| COUNTERPLAYS | • counterplays n. Plural of counterplay. • counterplays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterplay. • COUNTERPLAY v. to make a threat or offensive position in e.g. chess intended to counter an opponent's advantage in another part of the board. |
| COUNTERPLOYS | • counterploys n. Plural of counterploy. • COUNTERPLOY n. a ploy in return. |
| DIAPHANOUSLY | • diaphanously adv. In a diaphanous manner. • DIAPHANOUS adv. transparent, translucent. |
| ENDOPHYLLOUS | • endophyllous adj. (Botany) Wrapped in a leaf or sheath. • ENDOPHYLLOUS adj. being or formed within a sheathing leaf; living inside a leaf. |
| EUPHONIOUSLY | • euphoniously adv. In a euphonious manner. • EUPHONIOUS adv. agreeable in sound, also EUPHONIC, EUPHONICAL. |
| MONOPHYLLOUS | • monophyllous adj. (Botany) Having a single leaf, or a leaf consisting of only one piece. • MONOPHYLLOUS adj. having or consisting of only one leaf or leaflike part. |
| PARONYMOUSLY | • paronymously adv. In a paronymous way. • PARONYMOUS adv. having the nature of a paronym. |
| PERNICIOUSLY | • perniciously adv. In a pernicious manner. • PERNICIOUS adv. destructive; ruinous; fatal. |
| PLEURODYNIAS | • pleurodynias n. Plural of pleurodynia. • PLEURODYNIA n. pain in the muscles of the chest or side. |
| POLYANTHUSES | • polyanthuses n. Plural of polyanthus. • POLYANTHUS n. the oxlip, so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. |
| POLYGONATUMS | • POLYGONATUM n. the Solomon's seal genus Polygonatum, of the lily family. |
| POLYNEURITIS | • polyneuritis n. Inflammation of multiple nerves; multiple neuritis. • POLYNEURITIS n. neuritis of many nerves simultaneously. |
| POLYURETHANS | • POLYURETHAN n. any of various polymers used esp. in flexible and rigid foams, elastomers, and resins, also POLYURETHANE. |
| PORTENTOUSLY | • portentously adv. In an ominous manner. • portentously adv. In a pompous manner. • PORTENTOUS adv. of, relating to, or constituting a portent. |
| PUGNACIOUSLY | • pugnaciously adv. In an aggressive or combative manner. • PUGNACIOUS adv. having a quarrelsome or combative nature. |
| PYROLIGNEOUS | • pyroligneous adj. Produced from wood by the action of heat, especially by destructive distillation. • PYROLIGNEOUS adj. produced by the action of heat on wood, also PYROLIGNIC, PYROXYLIC. |
| SCAPULOMANCY | • scapulomancy n. Alternative form of scapulimancy. • SCAPULOMANCY n. divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire, also SCAPULIMANCY. |
| STUPENDOUSLY | • stupendously adv. In a stupendous manner. • STUPENDOUS adv. causing astonishment or wonder, also STUPENDIOUS. |