| ANEMOGRAPHIC | • anemographic adj. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography. • ANEMOGRAPHIC adj. relating to an anemograph. |
| ANGIOSPERMAL | • angiospermal adj. Angiospermous. • ANGIOSPERMAL adj. like an angiosperm, also ANGIOSPERMOUS. |
| CAMPANOLOGER | • CAMPANOLOGER n. a bell-ringer. |
| 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. |
| EMPARADISING | • emparadising v. Present participle of emparadise. • EMPARADISE v. (Milton) to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. |
| MAGNETOGRAPH | • magnetograph n. An instrument for measuring changes in the direction and intensity of magnetic fields. • MAGNETOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording measurements of magnetic fields. |
| MANAGERSHIPS | • managerships n. Plural of managership. • MANAGERSHIP n. the state of being a manager. |
| MANSPREADING | • manspreading n. (Informal, derogatory) The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport… • manspreading v. Present participle of manspread. • MANSPREADING n. the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him. |
| MARPRELATING | • MARPRELATE v. to inveigh after the manner of Martin Marprelate, the name assumed by the author of certain anti-episcopal tracts, 1588-9. |
| METAPHRASING | • metaphrasing v. Present participle of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa. |
| PAPERMAKINGS | • papermakings n. Plural of papermaking. • PAPERMAKING n. the business of making paper. |
| PARAMAGNETIC | • paramagnetic adj. (Physics) Exhibiting paramagnetism. • PARAMAGNETIC adj. applied to any substance of which a rod suspended between the poles of a magnet arranges itself parallel to the lines of force, as opposed to diamagnetic. |
| PERMANGANATE | • permanganate n. (Inorganic chemistry) any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble… • permanganate n. (Inorganic chemistry) potassium permanganate. • PERMANGANATE n. a salt of permanganic acid. |
| PHANEROGAMIC | • phanerogamic adj. (Botany) That reproduces via seeds (rather than spores). • PHANEROGAMIC adj. like a phanerogam, a seed-plant or spermatophyte, also PHANEROGAMOUS. |
| PHRASEMAKING | • phrasemaking n. The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric. • PHRASEMAKING n. the act of making phrases. |
| PLATEMARKING | • PLATEMARK v. to mark with a platemark. |
| POMEGRANATES | • pomegranates n. Plural of pomegranate. • POMEGRANATE n. an Oriental fruit with a thick leathery rind and numerous seeds with pulpy edible seed coats. |
| PREMALIGNANT | • premalignant adj. Precancerous. • PREMALIGNANT adj. precancerous. |