| CALIPERING | • calipering v. Present participle of caliper. • CALIPER v. to measure with calipers. |
| CAPERINGLY | • caperingly adv. In a capering manner. • CAPERING adv. CAPER, to leap or skip like a goat. |
| CLAMPERING | • clampering v. Present participle of clamper. • clampering n. A cacophony made by noisy movement. • clampering adj. Cacophonous; raucous. |
| CLAPPERING | • clappering v. Present participle of clapper. • CLAPPERING n. the sound made by using a clapper. |
| COMPLAINER | • complainer n. One who complains, or is known for their complaints. • COMPLAINER n. one who complains. |
| EPICENTRAL | • epicentral adj. Of or pertaining to an epicentre. • epicentral n. (Anatomy) An epicentral bone. • EPICENTRAL adj. relating to an epicentre. |
| IMPARLANCE | • imparlance n. (Obsolete) Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate. • imparlance n. (Law, obsolete) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object… • IMPARLANCE n. parleying, conference, also EMPARLAUNCE. |
| NEPHRALGIC | • nephralgic adj. Relating to nephralgia. • NEPHRALGIC adj. relating to nephralgia, neuralgia of the kidneys. |
| PARCELLING | • parcelling v. (Britain) present participle of parcel. • parcelling n. (Nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage… • PARCEL v. to divide into parts or shares. |
| PELARGONIC | • pelargonic adj. Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium. • pelargonic adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to pelargonic acid or its derivatives. • PELARGONIC adj. as in pelargonic acid, an oily fatty acid, obtained esp. from the leaves of plants of the Pelargonium genus (also called nonanoic acid). |
| PERCALINES | • percalines n. Plural of percaline. • PERCALINE n. (French) a glossy lightweight cotton. |
| PERICLINAL | • periclinal adj. (Biology) Parallel to the surface of an organ. • periclinal adj. (Botany) Of a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs parallel to an adjacent layer of cells. • PERICLINAL adj. sloping downwards in all directions from a point. |
| PHRENSICAL | • PHRENSICAL adj. (obsolete) frantic, also FRENZICAL. |
| PORCELAINS | • porcelains n. Plural of porcelain. • PORCELAIN n. a fine earthenware, white, thin, transparent or semitransparent, first made in China. |
| PRATINCOLE | • pratincole n. Any of several species of birds in the genera Glareola or Stiltia of the family Glareolidae. • PRATINCOLE n. a bird related to the plovers, with swallow-like wings and tail. |
| PREPLACING | • preplacing v. Present participle of preplace. • PREPLACE v. to place beforehand. |
| RECLASPING | • reclasping v. Present participle of reclasp. • RECLASP v. to clasp again. |
| REPLICANTS | • replicants n. Plural of replicant. • REPLICANT n. (in science fiction) an artificially created or cloned biological creature, esp. in human form. |
| REPUBLICAN | • republican adj. Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. • republican adj. Of or belonging to a republic. • republican adj. Alternative letter-case form of Republican. |