A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
hempstring
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
partridges
partridges
noun
plural of partridge
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
persisting
persisting
noun
persistence
verb
present participle of persist
perstringe
perstringe
verb
(now archaic or literary) To censure; criticize.
petrissage
petrissage
noun
(massage) A form of massage involving kneading or wringing the skin with one's fingers, knuckles and thumbs.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
plastering
plastering
noun
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
verb
present participle of plaster
postsigner
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
predigests
predigests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predigest
predisgust
presagient
presenting
presenting
verb
present participle of present
presetting
presetting
verb
present participle of preset
presifting
presifting
verb
present participle of presift
prestating
prestoring
pretasting
pretasting
verb
present participle of pretaste
pretesting
pretesting
verb
present participle of pretest
priestling
priestling
noun
(derogatory) A petty, insignificant priest.
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
pterygiums
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
respecting
respecting
prep
regarding; considering
verb
present participle of respect
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
sceptering
sceptering
verb
present participle of scepter
separating
separating
adj
(zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.
noun
An instance of separating.
verb
present participle and gerund of separate
spaewright
spattering
spattering
noun
Something spattered.
verb
present participle of spatter
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
splurgiest
splurgiest
adj
superlative form of splurgy: most splurgy
sporangite
spriggiest
springiest
springiest
adj
superlative form of springy: most springy
springtide
springtide
noun
(literary, poetic) The springtime.
Alternative spelling of spring tide.
springtime
springtime
noun
The season of spring, between winter and summer.
sputtering
sputtering
noun
A noise that sputters.
The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.
verb
present participle of sputter
stoppering
stoppering
verb
present participle of stopper
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.