A town in southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abrogate
abrogate
adj
(archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
verb
(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adrogate
adrogate
verb
(transitive, Ancient Rome, law, historical) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
aegrotat
aegrotat
noun
(Britain) An unclassified degree awarded to such a student.
(Britain, dated) A certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without finishing the work.
aeolight
aethogen
aethogen
noun
(chemistry) A compound of nitrogen and boron which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
(historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.
An implement for shaking or mixing.
One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
agitprop
agitprop
noun
(countable) An instance of such propaganda.
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
(uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.
agnation
agnation
noun
(grammar) The property of being agnate.
consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation
agnition
agnition
noun
(obsolete) acknowledgement
agnoetae
agnoites
agnostic
agnostic
adj
(computing) Of a software component etc.: unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
(usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
noun
A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
agnostus
agonista
agonists
agonists
noun
plural of agonist
agostini
agostino
agouties
agouties
noun
plural of agouty
agriotes
agrostis
agrostis
noun
Any grass of the genus Agrostis, bentgrass.
agrotera
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
alagarto
algaroth
algaroth
noun
Alternative form of algarot
algorist
algorist
noun
One who develops algorithms.
One who uses arabic numerals to represent numbers and to perform calculations, as opposed to one who uses Roman numerals to represent numbers and an abacus to perform calculations.
The aspect of a biological organism that follows a systematic process to interpret perceptual data.
algovite
although
although
conj
But, except.
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
anagnost
anagnost
noun
(now chiefly historical) Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.
angelito
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
angleton
angleton
Proper noun
A city in Texas, USA
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
antagony
antagony
noun
(obsolete) contest; opposition; antagonism
antalgol
antigone
antigone
Proper noun
the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who defies the king of Thebes, Creon, by burying her brother Polynices
antilogs
antilogs
noun
plural of antilog
antilogy
antilogy
noun
(rhetoric) A contradiction in related terms or ideas. Usually an inconsistency in syllogisms, of a person or group supposedly of one set of ideals.
antismog
antismog
adj
That counters the effects of smog.
That reduce the production of pollutants that cause smog.
aphthong
aphthong
noun
(phonology) A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
araguato
araguato
noun
A South American howler monkey, the ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea).
arctogea
argentol
argenton
argonaut
argonaut
noun
An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
arrogant
arrogant
adj
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
arrogate
arrogate
verb
(transitive, uncommon) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
astogeny
astogeny
noun
Any morphological change in colonial zooids as the colony grows
astrolog
athrough
atmology
atmology
noun
The branch of science dealing with the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapour.
autogamy
autogamy
noun
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Sologamy, marriage to oneself.
autogeny
autogeny
noun
spontaneous generation
autogiro
autogiro
noun
(aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
autogram
autogram
noun
A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.
autogyro
autogyro
noun
Alternative spelling of autogiro
autology
autology
noun
(grammar) The property of a word or phrase which describes itself.
(more generally) The ability of a concept to apply to itself; self-reference.
The study of oneself.
autosign
autosign
verb
(computing, transitive) To sign (a cryptographic certificate) automatically.
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
balatong
bastogne
begotten
begotten
adj
Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
verb
past participle of beget
belitong
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
betongue
betongue
verb
(transitive) To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.
betrough
bettonga
bigfoots
bigfoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bigfoot
biggonet
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bigotish
bigotish
adj
Characteristic or typical of a bigot.
billtong
biltongs
biltongs
noun
plural of biltong
bloating
bloating
noun
A bloated condition; distention.
verb
present participle of bloat
blodgett
blotting
blotting
noun
A blot; a stain.
The process by which something is blotted.
verb
present participle of blot
boasting
boasting
noun
The making of boasts.
verb
present participle of boast
boatings
boatings
noun
plural of boating
boggiest
boggiest
adj
superlative form of boggy: most boggy most boggy.
bogotana
boltings
boltings
noun
plural of bolting
bonaught
bongoist
bongoist
noun
A musician who plays the bongoes.
boosting
boosting
noun
The act or process by which something is boosted.
verb
present participle of boost
boothage
bootlegs
bootlegs
noun
plural of bootleg
borating
borating
noun
treatment or reaction with a borate
bostangi
bostangi
noun
Alternative spelling of bostanji
botargos
botching
botching
verb
present participle of botch
bottegas
botteghe
botteghe
noun
plural of bottega
bottling
bottling
noun
A batch of bottled liquids, as from a single vat, barrel, or seasonal growth.
The act of pelting (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
verb
present participle of bottle
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
bragwort
bridgton
brigbote
brighton
broughta
bungtown
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
burgonet
burgonet
noun
(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
burgouts
bushgoat
cabotage
cabotage
noun
(law) The right to engage in such transport.
The exclusive right of a country to control such transport.
The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
cantdogs
cantdogs
noun
plural of cantdog
catalogs
catalogs
noun
plural of catalog
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalog
category
category
noun
(mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
catogene
cetology
cetology
noun
The branch of zoology concerned with the order Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
chingtao
cigarito
clothing
clothing
noun
(obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
verb
present participle of clothe
clottage
clotting
clotting
noun
Clotted material.
verb
present participle of clot
clouting
clouting
noun
A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.
The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
verb
present participle of clout
coacting
coacting
verb
present participle of coact
coagents
coagents
noun
plural of coagent
coagment
coagment
verb
(obsolete) To join together.
coapting
coapting
verb
present participle of coapt
coasting
coasting
noun
The act of disengaging the gears of a moving vehicle and rolling along without the use of engine power.
The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
verb
present participle of coast
coatings
coatings
noun
plural of coating
cogently
cogently
adv
In a cogent manner.
cogglety
cogitant
cogitant
adj
(rare) thinking, that thinks
cogitate
cogitate
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
(transitive) To consider, to devise.
cognates
cognates
noun
plural of cognate
cognatic
cognatic
adj
Of or relating to a mode of descent calculated from an ancestor or ancestress through any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both father and mother.
cognatus
cognatus
noun
(law) A person connected through cognation.
cognitum
cognovit
cognovit
noun
(law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
compting
compting
verb
present participle of compt
congests
congests
noun
plural of congest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congest
congrats
congrats
intj
(informal) Clipping of congratulations.
congreet
contagia
contagia
noun
plural of contagium
contango
contango
noun
(obsolete, London Stock Exchange) Fee paid by a buyer to the seller on settlement day when the buyer wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
The amount by which prices for future delivery are higher than prices for near delivery.
The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up.
verb
(obsolete, London Stock Exchange, transitive, intransitive) To charge (a buyer) a fee to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
coopting
coopting
verb
present participle of coopt
coregent
coregent
noun
joint ruler or regent
corteges
corteges
noun
plural of cortege
costigan
coticing
cotingid
cotingid
noun
(zoology) Any bird in the family Cotingidae.
cotising
cotising
verb
present participle of cotise
cottaged
cottaged
adj
Filled with or having cottages.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cottage
cottager
cottager
noun
(Britain, slang) One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging.
A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
cottages
cottages
noun
plural of cottage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cottage