| 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. |
| FINGERTIPS | • fingertips n. Plural of fingertip. • FINGERTIP n. the end of the finger. |
| GRAPEFRUIT | • grapefruit n. The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange. • grapefruit n. The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree. • GRAPEFRUIT n. a large, round, yellow-skinned citrus fruit, so called because it grows in large bunches like grapes. |
| LIGHTPROOF | • lightproof adj. Sealed so that no light can enter. • LIGHTPROOF adj. impervious to light, also LIGHTTIGHT. |
| PERFECTING | • perfecting v. Present participle of perfect. • perfecting n. (Printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through… • PERFECT v. to make faultless. |
| PETRIFYING | • petrifying adj. Causing immense fear; extremely scary. • petrifying v. Present participle of petrify. • PETRIFY v. to convert into a stony substance. |
| PREFLIGHTS | • preflights n. Plural of preflight. • PREFLIGHT v. to inspect an aircraft before flight. |
| PRESIFTING | • presifting v. Present participle of presift. • PRESIFT v. to sift beforehand. |
| PRIZEFIGHT | • prizefight n. A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money). • PRIZEFIGHT n. a professional boxing match. |
| PROFITINGS | • profitings n. Plural of profiting. • PROFITING n. the act of profiting. |
| PROFLIGATE | • profligate adj. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. • profligate adj. Immoral; abandoned to vice. • profligate adj. (Obsolete) Overthrown, ruined. |
| PUTREFYING | • putrefying v. Present participle of putrefy. • PUTREFY v. to make or become putrid. |
| SPRIGHTFUL | • sprightful adj. Sprightly; spirited; lively; animated. • SPRIGHTFUL adj. (obsolete) full of spirit or of life. |
| TORPEFYING | • torpefying v. Present participle of torpefy. • TORPEFY v. to make numb or torpid. |