| EPILEPSY | • epilepsy n. (Pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts. • EPILEPSY n. a disorder of the nervous system. |
| EPIPHANY | • epiphany n. An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder. • epiphany n. A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being. • epiphany n. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Epiphany. |
| EPIPHYTE | • epiphyte n. (Botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from… • epiphyte n. (Biology) A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus);… • EPIPHYTE n. a plant which grows upon another plant, using it for structural support. |
| EPISCOPY | • episcopy n. (Obsolete) survey; superintendence. • episcopy n. (Obsolete) episcopacy. • EPISCOPY n. (Milton) survey, superintendence. |
| FRIPPERY | • frippery n. Ostentation, as in fancy clothing. • frippery n. Useless things; trifles. • frippery n. (Obsolete) Cast-off clothes. |
| PAPYRINE | • papyrine n. A kind of vegetable parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid. • papyrine adj. Of or pertaining to papyrus or paper. • PAPYRINE adj. like papyrus, a parchment made from reeds, also PAPYRIAN. |
| PERIPETY | • peripety n. Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”). • peripety n. (Psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory. • PERIPETY n. (Greek) a sudden change in a course of events. |
| PERSPIRY | • perspiry adj. Sweaty. • PERSPIRY adj. perspiring. |
| PIPECLAY | • pipeclay n. Catlinite. • pipeclay v. (Transitive) To whiten by application of pipeclay. • pipeclay v. (Transitive, slang, dated, UK) To clear off. |
| POLYPIDE | • polypide n. The internal contents of a bryozoan; includes the digestive and muscular systems. • POLYPIDE n. a polyp of a colonial animal, also POLYPITE. |
| POLYPINE | • polypine adj. Of or pertaining to a polyp. • POLYPINE adj. of or like a (colonial) polyp. |
| POLYPITE | • polypite n. (Rare) A fossil polyp. • polypite n. (Rare) An individual polyp of a colonial cnidarian. • POLYPITE n. a polyp of a colonial animal, also POLYPIDE. |
| PREPPILY | • preppily adv. In a preppy manner. • PREPPY adv. denoting the style and behaviour of preparatory school students. |
| SLIPPERY | • slippery adj. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore… • slippery adj. (Figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down. • slippery adj. (Obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm. |
| SNIPPETY | • snippety adj. Made up of short snippets. • snippety adj. Irritable (particularly in a condescending way), snippy. • SNIPPETY adj. ridiculously small; petty. |
| TIPPYTOE | • tippytoe n. Alternative form of tiptoe. • tippytoe v. Alternative form of tiptoe. • tippy-toe n. Alternative spelling of tippytoe. |
| TRIPPERY | • TRIPPERY adj. like a (vulgar) tripper. |
| YAPPIEST | • yappiest adj. Superlative form of yappy: most yappy. • YAPPY adj. given to yapping. |