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
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
grapestone
grapestone
noun
(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
A seed of the grape.
hempstring
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
parentages
parentages
noun
plural of parentage
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
pendergast
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
persisting
persisting
noun
persistence
verb
present participle of persist
perstringe
perstringe
verb
(now archaic or literary) To censure; criticize.
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
pregustant
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
protogenes
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
spattering
spattering
noun
Something spattered.
verb
present participle of spatter
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
sporangite
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
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
stoppering
stoppering
verb
present participle of stopper
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.