| IMPERFECT | • imperfect adj. Not perfect. • imperfect adj. (Botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both. • imperfect adj. (Taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon. |
| PETRIFIED | • petrified adj. Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance). • petrified adj. Extremely afraid. • petrified v. Simple past tense and past participle of petrify. |
| PETRIFIER | • petrifier n. Person or other object that petrifies, either literally or figuratively. • PETRIFIER n. an agent that petrifies. |
| PETRIFIES | • petrifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of petrify. • PETRIFY v. to convert into a stony substance. |
| PRESIFTED | • presifted v. Simple past tense and past participle of presift. • PRESIFT v. to sift beforehand. |
| PROFITEER | • profiteer n. (Derogatory) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker. • profiteer v. To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk. • PROFITEER n. a person who takes advantage of an emergency to make exorbitant profits. |
| PUTREFIED | • putrefied v. Simple past tense and past participle of putrefy. • PUTREFY v. to make or become putrid. |
| PUTREFIER | • putrefier n. That which putrefies. • PUTREFIER n. an agent that causes putrefaction. |
| PUTREFIES | • putrefies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of putrefy. • PUTREFY v. to make or become putrid. |
| REEFPOINT | • reefpoint n. (Nautical) Any of a series of short ropes attached to a sail that are used to secure it when reefed. • reef␣point n. (Nautical) A short line, stitched through a sail, for tying a reef. • REEFPOINT n. any of several short pieces of rope attached to a sail to secure it. |
| STUPEFIER | • stupefier n. Someone or something that stupefies. • STUPEFIER n. something that stupefies. |
| TORPEFIED | • torpefied v. Simple past tense and past participle of torpefy. • TORPEFY v. to make numb or torpid. |
| TORPEFIES | • torpefies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of torpefy. • TORPEFY v. to make numb or torpid. |