| AEROPLANKTON | • aeroplankton n. The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind. • AEROPLANKTON n. minute organisms carried in the air. |
| 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. |
| JACKANAPESES | • jackanapeses n. Plural of jackanapes. • jack-a-napeses n. Plural of jack-a-napes. • JACKANAPES n. an impudent child; a conceited fellow. |
| KERAUNOGRAPH | • keraunograph n. (Archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere. • keraunograph n. A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning. • KERAUNOGRAPH n. an instrument for detecting distant thunderstorms, also CERAUNOGRAPH. |
| KLEPTOMANIAC | • kleptomaniac n. One who steals compulsively. • KLEPTOMANIAC n. a person having an obsessive urge to steal, also CLEPTOMANIAC, KLEPTO. |
| KLEPTOMANIAS | • kleptomanias n. Plural of kleptomania. • KLEPTOMANIA n. an obsessive urge to steal, driven by emotional disturbance rather than material need, also CLEPTOMANIA. |
| MEATPACKINGS | • MEATPACKING n. the wholesale meat industry. |
| PAPERBACKING | • paperbacking v. Present participle of paperback. • PAPERBACK v. to bring out in paperback. |
| PAPERMAKINGS | • papermakings n. Plural of papermaking. • PAPERMAKING n. the business of making paper. |
| PATHBREAKING | • pathbreaking adj. Opening a new path or approach. • PATHBREAKING adj. trailblazing. |
| PEACEMAKINGS | • peacemakings n. Plural of peacemaking. • PEACEMAKING n. activities relating to making peace. |
| PHRASEMAKING | • phrasemaking n. The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric. • PHRASEMAKING n. the act of making phrases. |
| PLATEMAKINGS | • PLATEMAKING n. the act of making printing plates. |
| PLATEMARKING | • PLATEMARK v. to mark with a platemark. |
| PREPACKAGING | • prepackaging v. Present participle of prepackage. • prepackaging n. Packaging applied prior to an object being sold. • PREPACKAGE v. to package in advance. |
| SPACEWALKING | • spacewalking v. Present participle of spacewalk. • SPACEWALK v. to walk in space. |