| ADAPTOGENS | • adaptogens n. Plural of adaptogen. • ADAPTOGEN n. any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine as regulators. |
| DEPOSITING | • depositing v. Present participle of deposit. • depositing n. Deposition. • DEPOSIT v. to place. |
| FRONTPAGED | • FRONTPAGE v. to put on the front page of a newspaper. |
| GASTEROPOD | • gasteropod n. Alternative form of gastropod. • GASTEROPOD n. any mollusc of the class Gastropoda, that includes the snails, whelks, limpets, and slugs, also GASTROPOD. |
| GODPARENTS | • godparents n. Plural of godparent. • GODPARENT n. a person who, at baptism, guarantees a child's religious education. |
| GUIDEPOSTS | • guideposts n. Plural of guidepost. • GUIDEPOST n. a post to guide the traveller. |
| PATRONAGED | • patronaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of patronage. • PATRONAGE v. (Shakespeare) to countenance. |
| PEDOLOGIST | • pedologist n. A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed. • pedologist n. A scientist who specializes in pedology. • pedologist n. A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems. |
| PIGNORATED | • pignorated v. Simple past tense and past participle of pignorate. • PIGNORATE v. (archaic) to pledge or pawn, also PIGNERATE. |
| PORTENDING | • portending v. Present participle of portend. • PORTEND v. to serve as an omen of. |
| PROPAGATED | • propagated v. Simple past tense and past participle of propagate. • PROPAGATE v. to increase by natural process; to multiply. |
| PROROGATED | • prorogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of prorogate. • PROROGATE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGUE. |
| PROTENDING | • protending v. Present participle of protend. • PROTEND v. (archaic) to stretch forth, hold out. |
| PTERYGOIDS | • pterygoids n. Plural of pterygoid. • PTERYGOID n. a paired bone of the upper jaw. |
| READOPTING | • readopting v. Present participle of readopt. • READOPT v. to adopt again. |
| SIGNPOSTED | • signposted v. Simple past tense and past participle of signpost. • SIGNPOST v. to provide with posts bearing signs. |
| SPLODGIEST | • splodgiest adj. Superlative form of splodgy: most splodgy. • SPLODGY adj. covered with splodges. |
| STEGANOPOD | • steganopod n. (Zoology) Any of the Steganopodes. • STEGANOPOD n. any bird of the pelican order. |
| TORPEDOING | • torpedoing v. Present participle of torpedo. • torpedoing n. The act of firing a torpedo. • TORPEDO v. to attack with a torpedo. |