| CANEPHORE | • canephore n. Alternative form of canephora. • CANEPHORE n. (Greek) a sculpted figure carrying a basket on the head, also CANEPHOR, CANEPHORA, CANEPHORUS. |
| CAPONIERE | • caponiere n. (Military, historical) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve… • CAPONIERE n. (French) a work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway, also CAPONIER. |
| CARPENTER | • carpenter n. A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings… • carpenter n. (Nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a… • carpenter n. A two-wheeled carriage. |
| CHAPERONE | • chaperone n. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often… • chaperone n. (Biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly… • chaperone n. (UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there… |
| CHEAPENER | • cheapener n. One who cheapens. • CHEAPENER n. one who makes cheap. |
| CREPANCES | • crepances n. Plural of crepance. • CREPANCE n. a sore on a horse's hind ankle-joint. |
| EPICENTRA | • EPICENTRUM n. the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake, also EPICENTER, EPICENTRE. |
| EPICUREAN | • epicurean adj. Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort. • epicurean adj. Devoted to luxurious living. • epicurean n. One who is devoted to pleasure. |
| ESPERANCE | • esperance n. (Obsolete) Expectation, hope. • Esperance prop.n. A town and shire in the south of Western Australia. • Esperance prop.n. A town and village in Schoharie County, New York, United States. |
| MEPACRINE | • mepacrine n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of quinacrine. • MEPACRINE n. a bitter yellow powder, aka atebrin, formerly used against malaria. |
| PARCENERS | • parceners n. Plural of parcener. • PARCENER n. a coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate. |
| PERCALINE | • percaline n. A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one colour. • PERCALINE n. (French) a glossy lightweight cotton. |
| PERCENTAL | • percental adj. In terms of a percentage. • PERCENTAL adj. relating to percentages. |
| PERCHANCE | • perchance adv. Perhaps; by chance. • PERCHANCE adv. by chance, as it may happen. |
| PERMEANCE | • permeance n. A measure of the degree to which a material allows a fluid to permeate it. • permeance n. (Physics) The reciprocal of reluctance in a magnetic circuit; the analogue of conductance in an electrical circuit. • PERMEANCE n. the property of allowing the passage of lines of magnetic flux. |
| PRECANCEL | • precancel v. (Transitive) To cancel or frank (a postage stamp) prior to posting it. • precancel n. A postage stamp or mail item that has been precancelled. • PRECANCEL v. to cancel in advance. |
| PRECANCER | • precancer adj. Before the onset of cancer. • precancer n. An incipient form of cancer that may become malignant if not treated. • PRECANCER adj. preceding cancer. |
| PRECLEANS | • precleans v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preclean. • precleans n. Plural of preclean. • PRECLEAN v. to clean beforehand. |
| PREENACTS | • preenacts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preenact. • PREENACT v. to enact beforehand. |
| PREGNANCE | • pregnance n. Obsolete form of pregnancy. • PREGNANCE n. (obsolete) pregnancy, also PREGNANCY. |