| DISPROPRIATE | • dispropriate v. (Transitive) To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. • DISPROPRIATE v. (obsolete) to disappropriate. |
| IMPROPRIATED | • impropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| IMPROPRIATES | • impropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| PARAPERIODIC | • PARAPERIODIC adj. as in paraperiodic acid. |
| PERIPHERICAL | • peripherical adj. Peripheral. • PERIPHERICAL adj. (archaic) relating to a periphery, also PERIPHERIC. |
| PERIPHRASING | • periphrasing v. Present participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea. |
| PERIPHRASTIC | • periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary. • periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. • periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis. |
| PERSPIRATING | • perspirating v. Present participle of perspirate. • PERSPIRATE v. to sweat. |
| PERSPIRATION | • perspiration n. The action or process of perspiring. • perspiration n. (By extension) Hard work. • perspiration n. A saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands; sweat. |
| PREAMPLIFIER | • preamplifier n. A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier. • PREAMPLIFIER n. an amplifier designed to amplify extremely weak electrical signals before they are fed to additional amplifier circuits. |
| PRECIPITATOR | • precipitator n. One who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with vehemence or rashness). • precipitator n. A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation. • precipitator n. An apparatus which removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation. |
| PREPRIMARIES | • preprimaries n. Plural of preprimary. • PREPRIMARY n. an election occurring before the primary elections. |
| REAPPRAISING | • reappraising v. Present participle of reappraise. • REAPPRAISE v. to appraise again. |