| EMPTION | • emption n. (Obsolete) The act of buying. • EMPTION n. the act of buying. |
| MAINTOP | • maintop n. (Nautical) A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel’s mainmast; used for observation and for… • MAINTOP n. a platform at the head of a mainmast. |
| METOPON | • metopon n. An opiate analogue, a methylated derivative of hydromorphone used as an analgesic. • METOPON n. a pain-relieving drug derived from opium. |
| PANTOUM | • pantoum n. A poem, similar to a villanelle, that comprises a series of quatrains, the second and fourth lines of… • PANTOUM n. (Malay) a Malayan verse form. |
| PHANTOM | • phantom n. A ghost or apparition. • phantom n. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only… • phantom n. (Bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing. |
| PIMENTO | • pimento n. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice. • pimento n. A tropical berry used to make allspice. • pimento n. The tree on which it grows. |
| PORTMAN | • portman n. A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports. • Portman prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation. • PORTMAN n. an inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports. |
| PORTMEN | • portmen n. Plural of portman. • PORTMAN n. an inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports. |
| POSTMAN | • postman n. (Chiefly Britain) someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential… • postman n. One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions… • Postman prop.n. A surname. |
| POSTMEN | • postmen n. Plural of postman. • POSTMAN n. a mailman. |
| PTOMAIN | • ptomain n. Alternative form of ptomaine. • PTOMAIN n. a compound produced by the decomposition of protein, also PTOMAINE. |
| TAMPION | • tampion n. A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover, for the muzzle of a gun, cannon, or other piece of ordnance… • tampion n. (Music) A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe. • tampion n. Obsolete form of tampon (“plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid”). |
| TAMPONS | • tampons n. Plural of tampon. • TAMPON v. to plug with a tampon, also TOMPON. |
| TIMPANO | • timpano n. (Uncommon) A timbale (food). • TIMPANO n. (Italian) a kettledrum, also TYMPANO. |
| TOMPION | • tompion n. Alternative spelling of tampion. • TOMPION n. (French) a protective plug placed in mouth of gun or cannon, also TAMPION. |
| TOMPONS | • tompons n. Plural of tompon. • TOMPON v. to plug with a tompon, also TAMPON. |
| TOPONYM | • toponym n. A placename. • toponym n. (Less common) A word derived from the name of a place. • toponym n. (Anatomy) The technical designation of any region of an animal. |
| TOPSMAN | • topsman n. The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle. • topsman n. The uppermost sawyer in a sawpit. • TOPSMAN n. the chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle. |
| TOPSMEN | • topsmen n. Plural of topsman. • TOPSMAN n. the chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle. |
| TYMPANO | • tympano n. (Music) A kettledrum. • tympano- pref. Of or relating to the eardrum. • TYMPANO n. a kettledrum, also TIMPANO. |