| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| POLYTYPE | • polytype n. Any of the types involved in polytypism. • polytype n. A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. • polytype n. (Computing theory) In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one… |
| PRETYPED | • pretyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of pretype. • PRETYPE v. to type beforehand. |
| PRETYPES | • pretypes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretype. • PRETYPE v. to type beforehand. |
| PROPERTY | • property n. Something that is owned. • property n. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land. • property n. (Britain) Real estate; the business of selling houses. |
| PUPPETRY | • puppetry n. (Uncountable) The art of making, and performing with puppets. • puppetry n. (Countable) The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance. • puppetry n. (Obsolete) finery; affectation. |
| 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. |
| TOPOTYPE | • topotype n. (Geology) type locality. • topotype n. (Taxonomy) A specimen from the type locality. • TOPOTYPE n. a specimen selected from a locality typical of a species. |
| TRIPPERY | • TRIPPERY adj. like a (vulgar) tripper. |
| TUPPENNY | • tuppenny adj. (Britain, Australia, becoming old-fashioned) Literally, worth tuppence (two pence); of little value or status. • tuppenny n. (Britain, dated) A coin or stamp worth two pence. • tuppenny n. (Britain, dated, juvenile) In the children’s game of leapfrog, the head (perhaps named from a tuppenny loaf). |
| YAPPIEST | • yappiest adj. Superlative form of yappy: most yappy. • YAPPY adj. given to yapping. |