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
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
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
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
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
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.
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
archigony
archiving
archiving
verb
present participle of archive
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
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.
balancing
balancing
noun
An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced
verb
present participle of balance
basigenic
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
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
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
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
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
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.
cagelings
cagelings
noun
plural of cageling
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
callusing
callusing
verb
present participle of callus
calmingly
calmingly
adv
In a calming manner.
cambering
cambering
noun
A slight convexity or slope for drainage etc.; a camber.
verb
present participle of camber
camleting
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
cankering
cankering
verb
present participle of canker
canmaking
cannoning
cannoning
verb
present participle of cannon
canopying
canopying
noun
The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline
verb
present participle of canopy
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
canvasing
canvasing
noun
The act of one who canvases or solicits.
verb
present participle of canvas
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
capsizing
capsizing
noun
An overturning of a boat etc.
verb
present participle of capsize
capsuling
capsuling
verb
present participle of capsule
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carangids
carangids
noun
plural of carangid
carangoid
carangoid
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.
caratinga
carcasing
cardigans
cardigans
noun
plural of cardigan
careening
careening
noun
The motion of something that careens.
verb
present participle of careen
careering
careering
noun
Rapid, uncontrollable headlong motion.
verb
present participle of career
caressing
caressing
noun
A caress.
verb
present participle of caress
carioling
carioling
noun
(Canada, historical) Travelling over the ice on a sleigh.
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carnegiea
carolling
carolling
noun
A singing of carols.
verb
(Britain, Canada) present participle of carol
carousing
carousing
noun
carousal
verb
present participle of carouse
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
carpingly
carpingly
adv
in a carping manner; with complaints.
carpognia
carrigeen
carroming
carroming
verb
present participle of carrom
carroting
carroting
noun
A process in the manufacture of felt in which the animal pelt is treated with a solution of mercuric nitrate.