| FERROTYPE | • ferrotype n. An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film. • ferrotype n. A photograph produced by this means. • ferrotype v. To take a ferrotype photograph. |
| HYPERPURE | • hyperpure adj. Highly pure. • HYPERPURE adj. excessively pure. |
| HYPERREAL | • hyperreal adj. Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal. • hyperreal adj. (Mathematics, of a number) Belonging to an extension of the real numbers containing those that cannot… • hyperreal n. A hyperreal number. |
| LEPROSERY | • leprosery n. A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society. • LEPROSERY n. a hospital for lepers, also LEPROSERIE. |
| ORPHREYED | • ORPHREYED adj. embroidered with orphrey, gold. |
| PARLEYERS | • parleyers n. Plural of parleyer. • PARLEYER n. one who parleys. |
| PERFUMERY | • perfumery n. (Countable) A shop selling perfumes. • perfumery n. (Countable) A factory where perfume is made. • perfumery n. (Uncountable) The manufacture of perfume. |
| PERIMETRY | • perimetry n. The measurement of a perimeter. • perimetry n. (Medicine) The systematic measurement of light sensitivity in the visual field by the detection of the… • PERIMETRY n. measurement of the field of vision. |
| PERIPHERY | • periphery n. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something. • periphery n. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces. • PERIPHERY n. a line or surface acting as a boundary. |
| PERIPTERY | • periptery n. The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which… • periptery n. (Architecture) A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns. • PERIPTERY n. a peripteral building; the turbulent air around a flying object. |
| POKEBERRY | • pokeberry n. Synonym of pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit). • POKEBERRY n. an American plant, a species of Phytolacca. |
| PRESBYTER | • presbyter n. An elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches. • presbyter n. An elder of the Presbyterian church. • presbyter n. An elder of the congregation in early Christianity. |
| PRESURVEY | • presurvey adj. Before a survey. • PRESURVEY v. to survey in advance. |
| PYROMETER | • pyrometer n. A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures. • pyrometer n. An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids. • PYROMETER n. an instrument for measuring very high temperatures. |
| RATEPAYER | • ratepayer n. Someone who pays for utility service. • RATEPAYER n. one who pays rates or taxes. |
| REPERTORY | • repertory n. A repertoire. • repertory n. A collection of things, or a place where such a collection is kept. • repertory n. A specific set of works that a company performs. |
| RESPRAYED | • resprayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of respray. • RESPRAY v. to spray again. |
| SERPENTRY | • serpentry n. A place inhabited or infested by serpents. • serpentry n. All serpents and serpent-like creatures, as a collective body. • SERPENTRY n. serpents collectively. |
| SPRECHERY | • sprechery n. (Scotland) inferior movables, especially those collected by depredation. • SPRECHERY n. cattle-stealing; plunder esp. of petty possessions, also SPREAGHERY. |