| CALIPERING | • calipering v. Present participle of caliper. • CALIPER v. to measure with calipers. |
| CAPERINGLY | • caperingly adv. In a capering manner. • CAPERING adv. CAPER, to leap or skip like a goat. |
| CEPHALAGRA | • cephalagra n. Gout in the head. • CEPHALAGRA n. gout in the head. |
| CLAMPERING | • clampering v. Present participle of clamper. • clampering n. A cacophony made by noisy movement. • clampering adj. Cacophonous; raucous. |
| CLAPPERING | • clappering v. Present participle of clapper. • CLAPPERING n. the sound made by using a clapper. |
| COLPORTAGE | • colportage n. The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature. • COLPORTAGE n. (French) the distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs. |
| GRAPHOLECT | • grapholect n. (Linguistics) A written variant of a language, analogous to a spoken dialect of a language. • GRAPHOLECT n. a standard written language. |
| NEPHRALGIC | • nephralgic adj. Relating to nephralgia. • NEPHRALGIC adj. relating to nephralgia, neuralgia of the kidneys. |
| PARAPLEGIC | • paraplegic adj. Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. • paraplegic n. A person who suffers from paraplegia. • PARAPLEGIC adj. paralysed in the lower half of the body. |
| PARCELLING | • parcelling v. (Britain) present participle of parcel. • parcelling n. (Nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage… • PARCEL v. to divide into parts or shares. |
| PEELGARLIC | • PEELGARLIC n. a bald person; a person looked upon with humorous contempt or mock pity, also PILGARLIC, PILGARLICK. |
| PELARGONIC | • pelargonic adj. Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium. • pelargonic adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to pelargonic acid or its derivatives. • PELARGONIC adj. as in pelargonic acid, an oily fatty acid, obtained esp. from the leaves of plants of the Pelargonium genus (also called nonanoic acid). |
| PREGLACIAL | • preglacial adj. Before an ice age (usually referring to the Pliocene). • PREGLACIAL adj. formed or occurring before a glacial period, esp. before the Pleistocene epoch. |
| PRELOGICAL | • prelogical adj. Before the development of logical thought. • PRELOGICAL adj. before the development of logic. |
| PREPLACING | • preplacing v. Present participle of preplace. • PREPLACE v. to place beforehand. |
| RECLASPING | • reclasping v. Present participle of reclasp. • RECLASP v. to clasp again. |