| PARCELLING | • parcelling v. (Britain) present participle of parcel. • parcelling n. (Nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage… • PARCEL v. to divide into parts or shares. |
| PATROLLING | • patrolling v. Present participle of patrol. • patrolling n. The act of going on patrol. • PATROL v. to guard by moving and watching. |
| PELLAGRINS | • pellagrins n. Plural of pellagrin. • PELLAGRIN n. one who is afflicted with pellagra, a nervous and digestive disease due to deficiency of nicotinic acid in the diet. |
| PETROLLING | • PETROL v. to supply with petrol (gasoline). |
| PILLORYING | • pillorying v. Present participle of pillory. • PILLORY v. to hold up to public ridicule. |
| POLLARDING | • pollarding v. Present participle of pollard. • POLLARD v. to cut the top branches of a tree back to the trunk. |
| PREBILLING | • prebilling v. Present participle of prebill. • PREBILL v. to bill beforehand. |
| PRELINGUAL | • prelingual adj. Before learning language. • prelingual adj. (Anatomy) anterior to the tongue. • PRELINGUAL adj. before the use of language. |
| PRESELLING | • preselling v. Present participle of presell. • PRESELL v. to promote a product not yet available to the public. |
| PRETELLING | • pretelling v. Present participle of pretell. • PRETELL v. to tell beforehand. |
| PROPELLING | • propelling v. Present participle of propel. • propelling n. An act of driving or urging onward; propulsion. • PROPELLING n. the act of causing a move forward or onward. |
| PROWLINGLY | • prowlingly adv. In a prowling manner. • PROWLING adv. stealthy. |
| RAPPELLING | • rappelling v. Present participle of rappel. • rappelling n. A system used to descend heights with a rope. • RAPPELLING n. descending by rope. |
| RESPELLING | • respelling n. A different spelling of a word, especially to show its pronunciation. • respelling v. Present participle of respell. • RESPELLING n. the act of respelling. |
| RIPPLINGLY | • ripplingly adv. With a rippling motion. • RIPPLING adv. making ripples. |
| SPIRALLING | • spiralling v. (British spelling) present participle of spiral. • spiralling n. Movement in a spiral. • SPIRAL v. to move in spiral fashion. |
| TROLLOPING | • trolloping v. Present participle of trollop. • TROLLOP v. to act or dress like a trollop. |
| WELLSPRING | • wellspring n. The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead. • wellspring n. (Figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource. • WELLSPRING n. a fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. |