| CARPETBAGS | • carpetbags n. Plural of carpetbag. • CARPETBAG n. a travelling-bag made of carpeting. |
| CARPETINGS | • carpetings n. Plural of carpeting. • CARPETING n. a scolding. |
| CRYPTOGAMS | • cryptogams n. Plural of cryptogam. • CRYPTOGAM n. a plant reproducing by spores and not seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, fungi etc. |
| EPIGASTRIC | • epigastric adj. Of or pertaining to the epigastrium. • EPIGASTRIC adj. relating to the epigastrium, part of abdomen lying over the stomach, also EPIGASTRIAL. |
| NIGHTSCAPE | • nightscape n. The nighttime landscape, or a depiction of this. |
| PAGANISTIC | • paganistic adj. Involving or resembling paganism. • PAGANISTIC adj. relating to paganism. |
| PHAGOCYTES | • phagocytes n. Plural of phagocyte. • PHAGOCYTE n. a white blood corpuscle that engulfs bacteria and other harmful particles. |
| PICTOGRAMS | • pictograms n. Plural of pictogram. • PICTOGRAM n. a pictograph; a graphical representation. |
| PODCASTING | • podcasting n. The distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format. • podcasting v. Present participle of podcast. • PODCASTING n. a radio broadcast made available as an audio file. |
| PRACTISING | • practising v. Present participle of practise. • practising n. The act of one who practises. • PRACTISE v. to train or drill in order to acquire skill, also PRACTICE. |
| PRAGMATICS | • pragmatics n. Plural of pragmatic. • pragmatics n. (Linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language in a social context. • PRAGMATICS n. the study of inherent practical usage, and social and behavioural aspects, of language. |
| PRECASTING | • precasting v. Present participle of precast. • PRECAST v. to cast before placing in position. |
| SCAPEGOATS | • scapegoats n. Plural of scapegoat. • scapegoats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scapegoat. • SCAPEGOAT v. to make a scapegoat of. |
| SCATOPHAGY | • scatophagy n. Synonym of coprophagy. • SCATOPHAGY n. the religious practice of eating excrement. |
| SCRAPEGUTS | • scrapeguts n. Plural of scrapegut. • SCRAPEGUT n. (archaic) a fiddler. |
| SPECIATING | • speciating v. Present participle of speciate. • SPECIATE v. to undergo a type of evolutionary process. |
| SPECTATING | • spectating v. Present participle of spectate. • SPECTATE v. to attend and view. |
| SPLATCHING | • splatching v. Present participle of splatch. • SPLATCH v. (Scots) to splotch, also SPLODGE, SPLOTCH. |
| USUCAPTING | • usucapting v. Present participle of usucapt. • USUCAPT v. to acquire by long possession. |