EPITRITE | • epitrite n. (Poetry, Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable. • EPITRITE n. a metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable. |
PETITION | • petition n. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures. • petition n. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause. • petition n. (Law) A formal written request for judicial action. |
PETITIOS | • PETITIO n. a short form of petitio principii, a form of fallacious reasoning in which the conclusion has been assumed in the premises; begging the question. |
PICOTITE | • picotite n. (Mineralogy) hercynite. • PICOTITE n. a dark spinel containing iron, magnesium and chromium. |
PIETISTS | • pietists n. Plural of pietist. • Pietists n. Plural of Pietist. • PIETIST n. a person characterized by or professing (often affected or exaggerated) piety. |
PITHIEST | • pithiest adj. Superlative form of pithy: most pithy. • PITHY adj. full of pith, to the point. |
PITTITES | • pittites n. Plural of pittite. • Pittites n. Plural of Pittite. • PITTITE n. (obsolete) someone who frequents the pit of a theatre. |
PITUITES | • PITUITE n. (archaic) phlegm, mucus, also PITUITA. |
RISPETTI | • rispetti n. Plural of rispetto. • RISPETTO n. (Italian) a type of Italian folksong with 8-line stanzas. |
SPITTIER | • SPITTY adj. marked with saliva. |
STIPITES | • stipites n. Plural of stipes. • STIPES n. (Latin) a slender supporting part of a plant, also STIPE. |
TEPIDITY | • tepidity n. The property of being tepid. • TEPIDITY n. the state of being tepid. |
TIPPIEST | • tippiest adj. Superlative form of tippy: most tippy. • TIPPY adj. (slang) in the height of fashion. |
TIPSIEST | • tipsiest adj. Superlative form of tipsy: most tipsy. • TIPSY adj. slightly drunk. |
TITUPIER | • TITUPY adj. gay, lively, unsteady, also TITTUPPY, TITTUPY. |
TRIPIEST | • TRIPY adj. like tripe, worthless, also TRIPEY. |
TRIPLITE | • triplite n. (Mineralogy) A rare manganese-bearing phosphate mineral. • TRIPLITE n. a fluorine-phosphorus compound of iron and manganese, of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous, massive structure. |