| PAREGORIC | • paregoric n. A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or relieves pain; specifically the traditional patent medicine… • paregoric adj. Assuaging or soothing pain. • PAREGORIC adj. soothing, lessening pain. |
| PARROTING | • parroting v. Present participle of parrot. • parroting n. Mindless repetition of words or ideas. • PARROT v. to repeat without thought or understanding. |
| PORRIDGES | • porridges n. Plural of porridge. • PORRIDGE n. a soft meal of oatmeal, also PARRIDGE, PARRITCH. |
| PORRINGER | • porringer n. A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge. • porringer n. (Obsolete) A headdress shaped like such a dish. • PORRINGER n. a small dish for soup or porridge, also PORRENGER, POTTINGER. |
| PORTERING | • portering v. Present participle of porter. • PORTER v. to carry luggage. |
| PROCURING | • procuring v. Present participle of procure. • PROCURING n. the act of obtaining. |
| PROGERIAS | • progerias n. Plural of progeria. • PROGERIA n. a syndrome of children characterized by physical symptoms suggestive of premature senility. |
| PRORATING | • prorating v. Present participle of prorate. • PRORATE v. to divide proportionately. |
| REPORTING | • reporting n. (Economics, journalism) The creation of reports, as for a business or a journal. • reporting v. Present participle of report. • REPORTING adj. giving an account of. |
| REPOURING | • repouring v. Present participle of repour. • REPOUR v. to pour again. |
| REPROBING | • reprobing n. Probing again. • REPROBE v. to probe again. |
| REPROVING | • reproving v. Present participle of reprove. • reproving adj. Expressing reproof; reproachful or admonishing. • reproving n. The act of giving a reproof. |
| SPIROGRAM | • spirogram n. A graph of respiratory movement. • SPIROGRAM n. a record made by a spirograph, an instrument recording movements of breathing. |
| SPIROGYRA | • spirogyra n. Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged… • SPIROGYRA n. any of various minute green filamentous freshwater algae constituting the genus Spirogyra. |
| UPROARING | • uproaring v. Present participle of uproar. • UPROAR v. (Shakespeare) to throw into uproar or confusion. |