(by extension) An individual considered to be like or in the model of Charlemagne's peers; someone considered a great hero or paladin.
(by extension, historical) One of the twelve nobles granted feudal territories or episcopal sees by the King of France in return for their fealty (namely the Archbishop-Duke of Rheims; the Bishop-Dukes of Laon and Langres; the Bishop-Counts of Beauvais, Chalons, and Noyon, the Dukes of Normandy, Burgundy, and Aquitaine; and the Counts of Toulouse, Flanders and Champagne).
(historical fiction) One of the legendary "twelve peers" or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.
furzetop
parazoan
parazoan
noun
(zoology) Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)
parodize
parodize
verb
(transitive) To parody.
patrizio
pelorize
perezone
perezone
noun
A sesquiterpene quinone found in various Perezia species.
pirozhki
pirozhki
noun
A single such pastry.
Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.
pirozhok
pirozhok
noun
singular of pirozhki - Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí)
poetizer
poetizer
noun
An inferior poet.
polarize
polarize
verb
(transitive, US) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.
(transitive, US) To cause to have a polarization.
prefroze
prefroze
verb
simple past tense of prefreeze
prezonal
prezonal
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the pelvic girdle
In front of a zone
proenzym
proenzym
noun
Archaic form of proenzyme.
protozoa
protozoa
noun
plural of protozoan
plural of protozoon
pyrazole
pyrazole
noun
(organic chemistry) A heterocyclic organic compound containing two nitrogen atoms next to each others in a five-membered ring, called 1,2-diazole in IUPAC nomenclature.
pyrolyze
pyrolyze
verb
US spelling of pyrolyse
repondez
rhizopod
rhizopod
noun
A member of the taxonomic superclass of Rhizopoda, being a type of amoeboid single-cell life with pseudopods not supported by a regular array of microtubules.
rhizopus
sporozoa
vaporize
vaporize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To turn into vapor.
zaparoan
zaparoan
Proper noun
An endangered language family of Peru and Ecuador.
zapatero
zipporah
zipporah
Proper noun
The wife of Moses.
name of biblical origin.
zoetrope
zoetrope
noun
An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
zoomorph
zoomorph
noun
A figure in ancient art resembling an animal.
zooperal
zoophori
zoophori
noun
plural of zoophorus
zoosperm
zoosperm
noun
(biology) One of the spermatic particles; spermatozoid, spermatozoon.
