| HARPOONER | • harpooner n. A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales. • HARPOONER n. one who uses a harpoon, also HARPOONEER. |
| ORPHARION | • orpharion n. (Music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are… • ORPHARION n. a large lute-like stringed instrument with six to nine metal strings, also ORPHEOREON. |
| PERCHERON | • Percheron n. A draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey breed originating in Perche, a former district of France. • PERCHERON n. (French) a draught-horse of a breed originating in La Perche in Normandy. |
| PORPHYRIN | • porphyrin n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a… • PORPHYRIN n. any of a large group of red or purple crystalline pigments present in plant and animal tissues. |
| PREHARDEN | • preharden v. (Engineering) To harden before machining. • PREHARDEN v. to harden in advance. |
| PREHENSOR | • prehensor n. One who, or that which, takes hold; a grasping limb etc. • PREHENSOR n. something that grasps or seizes. |
| PREHIRING | • prehiring adj. Before hiring an employee. • PREHIRING adj. before hiring. |
| PRESHRANK | • preshrank v. Simple past tense of preshrink. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| PRESHRINK | • preshrink v. (Transitive, of clothing) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| PRESHRUNK | • preshrunk v. Past participle of preshrink. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| PRONEPHRA | • PRONEPHROS n. a primitive kidney that disappears early in embryonic development. |
| PRONGHORN | • pronghorn n. A North American mammal, Antilocapra americana, that resembles an antelope. • PRONGHORN n. a North American ruminant, the sole member of the family Antilocapridae, resembling an antelope but having deciduous hooked horns in the male. |
| PYRETHRIN | • pyrethrin n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a number of naturally occurring insecticides extracted from the pyrethrum… • PYRETHRIN n. either of two insecticidal oily esters prepared from pyrethrum flowers. |
| REPREHEND | • reprehend v. To criticize, to reprove. • REPREHEND v. to rebuke. |
| RESHARPEN | • resharpen v. Sharpen again. • RESHARPEN v. to sharpen again. |
| SHARPENER | • sharpener n. A device for making things sharp. • sharpener n. (Figurative) That which makes something sharp. • sharpener n. (Informal) An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal. |
| TREPHINER | • trephiner n. A trepanner. • TREPHINER n. a surgeon who uses a trephine. |