| EPIBIOTIC | • epibiotic adj. Living on the surface of another organism. • EPIBIOTIC adj. relating to epibiosis, a relationship between two organisms where one grows on the other but is not parasitic. |
| EPICRITIC | • epicritic adj. Of or relating to a class of neurons that detect gentle touches and light vibrations. • EPICRITIC adj. of certain sensory nerve fibres in the skin, able to discriminate accurately between small degrees of sensation. |
| EPIDICTIC | • epidictic adj. Serving to explain; demonstrative. • EPIDICTIC adj. designed to display something, esp. the skill of the speaker in rhetoric, also EPIDEICTIC, EPIDEICTICAL. |
| EPILITHIC | • epilithic adj. Of, pertaining to, or being an epilith. • EPILITHIC adj. of plants, growing on the surface of rock. |
| IMPIETIES | • impieties n. Plural of impiety. • IMPIETY n. lack of piety. |
| INCIPIENT | • incipient adj. In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence. • incipient n. (Countable, obsolete) beginner. • incipient n. (Uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language. |
| INSIPIENT | • insipient adj. Foolish; lacking wisdom; stupid. • INSIPIENT adj. wanting wisdom; foolish. |
| PIETISTIC | • pietistic adj. Pertaining to pietism, especially that associated with Luther and his followers; excessively pious. • PIETISTIC adj. relating to pietism, unquestioning or dogmatic religious devotion, also PIETISTICAL. |
| PIOSITIES | • piosities n. Plural of piosity. • PIOSITY n. an excessive show of piety. |
| PRIMITIAE | • primitiae n. Plural of primitia. • PRIMITIAE n. (Latin) the first year's revenue of a benefice, also PRIMITIAS. |
| PRIMITIVE | • primitive n. (Linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative. • primitive n. A member of a primitive society. • primitive n. A simple-minded person. |
| PRIVITIES | • privities n. Plural of privity. • privities n. (Archaic) The genitals. • PRIVITY n. private knowledge. |
| RIPIENIST | • ripienist n. (Music) A musician in the ripieno portion of an orchestra, especially as opposed to a soloist or concertino section. • RIPIENIST n. a supplementary instrumentalist. |
| TIPSIFIED | • tipsified v. Simple past tense and past participle of tipsify. • TIPSIFY v. to make tipsy. |
| TIPSIFIES | • tipsifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tipsify. • TIPSIFY v. to make tipsy. |