| CLOMPING | • clomping v. Present participle of clomp. • clomping adj. That clomps. • clomping n. The sound of walking with heavy footfalls. |
| EMPLONGE | • EMPLONGE v. (Spenser) to plunge, also IMPLUNGE. |
| GLOWLAMP | • glowlamp n. An aphlogistic lamp. • glowlamp n. An incandescent lamp. • glow-lamp n. (Archaic) A light bulb. |
| LIPOGRAM | • lipogram n. (Literature) A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols. • LIPOGRAM n. a piece of writing that avoids one or more letters of the alphabet. |
| LONGJUMP | • long␣jump n. An athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up;… • long␣jump v. To perform a long jump; to compete in the long jump event. • LONGJUMP v. to jump for distance from a running start. |
| MEGAFLOP | • megaflop n. (Computing) megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second). • megaflop n. (Informal) A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure. • MEGAFLOP n. a measure of computing speed in terms of number of floating point operations per second. |
| MEGALOPS | • megalops n. (Zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the… • megalops n. A large fish; the tarpum. • MEGALOPS n. a larval stage of most crabs. |
| MOPINGLY | • mopingly adv. While moping; sulkily. • MOPING adv. MOPE, to be listless or depressed. |
| PHLEGMON | • phlegmon n. A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis. • PHLEGMON n. an inflammation with pus. |
| PLUMBAGO | • plumbago n. (Botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. • plumbago n. (Mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite. • Plumbago prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – the leadworts. |
| POLYGAMS | • polygams n. Plural of polygam. • POLYGAM n. (Greek) a plant with male, female and hermaphrodite flowers together. |
| POLYGAMY | • polygamy n. The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time. • polygamy n. (Often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the… • polygamy n. (Zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate. |
| POMOLOGY | • pomology n. (Botany) The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit. • pomology n. (Botany) The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit. • pomology n. A work or treatise written on this subject. |
| PROMULGE | • promulge v. (Transitive) To promulgate; to publish or teach. • PROMULGE v. (archaic) to proclaim or announce publicly, also PROMULGATE. |