| DOPPLERITE | • dopplerite n. (Mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived… • DOPPLERITE n. a black elastic substance (calcium salts of humus acids) found in peat beds. |
| LEPTOSPIRE | • leptospire n. Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira. • LEPTOSPIRE n. any of a genus of slender aerobic spirochetes. |
| PEPPERMILL | • peppermill n. Alternative form of pepper mill. • pepper␣mill n. A small handheld grinder containing a supply of peppercorns for grinding fresh at the table or in the kitchen. • pepper␣mill n. (Historical, slang) The Curta, a cylindrical hand-held mechanical calculator invented in the 1930s. |
| PERIPHERAL | • peripheral adj. On the periphery or boundary. • peripheral adj. Beside the point. • peripheral adj. Unimportant. |
| PERIPLUSES | • peripluses n. Plural of periplus. • PERIPLUS n. a voyage or trip around something. |
| PERIPTERAL | • peripteral adj. (Architecture) peripterous. • peripteral adj. (Zoology) peripterous. • PERIPTERAL adj. having a row of columns on every side. |
| PERPLEXING | • perplexing adj. Confusing or puzzling. • perplexing adj. Bewildering. • perplexing v. Present participle of perplex. |
| PERPLEXITY | • perplexity n. The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused. • perplexity n. Something that perplexes. • perplexity n. In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample. |
| PIMPERNELS | • pimpernels n. Plural of pimpernel. • PIMPERNEL n. a small red flower of waste ground. |
| PREAPPLIED | • preapplied v. Simple past tense and past participle of preapply. • PREAPPLY v. to apply beforehand. |
| PREAPPLIES | • preapplies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preapply. • PREAPPLY v. to apply beforehand. |
| PRECEPTIAL | • preceptial adj. (Obsolete) preceptive. • PRECEPTIAL adj. (Shakespeare) consisting of precepts, also PRECEPTIVE. |
| PULPITEERS | • pulpiteers n. Plural of pulpiteer. • PULPITEER n. someone who speaks from a pulpit, a preacher, also PULPITER. |
| REPEOPLING | • repeopling v. Present participle of repeople. • REPEOPLE v. to supply with people again. |
| RESUPPLIED | • resupplied v. Simple past tense and past participle of resupply. • RESUPPLY v. to supply again. |
| RESUPPLIES | • resupplies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resupply. • RESUPPLY v. to supply again. |
| SCHLEPPIER | • SCHLEPPY adj. (Yiddish) incompetent, also SHLEPPY. |
| SLIPPERIER | • slipperier adj. Comparative form of slippery: more slippery. • SLIPPERY adj. causing slips. |