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- PLATYResembling plates.
- PLOUGHSTAFFThe hind part or handle of a plough.
- PLOWSTAFFThe hind part or handle of a plow.
- PODGILYIn a podgy way.
- PODGYSlightly fat.
- PREXA president, especially of a university.
- PRONOTUMThe dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
- PROSIFYTo convert or translate into prose.
- PUCCOONAny one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithosperm
- PYRUVATEAny salt or ester of pyruvic acid.
- QUODA quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison.
- QUONKUnwanted noise picked up by a microphone in a broadcasting studio.
- RARINGEager.
- REASTYRancid, "rusty" .
- RESINOIDLike, or containing resin.
- RUTINA flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and rutinose.
- SAFROLEA colourless to yellow liquid, a component of sassafras oil and brown camphor oil, with pesticidal properties.
- SAILBOATA boat propelled by a sail.
- SCHEMINGpresent participle and gerund of scheme
- SCHMALTZYOverly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
- SHOUTEROne who shouts.
- SKAGAlternative form of skeg.
- SLEWThe act, or process of slewing.
- SLUETo rotate something on an axis.
- STYLOIDResembling a stylus or pen.
- THIRLAGEThe right of the owner of a mill to compel tenants to bring all their grain to that mill for milling.
- TITIVATETo make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
- TRISTICHA tercet.
- TWEERcomparative form of twee: more twee
- TWIRPAn imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
- UROPODeither of the two posterior abdominal appendages of the lobster, shrimp and some other crustaceans.
- UVEOUSOf, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
- VAUNTEDHighly or widely praised or boasted about.
- VAUNTERYvaunting; boastfulness
- VAUNTFULboastful; vainly ostentatious.
- VOCIFEROUSLYIn a vociferous manner.
- WARATAHAny of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia.
- WEARISOMELYIn a wearisome manner; tediously.
- WEEVILYInfested with or containing weevils.
- WESKITwaistcoat
- WHEREUNTOUnto what or which; to what purpose.
- WINCERSomeone who winces.
- WOFULObsolete spelling of woeful.
- WOODPECKERAny bird of the species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
- XENOGAMOUSExhibiting or relating to xenogamy.
- XYLANA polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
- XYLOGRAPHAn engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
- XYLOIDCharacteristic of wood; woody
- XYLOPHAGEAny living organism that feeds on wood.
- XYLOPHAGOUSFeeding on wood. (of insects etc.)
- XYLOPHONICOf or pertaining to a xylophone.
- XYLOPHONISTSomeone who plays a xylophone.
- YAUPONThe yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.
- YCLEPEDAlternative spelling of yclept.
- YNAMBUA bird of South America, Rhynchotus rufescens, the red-winged tinamou.
- YOKEMATEAn animal yoked with another.