CARPETMONGER | • carpetmonger n. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets. • carpetmonger n. (Obsolete) One fond of pleasure; a gallant. • CARPETMONGER n. (Shakespeare) an effeminate person. |
COPARTNERING | • copartnering v. Present participle of copartner. • COPARTNER v. to act as a copartner. |
ETHNOGRAPHER | • ethnographer n. One who practices ethnography. • ETHNOGRAPHER n. a student of ethnography. |
EXPROBRATING | • exprobrating v. Present participle of exprobrate. • EXPROBRATE v. (archaic) to upbraid. |
IMPREGNATORS | • impregnators n. Plural of impregnator. • IMPREGNATOR n. one who impregnates. |
MISREPORTING | • misreporting v. Present participle of misreport. • misreporting n. Incorrect reporting. • MISREPORT v. to report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. |
OVERPRINTING | • overprinting v. Present participle of overprint. • OVERPRINT v. to print over something already printed. |
OVERTRIPPING | • overtripping v. Present participle of overtrip. • OVERTRIP v. to trip nimbly over. |
OVERTRUMPING | • overtrumping v. Present participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
PANTOGRAPHER | • pantographer n. One who uses a pantograph. • PANTOGRAPHER n. one who uses a pantograph. |
PEREGRINATOR | • peregrinator n. One who peregrinates; one who travels about. • PEREGRINATOR n. someone who travels about. |
PREMIGRATION | • premigration adj. Before migration. • PREMIGRATION adj. preceding migration. |
PRIMOGENITOR | • primogenitor n. An initial ancestor. • PRIMOGENITOR n. the earliest ancestor; an ancestor or a forefather. |
PROFITEERING | • profiteering n. The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by… • profiteering v. Present participle of profiteer. • PROFITEERING n. acting as a profiteer. |
PROGENITRESS | • progenitress n. A female progenitor. • PROGENITRESS n. a female parent or ancestor, also PROGENITRIX. |
PROGENITURES | • progenitures n. Plural of progeniture. • PROGENITURE n. an act or instance of begetting. |
PROGESTERONE | • progesterone n. (Biochemistry, steroids, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is… • progesterone n. (Biochemistry, steroids, countable) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills… • PROGESTERONE n. a female sex hormone that prepares the uterus for the fertilized ovum and maintains pregnancy. |
STENOGRAPHER | • stenographer n. Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (for example, a secretary who takes dictation). • STENOGRAPHER n. a writer of shorthand. |
SUPEREROGANT | • supererogant adj. Supererogatory. • SUPEREROGANT adj. doing more than is necessary. |