| EPIRRHEMAS | • epirrhemas n. Plural of epirrhema. • EPIRRHEMA n. (Greek) in Greek comedy, the address of the coryphaeus to the audience after the parabasis. |
| MADREPORES | • madrepores n. Plural of madrepore. • MADREPORE n. a coral of the common reef-building type, occurring esp. in tropical seas. |
| MARPRELATE | • MARPRELATE v. to inveigh after the manner of Martin Marprelate, the name assumed by the author of certain anti-episcopal tracts, 1588-9. |
| PAPERMAKER | • papermaker n. A person or company that makes paper. • PAPERMAKER n. one that makes paper. |
| PARAMETERS | • parameters n. Plural of parameter. • PARAMETER n. a boundary or limit to the scope of something. |
| PEARMONGER | • PEARMONGER n. a seller of pears. |
| PERIDERMAL | • peridermal adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the periderm. • PERIDERMAL adj. relating to the periderm, the outer layer of bark, also PERIDERMIC. |
| PERIMETRAL | • PERIMETRAL adj. relating to a perimeter, also PERIMETRIC, PERIMETRICAL. |
| PERMABEARS | • permabears n. Plural of permabear. • PERMABEAR n. an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall. |
| PERMEATORS | • permeators n. Plural of permeator. • PERMEATOR n. something or someone that permeates. |
| PRAEMUNIRE | • praemunire n. (Law, now historical) The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially… • praemunire n. The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias. • praemunire n. (In extended use) Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence… |
| PREEMBARGO | • preembargo adj. Before an embargo. • PREEMBARGO adj. before an embargo. |
| PREMARKETS | • PREMARKET v. to market in advance. |
| PREMATURES | • prematures n. Plural of premature. • PREMATURE n. a premature baby, also PREEMIE, PREM, PREMIE, PREMY. |
| PREMEASURE | • premeasure v. (Transitive) To measure in advance. • PREMEASURE v. to measure in advance. |
| PROMENADER | • promenader n. Agent noun of promenade; one who promenades. • promenader n. (Chiefly UK, music) An attender at, or devotee of, promenade concerts. • PROMENADER n. one who promenades. |
| SCAMPERERS | • scamperers n. Plural of scamperer. • SCAMPERER n. one who scampers. |
| SPERMARIES | • spermaries n. Plural of spermary. • SPERMARY n. an organ in which sperm is formed. |
| VERKRAMPTE | • verkrampte n. (South Africa) A person with a verkramp political attitude. • VERKRAMPTE n. (South African) one who is narrow-minded and illiberal esp. towards black and coloured people. |