| APTERYGIAL | • apterygial adj. (Zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings. • APTERYGIAL adj. wingless; finless. |
| CAPERINGLY | • caperingly adv. In a capering manner. • CAPERING adv. CAPER, to leap or skip like a goat. |
| CREEPINGLY | • creepingly adv. By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly. • CREEPING adv. CREEP, to advance stealthily. |
| FINGERPLAY | • fingerplay n. A rhyme for young children consisting of a set of hand movements coordinated with a song or chant. |
| HIEROGLYPH | • hieroglyph n. An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system. • hieroglyph n. (Informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol. • hieroglyph v. To represent by hieroglyphs. |
| HYGROPHILE | • HYGROPHILE n. a plant loving moist places, also HYDROPHILE. |
| HYPERGOLIC | • hypergolic adj. (Chemistry, aeronautics, of a reactant, fuel, or propellant) Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidiser. • hypergolic adj. (Chemistry, aeronautics, of a reaction) Involving such a hypergolic agent. • HYPERGOLIC adj. igniting on contact, applied e.g. to rocket fuel which ignites spontaneously on contact with an oxidizing agent. |
| LEXIGRAPHY | • lexigraphy n. (Uncountable) The representation of words in writing. • lexigraphy n. (Countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words. • LEXIGRAPHY n. the art of the definition of words. |
| OVERPLYING | • overplying v. Present participle of overply. • OVERPLY v. to ply to excess; overwork. |
| PARGYLINES | • pargylines n. Plural of pargyline. • PARGYLINE n. a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. |
| PIERCINGLY | • piercingly adv. In a piercing manner. • PIERCING adv. penetrating, very acute. |
| PRECYCLING | • precycling v. Present participle of precycle. • PRECYCLE v. (of a consumer) to avoid waste by preferring to buy products with minimal packaging. |
| PRESSINGLY | • pressingly adv. With a sense of urgency, because it is very important. • pressingly adv. Importantly. Often used with more in this sense. • pressingly adv. With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement. |
| PTERYGIALS | • PTERYGIAL n. a bone in a fin. |
| PYROLOGIES | • PYROLOGY n. the scientific examination of materials by heat. |
| REAPPLYING | • reapplying v. Present participle of reapply. • REAPPLY v. to apply again. |
| REPININGLY | • repiningly adv. With repining or murmuring in complaint. • REPININGLY adv. REPINING. |
| REPLEVYING | • replevying v. Present participle of replevy. • REPLEVY v. to regain possession by legal action, also REPLEVIN. |
| SUPERLYING | • superlying v. Present participle of superlie. • SUPERLIE v. to lie above. |
| TAPERINGLY | • taperingly adv. In a tapering manner; growing thinner towards one end. • TAPERING adv. becoming smaller towards one end. |