| APPROPRIATED | • appropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of appropriate. • appropriated adj. Set aside for a specified purpose. • APPROPRIATE v. to take exclusive possession of. |
| CARROTTOPPED | • carrot-topped adj. (Slang) Having ginger hair. • CARROTTOPPED adj. having red hair. |
| CLAPPERBOARD | • clapperboard n. (Film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap… • clapper␣board n. (Film) Alternative form of clapperboard. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| DIPTEROCARPS | • dipterocarps n. Plural of dipterocarp. • DIPTEROCARP n. a kind of Oriental tree, with sepals that serve as wings for the fruit. |
| DISAPPROVERS | • disapprovers n. Plural of disapprover. • DISAPPROVER n. one who disapproves. |
| DISPROPRIATE | • dispropriate v. (Transitive) To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. • DISPROPRIATE v. (obsolete) to disappropriate. |
| EAVESDROPPER | • eavesdropper n. One who eavesdrops. • eavesdropper n. (Military, slang) A surveillance aircraft. • EAVESDROPPER n. one who eavesdrops. |
| EXPROPRIATED | • expropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate. • EXPROPRIATE v. to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. |
| IMPROPRIATED | • impropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| OVERPREPARED | • overprepared v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprepare. • OVERPREPARE v. to prepare excessively. |
| PARAPERIODIC | • PARAPERIODIC adj. as in paraperiodic acid. |
| PREPONDERANT | • preponderant adj. Having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force. • PREPONDERANT adj. having superior weight, force, or influence. |
| PREPONDERATE | • preponderate v. (Transitive) To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight. • preponderate v. (Transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power. • preponderate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. |
| PREPROGRAMED | • preprogramed v. Simple past tense and past participle of preprogram. • PREPROGRAM v. to program beforehand. |
| SHARECROPPED | • sharecropped v. Simple past tense and past participle of sharecrop. • SHARECROP v. of a tenant farmer, to supply, in lieu of rent, a share of the crop. |