| BACKPEDAL | • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle. • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To step backwards. • backpedal v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| BIPEDALLY | • bipedally adv. In the manner of an animal that walks on two feet, two legs. • BIPEDAL adv. having two feet. |
| EPEDAPHIC | • epedaphic adj. (Ecology) That lives on or above the ground. • epedaphic adj. (Meteorology) Relating to atmospheric conditions. • EPEDAPHIC adj. pertaining to atmospheric conditions. |
| IMPEDANCE | • impedance n. The act of impeding; that which impedes; a hindrance. • impedance n. (Physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation… • impedance n. (Physics) A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain. |
| OVERPEDAL | • overpedal v. (Music, intransitive) To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud. • OVERPEDAL v. to make excessive use of the sustaining pedal of a piano. |
| PEDAGOGIC | • pedagogic adj. Synonym of pedagogical. • PEDAGOGIC adj. like a pedagogue, also PAEDAGOGIC, PEDAGOGICAL. |
| PEDAGOGUE | • pedagogue n. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young. • pedagogue n. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the… • pedagogue n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master’s children to school, and had the charge of them generally. |
| PEDALBOAT | • pedalboat n. (Nautical) a pedalo. • PEDALBOAT n. a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure. |
| PEDALCARS | • pedal␣cars n. Plural of pedal car. • PEDALCAR n. a four-wheeled vehicle that is operated by pedals, usually a child's toy. |
| PEDALFERS | • pedalfers n. Plural of pedalfer. • PEDALFER n. a type of soil, typical of a humid region. |
| PEDALIERS | • PEDALIER n. the pedal keyboard of an organ. |
| PEDALLERS | • pedallers n. Plural of pedaller. • PEDALLER n. someone who uses pedals, also PEDALER. |
| PEDALLING | • pedalling v. (Britain) present participle of pedal. • pedalling n. Alternative form of pedaling. • PEDALLING n. the act of pedalling. |
| PEDANTISE | • pedantise v. Alternative form of pedantize. • PEDANTISE v. to play the pedant, also PEDANTIZE. |
| PEDANTISM | • pedantism n. (Rare) Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant. • PEDANTISM n. pedantry, also PEDANTICISM. |
| PEDANTIZE | • pedantize v. (Intransitive) To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. • PEDANTIZE v. to play the pedant, also PEDANTISE. |
| PEDATIFID | • pedatifid adj. (Botany) Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; said of a leaf. • PEDATIFID adj. of a leaf, cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base. |