| CATAPULTING | • catapulting v. Present participle of catapult. • CATAPULT v. to hurl through the air. |
| GLYPTOTHECA | • glyptotheca n. A room or building devoted to works of sculpture. • GLYPTOTHECA n. a place for keeping sculpture. |
| GRAPTOLITES | • graptolites n. Plural of graptolite. • GRAPTOLITE n. a characteristic Silurian fossil with an appearance almost like writing upon shales. |
| GRAPTOLITIC | • graptolitic adj. Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites. • GRAPTOLITIC adj. related to a graptolite. |
| PALPITATING | • palpitating adj. Very exciting. • palpitating v. Present participle of palpitate. • PALPITATE v. to throb, beat rapidly. |
| PATHOLOGIST | • pathologist n. An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose. • PATHOLOGIST n. a specialist in pathology. |
| PATROLOGIST | • patrologist n. A student of patrology. • PATROLOGIST n. one who practises patrology, the study of early Christianity. |
| PLECTOGNATH | • plectognath n. Any fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. • PLECTOGNATH n. any spiny-finned marine fish of the mainly tropical order Plectognathi, that includes puffers, triggerfish, trunkfish and sunfish. |
| POLYGLOTTAL | • polyglottal adj. Polyglot. • POLYGLOTTAL adj. like a polyglot, also POLYGLOTTIC, POLYGLOTTOUS. |
| POSTULATING | • postulating v. Present participle of postulate. • postulating n. A postulation. • POSTULATE v. to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary. |
| POTLATCHING | • potlatching n. (Also attributively) gerund of potlatch. • potlatching v. Present participle of potlatch. • POTLATCH v. to exchange gifts. |
| PRATTLINGLY | • prattlingly adv. (Rare, dated) With prattle, or worthless talk. • PRATTLING adv. PRATTLE, to talk at length about nothing in particular. |
| PUSTULATING | • pustulating v. Present participle of pustulate. • PUSTULATE v. to form into pustules, or blisters. |
| SPLATTERING | • splattering v. Present participle of splatter. • splattering n. A mess of something splattered. • SPLATTER v. to spatter, to splash. |
| STIPULATING | • stipulating v. Present participle of stipulate. • STIPULATE v. to set or require as a condition of an agreement. |
| TELEPATHING | • telepathing v. Present participle of telepath. • TELEPATH v. to read minds. |
| TETRAPLEGIA | • tetraplegia n. Paralysis of all four limbs. • tetraplegia n. Complete paralysis from below the jaw. • TETRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRAPLEGIA, QUADRIPLEGIA. |
| TETRAPLEGIC | • tetraplegic n. A quadriplegic. • TETRAPLEGIC adj. suffering from tetraplegia. |
| TOPGALLANTS | • topgallants n. Plural of topgallant. • TOPGALLANT n. the mast or sail above the topmast and below the royal mast. |