| APPOGGIATURA | • appoggiatura n. (Music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts… • APPOGGIATURA n. (Italian) a short note placed before a longer one. |
| APPOGGIATURE | • appoggiature n. Plural of appoggiatura. • APPOGGIATURA n. (Italian) a short note placed before a longer one. |
| DEPOPULATING | • depopulating v. Present participle of depopulate. • DEPOPULATE v. to reduce greatly the population of. |
| HIPPOPHAGOUS | • hippophagous adj. Feeding on horseflesh. • HIPPOPHAGOUS adj. eating horseflesh. |
| OPHIOPHAGOUS | • ophiophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on snakes. • OPHIOPHAGOUS adj. eating snakes. |
| OPPUGNANCIES | • oppugnancies n. Plural of oppugnancy. • OPPUGNANCY n. (Shakespeare) antagonism. |
| OUTCROPPINGS | • outcroppings n. Plural of outcropping. • OUTCROPPING n. an outcrop. |
| OUTSTRIPPING | • outstripping v. Present participle of outstrip. • outstripping n. The act or process of something being outstripped. • OUTSTRIP v. to go faster or further than. |
| POPULARISING | • popularising v. Present participle of popularise. • POPULARISE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARIZE. |
| POPULARIZING | • popularizing v. Present participle of popularize. • POPULARIZE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARISE. |
| PRECOMPUTING | • precomputing v. Present participle of precompute. • PRECOMPUTE v. to compute in advance. |
| PREOCCUPYING | • preoccupying v. Present participle of preoccupy. • PREOCCUPY v. to engross or fill the mind of. |
| PRESUPPOSING | • presupposing v. Present participle of presuppose. • PRESUPPOSE v. to suppose beforehand. |
| PROPUGNATION | • propugnation n. (Obsolete) means of defence; defence. • PROPUGNATION n. (Shakespeare) defence. |
| REPOPULATING | • repopulating v. Present participle of repopulate. • REPOPULATE v. to populate again. |
| UNSTOPPERING | • unstoppering v. Present participle of unstopper. • UNSTOPPER v. to take the stopper from. |
| XIPHOPAGUSES | • XIPHOPAGUS n. a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |