| FINGERPLATE | • fingerplate n. A strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks. • FINGERPLATE n. a plate to protect a door from dirty fingers. |
| FLATPICKING | • flatpicking n. A style of bluegrass acoustic guitar played with a plectrum. • flatpicking v. Present participle of flatpick. • flat-picking v. Present participle of flat-pick. |
| FRONTPAGING | • FRONTPAGE v. to put on the front page of a newspaper. |
| GIFTWRAPPED | • giftwrapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap. • gift-wrapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of gift-wrap. • GIFTWRAP v. to wrap with decorative paper. |
| GRAPEFRUITS | • grapefruits n. Plural of grapefruit. • GRAPEFRUIT n. a large, round, yellow-skinned citrus fruit, so called because it grows in large bunches like grapes. |
| PATHFINDING | • pathfinding n. (Computing) The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points. • pathfinding n. (Biology) The finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells. • PATHFINDING n. the act of marking the way e.g. by flares. |
| PERFORATING | • perforating v. Present participle of perforate. • PERFORATE v. to bore through or into. |
| PLATFORMING | • platforming n. (Video games) The video game activity of jumping from one platform to another. • platforming n. (Rail transport) The platforms at a railway station. • platforming v. Present participle of platform. |
| PLOUGHSTAFF | • ploughstaff n. (UK) The hind part or handle of a plough. • PLOUGHSTAFF n. one of the handles of a plough, also PLOWSTAFF. |
| PRATFALLING | • pratfalling v. Present participle of pratfall. • PRATFALL v. to fall on the buttocks, to make a big blunder. |
| PREFIGURATE | • prefigurate v. (Transitive) To prefigure. • PREFIGURATE v. to prefigure. |
| PROFLIGATES | • profligates n. Plural of profligate. • PROFLIGATE n. one who is profligate. |
| SEPTIFRAGAL | • septifragal adj. (Botany) Breaking from the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break… • SEPTIFRAGAL adj. breaking away of certain parts of a plant from its dividing walls. |
| SPACEFLIGHT | • spaceflight n. Alternative spelling of space flight. • space␣flight n. (Uncountable) Flight into, from or through space. • space␣flight n. (Countable) A voyage in space. |
| SPAGHETTIFY | • spaghettify v. (Astrophysics) To stretch an object into a long thin shape under the influence of a very strong gravitational… • SPAGHETTIFY v. to make into spaghetti, with particular reference to black holes. |