AFFRAPPING | • AFFRAP v. (Spenser) to strike. |
AFTERPAINS | • afterpains n. Plural of afterpain. • after-pains n. Plural of after-pain. • AFTERPAIN n. pain that comes after a while. |
FRANGIPANE | • frangipane n. (Uncountable) A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery. • frangipane n. (Countable) A pastry filled with this cream. • frangipane n. Alternative form of frangipani (“type of perfume”). |
FRANGIPANI | • frangipani n. Any of several tropical American shrubs and trees of the genus Plumeria, having fragrant, showy, funnel-shaped… • frangipani n. A perfume obtained from this plant or imitating the odour of its flowers. • frangipani n. Alternative form of frangipane (“cream made from ground almonds; pastry filled with this cream”). |
OOJAMAFLIP | • oojamaflip n. (Uncommon) Something that one does not know the name of. • OOJAMAFLIP n. a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten. |
PACIFIABLE | • pacifiable adj. Capable of being pacified. • PACIFIABLE adj. capable of being pacified. |
PACIFICATE | • pacificate v. (Transitive, archaic) To pacify; to make peaceful. • PACIFICATE v. to give peace to. |
PALAFITTES | • palafittes n. Plural of palafitte. • PALAFITTE n. a prehistoric hut or settlement built on stakes driven into the bed of a lake, esp. in Switzerland or northern Italy; a lake village. |
PALMATIFID | • palmatifid adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole. • PALMATIFID adj. shaped like the hand, with the divisions extending about halfway down. |
PARAFFINED | • paraffined v. Simple past tense and past participle of paraffin. • paraffined v. Simple past tense and past participle of paraffine. • PARAFFIN v. to treat with paraffin. |
PARAFFINES | • paraffines n. Plural of paraffine. • paraffines v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paraffine. • PARAFFINE n. any saturated hydrocarbon of the methane series, also PARAFFIN. |
PARAFFINIC | • paraffinic adj. Of or pertaining to paraffin, or to the alkanes. • paraffinic adj. Aliphatic. • PARAFFINIC adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINOID. |
PASSIFLORA | • passiflora n. (Botany) Any of the genus Passiflora of passionflowers. • Passiflora prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Passifloraceae – the passionflowers. • PASSIFLORA n. a genus of plants, including the passion flower. |
PATRIFOCAL | • patrifocal adj. Patriarchal. • PATRIFOCAL adj. centred on the father. |
PICOFARADS | • picofarads n. Plural of picofarad. • pico-farads n. Plural of pico-farad. • PICOFARAD n. a millionth of a millionth of a farad. |
PISCIFAUNA | • PISCIFAUNA n. the fish life of an area. |