Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grapnel
grasping
grasping
adj
Greedy, eager for wealth.
noun
The act of one who grasps or covets.
verb
present participle and gerund of grasp
gunplays
gunplays
noun
plural of gunplay
gypseian
gypseian
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of or relating to gypsies.
harpings
harpings
noun
(nautical) The front part of the wales of a vessel, around the bow and fastened to the stem; used to provide protection from the seas.
haspling
kampongs
kampongs
noun
plural of kampong
langspil
lapwings
lapwings
noun
plural of lapwing
laspring
laspring
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A smolt, or young salmon.
mappings
mappings
noun
plural of mapping
packings
packings
noun
plural of packing
paddings
paddings
noun
plural of padding
paganise
paganise
verb
Alternative spelling of paganize
paganish
paganish
adj
(archaic) Pagan.
(informal) Somewhat pagan.
paganism
paganism
noun
Any indigenous polytheistic religion.
Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.
paganist
paganist
noun
Pagan.
pageants
pageants
noun
plural of pageant
pairings
pairings
noun
plural of pairing
palsying
palsying
verb
present participle of palsy
panagias
panagias
noun
plural of panagia
pangenes
pangenes
noun
plural of pangene
pangless
pangless
adj
Without a pang; painless.
pangloss
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.
pargings
pargings
noun
plural of parging.
parkings
parkings
noun
plural of parking
parsings
parsings
noun
plural of parsing
partings
partings
noun
plural of parting
passgang
passings
passings
noun
plural of passing
pawnages
pawnages
noun
plural of pawnage
pegasean
pegasean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
Of or pertaining to to poetry.
pegasian
peonages
peonages
noun
plural of peonage
phrasing
phrasing
noun
The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
verb
present participle of phrase
pingrass
pingrass
noun
Alternative form of pin grass
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
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.
pogonias
pogonias
noun
plural of pogonia
praising
praising
noun
An act of giving praise.
verb
present participle of praise
probangs
probangs
noun
plural of probang
psalming
psalming
verb
present participle of psalm
pshawing
pshawing
verb
present participle of pshaw
raspings
raspings
noun
plural of rasping
resprang
resprang
verb
simple past tense of respring
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.
sphingal
spinages
spinages
noun
plural of spinage
spingarn
splaying
splaying
noun
A shape or motion that splays.
verb
present participle of splay
spongiae
spongian
spongida
sporange
sporange
noun
(dated) A sporangium.
spragens
spragman
sprangle
sprangle
verb
(intransitive) To sprawl or straggle.
sprangly
spraying
spraying
noun
The act by which something is sprayed.
verb
present participle of spray
springal
springal
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of springald (“a youth”)
Obsolete form of springald (“military engine for launching stones and arrows”).
stamping
stamping
noun
A method of manufacturing using dies and extreme pressure.
A part made by such a method.
The sound or action of one who stamps.
verb
present participle and gerund of stamp
stapling
stapling
noun
The act by which something is stapled.
verb
present participle of staple
swamping
swamping
noun
An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
verb
present participle of swamp
swapping
swapping
adj
(archaic) large; whopping
noun
The act by which something is swapped; an exchange.
verb
present participle of swap
syngraph
syngraph
noun
(law) A document signed by both or all of the parties to a contract or bond.
tappings
tappings
noun
plural of tapping
trepangs
trepangs
noun
plural of trepang
upsprang
upsprang
verb
simple past tense of upspring
waspling
waspling
noun
A small, young, or baby wasp.
wingspan
wingspan
noun
(usually in singular) One's arm span. See also fathom
(usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).