| CREEPING | • creeping v. Present participle of creep. • creeping n. The act of something that creeps. • CREEP v. to advance stealthily. |
| CREPANCE | • crepance n. An injury in a horse’s leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg… • CREPANCE n. a sore on a horse's hind ankle-joint. |
| ENCIPHER | • encipher v. To convert plain text into cipher; to encrypt. • ENCIPHER v. to write in a secret code. |
| PARCENER | • parcener n. (Law) A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an estate that descends jointly, and by whom it is held… • PARCENER n. a coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate. |
| PENCILER | • penciler n. In comic book production, a person who develops the plot and creative content, and draws an outline… • PENCILER n. one who pencils, also PENCILLER. |
| PERCEANT | • perceant adj. (Now rare, archaic) Piercing, sharp. • PERCEANT adj. piercing, also PERSANT, PERSAUNT. |
| PERCENTS | • percents n. Plural of percent. • PERCENT n. one part in a hundred. |
| PERCINES | • percines n. Plural of percine. • PERCINE n. a perch-like fish, esp. one belonging to the family Percidae, also PERCID. |
| PIECENER | • piecener n. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in a wool mill. • PIECENER n. a worker who joins broken threads, also PIECER. |
| PINCERED | • pincered adj. Having pincers. • PINCER v. to grip in pincers. |
| PRECENTS | • precents v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precent. • PRECENT v. to lead a church choir in singing. |
| PRECLEAN | • preclean v. (Transitive) To clean in advance. • preclean n. The act of cleaning something in advance. • PRECLEAN v. to clean beforehand. |
| PREENACT | • preenact v. (Transitive) To enact in advance. • PREENACT v. to enact beforehand. |
| PRENTICE | • prentice n. (Obsolete) An apprentice. • prentice v. (Transitive, obsolete) To apprentice. • Prentice prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation. |
| PRESENCE | • presence n. The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand. • presence n. The part of space within one’s immediate vicinity. • presence n. A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience. |
| PRETENCE | • pretence n. (British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext. • pretence n. Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption. • pretence n. (Obsolete) Intention; design. |
| PRUDENCE | • prudence n. The quality or state of being prudent. • prudence n. Economy; frugality. • Prudence prop.n. A female given name from English, one of the Puritan virtue names. |
| SPENCERS | • spencers n. Plural of spencer. • SPENCER n. one who has the care of the spence, or buttery. |
| TERPENIC | • terpenic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to the terpenes. • TERPENIC adj. relating to a terpene, an isomeric hydrocarbon. |