| ANSAPHONES | • ANSAPHONE n. another name for a telephone answering machine, also ANSWERPHONE. |
| EXPANSIONS | • expansions n. Plural of expansion. • EXPANSION n. the act of expanding. |
| NONPASSIVE | • nonpassive adj. Not passive. • NONPASSIVE adj. not passive. |
| NONSTAPLES | • nonstaples n. Plural of nonstaple. • NONSTAPLE n. a nonstaple item of food. |
| PAINTINESS | • paintiness n. Quality of being painty. • PAINTINESS n. the state of being painty. |
| PANDANUSES | • pandanuses n. Plural of pandanus. • PANDANUS n. (Malay) a palm of SE Asia, the leaves of which are used to weave mats, also PANDAN. |
| PANGENESES | • PANGENESIS n. Darwin's theory that every cell of the body contributes gemmules to the germ-cells and so shares in the transmission of inherited characters. |
| PANGENESIS | • pangenesis n. A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which… • PANGENESIS n. Darwin's theory that every cell of the body contributes gemmules to the germ-cells and so shares in the transmission of inherited characters. |
| PENINSULAS | • peninsulas n. Plural of peninsula. • PENINSULA n. a strip of land jutting out into water, a near-island. |
| PENNALISMS | • PENNALISM n. a system of fagging in use at a German university. |
| PENTOSANES | • pentosanes n. Plural of pentosane. • PENTOSANE n. a complex carbohydrate found in cellulose, also PENTOSAN. |
| PLIANTNESS | • pliantness n. The state or quality of being pliant. • PLIANTNESS n. the state of being pliant. |
| SAPOGENINS | • sapogenins n. Plural of sapogenin. • SAPOGENIN n. a compound derived from saponin, often used in synthesizing steroid hormones. |
| SNAPHANCES | • snaphances n. Plural of snaphance. • SNAPHANCE n. (obsolete) a freebooter; a flintlock; a spring catch or trap, also SNAPHAUNCE, SNAPHAUNCH. |
| SNAPPINESS | • snappiness n. The state or quality of being snappy. • SNAPPINESS n. the state of being snappy. |
| SPINACENES | • SPINACENE n. a natural oil obtained e.g. from shark-liver, aka squalene. |
| SPINNAKERS | • spinnakers n. Plural of spinnaker. • SPINNAKER n. a large triangular sail opposite the mainsail. |