| DISPLACING | • displacing v. Present participle of displace. • DISPLACE v. to put in the wrong place. |
| FALLACIOUS | • fallacious adj. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken. • fallacious adj. Deceptive or misleading. • FALLACIOUS adj. embodying or pertaining to a fallacy. |
| GLACIALIST | • glacialist n. One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers. • GLACIALIST n. a person who studies the geological effect of ice, also GLACIOLOGIST. |
| GLACIATING | • glaciating v. Present participle of glaciate. • GLACIATE v. to cover with glaciers. |
| GLACIATION | • glaciation n. The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena;… • glaciation n. A particular instance of glacier formation. • glaciation n. The act of freezing. |
| GLACIOLOGY | • glaciology n. (Geography) The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers. • GLACIOLOGY n. the study of ice ages and glaciation. |
| HELLACIOUS | • hellacious adj. Horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing. • hellacious adj. Nasty, repellent. • hellacious adj. (Slang) Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual. |
| LACINESSES | • LACINESS n. the quality of being lacy. |
| LACINIATED | • laciniated adj. Alternative form of laciniate. • LACINIATED adj. cut into narrow lobes; finely fringed, also LACINIATE. |
| MARLACIOUS | • marlacious adj. (Geology) Containing large quantities of marl. • MARLACIOUS adj. containing marl. |
| MISPLACING | • misplacing v. Present participle of misplace. • misplacing n. Incorrect placement. • MISPLACE v. to put in a wrong place. |
| NECKLACING | • necklacing v. Present participle of necklace. • necklacing n. (South Africa) A method of informal execution using a burning necklace (petrol filled tyre); in which… • NECKLACING n. (South African) the punishment of having a petrol-soaked tyre placed round the neck or shoulders and set alight, traditionally used by black people on those thought to be government sympathizers. |
| OUTPLACING | • outplacing v. Present participle of outplace. • OUTPLACE v. to find new employment for a redundant worker. |
| PALACINKES | • PALACINKE n. a thin crjpe-like variety of pancake common in Central and Eastern Europe. |
| PLACIDNESS | • placidness n. The state or quality of being placid. • PLACIDNESS n. the state of being placid. |
| PREGLACIAL | • preglacial adj. Before an ice age (usually referring to the Pliocene). • PREGLACIAL adj. formed or occurring before a glacial period, esp. before the Pleistocene epoch. |
| PREPLACING | • preplacing v. Present participle of preplace. • PREPLACE v. to place beforehand. |
| SALACITIES | • salacities n. Plural of salacity. • SALACITY n. lewdness. |
| SUBGLACIAL | • subglacial adj. Formed, or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice. • subglacial adj. (Informal) Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier. • SUBGLACIAL adj. of or relating to the bottom of a glacier or the area immediately underlying a glacier. |
| THYLACINES | • thylacines n. Plural of thylacine. • THYLACINE n. the Tasmanian wolf. |