| ADMIRALSHIP | • admiralship n. The state, property, or office of being an admiral. • ADMIRALSHIP n. the office of admiral. |
| IMPERIALISE | • imperialise v. Alternative form of imperialize. • IMPERIALISE v. to make imperial, also IMPERIALIZE. |
| IMPERIALISM | • imperialism n. The policy of forcefully extending a nation’s authority by territorial gain or by the establishment… • IMPERIALISM n. the policy, practice or advocacy of extension of a nation's power or influence over other territories. |
| IMPERIALIST | • imperialist adj. Of, or relating to imperialism. • imperialist n. An advocate of imperialism. • Imperialist n. (Historical, sometimes attributive) An agent or official working on behalf of the Empire of Japan. |
| MARLINSPIKE | • marlinspike n. A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting… • marlin-spike n. Alternative form of marlinspike. • marlin␣spike n. Alternative spelling of marlinspike. |
| MULTISPIRAL | • multispiral adj. Having many closely-spaced spirals (usually of an operculum). • MULTISPIRAL adj. having many coils. |
| PALMISTRIES | • palmistries n. Plural of palmistry. • PALMISTRY n. foretelling a person's future from the lines on their palms. |
| PARTIALISMS | • partialisms n. Plural of partialism. • PARTIALISM n. partiality; specifically (theology), the doctrine of the Partialists. |
| PATRIALISMS | • PATRIALISM n. the state of being a patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK. |
| PERIPLASMIC | • periplasmic adj. Surrounding the plasma of a bacterium. |
| PERISTOMIAL | • peristomial adj. Of or pertaining to a peristome. • PERISTOMIAL adj. relating to the peristome, the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth, also PERISTOMAL, PERISTOMATIC. |
| PILGRIMAGES | • pilgrimages n. Plural of pilgrimage. • PILGRIMAGE v. to go on pilgrimage. |
| PLAGIARISMS | • plagiarisms n. Plural of plagiarism. • PLAGIARISM n. an act or instance of plagiarizing. |
| PLEINAIRISM | • pleinairism n. (Art) The practice of painting outdoors, in the open. • PLEINAIRISM n. painting in the open air. |
| PRIMALITIES | • primalities n. Plural of primality. • PRIMALITY n. the state of being primal. |
| PRIMORDIALS | • primordials n. Plural of primordial. • PRIMORDIAL n. something primordial. |
| PRISMATICAL | • prismatical adj. Alternative form of prismatic. • PRISMATICAL adj. of, resembling or produced by prisms, also PRISMATIC. |
| PROBABILISM | • probabilism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that, in the absence of certainty, probability is the best criterion. • probabilism n. (Theology, chiefly Catholicism) The casuistic doctrine that, in difficult matters of conscience, one… • PROBABILISM n. the belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute. |
| SPERMICIDAL | • spermicidal adj. Having the ability to kill sperm. • SPERMICIDAL adj. of or like a spermicide, a substance that kills sperm. |
| SPIRALIFORM | • spiraliform adj. Spiral-shaped. • SPIRALIFORM adj. shaped like a spiral. |