| DISPARAGINGLY | • disparagingly adv. Insultingly. • DISPARAGING adv. DISPARAGE, to belittle; to match in marriage with an inferior. |
| DOPPELGANGERS | • doppelgangers n. Plural of doppelganger. • doppelgängers n. Plural of doppelgänger. • DOPPELGANGER n. (German) a ghostly counterpart of a living person. |
| GELANDESPRUNG | • gelandesprung n. (Skiing) A jump, usually over an obstacle, made in downhill skiing. • geländesprung n. (Skiing) Alternative form of gelandesprung. • GELANDESPRUNG n. a skiing jump from a crouch using both poles. |
| GLASSPAPERING | • glasspapering v. Present participle of glasspaper. • GLASSPAPER v. to sand with glasspaper (an abrasive composed of quartz granules on a paper backing). |
| HELIOGRAPHING | • heliographing v. Present participle of heliograph. • HELIOGRAPH v. to signal by heliograph. |
| HIEROGLYPHING | • hieroglyphing v. Present participle of hieroglyph. • HIEROGLYPH v. to represent by hieroglyphs. |
| JELLYGRAPHING | • jellygraphing v. Present participle of jellygraph. • JELLYGRAPH v. to copy by jellygraph, an old device for copying that used a plate of jelly. |
| LITHOGRAPHING | • lithographing v. Present participle of lithograph. • LITHOGRAPH v. to produce by lithography. |
| PARALANGUAGES | • paralanguages n. Plural of paralanguage. • PARALANGUAGE n. nonverbal elements which affect meaning of speech, as intonation, etc. |
| PLAYWRIGHTING | • playwrighting n. Writing plays: the craft of a playwright. • PLAYWRIGHTING n. the writing of plays. |
| PREGANGLIONIC | • preganglionic adj. (Anatomy) Describing the nerve fibres that supply a ganglion. • preganglionic n. Such a neuron. • PREGANGLIONIC adj. proximal to a ganglion. |
| PRESIGNALLING | • PRESIGNAL v. to signal in advance. |
| PRODIGALISING | • prodigalising v. Present participle of prodigalise. • PRODIGALISE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALIZE. |
| PRODIGALIZING | • prodigalizing v. Present participle of prodigalize. • PRODIGALIZE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALISE. |
| PROTOLANGUAGE | • protolanguage n. Alternative form of proto-language. • proto-language n. (Linguistics) A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages to try… • proto-language n. (Linguistics) The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires true language. |
| SPARKPLUGGING | • sparkplugging v. Present participle of sparkplug. • 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. |