| EPHEMERONS | • EPHEMERON n. something of short lifetime. |
| EXPERIMENT | • experiment n. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of… • experiment n. (Obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something. • experiment v. (Intransitive) To conduct an experiment. |
| EXPRESSMEN | • expressmen n. Plural of expressman. • EXPRESSMAN n. a person employed in the express business. |
| MEPERIDINE | • meperidine n. (Pharmacology) The United States Adopted Name of pethidine. • MEPERIDINE n. a pain-relieving drug used in childbirth, etc., aka pethidine. |
| PENTAMETER | • pentameter n. (Poetry) A line in a poem having five metrical feet. • pentameter n. (Poetry) Poetic metre in which each line has five feet. • PENTAMETER n. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. |
| PERLEMOENS | • PERLEMOEN n. (South African) another name for abalone. |
| PERMANENCE | • permanence n. The state of being permanent. • permanence n. (Physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance. • PERMANENCE n. the state of being permanent, also PERMANENCY. |
| PERMEANCES | • permeances n. Plural of permeance. • PERMEANCE n. the property of allowing the passage of lines of magnetic flux. |
| PESTERMENT | • pesterment n. The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry. • PESTERMENT n. the act of pestering, or the state of being pestered. |
| PREEMINENT | • preeminent adj. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. • preëminent adj. Alternative spelling of preeminent. • pre-eminent adj. Alternative spelling of preeminent. |
| PREFERMENT | • preferment n. (Now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a… • preferment n. (Obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion… • preferment n. Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion. |
| RECOMPENCE | • recompence n. Obsolete form of recompense. • recompence v. Obsolete form of recompense. • RECOMPENCE n. (obsolete) a reward, a compensation, also RECOMPENSE. |
| RECOMPENSE | • recompense n. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital. • recompense n. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage. • recompense v. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc. |
| REPINEMENT | • repinement n. The act of repining. • REPINEMENT n. the act of repining. |
| TELPHERMEN | • TELPHERMAN n. a man who works on a telpher system, a contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. |
| TEMPERANCE | • temperance n. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or… • temperance n. Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors. • temperance n. Moderation of passion. |
| TREPONEMES | • treponemes n. Plural of treponeme. • TREPONEME n. a kind of bacterium, a spirochaete, that causes syphilis, also TREPONEMA. |
| UNTEMPERED | • untempered adj. Not tempered; not conditioned by a process. • untempered adj. In the case of a person, inexperienced; untested. • UNTEMPER v. to destroy the temper of. |