AFFRAPPED | • AFFRAP v. (Spenser) to strike. |
CREAMPUFF | • creampuff n. Alternative spelling of cream puff. • cream␣puff n. A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard. • cream␣puff n. (Figuratively, informal) A weak or ineffectual person. |
PACKSTAFF | • packstaff n. A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder. • PACKSTAFF n. a staff for supporting a pedlar's pack when he or she rests. |
PALSTAFFS | • palstaffs n. Plural of palstaff. • PALSTAFF n. (Dutch) a peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the Bronze Age, also PALSTAVE. |
PANTOFFLE | • pantoffle n. An ancient overshoe. • PANTOFFLE n. a slipper, an overshoe, also PANTABLE, PANTOFLE, PANTOUFLE. |
PARAFFINE | • paraffine n. Dated form of paraffin. • paraffine v. Dated form of paraffin. • PARAFFINE n. any saturated hydrocarbon of the methane series, also PARAFFIN. |
PARAFFINS | • paraffins n. Plural of paraffin. • paraffins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paraffin. • PARAFFIN v. to treat with paraffin. |
PARAFFINY | • paraffiny adj. Resembling or characteristic of paraffin. • PARAFFINY adj. of or like paraffin. |
PARAFFLES | • paraffles n. Plural of paraffle. • PARAFFLE n. (Scots) a pretentious display, a fuss, also PARAFLE. |
PIFFERARI | • pifferari n. Plural of pifferaro. • PIFFERARO n. (Italian) a piffero player. |
PIFFERARO | • pifferaro n. A musician who plays the piffero, a kind of oboe. • PIFFERARO n. (Italian) a piffero player. |
PIKESTAFF | • pikestaff n. The wooden shaft of a pike. • pikestaff n. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. • PIKESTAFF n. the staff, or shaft, of a pike. |
PLAINTIFF | • plaintiff n. (Law, UK historical, otherwise current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser. • PLAINTIFF n. a person or body suing a defendant in a court of law. |
PLOWSTAFF | • plowstaff n. (US) The hind part or handle of a plow. • PLOWSTAFF n. one of the handles of a plow, also PLOUGHSTAFF. |
PUFFBACKS | • puffbacks n. Plural of puffback. • PUFFBACK n. a small African bird. |
PUFFBALLS | • puffballs n. Plural of puffball. • PUFFBALL n. any of various globular fungi. |
TIPSTAFFS | • tipstaffs n. Plural of tipstaff. • TIPSTAFF n. an attendant in a law court. |
WHIPSTAFF | • whipstaff n. (Nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship. • WHIPSTAFF n. a vertical lever controlling ship's rudder. |