| AMPUTATING | • amputating v. Present participle of amputate. • AMPUTATE v. to cut off. |
| ANTIPLAGUE | • antiplague adj. Countering plague. • ANTIPLAGUE adj. designed to prevent the plague. |
| APPLAUDING | • applauding v. Present participle of applaud. • applauding n. Applause. • APPLAUD v. to express approval by clapping the hands. |
| AUDIOGRAPH | • audiograph n. An instrument used to measure a person’s hearing. • AUDIOGRAPH n. a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear. |
| AUTOPHAGIA | • autophagia n. The eating of one’s own body. • AUTOPHAGIA n. sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body, also AUTOPHAGY. |
| DIAPAUSING | • diapausing adj. Undergoing a diapause. • DIAPAUSE v. in insects and the embryos of some animals, to undergo a period of suspended animation and growth. |
| GNAPHALIUM | • gnaphalium n. Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds. • Gnaphalium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the cudweeds. • GNAPHALIUM n. a genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres. |
| ISPAGHULAS | • ISPAGHULA n. a dietary fibre derived from seed husks and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry, aka psyllium. |
| PLATEAUING | • plateauing v. Present participle of plateau. • PLATEAU v. to reach a period of stability. |
| RAMPAUGING | • rampauging v. Present participle of rampauge. • RAMPAUGE v. (Scots) to rampage. |
| SPARGANIUM | • sparganium n. (Botany) Any of the plants of the genus Sparganium. • Sparganium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Typhaceae – the bur-reeds. • SPARGANIUM n. a plant of the bur-reed genus. |
| TARPAULING | • tarpauling n. Archaic form of tarpaulin. • TARPAULING n. a strong linen or hempen cloth waterproofed with tar, also TARPAULIN. |
| VAPULATING | • vapulating v. Present participle of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |