| CORRIVALSHIP | • corrivalship n. (Obsolete) joint rivalry. • CORRIVALSHIP n. the state of being a corrival. |
| HAIRSPLITTER | • hairsplitter n. A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something… • hair-splitter n. Alternative form of hairsplitter. • HAIRSPLITTER n. one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning. |
| HORRIPILATES | • horripilates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horripilate. • HORRIPILATE v. to produce the erection of hairs on the head or body. |
| PANARTHRITIS | • panarthritis n. (Medicine) arthritis in all of the joints. • panarthritis n. (Medicine) inflammation of all the structures of a joint. • PANARTHRITIS n. arthritis of all joints of body, or of the whole of one joint. |
| PARISHIONERS | • parishioners n. Plural of parishioner. • PARISHIONER n. a member or inhabitant of a parish. |
| PATRIARCHIES | • patriarchies n. Plural of patriarchy. • PATRIARCHY n. the jurisdiction of a patriarch. |
| PATRIARCHISM | • patriarchism n. Government by a patriarch. • PATRIARCHISM n. government by a patriarch. |
| 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. |
| PRECHRISTIAN | • pre-Christian adj. Pertaining to the time before the arrival of Christianity, particularly in Western Europe. • pre-Christian n. (Christianity) A person who is not yet a Christian, regarded as a potential convert. • PRECHRISTIAN adj. belonging to the time before Christianity. |
| PREHISTORIAN | • prehistorian n. A student of, or expert in prehistory. • PREHISTORIAN n. an archaeologist who specializes in prehistory. |
| RETAINERSHIP | • retainership n. The practice of charging a retainer fee, or a client relationship based on such a fee. • RETAINERSHIP n. the office of retainer. |
| RETROPHILIAS | • RETROPHILIA n. love of things of the past. |
| SERIGRAPHIES | • serigraphies n. Plural of serigraphy. • SERIGRAPHY n. the making of silkscreen prints. |
| SPIROGRAPHIC | • SPIROGRAPHIC adj. relating to a spirograph, an instrument recording movements of breathing. |
| TRAITORSHIPS | • TRAITORSHIP n. the state of being a traitor. |
| VIBRAHARPIST | • vibraharpist n. Someone who plays the vibraharp. • VIBRAHARPIST n. one who plays the vibraharp. |