ANGLEPOD | • ANGLEPOD n. any of a genus of plants of the milkweed family. |
APOLOGUE | • apologue n. A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable. • apologue n. (Rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience. • APOLOGUE n. a story presenting a moral principle, also APOLOG. |
FLAGPOLE | • flagpole n. A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown. • flagpole v. (Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements. • flag␣pole n. Alternative spelling of flagpole. |
GALLOPED | • galloped v. Simple past tense and past participle of gallop. • GALLOP v. to ride a horse at full speed. |
GALLOPER | • galloper n. One who gallops. • galloper n. An aide-de-camp. • galloper n. A racehorse. |
GALOPADE | • GALOPADE n. (French) a lively ballroom dance, also GALLOPADE. |
GALOPPED | • galopped v. Simple past tense and past participle of galop. • GALOP v. (French) to dance a galop (a lively round dance). |
GANTLOPE | • gantlope n. The military punishment known as running the gauntlet. • GANTLOPE n. an armoured glove, also GANTELOPE, GANTLET, GAUNTLET. |
HYPOGEAL | • hypogeal adj. Existing or growing underground. • hypogeal adj. (Botany, of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated. • HYPOGEAL adj. germinating with cotyledons underground, also HYPOGAEAL, HYPOGAEAN, HYPOGAEOUS, HYPOGEAN, HYPOGEOUS. |
LEAPFROG | • leapfrog n. (Games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another… • leapfrog n. (Chiefly Britain, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be… • leapfrog v. (Transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog. |
MEGAFLOP | • megaflop n. (Computing) megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second). • megaflop n. (Informal) A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure. • MEGAFLOP n. a measure of computing speed in terms of number of floating point operations per second. |
MEGALOPS | • megalops n. (Zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the… • megalops n. A large fish; the tarpum. • MEGALOPS n. a larval stage of most crabs. |
PERGOLAS | • pergolas n. Plural of pergola. • Pergolas prop.n. Plural of Pergola. • PERGOLA n. (Italian) an arbor formed of columns supporting trelliswork on which climbing plants are often trained. |
PILOTAGE | • pilotage n. The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination. • pilotage n. The occupation of a pilot. • pilotage n. The fee paid to a pilot. |
PLAYGOER | • playgoer n. One who goes to plays; someone known to be a member of the audience at theatric productions. • PLAYGOER n. one who attends plays. |
PLOTTAGE | • plottage n. The increase in value of land achieved by parcelling smaller plots into a developable unit. • PLOTTAGE n. the size or value of a specified piece of land, regarded in terms of the area accumulated from its constituent plots. |
SPOILAGE | • spoilage n. The part of something that has spoiled. • spoilage n. The process of spoiling. • SPOILAGE n. something that is spoiled or wasted. |