| EPIGRAPH | • epigraph n. An inscription, especially on a building. • epigraph n. A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text. • epigraph n. (Mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function’s graph. |
| GOPHERED | • GOPHER v. to burrow, mine. |
| GRAPHEME | • grapheme n. A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet… • grapheme n. In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme. • GRAPHEME n. a unit of a writing system. |
| GRAPHENE | • graphene n. (Organic chemistry) Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite. • graphene n. (Inorganic chemistry) An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of… • GRAPHENE n. a film of graphite with a thickness of one atom. |
| GRAPHITE | • graphite n. An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes… • graphite n. Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light… • graphite n. A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil. |
| GRUMPHED | • grumphed v. Simple past tense and past participle of grumph. • GRUMPH v. (Scots) to grunt. |
| GRUMPHIE | • grumphie n. (Scotland) A sow (female pig). • GRUMPHIE n. (Scots) a pig, also GRUMPHY. |
| HYPERGOL | • hypergol n. (Chemistry, aeronautics) Any hypergolic propellant. • HYPERGOL n. a rocket fuel. |
| PERCHING | • perching v. Present participle of perch. • perching n. The act of something that perches. • perching n. (Textiles) Inspection of cloth before finishing. |
| PLIGHTER | • plighter n. One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges. • PLIGHTER n. one who, or that which, plights. |
| PLOUGHER | • plougher n. Alternative spelling of plower. • PLOUGHER n. one who ploughs, also PLOWER. |
| PREFIGHT | • prefight adj. Occurring before a fight. • PREFIGHT adj. preceding a fight. |
| PREWEIGH | • PREWEIGH v. to weigh beforehand. |
| PROPHAGE | • prophage n. (Biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome. • PROPHAGE n. a virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it. |
| REPLOUGH | • replough v. (Transitive) To plough again. • REPLOUGH v. to plough again, also REPLOW. |
| SPHERING | • sphering n. The practice of humans traveling in a sphere, generally made of transparent plastic, usually for fun. • SPHERE v. to form into a type of geometric solid circle. |
| SPREAGHS | • spreaghs n. Plural of spreagh. • SPREAGH n. (Gaelic) a cattle raid, a foray. |
| UPGATHER | • upgather v. (Obsolete) To gather up; to contract; to draw together. • UPGATHER v. to gather up. |