| DEEPENING | • deepening v. Present participle of deepen. • deepening n. The act of becoming deeper. • DEEPENING n. the act of making deep. |
| DEPENDENT | • dependent adj. Relying upon; depending upon. • dependent adj. (Statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event. • dependent adj. (Of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such… |
| EMPENNAGE | • empennage n. The tail assembly of an aircraft. • empennage n. The feathers of an arrow or the tail fins of a bomb or rocket used to stabilize the longitudinal axis… • EMPENNAGE n. (French) the tail assembly of an airplane. |
| INNKEEPER | • innkeeper n. The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor. • INNKEEPER n. a person in charge of an inn. |
| NEOPRENES | • neoprenes n. Plural of neoprene. • NEOPRENE n. (tradename) an oil-resisting and heat-resisting synthetic rubber. |
| NEPENTHES | • nepenthes n. A drug mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey (C. 8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief;… • nepenthes n. A Southeast Asian carnivorous plant of the genus Nepenthes; a monkey cup or tropical pitcher plant. • nepenthes n. (Archaic) plural of nepenthe. |
| NEPHELINE | • nepheline n. (Mineralogy) A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically… • NEPHELINE n. a rock-forming mineral, silicate of sodium, potassium and aluminium, colourless, usually crystallizing in hexagonal prisms, also NEPHELITE. |
| NINEPENCE | • ninepence n. (Obsolete, Britain) A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies. • ninepence n. (Obsolete, Britain) Nine old pennies. • ninepence n. (Obsolete, New England) A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents. |
| PEENGEING | • PEENGE v. (Scots) to whine like a peevish child. |
| PENEPLANE | • peneplane n. Alternative form of peneplain. • PENEPLANE n. a low gently, rolling landscape produced by long-continued erosion, also PENEPLAIN. |
| PENITENCE | • penitence n. The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning. • PENITENCE n. the state of being penitent, also PENITENCY. |
| PENNEECHS | • PENNEECH n. an old card game, also PENNEECK. |
| PENNEECKS | • PENNEECK n. an old card game, also PENNEECH. |
| PENNYFEES | • PENNYFEE n. (Scots) a small wage. |
| PENTYLENE | • PENTYLENE n. an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the olefine series, also PENTENE. |
| PERENNATE | • perennate v. (Botany) To survive from one growing season to the next. • PERENNATE v. to last or live through a number of years, as a perennial plant. |
| PERSIENNE | • persienne n. Printed calico or similar material. • persienne n. A window blind with movable slats, similar to a Venetian blind. • PERSIENNE n. (French) an Eastern cambric or muslin with a coloured printed pattern; (in plural) Persian blinds, outside shutters of thin movable slats. |
| PHENYLENE | • phenylene n. (Chemistry) Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen… • PHENYLENE n. a compound derived from benzene. |
| TENPENCES | • tenpences n. Plural of tenpence. • TENPENCE n. the sum of ten pennies. |