| CISPONTINE | • cispontine adj. On this side of the bridge (or bridges). • CISPONTINE adj. on this side of the bridges, i.e. in London, north of the Thames. |
| ENTROPIONS | • ENTROPION n. (Greek) the inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids, also ENTROPIUM. |
| INCEPTIONS | • inceptions n. Plural of inception. • INCEPTION n. a beginning. |
| INSPECTION | • inspection n. The act of examining something, often closely. • inspection n. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed. • INSPECTION n. the act of inspecting. |
| INTERPONES | • interpones v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpone. • INTERPONE v. to interpose; to insert or place between. |
| NILPOTENTS | • nilpotents n. Plural of nilpotent. • NILPOTENT n. a quantity which equals zero when multiplied by itself. |
| NONPARTIES | • nonparties n. Plural of nonparty. • non-parties n. Plural of non-party (alternative spelling of nonparties). • NONPARTY n. an organisation which is not a political party. |
| PENISTONES | • penistones n. Plural of penistone. • PENISTONE n. a cloth, a coarse frieze. |
| PENSIONNAT | • PENSIONNAT n. (French) a boarding-school. |
| PHENYTOINS | • phenytoins n. Plural of phenytoin. • PHENYTOIN n. a crystalline anticonvulsant compound. |
| PINKERTONS | • Pinkertons n. Plural of Pinkerton. • PINKERTON n. a private detective. |
| PONTONIERS | • pontoniers n. Plural of pontonier. • PONTONIER n. a builder of pontoon bridges, also PONTONEER, PONTONNIER, PONTOONER. |
| PRENOTIONS | • prenotions n. Plural of prenotion. • PRENOTION n. a notion which precedes something else in time. |
| PRETENSION | • pretension n. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. • pretension n. Pretentiousness. • pretension v. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process. |
| PRISONMENT | • prisonment n. (Now rare) Imprisonment. • PRISONMENT n. (Shakespeare) imprisonment. |
| PROMINENTS | • prominents n. Plural of prominent. • PROMINENT n. a stout drab-coloured moth with tufts on the forewings which stick up while at rest, the caterpillars of which typically have fleshy growths on the back. |
| PROTENSION | • protension n. A drawing out; extension; stretching; duration. • PROTENSION n. duration. |
| TWOPENNIES | • twopennies n. Plural of twopenny. • TWOPENNY n. two pennies, also TUPPENNY. |