| GRAPESHOT | • grapeshot n. (Historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. • GRAPESHOT n. clustered iron shot that scatters when fired. |
| GRAPHITES | • graphites n. Plural of graphite. • GRAPHITE n. a soft variety of carbon. |
| PAUGHTIER | • PAUGHTY adj. (Scots) haughty. |
| PLIGHTERS | • plighters n. Plural of plighter. • PLIGHTER n. one who, or that which, plights. |
| POTHERING | • pothering v. Present participle of pother. • POTHER v. to make a commotion. |
| PREBOUGHT | • prebought v. Simple past tense and past participle of prebuy. • PREBUY v. to buy in advance. |
| PREFLIGHT | • preflight adj. Taking place before the start of a flight. • preflight adj. (Computing) Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request. • preflight n. An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight. |
| PREGROWTH | • pregrowth n. A period before growth begins. • pregrowth adj. Prior to growth. • PREGROWTH n. the period before something begins to grow. |
| SPRIGHTED | • sprighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of spright. • SPRIGHT v. (Shakespeare) to haunt. |
| TELEGRAPH | • telegraph n. (Uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long… • telegraph n. (Chiefly historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit… • telegraph n. (Video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take. |
| TEPHIGRAM | • tephigram n. (Meteorology) A graph that shows how dew point is dependent on temperature and entropy. • TEPHIGRAM n. a diagram on which information about vertical variation in the atmosphere is plotted. |
| THREAPING | • threaping v. Present participle of threap. • THREAP v. (Scots) to dispute, also THREEP. |
| THREEPING | • THREEP v. (Scots) to dispute, also THREAP. |
| TIGHTROPE | • tightrope n. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. • tightrope n. (Figuratively) a difficult or desperate situation. • tightrope v. To walk on a tightrope. |
| TRAGELAPH | • tragelaph n. Any member of the genus Tragelaphus of spiral-horned antelopes. • TRAGELAPH n. (Greek) a fabulous animal, part goat, part stag. |
| UPGATHERS | • upgathers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upgather. • UPGATHER v. to gather up. |
| UPLIGHTER | • uplighter n. Synonym of uplight. • UPLIGHTER n. a light-fitting that throws light upwards. |
| UPRIGHTED | • uprighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of upright. • UPRIGHT v. to raise or restore to an upright position. |
| UPTIGHTER | • uptighter adj. Comparative form of uptight: more uptight. • UPTIGHT adj. tense; straitlaced. |