| ANGIOSPERM | • angiosperm n. (Botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. • ANGIOSPERM n. a plant of the Angiospermae, one of the main divisions of flowering plants, in which the seeds are in a closed ovary, not naked as in gymnosperms. |
| ARPEGGIONE | • arpeggione n. A six-stringed musical instrument of the 19th century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like… • ARPEGGIONE n. (Italian) an early 19th century bowed stringed instrument. |
| COMPEARING | • compearing v. Present participle of compear. • COMPEAR v. to appear in court. |
| JEOPARDING | • jeoparding v. Present participle of jeopard. • JEOPARD v. to put in jeopardy; to imperil. |
| OPERAGOING | • operagoing adj. Attending opera performances. • OPERAGOING n. attending the opera. |
| OVERPAYING | • overpaying v. Present participle of overpay. • OVERPAY v. to pay too much. |
| PARAGONITE | • paragonite n. (Mineralogy) A mineral related to muscovite. • PARAGONITE n. a kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. |
| PEJORATING | • pejorating v. Present participle of pejorate. • PEJORATE v. to make worse. |
| 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). |
| PERIGONIAL | • perigonial adj. Of or related to the perigonium. • PERIGONIAL adj. of or like a perigone, an organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. |
| PERORATING | • perorating v. Present participle of perorate. • PERORATE v. to make a lengthy speech. |
| PIGNORATED | • pignorated v. Simple past tense and past participle of pignorate. • PIGNORATE v. (archaic) to pledge or pawn, also PIGNERATE. |
| PIGNORATES | • pignorates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pignorate. • PIGNORATE v. (archaic) to pledge or pawn, also PIGNERATE. |
| PRELOADING | • preloading n. (Slang) The practice of drinking alcohol before going out socially. • preloading v. Present participle of preload. • PRELOAD v. to load beforehand. |
| PRESOAKING | • presoaking v. Present participle of presoak. • presoaking n. The soaking of something in advance. • PRESOAK v. to soak beforehand. |
| READOPTING | • readopting v. Present participle of readopt. • READOPT v. to adopt again. |
| SAPROGENIC | • saprogenic adj. Causing or resulting from putrefaction. • SAPROGENIC adj. producing decay or putrefaction. |