| ANVILTOPS | • ANVILTOP n. a cloud mass shaped like an anvil. |
| PARVOLINE | • parvoline n. (Organic chemistry) A base of the pyridine group, found in coal tar. • parvoline n. (Organic chemistry) Any of the series of isometric substances of which parvoline is the type. • PARVOLINE n. a liquid derived from coal tar. |
| PARVOLINS | • PARVOLIN n. a ptomaine formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, esp. of horseflesh and mackerel. |
| PAVILIONS | • pavilions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pavilion. • PAVILION v. to cover with a large tent. |
| PAVILLONS | • pavillons n. Plural of pavillon. • PAVILLON n. (French) the bell of a wind instrument. |
| PENSIVELY | • pensively adv. In a thoughtful or reflective manner. • PENSIVE adv. engaged in deep thought. |
| PLAINTIVE | • plaintive adj. Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic. • PLAINTIVE adj. mournful, querulous. |
| 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. |
| POLYVINYL | • polyvinyl adj. (Organic chemistry) composed of, or derived from, many vinyl groups. • polyvinyl n. (Organic chemistry) Any polymer derived from a vinyl compound. • POLYVINYL n. a vinyl polymer. |
| PONTLEVIS | • pontlevis n. (Obsolete) A drawbridge. • pontlevis n. (Obsolete) The act of a horse that rears up on its hind legs, risking tumbling backward and falling upon the rider. • PONTLEVIS n. (French) a drawbridge. |
| PULVERINE | • pulverine n. (Dated) ashes of barilla. • PULVERINE n. barilla ash, used in glassmaking, also POLVERINE. |
| PULVERING | • pulvering v. Present participle of pulver. • PULVER v. to reduce to powder. |
| PULVINARS | • pulvinars n. Plural of pulvinar. • PULVINAR n. a knob on the brain by the optic nerve. |
| PULVINATE | • pulvinate adj. (Architecture) Curved convexly or swelled. • pulvinate adj. (Zoology) Having the form of a cushion. • PULVINATE adj. cushion-like; bulging; pillowy, also PULVINATED. |
| PULVINULE | • PULVINULE n. the pulvinus of a leaflet. |
| 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. |
| UPVALUING | • upvaluing v. Present participle of upvalue. • UPVALUE v. to increase the value of. |
| VILIPENDS | • vilipends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vilipend. • VILIPEND v. (Latin) to treat as of small worth; to contemn, disparage. |
| VULPINISM | • vulpinism n. The quality of being cunning like the fox; artfulness. • VULPINISM n. foxlike cunning. |
| VULPINITE | • vulpinite n. (Mineralogy) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used for ornamental purposes. • VULPINITE n. a granular scaly form of the mineral anhydrite. |