| APLUSTRES | • aplustres n. Plural of aplustre. • APLUSTRE n. (Latin) an ornamental appendage of wood at a ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. |
| PALESTRAS | • palestras n. Plural of palestra. • PALESTRA n. (Latin) a school for athletics in ancient Greece. |
| PERTUSSAL | • pertussal adj. Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough. • PERTUSSAL adj. relating to pertussis, whooping cough. |
| PETROSALS | • petrosals n. Plural of petrosal. • PETROSAL n. the stony part of the temporal bone around the inner ear. |
| PILASTERS | • pilasters n. Plural of pilaster. • PILASTER n. a square column partially embedded in a wall. |
| PLAISTERS | • plaisters n. Plural of plaister. • PLAISTER v. (Scots) to plaster. |
| POLESTARS | • polestars n. Plural of polestar. • pole␣stars n. Plural of pole star. • POLESTAR n. a guiding principle. |
| PRELATESS | • prelatess n. (Archaic) A female prelate. • prelatess n. (Archaic) The wife of a prelate. • PRELATESS n. a female prelate. |
| PSALTRESS | • psaltress n. A woman who plays the psaltery. • PSALTRESS n. a woman who plays the psaltery. |
| PSALTRIES | • psaltries n. Plural of psaltry. • PSALTRY n. an ancient stringed musical instrument, also PSALTERY. |
| SPARKLETS | • sparklets n. Plural of sparklet. • SPARKLET n. a small spark. |
| SPLATTERS | • splatters n. Plural of splatter. • splatters v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of splatter. • SPLATTER v. to spatter, to splash. |
| SPRATTLES | • sprattles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sprattle. • SPRATTLE v. (Scots) to scramble. |
| STRAPLESS | • strapless adj. Without a strap or straps; usually describing women’s clothing without shoulder straps. • STRAPLESS adj. without (shoulder) straps. • STRAPLESS n. a strapless garment. |
| SUPERSALT | • supersalt n. (Chemistry, obsolete) A salt with an excess of acid, such as supertartrate of potash. • SUPERSALT n. an acid salt. |