| DISCOMPOSING | • discomposing v. Present participle of discompose. • discomposing adj. Unsettling; tending to discompose. • DISCOMPOSE v. to disarrange; to disturb. |
| ENCOMPASSING | • encompassing v. Present participle of encompass. • ENCOMPASS v. to surround. |
| GOSSIPMONGER | • gossipmonger n. A person who spreads gossip. • GOSSIPMONGER n. one who spreads gossip. |
| GYMNOSOPHIES | • GYMNOSOPHY n. deep contemplation performed while naked. |
| GYMNOSOPHIST | • gymnosophist n. One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic. • GYMNOSOPHIST n. one of a sect of naked ascetics of ancient India, also GYMNOSOPH. |
| IMPASSIONING | • impassioning v. Present participle of impassion. • IMPASSION v. to arouse the passions of. |
| IMPOSINGNESS | • imposingness n. The quality of being imposing. • IMPOSINGNESS n. the state of being imposing. |
| NEOPAGANISMS | • NEOPAGANISM n. a revival of paganism, or its spirit. |
| PHYSOSTIGMIN | • PHYSOSTIGMIN n. an alkaloid found in the Calabar bean used esp. in eye drops to reduce pressure inside the eyeball, aka eserine, also PHYSOSTIGMINE. |
| PLASMINOGENS | • plasminogens n. Plural of plasminogen. • PLASMINOGEN n. the precursor of plasmin that is found in blood plasma and serum. |
| PLASMOLYSING | • plasmolysing v. Present participle of plasmolyse. • PLASMOLYSE v. to undergo plasmolysis, the removal of water from a cell by osmosis, also PLASMOLYZE. |
| PROGNATHISMS | • prognathisms n. Plural of prognathism. • PROGNATHISM n. the state of having projecting jaws. |
| PROTAGONISMS | • PROTAGONISM n. the state of being a protagonist. |
| PSALMODISING | • psalmodising v. Present participle of psalmodise. • PSALMODISE v. to practise psalmody, also PSALMODIZE. |
| SHOWJUMPINGS | • SHOWJUMPING n. a competition in which a succession of riders on horseback have to jump a series of obstacles of different kinds. |
| TEMPORISINGS | • temporisings n. Plural of temporising. • TEMPORISING n. delaying so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision. |