| APOSTATISING | • apostatising v. Present participle of apostatise. • APOSTATISE v. to change one's religious allegiance; forsake one's principles, also APOSTATIZE. |
| APOSTATIZING | • apostatizing v. Present participle of apostatize. • APOSTATIZE v. to change one's religious allegiance; forsake one's principles, also APOSTATISE. |
| CONSTIPATING | • constipating v. Present participle of constipate. • CONSTIPATE v. to cause constipation in. |
| ESPAGNOLETTE | • espagnolette n. A locking device normally mounted on a pair French windows or casement window. • ESPAGNOLETTE n. (French) the fastening of a French window. |
| PANTOPHAGIST | • pantophagist n. One who eats all kinds of food. • PANTOPHAGIST n. an omnivore. |
| PHOTOSTATING | • photostating v. Present participle of photostat. • PHOTOSTAT v. to make facsimiles by this means. |
| PLECTOGNATHS | • plectognaths n. Plural of plectognath. • PLECTOGNATH n. any spiny-finned marine fish of the mainly tropical order Plectognathi, that includes puffers, triggerfish, trunkfish and sunfish. |
| POETASTERING | • poetastering n. The writing of inferior poetry. • poetastering adj. Writing inferior poetry. • POETASTERING n. acting as a poetaster, an inferior poet. |
| POSTILLATING | • postillating v. Present participle of postillate. • POSTILLATE v. to explain by marginal notes. |
| POTAMOGETONS | • potamogetons n. Plural of potamogeton. • POTAMOGETON n. a plant of the pondweed genus of water plants, with floating and submerged leaves. |
| PREGUSTATION | • pregustation n. The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. • PREGUSTATION n. a foretaste. |
| PROTAGONISTS | • protagonists n. Plural of protagonist. • PROTAGONIST n. the principal character in a literary work. |
| SNAPSHOTTING | • snapshotting v. Present participle of snapshot. • SNAPSHOT v. to photograph informally and quickly. |
| SOMATOTYPING | • somatotyping v. Present participle of somatotype. • SOMATOTYPE v. to place with regard to somatotype. |
| 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. |