| CAPONISING | • caponising v. Present participle of caponise. • CAPONISE v. to castrate a rooster, also CAPONIZE. |
| COLIPHAGES | • coliphages n. Plural of coliphage. • COLIPHAGE n. any bacteriophage active against E. coli. |
| COLLAPSING | • collapsing v. Present participle of collapse. • COLLAPSE v. to crumble suddenly. |
| COMPASSING | • compassing v. Present participle of compass. • compassing adj. (Shipbuilding) curved; bent. • compassing n. (Dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination. |
| ESCALOPING | • ESCALOP v. (French) to bake in a scallop shell, also SCALLOP, ESCALLOP, SCOLLOP. |
| GEOCARPIES | • GEOCARPY n. a ripening of fruit underground. |
| HAGIOSCOPE | • hagioscope n. (Architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar. • HAGIOSCOPE n. an opening cut in the wall of a church to enable viewing of the altar. |
| HOPSACKING | • hopsacking n. Hopsack fabric. • HOPSACKING n. a rough-surfaced loose fabric, also HOPSACK. |
| MEGASCOPIC | • megascopic adj. Visible to the naked eye. • megascopic adj. (Of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified. • megascopic adj. Of, or pertaining to, the megascope. |
| MEGASPORIC | • megasporic adj. Pertaining to a megaspore. • MEGASPORIC adj. of or like a megaspore. |
| OPALESCING | • opalescing v. Present participle of opalesce. • OPALESCE v. to emit an iridescent shimmer of colors. |
| PAREGORICS | • paregorics n. Plural of paregoric. • PAREGORIC n. a medicine that soothes, assuages pain. |
| PEDAGOGICS | • pedagogics n. The science or art of teaching; pedagogy. • PEDAGOGICS n. the science and principles of teaching. |
| PICTOGRAMS | • pictograms n. Plural of pictogram. • PICTOGRAM n. a pictograph; a graphical representation. |
| PODCASTING | • podcasting n. The distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format. • podcasting v. Present participle of podcast. • PODCASTING n. a radio broadcast made available as an audio file. |
| POIGNANCES | • poignances n. Plural of poignance. • POIGNANCE n. the state of being poignant, also POIGNANCY. |
| PUGNACIOUS | • pugnacious adj. Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose. • PUGNACIOUS adj. having a quarrelsome or combative nature. |
| SAPROGENIC | • saprogenic adj. Causing or resulting from putrefaction. • SAPROGENIC adj. producing decay or putrefaction. |
| SARCOPHAGI | • sarcophagi n. Plural of sarcophagus. • SARCOPHAGUS n. a stone coffin. |
| SCALLOPING | • scalloping v. Present participle of scallop. • scalloping n. A scalloped pattern. • SCALLOPING n. the act of scalloping. |