| ADAPTOGEN | • adaptogen n. (Medicine) Any natural herbal substance (such as ginseng) that is supposed to help the body adapt to… • ADAPTOGEN n. any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine as regulators. |
| DEPARTING | • departing v. Present participle of depart. • departing adj. That is leaving. • departing adj. While leaving. |
| DRAGSTRIP | • dragstrip n. A paved straight racetrack used for automotive drag racing. • dragstrip n. (Figuratively, by extension) Any place for high-speed competitive activity. • drag␣strip n. Alternative form of dragstrip. |
| GASTROPOD | • gastropod n. Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk. • GASTROPOD n. a class of asymmetrical molluscs, including limpets, whelks, snails and slugs, also GASTEROPOD. |
| GLIDEPATH | • glidepath n. Alternative form of glide path. • glide␣path n. The path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar… • glide␣path n. (Economics, by extension) the pattern of systematic withdrawal of money from a retirement portfolio. |
| GODPARENT | • godparent n. A person who, at a child’s naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and… • GODPARENT n. a person who, at baptism, guarantees a child's religious education. |
| PAGINATED | • paginated v. Simple past tense and past participle of paginate. • paginated adj. (Of text) Whose pages have been numbered. • PAGINATE v. to mark with consecutive numbers. |
| PAGODITES | • PAGODITE n. a soft, greenish, greyish or yellowish mineral, thought to be a variety of pinite, known particularly for its use by the Chinese for carving. |
| PARGETTED | • pargetted v. Simple past tense and past participle of parget. • PARGET v. to cover with plaster, also PARGE. |
| PARTRIDGE | • partridge n. (Ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris. • partridge n. (Obsolete, military) A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar… • Partridge prop.n. A surname. |
| PIGTAILED | • pigtailed adj. Having a pigtail. • pig-tailed adj. Alternative form of pigtailed. • PIGTAILED adj. having a pigtail. |
| POSTGRADS | • postgrads n. Plural of postgrad. • POSTGRAD n. a student continuing formal education after graduation. |
| PREDATING | • predating v. Present participle of predate. • pre-dating v. Present participle of pre-date. • PREDATE v. to date before the true date. |
| UPDARTING | • updarting v. Present participle of updart. • UPDART v. to dart up. |
| UPDRAUGHT | • updraught n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of updraft. • UPDRAUGHT n. an upwards movement of air, also UPDRAFT. |