backpedal | (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong | - |
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(verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle | - |
(verb) step backwards, in boxing | - |
bipedal | (adjective) having two feet | Synonyms: biped, two-footed |
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bipedalism | (noun) the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet | - |
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impedance | (noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms | Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity |
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pedagog | (noun) someone who educates young people | Synonyms: educator, pedagogue |
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pedagogic | (adjective) of or relating to pedagogy | Synonyms: pedagogical |
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pedagogical | (adjective) of or relating to pedagogy | Synonyms: pedagogic |
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pedagogically | (adverb) in a didactic manner | Synonyms: didactically |
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pedagogics | (noun) the principles and methods of instruction | Synonyms: pedagogy, teaching method |
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pedagogue | (noun) someone who educates young people | Synonyms: educator, pedagog |
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pedagogy | (noun) the profession of a teacher | Synonyms: instruction, teaching |
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(noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, teaching |
(noun) the principles and methods of instruction | Synonyms: pedagogics, teaching method |
pedal | (adjective) of or relating to the feet | - |
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(noun) a lever that is operated with the foot | Synonyms: foot lever, foot pedal, treadle |
(noun) a sustained bass note | Synonyms: pedal point |
(verb) operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument | - |
(verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel |
pedaler | (noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) | Synonyms: pedaller |
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pedaller | (noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) | Synonyms: pedaler |
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pedant | (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | Synonyms: bookworm, scholastic |
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pedantic | (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: academic, donnish |
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pedantically | (adverb) in a pedantic manner | - |
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pedantry | (noun) an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | - |
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pedate | (adjective) of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided | - |
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(adjective) having or resembling a foot | - |
quadrupedal | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadruped |
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ropedancer | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground | Synonyms: ropewalker |
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sesquipedalia | (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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sesquipedalian | (adjective) (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables | Synonyms: polysyllabic |
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(adjective) given to the overuse of long words | - |
(noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalia |
sesquipedality | (noun) using long words | - |
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