(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
aftersong
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
aggregant
aggregant
noun
(medicine) Any drug that promotes the aggregation of platelets.
agincourt
agreation
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
altenburg
angetenar
angostura
angostura
noun
A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters (but not Angostura bitters), Angostura trifoliata.
Angostura bitters
angstroms
angstroms
noun
plural of angstrom
angustura
angustura
noun
Archaic form of angostura.
antagoras
antaranga
antegrade
antegrade
adj
moving or directed forward
antiglare
antiglare
adj
Acting to reduce or combat glare
antigraft
antigraft
adj
(politics) Opposed to or working against graft
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
antitragi
antitragi
noun
plural of antitragus
antralgia
aragonite
aragonite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arctogean
argentate
argentate
adj
(botany, dated, rare) silvery white
verb
To treat with a silver salt
argenteum
argentide
argentina
argentine
argentine
adj
Containing or resembling silver.
noun
(mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
White metal coated with silver.
argentino
argention
argention
noun
(chemistry, archaic) ionized silver
argentite
argentite
noun
(mineralogy) Silver sulfide, (Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
argentose
argentous
argentous
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
argentums
argonauta
argonauts
argonauts
noun
plural of argonaut
argumenta
argumenta
noun
plural of argumentum
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
arlington
arlington
Proper noun
A place name.
a CDP which is coterminous with Virginia, USA.
Arlington National Cemetery (in Arlington County, Virginia) an American military cemetery, which includes among other things the tomb of the unknown soldiers.
armangite
armangite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
armington
armstrong
armstrong
Proper noun
originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
Noun
An Armstrong gun.
arointing
arointing
verb
present participle of aroint
aroynting
aroynting
verb
present participle of aroynt
arresting
arresting
adj
striking, gripping
verb
present participle of arrest
arrington
arterying
articling
articling
verb
present participle of article
arylating
arylating
adj
(organic chemistry) That inserts aryl groups into molecules.
verb
present participle of arylate
asserting
asserting
noun
The act of making assertions.
verb
present participle of assert
assorting
assorting
verb
present participle of assort
assurgent
assurgent
adj
(botany) Curving upward.
Rising or tending to rise.
noun
(heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea.
astrangia
astringed
astringed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astringe
astringer
astringer
noun
Obsolete form of austringer.
astringes
astringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astringe
astrogeny
astrogeny
noun
The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens.
astrogony
astrogony
noun
Alternative form of astrogeny.
attorning
attorning
verb
present participle of attorn
attriting
attriting
verb
present participle of attrite
augmenter
augmenter
noun
One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
bantering
bantering
adj
That teases
noun
joking; jesting
teasing
verb
present participle of banter
bartering
bartering
noun
barter
verb
present participle of barter
battering
battering
noun
A heavy beating.
A large defeat.
verb
present participle of batter
bedstring
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
bentgrass
bentgrass
noun
Any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis.
bergstein
beringite
betraying
betraying
noun
betrayal
verb
present participle of betray
bettering
bettering
noun
improvement
verb
present participle of better
bintangor
bintangor
noun
A hardwood tree of the genus Calophyllum.
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
bittering
bittering
adj
Causing a bitter taste or smell.
noun
A bitter compound used in adulterating beer.
verb
present participle of bitter
bittinger
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
botryogen
botryogen
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral.
bowstring
bowstring
noun
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
The string of an archer's bow.
verb
(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
brattling
brattling
noun
(in the plural, UK, East Anglia, Northamptonshire) Loppings from felled trees.
A rattling or scampering noise.
verb
present participle of brattle
breasting
breasting
noun
(engineering) The curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.
verb
present participle of breast
breathing
breathing
noun
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Aspiration; secret prayer.
The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
verb
present participle of breathe
breveting
breveting
verb
present participle of brevet
bridgetin
bridgeton
brigantes
brigantia
brigantia
Proper noun
A Celtic goddess of victory.
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brightman
bristling
bristling
adj
Having bristles.
Showing anger.
noun
The act of one who bristles.
verb
present participle of bristle
brittling
brittling
verb
present participle of brittle
bromating
bromating
verb
present participle of bromate
broughton
bruington
brustling
brustling
verb
present participle of brustle
burgonets
burgonets
noun
plural of burgonet
buttering
buttering
noun
(cooking) The application of butter (“n.”) to something.
(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.
Hyponyms: nosebuttering, tailbuttering
The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards
verb
present participle of butter
cantering
cantering
noun
Movement at a canter.
verb
present participle of canter
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
caratinga
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
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.
cartoning
cartoning
verb
present participle of carton
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
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
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chartings
chartings
noun
plural of charting
chortling
chortling
noun
The act of giving a chortle.
verb
present participle of chortle
circuting
cloturing
cloturing
verb
present participle of cloture
coarcting
coarcting
verb
present participle of coarct
congruent
congruent
adj
(algebra) Satisfying a congruence relation.
(mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
(mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
Corresponding in character; congruous
congruist
congruity
congruity
noun
An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
coregnant
coregnant
adj
Reigning jointly.
cornuting
cornuting
verb
present participle of cornute
corrigent
corrigent
adj
corrective
noun
(medicine) Any substance added to a medicine to make it more palatable
corrugant
corrugant
adj
Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.
corrugent
corseting
corseting
verb
present participle of corset
cottering
cottering
verb
present participle of cotter
courtling
courtling
noun
(obsolete) A sycophantic courtier.
craigmont
cratering
cratering
noun
The creation of a crater on a surface.
verb
present participle of crater
crediting
crediting
noun
The act of making a credit in accounting.
verb
present participle of credit
creighton
creighton
Proper noun
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in Saskatchewan
cremating
cremating
verb
present participle of cremate
crestings
crestings
noun
plural of cresting
crotching
crotching
verb
present participle of crotch
crotonbug
crutching
crutching
verb
present participle of crutch
culturing
culturing
noun
An act or an instance of growing or maintaining a culture (especially of bacteria).
verb
present participle of culture
curetting
curetting
noun
The act of scraping with a curette.
verb
present participle of curette
curtsying
curtsying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsy.
verb
present participle of curtsy
curveting
curveting
noun
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.