Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
agalactia
agalactia
noun
(pathology) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.
agalactic
agalactic
adj
agalactous
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
agennetic
agincourt
agnatical
agnatical
adj
agnatic
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.
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
analgetic
analgetic
noun
analgesic
angiocyst
anglicist
anglicist
Noun
Expert on English studies.
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.
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arctogaea
arctogean
arctogeic
articling
articling
verb
present participle of article
atmogenic
atmologic
attaching
attaching
verb
present participle of attach
attacking
attacking
adj
Carrying out an attack.
verb
present participle of attack
autogamic
autogamic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to autogamy.
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.
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
bigthatch
bisecting
bisecting
verb
present participle of bisect
blatchang
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
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
cabotages
cabotages
noun
plural of cabotage
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
caligated
calistoga
camleting
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
cantering
cantering
noun
Movement at a canter.
verb
present participle of canter
cantingly
cantingly
adv
In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
cantoning
cantoning
verb
present participle of canton
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
caraguata
caraguata
noun
Alternative form of caraguatá
caratinga
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpeting
carpeting
noun
(informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
Cloth or materials for carpets.
verb
present participle of carpet
carrotage
carrotage
noun
Synonym of carroting (“method of processing animal pelts”)
carroting
carroting
noun
A process in the manufacture of felt in which the animal pelt is treated with a solution of mercuric nitrate.
cartagena
cartagena
Proper noun
An ancient city in Murcia, Spain.
A city in northern Colombia.
cartilage
cartilage
noun
(anatomy, countable) A particular structure made of cartilage.
(anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
cartogram
cartogram
noun
(dated) A map used to indicate geographically-bound statistical information, typically region-by-region values of a given variable, for example by using different shadings for different ranges of values.
A map-like graph where the relative areas of graph regions are proportional not to the relative areas of the land regions they represent, but rather to another quantitative variable, such as population or gross domestic product.
cartoning
cartoning
verb
present participle of carton
cartridge
cartridge
noun
(by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
(computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
(computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
(obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".
caseating
caseating
verb
present participle of caseate
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
castigate
castigate
verb
(transitive, formal) To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
(transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.
(transitive, rare) To revise or make corrections to a publication.
cataloged
cataloged
adj
Sorted, classified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalog
cataloger
cataloger
noun
Alternative spelling of cataloguer
catalogia
catalogic
catalogic
adj
Pertaining to or consisting of a catalogue.
catalogue
catalogue
noun
(US) A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
(computing, dated) A directory listing.
(music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
(singular) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
A list of all the publications in a library.
A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
verb
(philately) to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
To make a catalogue of.
To put into a catalogue.
categorem
categorem
noun
A categorematic word.
categoric
categoric
adj
categorical
catfacing
catfacing
noun
The development of the catface deformity in tomatoes.
catogenic
catrigged
caveating
caveating
noun
(fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
verb
present participle of caveat.
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
cementing
cementing
noun
An instance of affixing something with cement.
verb
present participle of cement
centering
centering
noun
(chiefly uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process.
(countable) A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.
verb
present participle of center
centgener
centgrave
centgrave
noun
(historical) The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
(historical, obsolete) Synonym of hundredman: the overseer of a hundred in medieval England.
centigram
centigram
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻² grams. Symbol: cg
centrings
centrings
noun
plural of centring
chantages
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chartings
chartings
noun
plural of charting
chaunting
chaunting
noun
Obsolete form of chanting.
verb
present participle of chaunt
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chigetais
chigetais
noun
plural of chigetai
chitlings
chorotega
chortling
chortling
noun
The act of giving a chortle.
verb
present participle of chortle
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
cigarette
cigarette
noun
Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.
verb
(slang, rare) To give someone a cigarette, and/or to light one for them.
cigaritos
ciguatera
ciguatera
noun
A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.
cingulate
cingulate
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a cingulum.
noun
Any mammal of the order Cingulata, the armadillos
circuting
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
citigrade
citigrade
adj
Characteristic of spiders of the species Loxosceles citigrada.
clarigate
claughted
clientage
clientage
noun
clients collectively; clientele
the condition of being a client
clingiest
clingiest
adj
superlative form of clingy: most clingy
cloggiest
cloggiest
adj
superlative form of cloggy: most cloggy
closeting
closeting
noun
(historical) A private conference or interview.
verb
present participle of closet
clothings
clothings
noun
plural of clothing
cloturing
cloturing
verb
present participle of cloture
clutching
clutching
noun
The act of one who clutches.
verb
present participle of clutch
coagitate
coagulant
coagulant
adj
That causes coagulation or that coagulates
noun
A substance that causes coagulation
coagulate
coagulate
adj
(obsolete) Coagulated.
noun
A mass formed by means of coagulation.
verb
(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
(transitive) To cause to congeal.
coarcting
coarcting
verb
present participle of coarct
coastings
coastings
noun
plural of coasting
coatsburg
coaugment
cocketing
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
codelight
coediting
coediting
verb
present participle of coedit
coempting
cofighter
cogitable
cogitable
adj
thinkable, conceivable, able to be imagined.
cogitated
cogitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cogitate
cogitates
cogitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cogitate
cogitator
cogitator
noun
A person who cogitates; a thinker
cognately
cognately
adv
In a way that is cognate.
cognation
cognation
noun
(now chiefly linguistics) A cognate relationship.
cognisant
cognisant
adj
Alternative spelling of cognizant
cognition
cognition
noun
(countable) A result of a cognitive process.
The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
cognitive
cognitive
adj
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate; which is to be recognized as cognate.
Intellectual.
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
noun
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
cognizant
cognizant
adj
Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact
cognovits
cognovits
noun
plural of cognovit
cohosting
cohosting
verb
present participle of cohost
colegatee
colegatee
noun
A joint legatee.
collagist
collagist
adj
In the manner of a collage, or of the making of a collage.
noun
One who makes collages, or who has made a specific collage.
collating
collating
verb
present participle of collate
colleting
colligate
colligate
verb
(transitive) To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.
(transitive) To tie or bind together.
combating
combating
verb
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle of combat
commuting
commuting
adj
Causing, or involved in commutation
noun
(Philippines) travel by public transportation such as by jeepney
travel between home and workplace
verb
present participle of commute
competing
competing
adj
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
verb
present participle of compete
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.