| FLYSPRAY | • fly␣spray n. An insecticide, especially one for killing flies. • FLYSPRAY n. an insecticide, or the aerosol containing it. |
| HYDROPSY | • hydropsy n. (Dated) Edema, dropsy. • HYDROPSY n. (archaic) dropsy, also HYDROPS. |
| HYPERNYM | • hypernym n. (Semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset… • HYPERNYM n. a word representing a class of words or things, e.g. dog. |
| PANEGYRY | • panegyry n. Obsolete spelling of panegyric. • panegyry n. Archaic Egyptological spelling of panegyris. • PANEGYRY n. a great assembly. |
| PARONYMY | • paronymy n. The quality of being paronymous. • paronymy n. The use of paronymous words. • PARONYMY n. a relationship of two words having the same sound. |
| PAYNIMRY | • paynimry n. Archaic form of paganry. • PAYNIMRY n. heathendom. |
| PERIGYNY | • perigyny n. (Botany) The quality of being perigynous. • PERIGYNY n. a receptacle developed as an open cup. |
| PHYLLARY | • phyllary n. (Botany) An individual bract within an involucre or involucel. • PHYLLARY n. a bract of certain plants. |
| POLYMERY | • polymery n. (Chemistry) The condition of being polymeric. • POLYMERY n. in botany, the condition of having many parts. |
| POLYPARY | • polypary n. Polyparium. • POLYPARY n. the common supporting structure of a polyp colony. |
| PORPHYRY | • porphyry n. (Geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. • Porphyry prop.n. A Tyrian Neoplatonic philosopher. • PORPHYRY n. (Greek) a very hard, variegated rock of a purple and white colour, used in sculpture. |
| PRYINGLY | • pryingly adv. In a prying manner. • PRYING adv. inquisitive. |
| PYROLOGY | • pyrology n. (Dated) the scientific study of the effects of heat or flame, often in regards to explosives or chemical compounds. • PYROLOGY n. the scientific examination of materials by heat. |
| PYROLYSE | • pyrolyse v. (Intransitive, chemistry) To undergo pyrolysis. • pyrolyse v. (Transitive, chemistry) To decompose or transform a substance by subjecting it to heat. • PYROLYSE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLIZE, PYROLISE, PYROLYZE. |
| PYROLYZE | • pyrolyze v. US spelling of pyrolyse. • PYROLYZE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE. |
| PYROXYLE | • pyroxyle n. Archaic form of pyroxylin. • PYROXYLE n. a nitrocellulose. |
| SYMPATRY | • sympatry n. (Biology) The use of the same (or overlapping) geographical areas, by populations of related species… • SYMPATRY n. the state of occupying an area without loss of identity from interbreeding. |
| SYNCARPY | • syncarpy n. (Botany) The quality of being syncarpous. • SYNCARPY n. the state of being a syncarp. |