| APHETISING | • APHETISE v. to lose the first vowel of a word, also APHETIZE. |
| APIOLOGIES | • APIOLOGY n. the study of bees. |
| APPETISING | • appetising adj. (Chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing. • appetising v. Present participle of appetise. • APPETISE v. to whet the appetite, also APPETIZE. |
| ASPERGILLI | • aspergilli n. Plural of aspergillus. • ASPERGILLUS n. (Latin) a minute fungus forming mould. |
| BEPRAISING | • bepraising v. Present participle of bepraise. • BEPRAISE v. to lavish praise upon. |
| DESPAIRING | • despairing adj. Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. • despairing v. Present participle of despair. • despairing n. A mood or display of despair. |
| DIAPERINGS | • diaperings n. Plural of diapering. • DIAPERING n. nappies collectively. |
| EPIGASTRIA | • epigastria n. Plural of epigastrium. • EPIGASTRIUM n. part of abdomen lying over the stomach. |
| EPIGASTRIC | • epigastric adj. Of or pertaining to the epigastrium. • EPIGASTRIC adj. relating to the epigastrium, part of abdomen lying over the stomach, also EPIGASTRIAL. |
| GRAPHITISE | • graphitise v. Alternative form of graphitize. • GRAPHITISE v. to convert wholly or partly into graphite, also GRAPHITIZE. |
| HEPATISING | • hepatising v. Present participle of hepatise. • HEPATISE v. to convert into a liver-like substance, also HEPATIZE. |
| PENALISING | • penalising v. Present participle of penalise. • PENALISE v. to subject to penalty, also PENALIZE. |
| PLAGIARIES | • plagiaries n. Plural of plagiary. • PLAGIARY n. the act of passing off another's work as one's own. |
| PLAGIARISE | • plagiarise v. Alternative spelling of plagiarize. • PLAGIARISE v. to steal ideas or writings from another person and present them as one's own, also PLAGIARIZE. |
| SPECIATING | • speciating v. Present participle of speciate. • SPECIATE v. to undergo a type of evolutionary process. |
| SPINIGRADE | • spinigrade adj. (Zoology) Moving by means of spines. • SPINIGRADE n. a type of spiny echinoderm. |