| EPISCOPATES | • episcopates n. Plural of episcopate. • EPISCOPATE n. a bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop. |
| EPISTROPHES | • epistrophes n. Plural of epistrophe. • EPISTROPHE n. the ending of successive clauses with the same word e.g. 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'. |
| LEPTOPHOSES | • LEPTOPHOS n. a type of pesticide. |
| LEPTOSPIRES | • leptospires n. Plural of leptospire. • LEPTOSPIRE n. any of a genus of slender aerobic spirochetes. |
| PEPTONISERS | • PEPTONISER n. an agent that peptonises, also PEPTONIZER. |
| PERIPATUSES | • peripatuses n. Plural of peripatus. • PERIPATUS n. a member of the genus Peripatus, having both arthropod and annelid characteristics. |
| PERSPIRATES | • perspirates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perspirate. • PERSPIRATE v. to sweat. |
| PERSPIRIEST | • PERSPIRY adj. perspiring. |
| PRECEPTRESS | • preceptress n. (Now rare) A female preceptor, or provider of moral instruction; a teacher. • PRECEPTRESS n. a female preceptor. |
| PREDEPOSITS | • predeposits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predeposit. • PREDEPOSIT v. to deposit in advance. |
| SCHLEPPIEST | • SCHLEPPY adj. (Yiddish) incompetent, also SHLEPPY. |
| SIDESTEPPED | • sidestepped v. Simple past tense and past participle of sidestep. • SIDESTEP v. to step to one side. |
| SIDESTEPPER | • sidestepper n. One who sidesteps. • SIDESTEPPER n. one who sidesteps. |
| SLIPPERIEST | • slipperiest adj. Superlative form of slippery: most slippery. • SLIPPERY adj. causing slips. |
| SNIPPETIEST | • SNIPPETY adj. ridiculously small; petty. |
| STEPPARENTS | • stepparents n. Plural of stepparent. • step-parents n. Plural of step-parent. • STEPPARENT n. a person who is a stepmother or stepfather. |
| SUPPERTIMES | • suppertimes n. Plural of suppertime. • supper-times n. Plural of supper-time. • supper␣times n. Plural of supper time. |
| SUPPLEMENTS | • supplements n. Plural of supplement. • supplements v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supplement. • SUPPLEMENT v. to add or serve as a supplement to. |
| SUPPLETIVES | • suppletives n. Plural of suppletive. • SUPPLETIVE n. something supplementary. |
| WASTEPAPERS | • wastepapers n. Plural of wastepaper. • waste␣papers n. Plural of waste paper. • WASTEPAPER n. paper discarded as used, superfluous, or not fit for use. |