| CALTROP | • caltrop n. (Weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always… • caltrop n. (Heraldry) The same object represented as a heraldic charge. • caltrop n. (Colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns. |
| CAPORAL | • caporal n. A type of shag tobacco. • caporal n. (Latin America) A foreman or overseer. • CAPORAL n. (French) a coarse, strong, dark tobacco. |
| CARPOOL | • carpool n. An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc. • carpool n. The group of people who participate in such a pool. • carpool v. To travel together in such a pool. |
| COPULAR | • copular adj. (Grammar) Being or relating to a copula. • COPULAR adj. relating to a copula. |
| COUPLER | • coupler n. (Now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages. • coupler n. Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages. • coupler n. (Music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together. |
| CRAPOLA | • crapola n. (Slang) Items or material of poor quality or little importance. • crapola adj. (Slang) Feeling sick or bad. • CRAPOLA n. (colloquial) rubbish, nonsense. |
| CROPFUL | • cropful adj. Having a full crop or belly; satiated. • cropful n. Enough to fill the crop of a bird. • CROPFUL n. as much as a bird's crop can hold, also CROPFULL. |
| CUPOLAR | • cupolar adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to a cupola. • CUPOLAR adj. pertaining to a spherical vault. |
| PELORIC | • peloric adj. (Botany, of a flower) Having a mutation such that a normally asymmetric flower becomes radially symmetric. • PELORIC adj. showing peloria, an abnormal regularity in flowers, also PELORIAN. |
| PILCORN | • pilcorn n. (UK, dialect) The naked oat. • PILCORN n. the naked oat, a variety in which the glume does not adhere to the grain. |
| PILCROW | • pilcrow n. Synonym of paragraph mark: ¶. • PILCROW n. a paragraph-mark. |
| POLACRE | • polacre n. (Nautical, obsolete or historical) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship. • POLACRE n. (Italian) a vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean, also POLACCA. |
| POLICER | • policer n. One who, or that which, polices. • policer n. (Computing) A software component that enforces a security policy. • POLICER n. a computer device controlling use. |
| PORLOCK | • Porlock prop.n. A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS8846). • PORLOCK v. to hinder by an irksome intrusion or interruption. |
| PRECOOL | • precool v. (Transitive) To cool in advance. • PRECOOL v. to cool beforehand. |
| PROCTAL | • PROCTAL adj. pertaining to the anus or rectum. |
| PYLORIC | • pyloric adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to the pylorus. • PYLORIC adj. pertaining to the pylorus. |
| RAPLOCH | • raploch n. (Scotland) coarse undyed woollen cloth. • RAPLOCH n. (Scots) a homespun material. |