| CRAMPON | • crampon n. An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking… • crampon n. (Botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. • crampon n. (Heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook. |
| GRIPMAN | • gripman n. A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car. • GRIPMAN n. a cable car operator. |
| LAMPERN | • lampern n. The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis. • LAMPERN n. a primitive fishlike vertebrate, also LAMPER, LAMPREY. |
| MANROPE | • manrope n. (Nautical) Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship. • MANROPE n. a rope used as a handrail on a ship. |
| MANTRAP | • mantrap n. A mechanical device for catching trespassers. • mantrap n. A small space with two sets of interlocking doors, such that the first set of doors must close before… • mantrap n. (Slang) A woman who is dangerously seductive to men. |
| PANGRAM | • pangram n. A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet. • PANGRAM n. a sentence containing all the letters of the alphabet. |
| PARANYM | • paranym n. A euphemistic synonym. • PARANYM n. a euphemism; a word whose meaning is altered to conceal an evasion or untruth e.g. liberation for conquest. |
| PARONYM | • paronym n. (Semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word. • paronym n. (Rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word. • PARONYM n. a word having the same root as another. |
| PERMIAN | • Permian n. An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric… • Permian n. The language of such people; Permic. • Permian adj. Pertaining to the Perm region of Russia, or its inhabitants. |
| PORTMAN | • portman n. A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports. • Portman prop.n. A surname originating as an occupation. • PORTMAN n. an inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports. |
| PRENAME | • prename n. A first name, a forename. • prename v. (Transitive) To provide with a first name. • prename v. (Transitive) To name in advance. |
| PROPMAN | • propman n. (Theater) A man responsible for looking after the props in a theater. • PROPMAN n. a man in charge of stage properties. |
| RAMPANT | • rampant adj. (Originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended. • rampant adj. (Heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile. • rampant adj. (Architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments… |
| RAMPING | • ramping v. Present participle of ramp. • ramping n. A steady change in value. • ramping n. (Archaic) Violent behaviour; raging. |
| RAMPION | • rampion n. A species of bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus. • rampion n. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Phyteuma, within the family Campanulaceae. • RAMPION n. a European plant. |
| REPOMAN | • repo␣man n. (US) A man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security… • REPOMAN n. one who repossesses unpaid-for goods. |
| TRIPMAN | • tripman n. (Historical) A person hired to transport goods by boat in the North American fur trade. • TRIPMAN n. a man hired to work on a trip. |