| ALPHABETISED | • alphabetised adj. (Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order. • alphabetised v. (Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise. • ALPHABETISE v. to put into alphabetic order, also ALPHABET, ALPHABETIZE. |
| ALPHABETIZED | • alphabetized adj. (North America) Arranged in alphabetical order. • alphabetized adj. Alternative spelling of alphabetised. • alphabetized v. (North America) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetize. |
| BACKPEDALING | • backpedaling v. (US) present participle of backpedal. • backpedaling n. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKPEDALLED | • backpedalled v. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| CARPETBAGGED | • carpetbagged v. Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag. • CARPETBAG v. to engage in political chicanery. |
| CLAPPERBOARD | • clapperboard n. (Film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap… • clapper␣board n. (Film) Alternative form of clapperboard. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| DISPLACEABLE | • displaceable adj. Capable of being displaced. • DISPLACEABLE adj. capable of being displaced. |
| DRAPEABILITY | • drapeability n. Alternative form of drapability. • DRAPEABILITY n. the state of being drapeable, also DRAPABILITY. |
| PADDLEBOARDS | • paddleboards n. Plural of paddleboard. • paddle␣boards n. Plural of paddle board. • PADDLEBOARD n. a long narrow buoyant board used for riding the surf or in rescuing swimmers. |
| PAEDOBAPTISM | • paedobaptism n. The baptism of infants or young children. • pædobaptism n. Obsolete spelling of paedobaptism. • PAEDOBAPTISM n. the doctrine of infant baptism. |
| PAEDOBAPTIST | • paedobaptist n. Alternative form of pedobaptist. • pædobaptist adj. Obsolete form of pedobaptist. • pædobaptist n. Obsolete form of pedobaptist. |
| PERAMBULATED | • perambulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of perambulate. • PERAMBULATE v. to walk through, to inspect an area on foot. |
| PLASTERBOARD | • plasterboard n. A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core. • plasterboard v. (Transitive) To fit or reinforce with plasterboard. • PLASTERBOARD n. a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls. |
| PREAMBULATED | • preambulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of preambulate. • PREAMBULATE v. to make a preamble. |
| SCRAPERBOARD | • scraperboard n. (Art) scratchboard. • SCRAPERBOARD n. a clay-surface board on which drawings can be made by scraping tints off as well as applying them. |
| UNPARDONABLE | • unpardonable adj. Impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify. • UNPARDONABLE adj. not pardonable. |