| BLIMPISH | • blimpish adj. Blimp-like in appearance or size. • blimpish adj. (Often capitalized) Pompously reactionary, like Colonel Blimp. • BLIMPISH adj. like Colonel Blimp, pompous. |
| CHIRPILY | • chirpily adv. In a chirpy way. • CHIRPY adv. cheerful. |
| HAPLITIC | • HAPLITIC adj. of or like haplite, a fine-grained, light-coloured rock. |
| HIPLINES | • hiplines n. Plural of hipline. • HIPLINE n. the distance around the hips. |
| HIRPLING | • hirpling v. Present participle of hirple. • HIRPLE v. (Scots) to walk lamely. |
| HOPLITIC | • hoplitic adj. Relating to hoplites. • HOPLITIC adj. of or like a hoplite, a heavily armed Greek foot soldier. |
| HUIPILES | • huipiles n. Plural of huipil. • HUIPIL n. (Spanish) a Mexican embroidered blouse or dress. |
| IMPISHLY | • impishly adv. In an impish manner; mischievously. • IMPISH adv. mischievous. |
| LINCHPIN | • linchpin n. A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device. • linchpin n. (Figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical… • linchpin v. (Transitive, intransitive) To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security. |
| PHILIBEG | • philibeg n. A little kilt. • PHILIBEG n. (Gaelic) the kilt, also FILABEG, FILIBEG, FILLIBEG, PHILABEG, PHILLABEG, PHILLIBEG. |
| PISOLITH | • pisolith n. A pisoid. • pisolith n. A pisolite. • PISOLITH n. a limestone with pea sized formations in circles, also PISOLITE. |
| PITCHILY | • pitchily adv. In a pitchy way. • PITCHY adv. like pitch. |
| PITHLIKE | • pithlike adj. Resembling pith or some aspect of it. • PITHLIKE adj. resembling pith. |
| PLAINISH | • plainish adj. Somewhat plain in appearance. • PLAINISH adj. somewhat plain. |
| SILPHIUM | • silphium n. (Historical) A plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and… • Silphium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – rosinweed. • SILPHIUM n. (Latin) a plant imported by the Greeks from Cyrenaica and used as a foodstuff and in medicine. |
| SYPHILIS | • syphilis n. (Pathology) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. • SYPHILIS n. a venereal disease, also SYPH. |
| THIOPHIL | • THIOPHIL adj. of bacteria, having an affinity for sulphur. |
| THLIPSIS | • thlipsis n. (Medicine, obsolete) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause. • thlipsis n. (Christianity) A time of hardship. • THLIPSIS n. (Greek) constriction, compression. |
| WHIPLIKE | • whiplike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a whip; long, thin, and flexible, or flagellatory. • WHIPLIKE adj. resembling a whip. |
| WHIPTAIL | • whiptail n. Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails. • whiptail n. A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae. • whiptail n. (Uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency. |