| OVERPLIED | • overplied v. Simple past tense and past participle of overply. • OVERPLY v. to ply to excess; overwork. |
| OVERPLIES | • overplies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overply. • OVERPLY v. to ply to excess; overwork. |
| PLOVERIER | • PLOVERY adj. abounding in plovers. |
| POLVERINE | • polverine n. (Uncountable) Glassmaker’s ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used… • polverine n. (Countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America. • POLVERINE n. (obsolete) barilla ash, used in glassmaking, also PULVERINE. |
| PRELUSIVE | • prelusive adj. Acting as a prelude; preliminary. • PRELUSIVE adj. introductory, also PRELUSORY. |
| PREVAILED | • prevailed v. Simple past tense and past participle of prevail. • PREVAIL v. to triumph. |
| PREVAILER | • prevailer n. Agent noun of prevail; one who prevails. • PREVAILER n. one who prevails. |
| PREVIABLE | • previable adj. Not yet viable. • PREVIABLE adj. before the stage when a foetus has developed sufficiently to survive outside the womb. |
| PRIVILEGE | • privilege n. (Ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. • privilege n. (Countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others;… • privilege n. An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). |
| PULVERINE | • pulverine n. (Dated) ashes of barilla. • PULVERINE n. barilla ash, used in glassmaking, also POLVERINE. |
| PULVERISE | • pulverise v. (Transitive) To render into dust or powder. • pulverise v. (Transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder. • pulverise v. (Transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash. |
| PULVERIZE | • pulverize v. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of pulverise. • PULVERIZE v. to reduce to powder. |
| REPLEVIED | • replevied v. Simple past tense and past participle of replevy. • REPLEVY v. to regain possession by legal action, also REPLEVIN. |
| REPLEVIES | • replevies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replevy. • REPLEVY v. to regain possession by legal action, also REPLEVIN. |
| REPLEVINS | • replevins n. Plural of replevin. • replevins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replevin. • REPLEVIN v. to regain possession by legal action, also REPLEVY. |
| REPRIEVAL | • reprieval n. The act, process or result of being reprieved. • REPRIEVAL n. a reprieve. |
| REPULSIVE | • repulsive adj. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. • repulsive adj. (Physics) Having the capacity to repel. • repulsive adj. Cold; reserved; forbidding. |
| VIPERLIKE | • viperlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a viper. • VIPERLIKE adj. like a viper. |