| EMPIRE | • empire n. A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations… • empire n. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress. • empire n. The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them)… |
| EPEIRA | • Epeira prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – certain orb-weaving spiders, now considered… • EPEIRA n. a genus of spiders, including the common garden spider, also EPEIRID. |
| EPIMER | • epimer n. (Chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres. • EPIMER n. a type of sugar compound. |
| EPRISE | • EPRISE adj. (French) captivated or smitten (of a female). |
| ESPIER | • espier n. One who espies. • ESPIER n. someone who espies. |
| EXPIRE | • expire v. (Intransitive) To die. • expire v. (Intransitive) To lapse and become invalid. • expire v. (Intransitive) To come to an end; to conclude. |
| PEERIE | • peerie adj. (Chiefly Shetland and Orkney) Small, tiny. • peerie n. A Shetland sheepdog. • peerie n. Alternative form of peery (“spinning top”). |
| PERDIE | • perdie interj. Alternative form of pardie. • PERDIE interj. (Shakespeare) assuredly, by God, also PARDEE, PARDI, PARDIE, PARDY, PERDY. |
| PEREIA | • pereia n. Plural of pereion. • PEREION n. (Greek) a crustacean's thorax, also PERAEON, PEREON. |
| PERMIE | • permie n. (UK, informal) A permanent employee. • PERMIE n. a permanent worker, as opposed to a temp. |
| PIECER | • piecer n. One who pieces; a patcher. • piecer n. (Historical) A child employed in a spinning mill to tie together broken threads. • piecer n. (In combination) An item, especially clothing, made up of the specified amount of pieces. |
| PIERCE | • pierce v. (Transitive) To puncture; to break through. • pierce v. (Transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry. • pierce v. (Transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly. |
| PREIFE | • PREIFE n. (obsolete) proof, also PREIF, PRIEF, PRIEFE. |
| PREMIE | • premie n. Alternative spelling of preemie. • premie n. A follower of the controversial spiritual leader Prem Rawat (born 1957). • PREMIE n. (US slang) a premature baby, also PREEMIE, PREM, PREMY. |
| PREXIE | • prexie n. (Philately, colloquial) A definitive stamp of the presidential series issued by the United States from 1938 to 1954. • PREXIE n. (colloquial) a president, also PREX, PREXY. |
| PRIEFE | • priefe n. Obsolete spelling of proof. • PRIEFE n. (Scots) proof, also PREIF, PREIFE, PRIEF. |
| PRIEVE | • prieve v. (Obsolete or Scotland) To prove. • PRIEVE v. to prove, also PREEVE, PREVE. |
| RECIPE | • recipe n. (Medicine, archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared… • recipe n. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. • recipe n. By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription. |
| REPINE | • repine v. (Transitive) To fail; to wane. • repine v. (Intransitive, now literary) To complain; to regret. • REPINE v. to express discontent. |