Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
acidizing
acidizing
verb
present participle of acidize
acknowing
acknowing
verb
present participle of acknow
aconcagua
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acrogynae
actuating
actuating
verb
present participle of actuate
acylating
acylating
verb
present participle of acylate
addicting
addicting
adj
(US) Causing addiction.
verb
present participle of addict
adducting
adducting
verb
present participle of adduct
advancing
advancing
noun
The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
verb
present participle of advance
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
aeginetic
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
agaricine
agennetic
agincourt
aglycones
aglycones
noun
plural of aglycone
agnatical
agnatical
adj
agnatic
agnomical
agnomical
adj
Of or pertaining to the absence of set purpose or intention.
agnostics
agnostics
noun
plural of agnostic
agonistic
agonistic
adj
(pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
(rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
agronomic
agronomic
adj
Of or pertaining to agronomy.
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algogenic
algogenic
adj
(medicine) Inducing pain.
allogenic
allogenic
adj
(geology) Formed in another location and transported.
(medicine, biology, genetics, immunology) Alternative form of allogeneic: genetically distinct, but of the same species; nonself but intraspecies.
Having an external cause, or source; exogenous.
anagogics
anagogics
noun
Mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures.
analgesic
analgesic
adj
(of a person, etc) Unable to feel pain.
(of medicine) Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
analgetic
analgetic
noun
analgesic
analogice
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
anchoring
anchoring
noun
(psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
verb
present participle of anchor
anconagra
angelical
angelical
Adjective
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
angelican
angelicas
angelicas
noun
plural of angelica
angelicic
angiocarp
angiocarp
noun
(botany) An angiocarpous fruit
angiocyst
anglicans
anglicise
anglicise
verb
(transitive) To become English.
(transitive) To dub or translate into English.
(transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
anglicism
anglicism
noun
A Briticism: a word or other feature in the English language that is specific to, or characteristic of, British English.
A cultural aspect typical of the English people.
An Englishism: a word or other feature originating in the English language that has been borrowed by another language.
anglicist
anglicist
Noun
Expert on English studies.
anglicize
anglicize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise.
angraecum
anorganic
anorganic
adj
(archaic) inorganic
antalgics
antalgics
noun
plural of antalgic
anticking
anticking
verb
present participle of antic
antigenic
antigenic
adj
(biology, obsolete) Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans.
(immunology) Of or relating to an antigen.
antilogic
antilogic
noun
Failure to obey logic; fallacious thinking or reasoning.
arcadings
arcadings
noun
plural of arcading
arcangelo
archangel
archangel
noun
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archigony
archiving
archiving
verb
present participle of archive
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arctogean
armagnacs
armagnacs
noun
plural of armagnac
arrogance
arrogance
noun
The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
arrogancy
arrogancy
noun
(now rare) Arrogance.
articling
articling
verb
present participle of article
ascending
ascending
adj
(computing) That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
(of a sequence) Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees.
Sloping or leading upwards.
noun
An ascent.
verb
present participle and gerund of ascend
ascogonia
ascogonia
noun
plural of ascogonium
ascribing
ascribing
verb
present participle of ascribe
asyngamic
asyngamic
adj
Not syngamic.
atmogenic
attaching
attaching
verb
present participle of attach
attacking
attacking
adj
Carrying out an attack.
verb
present participle of attack
autogenic
autogenic
adj
(specifically, of a process of soldering) Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder.
Independent of a medium.
Relating to autogenic training.
Self-produced.
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
backening
backlings
backspang
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
balachong
balachong
noun
(cooking) A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp.
balancing
balancing
noun
An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced
verb
present participle of balance
basigenic
beaconage
beaconage
noun
(uncountable) Beacons collectively.
Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon.
beaconing
beaconing
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN, or small packets on a wireless LAN (WLAN).
(computing, telecommunications) In a token ring network, the process of isolating a fault domain with signals, so that recovery actions can take place.
verb
present participle of beacon (The emitting of signals from a beacon).
becalming
becalming
verb
present participle of becalm
becapping
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
becomings
becomings
noun
plural of becoming
becriming
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
bicycling
bicycling
noun
The act of riding a bicycle.
verb
present participle of bicycle
bigeneric
bigeneric
adj
(botany) Describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.
(taxonomy) Describing a taxonomic group containing only two genera.
bisecting
bisecting
verb
present participle of bisect
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blanching
blanching
noun
The act by which something is blanched.
verb
present participle of blanch
blatchang
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
blenching
blenching
noun
The act of one who blenches.
verb
present participle of blench
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
bracingly
bracingly
adv
In a bracing manner
branchage
branchage
noun
The law in Jersey and Guernsey that requires the trimming of such where it overhangs public roads.
branches, vegetation
branching
branching
noun
A process of forming a branch.
verb
present participle of branch
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
broaching
broaching
verb
present participle of broach
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
brooching
brooching
verb
present participle of brooch
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
bsarcheng
buccaning
buccaning
verb
present participle of buccan
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
burgensic
caballing
caballing
noun
(dated) Secret plotting.
(oceanography) Alternative form of cabbeling.
verb
present participle of cabal
cabbaging
cabbaging
noun
(slang) The stealing of offcuts of material by a tailor making a garment with a customer's fabric.
(slang, UK) Being lazy or in a state of boredom.
verb
present participle of cabbage
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
cacholong
cacholong
noun
(mineralogy) A similar variety of opal.
(mineralogy) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.
cacogenic
cacogenic
adj
(archaic) Tending toward racial deterioration through bad sexual selection.
(medicine) Of or relating to cacogenesis.
cadencing
cadencing
verb
present participle of cadence (verb)
cadginess
cadginess
noun
The state or quality of being cadgy.
caenogaea
cagelings
cagelings
noun
plural of cageling
cageyness
cageyness
noun
Alternative form of caginess
caingangs
cairngorm
cairngorm
noun
A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.
calcining
calcining
verb
present participle of calcine
callaghan
callusing
callusing
verb
present participle of callus
calmingly
calmingly
adv
In a calming manner.
calopogon
cambering
cambering
noun
A slight convexity or slope for drainage etc.; a camber.
verb
present participle of camber
camleting
campagnol
campagnol
noun
(archaic) A vole (US, Canada: field mouse), Microtus agrestis that often does great damage in fields and gardens by feeding on roots and seeds.
campaigns
campaigns
noun
plural of campaign
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of campaign
canalling
canalling
verb
present participle of canal
canangium
canceling
canceling
verb
present participle of cancel
cancerlog
caneology
caneology
noun
(obsolete, humorous) The disciplinary practice of caning.