(botany, of a cotyledon) Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated
galipot
galipot
noun
An unrefined turpentine obtained from some European pines
galopin
galopin
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A boy employed in a kitchen.
galuppi
graplin
graplin
Noun
A grapnel (small anchor).
grippal
lamping
lamping
adj
(archaic) Bright, flashing, resplendent.
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of hunting, at night, in which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
verb
present participle of lamp
lapling
lapling
noun
(derogatory, archaic) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights.
lapping
lapping
noun
(accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
(firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
(music, lutherie, bowmaking) Lengths of fine wire, silver, gold, silk or whalebone wrapped tightly around the bow stick adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel of the bow.
A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
verb
present participle of lap
lapsing
lapsing
noun
The act or process by which something lapses.
verb
present participle of lapse
lapwing
lapwing
noun
A silly man.
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
leaping
leaping
verb
present participle and gerund of leap
legaspi
legazpi
magilps
magilps
noun
plural of magilp
paginal
paginal
adj
Of or pertaining to a page; consisting of pages
palings
palings
noun
plural of paling
palling
palling
verb
present participle of pal
present participle of pall
palming
palming
verb
present participle of palm
parling
parling
verb
present participle of parle
pauling
pauling
Proper noun
Linus Pauling, American chemist
pawling
pawling
verb
present participle of pawl
pealing
pealing
noun
The sound made by bells as they peal.
verb
present participle of peal
pelagia
pelagic
pelagic
adj
(biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
Of or pertaining to oceans.
noun
(biology) Any organism that lives in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
pelargi
pelasgi
pelasgi
Noun
Pelasgians
pigalle
pigtail
pigtail
noun
(electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.
(informal) A person who wears a pigtail or queue.
(medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
A braided plait of hair; now especially, either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head.
The flamingo flower (anthurium)
The tail of a pig.
Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
piligan
pillage
pillage
noun
The act of pillaging.
The spoils of war.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
placing
placing
noun
The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.
The condition of being placed.
The position of a competitor at the end of a race.
verb
present participle of place
plagium
plagium
noun
(Scots Law) abduction, especially of a child
planing
planing
noun
The act by which something is planed.
verb
present participle of plane
plating
plating
noun
(philately) An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
A coating or defensive armour of metal plates.
A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
The presentation of food that is ready to be served.
verb
present participle of plate
playing
playing
noun
(gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
verb
present participle of play
plygain
plygain
noun
A Welsh custom of singing carols at dawn on Christmas morning.
poligar
poligar
noun
(historical) A territorial administrative and military governor appointed by the Nayaka rulers of South India during the 16th–18th centuries.
sapling
sapling
noun
(figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.