| ALPARGATA | • alpargata n. Synonym of espadrille. • ALPARGATA n. (Spanish) a light sandal with a hemp or rope sole. |
| ALTIGRAPH | • altigraph n. An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart. • ALTIGRAPH n. an instrument that measures altitude. |
| AUTOGRAPH | • autograph n. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. • autograph n. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. • autograph adj. Written in the author’s own handwriting. |
| CARPETBAG | • carpetbag n. A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the… • carpetbag v. (Chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole… • carpetbag adj. (Chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers. |
| PAGEANTRY | • pageantry n. A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant. • PAGEANTRY n. splendid display; pompous spectacle. |
| PARENTAGE | • parentage n. The identity and nature of one’s parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one’s birth. • parentage n. The social quality of one’s class in society. • parentage n. (Figurative) Origin; derivation. |
| PARGASITE | • pargasite n. (Mineralogy) A complex inosilicate mineral of the amphibole group. • PARGASITE n. a dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende. |
| PARTAKING | • partaking v. Present participle of partake. • partaking n. The act of taking part in something. • partaking n. (Archaic) An act of taking sides; partiality. |
| PASTURAGE | • pasturage n. A pasture; land that is used for pasture. • pasturage n. The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture. • pasturage n. The right to graze livestock on a pasture. |
| PATRONAGE | • patronage n. The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. • patronage n. Customers collectively; clientele; business. • patronage n. The act or state of being a customer of some business. |
| PENTAGRAM | • pentagram n. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such… • PENTAGRAM n. a five-pointed star, formerly used as a mystic or magical symbol. |
| PRAGMATIC | • pragmatic adj. Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory. • pragmatic adj. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances;… • pragmatic adj. Interfering in the affairs of others; officious; meddlesome. |
| PROPAGATE | • propagate v. (Transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production. • propagate v. (Transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space. • propagate v. (Transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to… |
| PTARMIGAN | • ptarmigan n. Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America… • PTARMIGAN n. (Gaelic) a game-bird of the grouse family. |
| STRAPHANG | • straphang v. (Intransitive) To ride public transport while standing and holding onto a strap. • strap-hang v. Alternative form of straphang. • STRAPHANG v. of a passenger in a train or bus, to hold on to a strap for safety. |
| TRAGELAPH | • tragelaph n. Any member of the genus Tragelaphus of spiral-horned antelopes. • TRAGELAPH n. (Greek) a fabulous animal, part goat, part stag. |
| TRAGOPANS | • tragopans n. Plural of tragopan. • TRAGOPAN n. (Greek) a kind of Asian pheasant. |