| IMPROPRIATE | • impropriate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To appropriate for private use. • impropriate v. (Transitive) In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson. • impropriate adj. Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson. |
| IMPROPRIETY | • impropriety n. (Uncountable) The condition of being improper. • impropriety n. (Countable) An improper act. • impropriety n. Improper language. |
| PERICARPIAL | • pericarpial adj. (Botany) Of or relating to a pericarp. • PERICARPIAL adj. relating to the pericarp, also PERICARPIC. |
| PERIMORPHIC | • perimorphic adj. Of or relating to perimorphism or a perimorph. • PERIMORPHIC adj. like a perimorph, also PERIMORPHOUS. |
| PERINEPHRIA | • PERINEPHRIUM n. the fatty tissue surrounding the kidney. |
| PERINEPHRIC | • perinephric adj. (Anatomy) Around the kidney. • PERINEPHRIC adj. relating to the perinephrium, the fatty tissue surrounding the kidney. |
| PERIPHERIES | • peripheries n. Plural of periphery. • PERIPHERY n. a line or surface acting as a boundary. |
| PERIPHRASIS | • periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution). |
| PERIPTERIES | • peripteries n. Plural of periptery. • PERIPTERY n. a peripteral building; the turbulent air around a flying object. |
| PERISPERMIC | • perispermic adj. Relating to the perisperm. • PERISPERMIC adj. of or like a perisperm, also PERISPERMAL. |
| PERSPIRIEST | • PERSPIRY adj. perspiring. |
| PORCUPINIER | • PORCUPINY adj. like a porcupine, a large spiny rodent of various kinds. |
| PREMIERSHIP | • premiership n. The office of a premier or prime minister. • premiership n. (Australia, sporting) The position held by the champion team at the end of a particular season (especially… • Premiership prop.n. (Britain, soccer) the Premier League of English association football. |
| PREPRINTING | • preprinting v. Present participle of preprint. • PREPRINT v. to print in advance. |
| PROPRIETIES | • proprieties n. Plural of propriety. • PROPRIETY n. properness, correct behaviour. |
| PROPRIETRIX | • proprietrix n. (Dated) A female proprietor. • PROPRIETRIX n. a female proprietor, also PROPRIETRESS. |
| TRIPPERIEST | • TRIPPERY adj. like a (vulgar) tripper. |