| FINGERPOST | • fingerpost n. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached… • fingerpost n. The milepost itself. • finger-post n. A signpost. |
| HIPPOGRIFF | • hippogriff n. A mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly. • HIPPOGRIFF n. a fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin, also HIPPOGRYPH. |
| LIGHTPROOF | • lightproof adj. Sealed so that no light can enter. • LIGHTPROOF adj. impervious to light, also LIGHTTIGHT. |
| OFFSPRINGS | • offsprings n. Plural of offspring. • OFFSPRING n. progeny. |
| PERFORMING | • performing v. Present participle of perform. • performing n. A performance. • PERFORMING n. the act of doing something. |
| PREFORMING | • preforming v. Present participle of preform. • PREFORM v. to form beforehand. |
| PROFESSING | • professing v. Present participle of profess. • PROFESS v. to affirm openly. |
| PROFFERING | • proffering v. Present participle of proffer. • proffering n. The act by which something is proferred. • PROFFER v. to present for acceptance. |
| PROFILINGS | • profilings n. Plural of profiling. • PROFILING n. the process of compiling a profile of a person's physical (e.g. DNA) or psychological characteristics. |
| PROFITINGS | • profitings n. Plural of profiting. • PROFITING n. the act of profiting. |
| PROFLIGACY | • profligacy n. (Countable) Careless wastefulness. • profligacy n. (Uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour. • PROFLIGACY n. the state of being profligate. |
| PROFLIGATE | • profligate adj. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. • profligate adj. Immoral; abandoned to vice. • profligate adj. (Obsolete) Overthrown, ruined. |
| PROSIFYING | • prosifying v. Present participle of prosify. • PROSIFY v. to write prose. |
| REPROOFING | • reproofing v. Present participle of reproof. • REPROOF v. to make waterproof again. |
| SPONGIFORM | • spongiform adj. Like a sponge, porous, full of holes. • SPONGIFORM adj. resembling a sponge; soft and porous. |
| SPRINGFORM | • springform n. (Often attributive) A round baking tin with a rim that can be detached from the base. |
| TORPEFYING | • torpefying v. Present participle of torpefy. • TORPEFY v. to make numb or torpid. |