a fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes. |
| EMPANELLED | • empanelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of empanel. • EMPANEL v. to select a jury from a list, also IMPANEL, IMPANNEL. |
| EPAULEMENT | • epaulement n. A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire. • epaulement n. (Ballet) A position in which one shoulder is thrust forward and the other back, and the torso turned… • EPAULEMENT n. a side-work of a battery or earthwork to protect it from flanking fire. |
| EXPENDABLE | • expendable adj. Able to be expended; not inexhaustible. • expendable adj. Designed for a single use; not reusable. • expendable adj. Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal. |
| PALENESSES | • palenesses n. Plural of paleness. • PALENESS n. the quality of being pale. |
| PARASELENE | • paraselene n. A bright, circular spot, sometimes seen on a lunar halo, caused by refraction through ice crystals. • PARASELENE n. a mock moon; bright patch on a lunar halo. |
| PENEPLANES | • peneplanes n. Plural of peneplane. • PENEPLANE n. a low gently, rolling landscape produced by long-continued erosion, also PENEPLAIN. |
| PENETRABLE | • penetrable adj. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Also figuratively. • PENETRABLE adj. that can be penetrated. |
| PRECLEANED | • precleaned adj. Cleaned in advance. • PRECLEAN v. to clean beforehand. |
| PREVALENCE | • prevalence n. The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread. • prevalence n. (Epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time… • PREVALENCE n. the state of being prevalent, also PREVALENCY. |
| REPANELLED | • repanelled v. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of repanel. • REPANEL v. to panel again. |
| REPELLANCE | • REPELLANCE n. the act of repelling, also REPELLANCY. |
| TERNEPLATE | • terneplate n. (Also attributively) Thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently… • TERNEPLATE n. thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin. |
| UNPEERABLE | • unpeerable adj. (Archaic) Without an equal; peerless. • UNPEERABLE adj. incapable of having a peer, or equal. |
| UNREPEALED | • unrepealed adj. Not repealed. • unrepealed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unrepeal. • UNREPEALED adj. not repealed. |