INTERPLAYS | • interplays n. Plural of interplay. • INTERPLAY v. to exert mutual influence. |
LINOTYPERS | • linotypers n. Plural of linotyper. • LINOTYPER n. one who sets type using linotype. |
NYCTALOPES | • nyctalopes n. Plural of nyctalops. • NYCTALOPS n. (Greek) one afflicted with nyctalopia, the condition of seeing poorly at night or in partial darkness, while the day sight is normal; erroneously, the opposite condition. |
NYMPHLIEST | • NYMPHLY adj. resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph. |
PENTASTYLE | • pentastyle n. (Architecture) A portico with five columns. • PENTASTYLE n. a building or portico with five columns. |
PENTYLENES | • PENTYLENE n. an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the olefine series, also PENTENE. |
PERSONALTY | • personalty n. (Law) Any property that is movable; that is, not real estate. • personalty n. (Law) The property that goes to the executor or administrator of the deceased, as distinguished from… • personalty n. The state of being a person; personality. |
PLEASANTLY | • pleasantly adv. In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result. • pleasantly adv. (Degree) Lightly. • pleasantly adv. (Obsolete) Ludicrously. |
PLEASANTRY | • pleasantry n. (Sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark. • pleasantry n. A playful remark; a jest. • pleasantry n. (Dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment. |
POLYGENIST | • polygenist n. One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair. • POLYGENIST n. one who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
POLYSEMANT | • polysemant n. A word or phrase with more than one meaning. • POLYSEMANT n. a word with many meanings. |
POLYTENIES | • POLYTENY n. in abnormally large chromosomes, the state of being composed of many reduplicated strands. |
POLYTHENES | • polythenes n. Plural of polythene. • POLYTHENE n. a generic name for certain thermoplastics, polymers of ethylene, also POLYETHYLENE. |
PRISTINELY | • pristinely adv. In a way that is pristine. • PRISTINE adv. original, pure, unspoilt. |
PYCNOSTYLE | • pycnostyle adj. (Architecture) Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column. • pycnostyle n. (Architecture) A colonnade of this kind. • PYCNOSTYLE adj. with close-set columns, one and a half diameters apart. |
SPINSTERLY | • spinsterly adj. Of or relating to a spinster or spinsterhood. • SPINSTERLY adj. like a spinster, also SPINSTERIAL, SPINSTERIAN, SPINSTERISH. |
STAPHYLINE | • staphyline adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate. • STAPHYLINE adj. like a bunch of grapes. |
STYLOPHONE | • stylophone n. (Music) A small synthesizer operated using a stylus. • STYLOPHONE n. a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped pen-like stylus. |
SUPPLYMENT | • supplyment n. (Obsolete) The act of supplying. • SUPPLYMENT n. (Shakespeare) a supplying or furnishing. |
UNPRIESTLY | • unpriestly adj. Not priestly. • UNPRIESTLY adj. not like a priest. |