| COMPETENCE | • competence n. (Uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role. • competence n. (Countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state… • competence n. (Linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed… |
| CREEPMOUSE | • creepmouse adj. (Mildly derogatory) Timid and unassuming in the extreme. • creepmouse n. (Mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person. • CREEPMOUSE n. an informal tickling game played with small children. |
| ELECAMPANE | • elecampane n. A tall Eurasian herb, Inula helenium, whose roots have been used medicinally. • ELECAMPANE n. a composite plant formerly much cultivated for its medicinal root, also ALYCOMPAINE. |
| EMPACKETED | • empacketed v. Simple past tense and past participle of empacket. • EMPACKET v. to pack up. |
| EMPLEACHED | • empleached v. Simple past tense and past participle of empleach. • EMPLEACH v. to intertwine, also IMPLEACH. |
| EMPLEACHES | • empleaches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empleach. • EMPLEACH v. to intertwine, also IMPLEACH. |
| EPIMELETIC | • epimeletic adj. (Biology) Relating to altruistic behaviour towards an injured animal. • EPIMELETIC adj. of a type of social behaviour in which the young are cared for by other individuals of the same species e.g. worker bees. |
| ESCAPEMENT | • escapement n. (Clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of… • escapement n. A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage. • escapement n. An escape or means of escape. |
| IMPENDENCE | • impendence n. Alternative form of impendency. • IMPENDENCE n. (obsolete) the state of impending; also, that which impends, also IMPENDENCY. |
| MOUSEPIECE | • MOUSEPIECE n. (dialect) part of a hindleg of beef, next to the round. |
| PEACEMAKER | • peacemaker n. A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes. • peacemaker n. (Non-native speakers’ English, medicine) Misconstruction of pacemaker. • Peacemaker n. An early type of American revolver, particularly the Colt 1873 Single Action Army model. |
| PEACETIMES | • peacetimes n. Plural of peacetime. • PEACETIME n. a period of time between wars. |
| PERMANENCE | • permanence n. The state of being permanent. • permanence n. (Physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance. • PERMANENCE n. the state of being permanent, also PERMANENCY. |
| PERMEANCES | • permeances n. Plural of permeance. • PERMEANCE n. the property of allowing the passage of lines of magnetic flux. |
| PIECEMEALS | • piecemeals n. Plural of piecemeal. • PIECEMEAL v. to divide or distribute piecemeal. |
| RECOMPENCE | • recompence n. Obsolete form of recompense. • recompence v. Obsolete form of recompense. • RECOMPENCE n. (obsolete) a reward, a compensation, also RECOMPENSE. |
| RECOMPENSE | • recompense n. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital. • recompense n. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage. • recompense v. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc. |
| TEMPERANCE | • temperance n. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or… • temperance n. Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors. • temperance n. Moderation of passion. |
| TIMEPIECES | • timepieces n. Plural of timepiece. • time-pieces n. Plural of time-piece. • TIMEPIECE n. any kind of clock. |