| ANTIPRESS | • antipress adj. Opposing the press (print-based media). • ANTIPRESS adj. opposed to the Press. |
| ASPERSING | • aspersing v. Present participle of asperse. • ASPERSE v. to slander, disparage. |
| ASPERSION | • aspersion n. An attack on somebody’s reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. • aspersion n. (Obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water. • aspersion n. (In the plural) slander, calumny. |
| GRAPINESS | • grapiness n. A resemblance to grapes. • GRAPINESS n. the quality of being grapelike. |
| PAINTRESS | • paintress n. (Archaic) A female painter. • PAINTRESS n. a female painter. |
| PARENESIS | • parenesis n. (Rhetoric) Exhortation. • PARENESIS n. an exhortation, also PARAENESIS. |
| PARISHENS | • PARISHEN n. (Scots) a parish, also PARISCHAN, PARISCHANE, PAROCHIN, PAROCHINE. |
| PASSERINE | • passerine n. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species. • passerine adj. Of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird. • PASSERINE n. a perching bird. |
| PINASTERS | • pinasters n. Plural of pinaster. • PINASTER n. a species of pine growing in Southern Europe. |
| PREASSIGN | • preassign v. (Transitive) To assign in advance. • PREASSIGN v. to assign in advance. |
| PREASSING | • preassing v. Present participle of preasse. • PREASSE v. (Spenser) to press, also PREASE, PREACE. |
| PRISTANES | • pristanes n. Plural of pristane. • PRISTANE n. a saturated hydrocarbon oil found in the livers of some marine creatures. |
| RAPIDNESS | • rapidness n. The characteristic of being rapid. • RAPIDNESS n. rapidity. |
| RASPINESS | • raspiness n. The state or characteristic of being raspy. • RASPINESS n. the state of being raspy, rough. |
| REPASSING | • repassing v. Present participle of repass. • repassing n. The act of passing back again. • REPASS v. to pass again. |
| SCARPINES | • scarpines n. (Historical) An instrument of torture resembling the boot. • SCARPINES n. (Italian) an instrument of torture for the feet. |
| SERAPHINS | • seraphins n. Plural of seraphin. • SERAPHIN n. (Portuguese) a former silver coin of Goa, also SERAFIN, XERAFIN, XERAPHIN. |
| SPEARINGS | • spearings n. Plural of spearing. • Spearings prop.n. Plural of Spearing. • SPEARING n. the act of piercing with a spear. |
| UNPRAISES | • UNPRAISE v. to deprive of praise. |