| DRILLSHIP | • drillship n. (Nautical) Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment. • DRILLSHIP n. a free-floating ship-shaped drilling platform. |
| IMPERILED | • imperiled adj. (Biological conservation) at risk of becoming extinct. • imperiled v. Simple past tense and past participle of imperil. • IMPERIL v. to put in danger, also PERIL. |
| IPRINDOLE | • iprindole n. A tricyclic antidepressant. • IPRINDOLE n. an antidepressant drug. |
| LAIRDSHIP | • lairdship n. (Scotland) The state or condition of being a laird. • lairdship n. The area of land owned by a laird. • LAIRDSHIP n. the office of a laird. |
| PILGRIMED | • pilgrimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pilgrim. • PILGRIM v. to travel to a holy place for religious purposes, also PILGRIMAGE. |
| PILLORIED | • pilloried v. Simple past tense and past participle of pillory. • PILLORY v. to hold up to public ridicule. |
| PIRLICUED | • PIRLICUE v. to summarize in conclusion, also PURLICUE. |
| PRESIDIAL | • presidial adj. Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial. • presidial adj. Pertaining to a president or one who presides; presidential. • presidial adj. Having or relating to a garrison. |
| PROLICIDE | • prolicide n. (Uncountable) The crime of destroying one’s offspring, either in the womb or after birth. • prolicide n. (Countable) One who commits prolicide. • PROLICIDE n. killing of offspring; killing of the human race. |
| PYRALIDID | • PYRALIDID n. a kind of moth, also PYRALID, PYRALIS. |
| REPTILOID | • reptiloid n. (Science fiction) A reptilian humanoid creature. • REPTILOID adj. reptile-like. • REPTILOID n. any animal of the Reptilia. |
| SPINDLIER | • spindlier adj. Comparative form of spindly: more spindly. • SPINDLY adj. long and slender. |
| SPORIDIAL | • sporidial adj. Relating to a sporidium. • SPORIDIAL adj. of or like a sporidium, a secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. |
| TRIPLOIDS | • triploids n. Plural of triploid. • TRIPLOID n. a cell having three times the haploid number of chromosomes. |
| TRIPLOIDY | • triploidy n. (Uncountable, genetics) The state of being triploid, having three sets of chromosomes. • triploidy n. (Countable, genetics) An instance of being triploid. • TRIPLOIDY n. the condition of being triploid. |