| ESPALIERED | • espaliered v. Simple past tense and past participle of espalier. • ESPALIER v. to train a tree to grow on a lattice. |
| LEPROSERIE | • leproserie n. (Dated) Alternative form of leprosery. • LEPROSERIE n. (French) a hospital for lepers, also LEPROSERY. |
| PEDDLERIES | • peddleries n. Plural of peddlery. • PEDDLERY n. the trade of a peddler, also PEDLARY, PEDLERY. |
| PELLETISER | • pelletiser n. Alternative form of pelletizer. • PELLETISER n. a device for making pellets, also PELLETIZER. |
| PELLETIZER | • pelletizer n. A machine that converts a material into pellets. • PELLETIZER n. a device for making pellets, also PELLETISER. |
| PELVIMETER | • pelvimeter n. An instrument for measuring the pelvis. • PELVIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the pelvis. |
| PERCENTILE | • percentile n. (Statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts… • percentile n. (Statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided. • PERCENTILE n. the value below which falls a large number of statistical units e.g. exam scores. |
| PERSELINES | • PERSELINE n. (Spenser) purslane, also PURSLAIN. |
| PIERCEABLE | • pierceable adj. Capable of being pierced; penetrable. • PIERCEABLE adj. that may be pierced, also PERCEABLE. |
| PLEXIMETER | • pleximeter n. (Medicine) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body… • PLEXIMETER n. a small plate to receive the tap in examination by percussion, also PLESSIMETER. |
| PREHENSILE | • prehensile adj. (Zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object. • PREHENSILE adj. adapted to seize or grasp, esp. by wrapping round; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey, also PREHENSIVE, PREHENSORIAL, PREHENSORY. |
| RECEPTIBLE | • receptible adj. Receivable. • RECEPTIBLE adj. such as may be received. |
| REPLEVINED | • replevined v. Simple past tense and past participle of replevin. • REPLEVIN v. to regain possession by legal action, also REPLEVY. |
| SPHERELIKE | • spherelike adj. Resembling a sphere. • SPHERELIKE adj. like a sphere. |
| SUPERELITE | • superelite n. An elite that ranks above the regular elite. • superelite adj. Being above and beyond elite. • SUPERELITE n. a very elite group. |
| TERREPLEIN | • terreplein n. (Obsolete military) The sloping earthen embankment behind a defensive wall. • terreplein n. (Military) The level platform atop a wall, typically protected by a parapet and (strictly) distinguished… • terreplein n. (Military) Any level base used by artillery in the field. |