(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.
adjudicating
adjudicating
verb
present participle of adjudicate
agaricaceous
agaricaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae.
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agricultural
agricultural
adj
(cricket) As if played with a scythe
Of or pertaining to agriculture
noun
A product or commodity from agriculture.
agriculturer
agriculturer
noun
agriculturist
agricultures
agricultures
noun
plural of agriculture
agriochoerus
albuginaceae
amygdaloncus
anacrogynous
anacrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from cells other than the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
annunciating
annunciating
verb
present participle of annunciate
anthropurgic
anticoagulan
anticoagulin
anticoagulin
noun
An anticoagulant material in the venom of a bloodsucking insect or a snake
antiliturgic
antireducing
antitragicus
antitragicus
noun
(anatomy) In the human musculoskeletal system of the ear, a part that arises from the outer part of the antitragus and is inserted into the cauda helicis and antihelix.
apogalacteum
aqueoglacial
aqueoglacial
adj
(geology) Deposited by and in water at a time contemporary with the presence of glacial ice in the region.
argillaceous
argillaceous
adj
(chiefly geology) pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay
articulating
articulating
verb
present participle of articulate
ascogonidium
audiological
audiological
adj
Of or pertaining to audiology, or the study of hearing.
auscultating
auscultating
verb
present participle of auscultate
autecologies
autecologies
noun
plural of autecology
autecologist
autecologist
noun
One who studies autecology.
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
becudgelling
beglerbegluc
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
bleachground
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
borotungstic
brachigerous
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
buccaneering
buccaneering
adj
bold, reckless and unscrupulous
noun
robbery on the high seas; piracy
verb
present participle of buccaneer
buccolingual
buccolingual
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
calculagraph
calculagraph
noun
(historical) A mechanical device that calculates and prints the elapsed time between two events.
calculifrage
calculifrage
noun
(surgery) An instrument inserted into the bladder in order to break up calculi.
caliginously
caliginously
adv
In a caliginous manner.
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
camouflagers
camouflagers
noun
plural of camouflager
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
capitulating
capitulating
verb
present participle of capitulate
caprimulgine
carburetting
caricaturing
caricaturing
verb
present participle of caricature
carpophagous
carpophagous
adj
Living on fruits; fruit-eating.
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
catlettsburg
catlettsburg
Proper noun
The name of two communities in the United States:
a home rule-class city in and county seat of
an community in
causticizing
causticizing
verb
present participle of causticize
cecidogenous
cellulifugal
cellulifugal
adj
That carries nerve impulses away from a neuron
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
cephalopagus
cephalopagus
noun
(medicine, of conjoined twins) Joined at the back of the head and fused in the upper portion of the body, with the bottom portions separate.
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
cerebrifugal
cerebrifugal
adj
(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
challengeful
challengeful
adj
Full of challenge.
chambersburg
chandragupta
chasmogamous
chasmogamous
adj
Exhibiting chasmogamy.
chauffeuring
chauffeuring
verb
present participle of chauffeur
chaulmoogras
chaulmoogras
noun
plural of chaulmoogra
chaulmoogric
chaulmoogric
adj
Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
cheeseburger
cheeseburger
noun
(military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.
A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
cheirogaleus
chemosurgery
chemosurgery
noun
(medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances; used especially in the treatment of the skin.
childersburg
chincoteague
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chromogenous
chromogenous
adj
Alternative form of chromogenic
chugalugging
chugalugging
verb
present participle of chugalug
churchgoings
churchgoings
noun
plural of churchgoing
cingulectomy
circumcising
circumcising
verb
present participle of circumcise
circumducing
circumducing
verb
present participle of circumduce
circumfusing
circumfusing
verb
present participle of circumfuse
circumgyrate
circumgyrate
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
(intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).
(intransitive) To move around something.
(intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
(transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.
circummuring
circummuring
verb
present participle of circummure
clangorously
clangorously
adv
In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
clearcutting
clearcutting
noun
A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.
clusteringly
clusteringly
adv
In clusters.
coagulations
coagulations
noun
plural of coagulation
coagulometer
coagulometer
noun
(medicine) A device used to measure the ability of the blood to coagulate (and the time taken to do so).
cocounseling
cocounseling
verb
present participle of cocounsel
coeloglossum
cogitabundly
colloquizing
colloquizing
verb
present participle of colloquize
commeasuring
commeasuring
verb
present participle of commeasure
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
compurgators
compurgators
noun
plural of compurgator
compurgatory
compurgatory
adj
compurgatorial
concludingly
concludingly
adv
In a concluding manner; finally; conclusively.
concoagulate
concubinages
concubinages
noun
plural of concubinage
concurringly
concurringly
adv
In a concurring manner; concurrently
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
conglobulate
conglobulate
verb
(rare, intransitive) To collect together into a compact round mass.
conglutinant
conglutinant
adj
That cements together, especially that heals a wound by adhering its edges
conglutinate
conglutinate
adj
Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
verb
To join together; to unite.
To stick or glue together.
congratulant
congratulant
adj
That congratulates
noun
congratulator
congratulate
congratulate
verb
(reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.
congruencies
congruencies
noun
plural of congruency
congruential
congruential
adj
(mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus)
conjecturing
conjecturing
noun
The forming of conjectures.
verb
present participle of conjecture
conjugations
conjugations
noun
plural of conjugation
conqueringly
conqueringly
adv
So as to conquer.
constituting
constituting
verb
present participle of constitute
constructing
constructing
noun
An act of construction.
verb
present participle of construct
consummating
consummating
verb
present participle of consummate
contagiously
contagiously
adv
In a contagious manner
contiguities
contiguities
noun
plural of contiguity
contiguously
contiguously
adv
In a contiguous manner.
continuingly
continuingly
adv
In a manner that is ongoing.
contributing
contributing
verb
present participle and gerund of contribute
coprophagous
coprophagous
adj
Feeding on excrement
copublishing
copublishing
verb
present participle of copublish
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
corrugations
corrugations
noun
plural of corrugation
corruptingly
corruptingly
adv
In a corrupting manner.
corticifugal
corticifugal
adj
(anatomy) Leading away from the cerebral cortex
cosuggestion
cotyligerous
cotyligerous
adj
(zoology) Having cotyles.
counsellings
counsellings
noun
plural of counselling
counteragent
counteragent
noun
An agent having the opposite effect; an antidote.
counterargue
counterargue
verb
(transitive, intransitive) Argue against, especially by opposition to and negation of opposing arguments (rather than the bolstering of one’s own position).
counterfugue
counterfugue
noun
(music) A fugue in which the answer or imitation to the melody is played in an inverse manner.