(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
handspring
handspring
noun
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
handygripe
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
lipreading
lipreading
noun
The act of reading lips.
verb
present participle of lipread
paradingly
paradingly
adv
Like a parade; ostentatiously; triumphantly.
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
phryganeid
phryganeid
noun
(zoology) Any caddis fly belonging to the family Phryganeidae.
pignorated
pignorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pignorate
pinnigrada
pinnigrade
pinnigrade
noun
(zoology) An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve as paddles.
placarding
placarding
verb
present participle of placard
podarginae
pollarding
pollarding
verb
present participle of pollard
poniarding
poniarding
verb
present participle of poniard
predealing
predrawing
preevading
pregrading
pyramiding
pyramiding
noun
(finance) Synonym of pyramid trading
A form of tax evasion in which an employer that withholds payroll taxes from employees intentionally fails to remit those withholdings to the taxing authority, often then filing for bankruptcy to repeat the fraud under a new name.
A shell deformity in captive turtles, leading to a pyramid shape underlying each scute.
The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.
verb
present participle of pyramid
readapting
readapting
verb
present participle of readapt
readopting
readopting
verb
present participle of readopt
repleading
repleading
verb
present participle of replead
spinigrade
spinigrade
adj
(zoology) Moving by means of spines.
spraddling
spraddling
verb
present participle of spraddle
spreadings
spreadings
noun
plural of spreading
springdale
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
unpoignard
upbraiding
upbraiding
adj
Reproachful; chiding; censorious.
noun
An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
verb
present participle of upbraid
uphoarding
uphoarding
verb
present participle of uphoard
wingspread
wingspread
noun
The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.