| APOLOGETIC | • apologetic adj. Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing. • apologetic adj. (Dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense. • APOLOGETIC adj. expressing apology. |
| 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. |
| EPIGLOTTAL | • epiglottal adj. Pertaining to the epiglottis. • epiglottal adj. (Phonetics) Produced using the epiglottis. • epiglottal n. (Phonetics) An epiglottal consonant. |
| EXPLOITAGE | • exploitage n. Exploitation. • EXPLOITAGE n. the act of exploiting. |
| GANTELOPES | • gantelopes n. Plural of gantelope. • GANTELOPE n. an armoured glove, also GANTLET, GANTLOPE, GAUNTLET. |
| GEOSPATIAL | • geospatial adj. Of or pertaining to a geographic location, especially data. • geospatial adj. (Computing) Describing the combination of spatial software and geographic data. • geo-spatial adj. Alternative spelling of geospatial. |
| GLYPHOSATE | • glyphosate n. N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme. • GLYPHOSATE n. a synthetic compound widely used as a herbicide. |
| GRAPHOLECT | • grapholect n. (Linguistics) A written variant of a language, analogous to a spoken dialect of a language. • GRAPHOLECT n. a standard written language. |
| GRAPTOLITE | • graptolite n. Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian… • GRAPTOLITE n. a characteristic Silurian fossil with an appearance almost like writing upon shales. |
| HEPATOLOGY | • hepatology n. (Medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. • HEPATOLOGY n. the study of the liver. |
| HEPTAGLOTS | • heptaglots n. Plural of heptaglot. • HEPTAGLOT n. a book written in seven languages. |
| HEPTAGONAL | • heptagonal adj. Having seven angles and sides. • heptagonal adj. (Mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5𝑛2−3𝑛)/2. • HEPTAGONAL adj. having seven angles or sides. |
| OUTLEAPING | • outleaping v. Present participle of outleap. • OUTLEAP v. to surpass in leaping. |
| PALAGONITE | • palagonite n. (Mineralogy) A material similar to basalt formed by the action of water on volcanic ash. • PALAGONITE n. an altered vitreous basic lava. |
| PENTAGONAL | • pentagonal adj. Of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon. • PENTAGONAL adj. having five corners or angles. • PENTAGONAL n. a pentagonal shape. |
| PETROLAGES | • PETROLAGE n. treatment with petrol to stamp out mosquitoes. |
| PLOUGHGATE | • ploughgate n. (Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household. • PLOUGHGATE n. (Scots) plowland. |
| PROFLIGATE | • profligate adj. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. • profligate adj. Immoral; abandoned to vice. • profligate adj. (Obsolete) Overthrown, ruined. |
| PROLONGATE | • prolongate v. To prolong or lengthen. • PROLONGATE v. to prolong. |
| PROMULGATE | • promulgate v. (Transitive) To make known or public. • promulgate v. (Transitive) To put into effect as a regulation. • PROMULGATE v. to make known, disseminate, also PROMULGE. |