BENZPYRENE | • benzpyrene n. Alternative form of benzopyrene. • BENZPYRENE n. a cancer-inducing hydrocarbon, also BENZOAPYRENE. |
DEPENDENCY | • dependency n. A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. • dependency n. Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else… • dependency n. A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power. |
EPEIROGENY | • epeirogeny n. (Geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents. • EPEIROGENY n. the geological formation of continents, oceans, etc., also EPIROGENY. |
EXPEDIENCY | • expediency n. (Uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended;… • expediency n. (Uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled. • expediency n. (Obsolete) Haste; dispatch. |
EYEOPENERS | • eyeopeners n. Plural of eyeopener. • eye-openers n. Plural of eye-opener. • eye␣openers n. Plural of eye opener. |
HENPECKERY | • henpeckery n. Henpecking behaviour. • HENPECKERY n. the practice of henpecking, nagging. |
HYPERTENSE | • hypertense adj. Extremely tense. • HYPERTENSE adj. excessively tense. |
PENTYLENES | • PENTYLENE n. an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the olefine series, also PENTENE. |
PHENYLENES | • phenylenes n. Plural of phenylene. • PHENYLENE n. a compound derived from benzene. |
POLYETHENE | • polyethene n. (Organic chemistry, official IUPAC name) polyethylene. • POLYETHENE n. the systematic name for polythene. |
PRECEDENCY | • precedency n. Precedence; superiority. • precedency n. (Obsolete) The fact of serving as a precedent. • PRECEDENCY n. the fact of preceding in time, also PRECEDENCE. |
PREPENSELY | • prepensely adv. In a premeditated manner. • PREPENSE adv. premeditated; intentional, as in the legal term malice prepense. |
PYOGENESES | • PYOGENESIS n. the formation of pus. |
PYRENEITES | • pyreneites n. Plural of pyreneite. • PYRENEITE n. a black garnet. |
REPELLENCY | • repellency n. The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling. • REPELLENCY n. the principle of repulsion, also REPELLENCE. |
SEVENPENNY | • sevenpenny adj. Having a value or cost of sevenpence. • SEVENPENNY n. a coin worth seven pennies. |
THREEPENNY | • threepenny adj. Having a value or cost of threepence. • threepenny adj. Of little worth; mean; vulgar. • threepenny n. A stamp worth three pence. |