(law) A technique of boycotting a judge by the Public Defender's Office by filing a request for a different judge in every case assigned to this judge.
Wallpaper.
verb
present participle of paper
parading
parading
noun
The act of one who parades.
verb
present participle of parade
paragons
paragons
noun
plural of paragon
parasang
parasang
noun
A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres.
parawing
parawing
noun
Synonym of Rogallo wing
parching
parching
adj
Causing something or someone to parch; extremely drying.
Very thirsty; parched.
noun
The condition of being parched; absolute dryness.
The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn.
verb
present participle of parch
parergon
parergon
noun
A piece of work that is supplementary to or a byproduct of a larger work.
pargings
pargings
noun
plural of parging.
pariglin
parkings
parkings
noun
plural of parking
paroling
paroling
verb
present participle of parole
parrying
parrying
noun
The act of one who parries.
verb
present participle of parry
parsings
parsings
noun
plural of parsing
partigen
partings
partings
noun
plural of parting
partying
partying
verb
present participle of party
passgang
passings
passings
noun
plural of passing
patching
patching
noun
The act of one who patches.
verb
present participle of patch
pathogen
pathogen
noun
(pathology, immunology) Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.
patining
patining
verb
present participle of patine
paulding
paulding
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Mississippi, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a village in Ohio, USA, which is the county seat of
pawnages
pawnages
noun
plural of pawnage
payaguan
peaching
peaching
verb
present participle of peach
pearling
pearling
noun
The process by which grain is pearled.
The voyage of hunting for pearls.
verb
present participle of pearl
pechenga
pechenga
Proper noun
A town in Russia
pedaling
pedaling
noun
(music) The set of pedal movements to be performed when playing a piano or organ.
verb
present participle of pedal
peganite
pegasean
pegasean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
Of or pertaining to to poetry.
pegasian
pelagian
pelagian
adj
(archaic) pelagic; of or pertaining to the sea.
penargyl
pentagon
pentagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.
A fort with five bastions.
pentagyn
peonages
peonages
noun
plural of peonage
pergamon
pergamyn
perigean
perigean
adj
Pertaining to the perigee.
perugian
perugian
Adjective
Pertaining to Perugia.
Noun
A native or resident of Perugia.
petaling
petaling
verb
present participle of petal
phalange
phalange
noun
(anatomy) A phalanx.
(botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
(obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.).
(zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
A phalanstery.
phialing
phialing
verb
present participle of phial
phrasing
phrasing
noun
The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
verb
present participle of phrase
phrygian
phrygian
Adjective
Of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture.
In the Phrygian language.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
Proper noun
The language of the Phrygian people.
Phrygian mode
piaffing
piaffing
verb
present participle of piaffe
pignolia
pignolia
noun
A pine nut; the edible seed of a pine tree.
pingrass
pingrass
noun
Alternative form of pin grass
pinkiang
pirating
pirating
verb
present participle of pirate
pitangua
pitangua
noun
The boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua.
plaguing
plaguing
noun
annoyance; harassment
verb
present participle of plague
plaiding
plaiding
noun
plaid cloth
plaining
plaining
noun
A lamentation.
verb
present participle of plain
plaiting
plaiting
noun
plaited material
verb
present participle of plait
plangent
plangent
adj
(rare) Beating, dashing, as waves.
Having a loud, mournful sound.
plankage
planking
planking
noun
A series of planks; a group of planks.
The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
verb
present participle of plank
planning
planning
noun
(informal, Britain) Planning permission.
(uncountable) Action of the verb to plan.
The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
The act of making contingency plans.
verb
present participle of plan
plantage
plantage
noun
Plants, vegetation; specifically, the planting or cultivation of plants.
plantago
planting
planting
noun
A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.
A plantation.
The act of setting a plant in the ground for growth.
verb
present participle of plant
plashing
plashing
noun
A sound that plashes, as of water.
The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.
The dashing or sprinkling of colouring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.
verb
present participle of plash
platings
platings
noun
plural of plating
platting
platting
noun
(archaic) plaited strips of bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.
verb
present participle of plat
pleading
pleading
adj
That pleads.
noun
(law) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.
The act of making a plea.
verb
present participle of plead
pleasing
pleasing
adj
Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
noun
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
verb
present participle of please.
pleating
pleating
noun
An action or arrangement in which something is pleated.
verb
present participle of pleat
plowgang
poaching
poaching
noun
Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.
(poetic) Fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
noun
A pregnant woman.
probangs
probangs
noun
plural of probang
protagon
protagon
noun
(biochemistry) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies.
psalming
psalming
verb
present participle of psalm
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
pugilant
pupating
pupating
verb
present participle of pupate
pyengadu
pyengadu
noun
Alternative form of pyinkado
pygmaean
pygmaean
adj
Archaic form of pygmean.
ralphing
ralphing
verb
present participle of ralph
raspings
raspings
noun
plural of rasping
repaving
repaving
noun
The process of replacing paving.
verb
present participle of repave
repaying
repaying
verb
present participle of repay
resprang
resprang
verb
simple past tense of respring
retaping
retaping
noun
A second or subsequent recording onto tape.
verb
present participle of retape
sampling
sampling
noun
(music) Electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.
(signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
(statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
A sample.
The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
verb
present participle of sample
saplings
saplings
noun
plural of sapling
saprogen
scalping
scalping
noun
(finance) A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up.
(finance) A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.
The action by which someone is scalped.
verb
present participle of scalp
scamping
scamping
verb
present participle of scamp
scarping
scarping
noun
A scarp (cliff caused by erosion).
verb
present participle of scarp
scraping
scraping
noun
(computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
Something removed by being scraped.
The sound or action of something being scraped.
verb
present participle of scrape
sharping
sharping
noun
(music) The raising of the pitch of a note by half a step.
Fraud; trickery; the acts of a sharper.
verb
present participle of sharp
singarip
slangkop
slapping
slapping
adj
(slang) Very large; whopping.
noun
The act of giving a slap or slaps
The slap bass technique
verb
present participle of slap
snappage
snapping
snapping
noun
The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody.
The sound or action of a snap.
verb
present participle of snap
sneaping
sneaping
adj
(also figuratively) Of the wind, etc.: very cold; biting, nipping.
verb
present participle of sneap
spacings
spacings
noun
plural of spacing
spaeings
spalding
spalding
verb
present participle of spald
spalling
spalling
noun
A fragment or chip of stone.
Any process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.
The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.
verb
present participle of spall
spanghew
spanghew
verb
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, rare, said especially of frogs and toads) To strike and cause to fly in the air.
‘to inflate a frog and bowl it across the surface of a pond’
spanging
spanging
verb
present participle of spang
present participle of spange
spangled
spangled
adj
Having spangles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spangle
spangler
spangler
noun
One who, or that which, spangles.
spangles
spangles
noun
plural of spangle
spanglet
spanglet
noun
A small spangle
spanking
spanking
adj
(often nautical) Brisk and fresh.
Fast and energetic.
adv
(colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
noun
A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
verb
present participle of spank
spanning
spanning
noun
The process by which something is spanned.
verb
present participle of span
sparging
sparging
verb
present participle of sparge
sparking
sparking
noun
The act of producing a spark.
verb
present participle of spark
sparling
sparling
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A tern.
The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
sparring
sparring
noun
The act of one who spars.
verb
present participle of spar
spatling
spatting
spatting
verb
present participle of spat
spawling
spawling
noun
That which is spawled, or spat out.
spawning
spawning
noun
The process by which something spawns.
verb
present participle of spawn
speaking
speaking
adj
(in compounds) Having competence in a language.
Expressive; eloquent.
Having the ability of speech.
Involving speaking.
Used in speaking.
intj
(telephony) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.
noun
An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
The act of communicating vocally.
verb
present participle of speak
speaning
speaning
verb
present participle of spean
spearing
spearing
noun
The stabbing of something with a spear.
verb
present participle of spear
sphagion
sphagnum
sphagnum
noun
Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.