| BESPATTERING | • bespattering v. Present participle of bespatter. • bespattering n. The action or result of something being bespattered. • BESPATTER v. to soil by spattering. |
| CRYPTOGAMIST | • cryptogamist n. (Dated) One skilled in cryptogamic botany. • CRYPTOGAMIST n. one who studies cryptogams. |
| EARSPLITTING | • earsplitting adj. Extremely loud, painfully loud. • ear-splitting adj. Alternative spelling of earsplitting. • EARSPLITTING adj. distressingly loud or shrill. |
| PARATUNGSTIC | • PARATUNGSTIC adj. as in paratungstic acid. |
| PATROLOGISTS | • patrologists n. Plural of patrologist. • PATROLOGIST n. one who practises patrology, the study of early Christianity. |
| POETASTERING | • poetastering n. The writing of inferior poetry. • poetastering adj. Writing inferior poetry. • POETASTERING n. acting as a poetaster, an inferior poet. |
| PRAGMATICIST | • pragmaticist n. One who studies pragmatics. • PRAGMATICIST n. an adherent of pragmaticism. |
| PRAGMATISTIC | • pragmatistic adj. Relating to pragmatism; pragmatic. • PRAGMATISTIC adj. relating to pragmatism. |
| PREGUSTATION | • pregustation n. The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. • PREGUSTATION n. a foretaste. |
| PRESTIGIATOR | • prestigiator n. (Obsolete) A conjurer; a prestidigitator. • PRESTIGIATOR n. a conjurer, also PRESTIDIGITATOR. |
| PROTAGONISTS | • protagonists n. Plural of protagonist. • PROTAGONIST n. the principal character in a literary work. |
| STRATIGRAPHY | • stratigraphy n. (Geology) The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification). • stratigraphy n. (Archaeology) The layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site. • STRATIGRAPHY n. the study of geological layers or strata. |
| TELEGRAPHIST | • telegraphist n. A telegrapher. • TELEGRAPHIST n. a person who works a telegraph. |
| TETRAPLEGIAS | • tetraplegias n. Plural of tetraplegia. • TETRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRAPLEGIA, QUADRIPLEGIA. |
| TRANSPORTING | • transporting v. Present participle of transport. • transporting n. The transportation of a criminal. • TRANSPORTING adj. engrossing. |
| TRAPSHOOTING | • trapshooting n. The sport, similar to skeet, of shooting at thrown targets with a shotgun. • trap␣shooting n. The sport of shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons launched into the air, from a trap. • TRAPSHOOTING n. the sport of shooting from traps. |
| TYPOGRAPHIST | • typographist n. A typographer. • TYPOGRAPHIST n. one who does typography. |