| ANTEPENDIUM | • antependium n. (Ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. • ANTEPENDIUM n. a cloth that hangs over the front of an altar, aka forecloth. |
| COMPUTERATE | • computerate adj. (Informal) computer-literate. • COMPUTERATE adj. computer literate. |
| EMPYREUMATA | • empyreumata n. Plural of empyreuma. • EMPYREUMA n. the peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels. |
| EPAULEMENTS | • epaulements n. Plural of epaulement. • EPAULEMENT n. a side-work of a battery or earthwork to protect it from flanking fire. |
| HEPTAMEROUS | • heptamerous adj. (Botany) Comprising seven parts or members, as with seven petals on a flower. • HEPTAMEROUS adj. having seven divisions; having the parts of flower in sevens. |
| NUMBERPLATE | • numberplate n. Alternative spelling of number plate. • number␣plate n. (Britain, Australia) Either of a pair of rectangular metal plates bearing an alphanumeric code, fixed… • NUMBERPLATE n. an identifying plate on a car. |
| PENTAMEROUS | • pentamerous adj. (Botany) In five parts; made up of five parts. • PENTAMEROUS adj. having five parts or members. |
| PENULTIMATE | • penultimate adj. (UK, in US usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding… • penultimate adj. (Linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult. • penultimate adj. (Mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily… |
| PERAMBULATE | • perambulate v. (Intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll. • perambulate v. (Transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot. • PERAMBULATE v. to walk through, to inspect an area on foot. |
| PERITONAEUM | • peritonaeum n. Alternative form of peritoneum. • peritonæum n. Obsolete typography of peritonaeum. • PERITONAEUM n. a serous membrane enclosing the viscera in the abdominal and pelvic cavities, also PERITONEUM. |
| PNEUMATHODE | • PNEUMATHODE n. a band or pore or aerating tissue, esp. along the stipes of ferns. |
| PREAMBULATE | • preambulate v. To walk before; figuratively, to precede. • PREAMBULATE v. to make a preamble. |
| PREMATURELY | • prematurely adv. In a premature manner; too soon or too early. • PREMATURE adv. ahead of due time. |
| PRETERHUMAN | • preterhuman adj. More than human; superhuman. • preter-human adj. (Rare) Beyond what is human. • PRETERHUMAN adj. more than human. |
| SUPERMARKET | • supermarket n. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing. • supermarket n. A chain of such stores. • supermarket n. (Figurative) A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services. |
| TEMPERATURE | • temperature n. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer. • temperature n. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses. • temperature n. (Thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity… |
| UNATTEMPTED | • unattempted adj. Not attempted. • UNATTEMPTED adj. not attempted. |