| APPLAUDING | • applauding v. Present participle of applaud. • applauding n. Applause. • APPLAUD v. to express approval by clapping the hands. |
| EMPURPLING | • empurpling v. Present participle of empurple. • EMPURPLE v. to dye purple, also IMPURPLE. |
| IMPURPLING | • impurpling v. Present participle of impurple. • IMPURPLE v. to dye purple, also EMPURPLE. |
| PLAYGROUPS | • playgroups n. Plural of playgroup. • PLAYGROUP n. an informal, sometimes voluntarily run group having morning or afternoon sessions attended by preschool children. |
| PLUMPENING | • plumpening v. Present participle of plumpen. • PLUMPEN v. to plump, to make well rounded and full in form. |
| POPULATING | • populating v. Present participle of populate. • POPULATE v. to inhabit. |
| PROPAGULES | • propagules n. Plural of propagule. • PROPAGULE n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULUM. |
| PROPAGULUM | • propagulum n. (Botany) A runner terminated by a germinating bud. • propagulum n. A gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algae. • PROPAGULUM n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULE. |
| PULPIFYING | • pulpifying v. Present participle of pulpify. • PULPIFY v. to reduce to pulp. |
| PUPILLAGES | • pupillages n. Plural of pupillage. • PUPILLAGE n. the state of being a pupil or under age, also PUPILAGE. |
| SEPTUPLING | • septupling v. Present participle of septuple. • SEPTUPLE v. to make seven times as great. |
| SPARKPLUGS | • sparkplugs n. Plural of sparkplug. • spark␣plugs n. Plural of spark plug. • SPARKPLUG v. to spark something off, in the manner of a sparkplug in a car carrying wires between which an electric spark passes to fire the explosive mixture of gases. |
| UNCLIPPING | • unclipping v. Present participle of unclip. • UNCLIP v. to remove a fastening device. |
| UNPEOPLING | • unpeopling v. Present participle of unpeople. • UNPEOPLE v. to remove people from. |
| UNSLIPPING | • unslipping adj. That does not slip. • UNSLIPPING adj. not slipping. |