(physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes.
amphigam
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
ampongue
apogamic
apogamic
adj
(botany) Of or relating to apogamy.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
campagna
campagna
noun
(dated) A flat stretch of countryside; open rural plain.
campagne
campagne
noun
plural of campagna
campagus
campaign
campaign
noun
(obsolete) An excursion into the countryside.
(obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a campaign.
(transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.
campings
campings
noun
plural of camping
campongs
campongs
noun
plural of campong
carpogam
champing
champing
noun
The practice of camping overnight in historic churches as a novelty or part of a holiday.
The sound or action of one who champs (bites or chews).
verb
Present participle of champ.
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
chumping
chumping
verb
present participle of chump
clamping
clamping
noun
The act by which something is clamped.
verb
present participle of clamp
clomping
clomping
adj
That clomps.
verb
present participle of clomp
clumping
clumping
noun
A clump or cluster.
The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.
verb
present participle of clump
compages
compages
noun
plural of compage
compinge
compinge
verb
(obsolete) To compress; to shut up.
compoing
compting
compting
verb
present participle of compt
cramping
cramping
noun
The action of something that cramps.
verb
present participle of cramp
crimpage
crimpage
noun
Money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
The act or practice of crimping, or entrapping soldiers or sailors into service.
crimping
crimping
noun
The act by which something is crimped.
verb
present participle of crimp
crumping
crumping
verb
present participle of crump
dampings
dampings
noun
plural of damping
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
dimpling
dimpling
noun
The formation of a dimple.
verb
present participle of dimple
dumpings
dumpings
noun
plural of dumping
dumpling
dumpling
noun
(cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
(endearing) A term of endearment.
(mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
empaling
empaling
verb
present participle of empale
emplunge
emplunge
verb
Alternative form of implunge
emptings
emptings
noun
(dated) The lees of wine or beer, used for their yeast in making bread, etc.
emptying
emptying
noun
(in the plural) Alternative form of emptins
The act by which something is emptied.
verb
present participle of empty
epigamic
epigamic
adj
(zoology) Attractive to the opposite sex
epigrams
epigrams
noun
plural of epigram
epigynum
epigynum
noun
Synonym of epigyne
flumping
flumping
verb
present participle of flump
galumphs
galumphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph
gamphrel
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gazumped
gazumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gazump
gazumper
gazumper
noun
One who gazumps.
gemperle
gempylid
gempylid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
gimpiest
gimpiest
adj
superlative form of gimpy: most gimpy
gipsydom
gipsydom
noun
Alternative form of gypsydom
gipsyism
gipsyism
noun
Alternative form of gypsyism
glimpsed
glimpsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glimpse
glimpser
glimpser
noun
One who glimpses something.
glimpses
glimpses
noun
plural of glimpse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glimpse
glumpier
glumpily
glumpily
adv
In a glumpy manner.
glumpish
glumpish
adj
(dialect, dated) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
grampian
grampian
Proper noun
a former local government region in north-east Scotland, which was created in 1975 and abolished in 1996.
grapheme
grapheme
noun
A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.
graphium
graphium
noun
A butterfly of the genus Graphium.
A stylus (for writing).
gripment
grumphie
grumphie
noun
(Scotland) A sow (female pig).
grumpier
grumpier
adj
comparative form of grumpy: more grumpy
grumpily
grumpily
adv
In a grumpy manner; in a cranky manner.
grumping
grumping
verb
present participle of grump
grumpish
grumpish
adj
surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
gumdrops
gumdrops
noun
plural of gumdrop
gumpheon
gumphion
gumphion
noun
(historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
gumption
gumption
noun
(Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
(US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
(US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.
gypsumed
gypsydom
gypsydom
noun
The realm or sphere of gypsies.
gypsyism
gypsyism
noun
(offensive, ethnic slur) The practices or habits ascribed to gypsies, such as deception, cheating, and flattery.
The state of being a gypsy.
humphing
humphing
verb
present participle of humph
hypogamy
hypogamy
noun
The seeking of a spouse of lower socioeconomic status or caste than oneself.
hypogeum
hypogeum
noun
An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).
impaling
impaling
noun
The act of something being impaled.
verb
present participle of impale
impeding
impeding
verb
present participle of impede
impetigo
impetigo
noun
(pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
impinged
impinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impinge
impinger
impinger
noun
Any of several instruments in which fine particles (dust) in a gas are analysed by blowing them through a jet onto a wetted plate, prior to being counted. Typically used for particle analysis
impinges
impinges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impinge
impledge
impledge
Verb
To pledge.
implunge
implunge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To plunge (something into something else).
implying
implying
noun
implication
verb
present participle of imply
imponing
imponing
verb
present participle of impone
imposing
imposing
adj
Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.
verb
present participle of impose
impregns
impregns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impregn
impugned
impugned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impugn
impugner
impugner
noun
One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
imputing
imputing
verb
present participle of impute
kampongs
kampongs
noun
plural of kampong
lagomrph
lipogram
lipogram
noun
(literature) A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
malpighi
mappings
mappings
noun
plural of mapping
megalopa
megalopa
noun
The final larval stage found in decapod crustaceans
megalops
megalops
noun
(zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.
A large fish; the tarpum.
megapode
megapode
adj
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
noun
Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.
megapods
megapods
noun
plural of megapod
megatype
megatype
noun
(dated, photography) An enlarged print
megatypy
megatypy
noun
(dated, photography) enlargement
megilphs
megilphs
noun
plural of megilph
mispaged
mispaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispage
mispages
mispages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispage
mopingly
mopingly
adv
While moping; sulkily.
morphgan
mugwumps
mugwumps
noun
plural of mugwump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mugwump
multigap
multigap
adj
Having, or employing multiple gaps
myograph
myograph
noun
(physiology) An instrument for determining and recording the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction
omophagy
omophagy
noun
The eating of raw flesh.
opsigamy
opsigamy
noun
(rare) marriage at an old age
optogram
optogram
noun
(physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
pagandom
pagandom
noun
Collectively, pagans or their realm or lands.
paganism
paganism
noun
Any indigenous polytheistic religion.
Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.
palmgren
pampanga
pampanga
Proper noun
A province in Central Luzon, Philippines.
pampango
pampango
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Pampanga.
Proper noun
The language of these people.
pangamic
pangamic
adj
(eugenics, obsolete) Mating in an indiscriminate or random manner.
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to pangamic acid or its derivatives.
panglima
paradigm
paradigm
noun
(linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
A pattern, a way of doing something, especially (now often derogatory) a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
An example serving as the model for such a pattern.
paragram
paragram
noun
A play upon words; a pun.
parapegm
parapegm
noun
An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.
patagium
patagium
noun
A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.
The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
pegamoid
pegamoid
noun
A waterproof varnish used, applied to surfaces, in bookbinding and upholstery
imitation leather
pergamic
pergamon
pergamos
pergamum
pergamum
Proper noun
An ancient Greek city, in western Anatolia, near modern Bergama.
pergamus
pergamyn
perigeum
perigeum
noun
Archaic form of perigee.
phlegmon
phlegmon
noun
A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.
phoenigm
phrygium
picogram
picogram
noun
A unit of mass equal to 0.000 000 000 001 grams. Symbol: pg
pigmaker
pigments
pigments
noun
plural of pigment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigment
pilgrims
pilgrims
noun
plural of pilgrim
pimgenet
pimpling
pimpling
verb
present participle of pimple
plimming
plimming
verb
present participle of plim
plumaged
plumaged
adj
Having plumage.
plumages
plumages
noun
plural of plumage
plumbage
plumbage
noun
leadwork
plumbago
plumbago
noun
(botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort.
(mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite.
plumbing
plumbing
noun
(countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
(informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
(informal, figurative) Practical, concrete work serving to support other work.
The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.
The trade or occupation of a plumber.
plumming
plumming
noun
(mining) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
verb
present participle of plum
plumping
plumping
noun
The act by which something is plumped.
verb
present participle of plump
pogromed
pogromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pogrom
polygamy
polygamy
noun
(botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)
(zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
polygram
polygram
noun
A figure consisting of many lines.
pomading
pomading
verb
present participle of pomade
pomology
pomology
noun
(botany) The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit.
(botany) The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
A work or treatise written on this subject.
porogamy
porogamy
noun
(botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle.
postgame
postgame
adj
(sports) Following a game, usually specifically a sporting match
(video games) Content that follows the main story of the game.
noun
(media) A postgame show
preimage
preimage
noun
(mathematics) For a given function, the set of all elements of the domain that are mapped into a given subset of the codomain; (formally) given a function ƒ : X → Y and a subset B ⊆ Y, the set ƒ⁻¹(B) = {x ∈ X : ƒ(x) ∈ B}.