| APPLAUDINGLY | • applaudingly adv. In an applauding manner. • APPLAUDING adv. APPLAUD, to express approval by clapping the hands. |
| BACKPADDLING | • backpaddling v. Present participle of backpaddle. |
| BACKPEDALING | • backpedaling v. (US) present participle of backpedal. • backpedaling n. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| CALLIGRAPHED | • calligraphed v. Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph. |
| CARDIOPLEGIA | • cardioplegia n. (Surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery. • CARDIOPLEGIA n. deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out. |
| CLAPBOARDING | • clapboarding v. Present participle of clapboard. • CLAPBOARD v. to cover with clapboard. |
| DERMAPLANING | • dermaplaning n. The exfoliation of the skin by means of a scalpel. • DERMAPLANING n. a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance. |
| DILAPIDATING | • dilapidating v. Present participle of dilapidate. • DILAPIDATE v. to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin. |
| GLADWRAPPING | • GLADWRAP v. to cover with gladwrap. |
| LANDSCAPINGS | • LANDSCAPING n. the act of doing various grounds maintenance. |
| PAEDOLOGICAL | • paedological adj. Alternative form of pedological. • PAEDOLOGICAL adj. related to paedology. |
| PARADIDDLING | • paradiddling v. Present participle of paradiddle. • PARADIDDLE v. to make a kind of drum roll using left and right sticks alternately. |
| PARAGLIDINGS | • PARAGLIDING n. the sport of drifting through the air to the ground while wearing a modified type of parachute, after having been towed into the air by, or jumping from, a plane. |
| PLANTIGRADES | • plantigrades n. Plural of plantigrade. • PLANTIGRADE n. a plantigrade animal. |
| QUADRAPLEGIA | • QUADRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIA, TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRAPLEGIC | • QUADRAPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIC. |
| QUADRIPLEGIA | • quadriplegia n. Paralysis from the neck down. • quadriplegia n. Paralysis of all four limbs. • QUADRIPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also TETRAPLEGIA. |