(literature) Challenging the conventions of tragedy.
aragonitic
aragonitic
adj
(geology) Of, pertaining to, or formed from aragonite
archegetes
archregent
arctangent
arctangent
noun
(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan⁻¹
arctogaeal
arctogaeal
adj
(biogeography) Of or relating to the Arctogea, a biogeographical division comprising the Holarctic and Paleotropical regions.
arctogaean
arctogaeic
argillitic
argillitic
adj
(geology) Relating to, or containing, argillite.
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
arthralgic
arthralgic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia
astricting
astricting
verb
present participle of astrict
astrogonic
astrogonic
adj
Of or pertaining to astrogony.
astrologic
astrologic
adj
Archaic form of astrological.
athrogenic
attracting
attracting
verb
present participle of attract
backstring
becrusting
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bratticing
bratticing
noun
The material used for forming brattices.
verb
present participle of brattice
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
cagliostro
cardington
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
carrington
carrington
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A city in North Dakota.
A village in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Midlothian, Scotland.
cartilages
cartilages
noun
plural of cartilage
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cartonnage
cartonnage
noun
Pasteboard.
The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
cartooning
cartooning
noun
The act of drawing a cartoon or caricature.
verb
present participle of cartoon
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
cartwright
cartwright
noun
a person who makes carts; a wainwright
castigator
castigator
noun
One who castigates.
castrating
castrating
verb
present participle of castrate
catagories
catalogers
catalogers
noun
plural of cataloger
cataloguer
cataloguer
noun
(informal) A person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.
One who catalogues.
cataracteg
categorial
categorial
adj
categorical, absolute, without exception
categorical, pertaining to a category
pertaining to categorial grammar
categories
categories
noun
plural of category
categorise
categorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
categorist
categorist
noun
One who categorizes.
categorize
categorize
verb
(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.
cateringly
cathograph
centigrade
centigrade
adj
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).
noun
(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
centigrado
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
charioting
charioting
verb
present participle of chariot
charterage
charterage
noun
A charge paid for chartering a vessel.
The chartering of a vessel.
chartering
chartering
verb
present participle of charter
chartology
chatterbag
chatterbag
noun
(UK, dialect, informal) Synonym of chatterbox (“talkative person”)
chattering
chattering
adj
That chatters
noun
A noise that chatters.
Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
verb
present participle of chatter
chattermag
chittering
chittering
noun
The sound of a chitter.
verb
present participle of chitter
chuntering
chuntering
noun
Grumbling; complaining.
verb
present participle of chunter
cigarettes
cigarettes
noun
plural of cigarette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cigarette
cincturing
cincturing
verb
present participle of cincture
circleting
circuiting
circuiting
noun
circuitous movement
verb
present participle of circuit
citigradae
clarington
clarington
Proper noun
A municipality in Ontario, Canada
clattering
clattering
adj
In a state or process of being clattered.
noun
A noise that clatters.
verb
present participle of clatter
clewgarnet
clustering
clustering
adj
Forming a cluster.
noun
(computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
A grouping of a number of similar things.
verb
present participle of cluster
cluttering
cluttering
noun
A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
An instance of cluttered speech.
The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered.
verb
present participle of clutter
coagitator
coagulator
coagulator
noun
Something that causes coagulation (clumping or solidifying).
coastguard
coastguard
noun
Alternative spelling of coast guard
coatbridge
cocreating
cocreating
verb
present participle of cocreate
coerecting
coexerting
coexerting
verb
present participle of coexert
cogitators
cogitators
noun
plural of cogitator
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
coheritage
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
combwright
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
concerting
concerting
noun
Concerted activity; something done together by two or more people.
verb
present participle of concert
concreting
concreting
verb
present participle of concrete
congenator
congregant
congregant
noun
A member of a congregation.
congregate
congregate
adj
(rare) Collective; assembled; compact.
verb
(intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.
(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
conjugator
conjugator
noun
An automated process or written aid for giving the conjugation table of verbs.
consorting
consorting
verb
present participle of consort
constringe
constringe
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
construing
construing
noun
The act of one who construes.
verb
present participle of construe
contorting
contorting
verb
present participle of contort
contouring
contouring
noun
a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face
the building up of muscles with exercise
the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable
walking along contour lines, usually to save energy or simplify navigation
verb
present participle of contour
contriving
contriving
noun
The act of one who contrives.
verb
present participle of contrive
controling
controling
adj
Misspelling of controlling.
convergent
convergent
adj
(mathematical analysis, topology) Of a sequence or series in a topological space, converging to a (finite, proper) limit.
That converges or focuses; converging
noun
(mathematics) The rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms.
converting
converting
verb
present participle of convert
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
corelating
corotating
corotating
adj
rotating in conjunction with another
verb
present participle of corotate
correcting
correcting
verb
present participle of correct
corrugated
corrugated
adj
Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.
Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corrugate
corrugates
corrugates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrugate
corrugator
corrugator
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of corrugator cutis ani..
(anatomy) Ellipsis of corrugator supercilii..
A machine that corrugates material.
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
costarring
costarring
verb
present participle of costar
costraight
costraight
adj
(geometry) On the same straight line.
countering
countering
verb
present participle of counter
countertug
countertug
noun
A tug in the opposite direction.
crabeating
cravatting
cravatting
verb
present participle of cravat.
creosoting
creosoting
verb
present participle of creosote
cribbiting
cricketing
cricketing
adj
That plays cricket.
noun
(archaic) A game of cricket.
verb
present participle of cricket
critiquing
critiquing
verb
present participle of critique
crocheting
crocheting
noun
needlework made using a crochet
verb
present participle of crochet
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
crosslight
crosslight
noun
(countable) A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.
(countable, figurative) One of differing points of view.
(uncountable) Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.
(uncountable) Light that results from multiple sources and different directions.
(uncountable, figurative) Multiple perspectives or points of view.
(uncountable, theater) Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.
verb
(transitive) To illuminate from the side.
crotophaga
cruciating
cruciating
verb
present participle of cruciate
crustalogy
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptozygy
crystaling
culvertage
culvertage
noun
(historical) The degradation of a vassal to the position of a serf.