(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
agglutinator
agglutinator
noun
That which agglutinates
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agricultural
agricultural
adj
(cricket) As if played with a scythe
Of or pertaining to agriculture
noun
A product or commodity from agriculture.
agriculturer
agriculturer
noun
agriculturist
agricultures
agricultures
noun
plural of agriculture
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
anitrogenous
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
anthropurgic
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
antiguerilla
antiliturgic
antireducing
antisuffrage
antisuffrage
adj
(politics) Opposing suffrage.
antitragicus
antitragicus
noun
(anatomy) In the human musculoskeletal system of the ear, a part that arises from the outer part of the antitragus and is inserted into the cauda helicis and antihelix.
appoggiatura
appoggiatura
noun
(music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
appoggiature
apterygotous
arbitrageurs
arbitrageurs
noun
plural of arbitrageur
argumentator
argumentator
noun
One who argues; a debator.
argyranthous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
articulating
articulating
verb
present participle of articulate
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
autodrainage
autoepigraph
autofrettage
autofrettage
noun
A metal fabrication technique in which a pressure vessel is subjected to enormous pressure, causing internal portions of the part to yield plasticly, resulting in internal compressive residual stresses once the pressure is released.
autografting
autografting
verb
present participle of autograft
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
autorotating
autorotating
verb
present participle of autorotate
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
blusteringly
blusteringly
adv
in a blustering manner
borotungstic
boulangerite
boulangerite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
bourignonist
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
burgettstown
burgomasters
burgomasters
noun
plural of burgomaster
burnettizing
burnettizing
verb
present participle of burnettize
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
buttermaking
buttermonger
buttermonger
noun
(historical) A seller of butter.
butterwright
carburetting
caricaturing
caricaturing
verb
present participle of caricature
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
catlettsburg
catlettsburg
Proper noun
The name of two communities in the United States:
a home rule-class city in and county seat of
an community in
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
chandragupta
circumgyrate
circumgyrate
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
(intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).
(intransitive) To move around something.
(intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
(transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.
clearcutting
clearcutting
noun
A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.
clusteringly
clusteringly
adv
In clusters.
coagulometer
coagulometer
noun
(medicine) A device used to measure the ability of the blood to coagulate (and the time taken to do so).
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
compurgators
compurgators
noun
plural of compurgator
compurgatory
compurgatory
adj
compurgatorial
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
congratulant
congratulant
adj
That congratulates
noun
congratulator
congratulate
congratulate
verb
(reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.
congruential
congruential
adj
(mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus)
conjecturing
conjecturing
noun
The forming of conjectures.
verb
present participle of conjecture
constructing
constructing
noun
An act of construction.
verb
present participle of construct
contributing
contributing
verb
present participle and gerund of contribute
corrugations
corrugations
noun
plural of corrugation
corruptingly
corruptingly
adv
In a corrupting manner.
corticifugal
corticifugal
adj
(anatomy) Leading away from the cerebral cortex
cotyligerous
cotyligerous
adj
(zoology) Having cotyles.
counteragent
counteragent
noun
An agent having the opposite effect; an antidote.
counterargue
counterargue
verb
(transitive, intransitive) Argue against, especially by opposition to and negation of opposing arguments (rather than the bolstering of one’s own position).
counterfugue
counterfugue
noun
(music) A fugue in which the answer or imitation to the melody is played in an inverse manner.
countergager
countergauge
counterguard
counterguard
noun
(fortification) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
counterimage
counterimage
noun
An image that counters or contradicts another.
counterlight
countersiege
countersiege
noun
A siege in response to another siege.
countersigns
countersigns
noun
plural of countersign
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersign
countersuing
countersuing
verb
present participle of countersue
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterwager
counterwager
noun
A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
creatureling
creatureling
noun
A little creature.
crosscutting
crosscutting
verb
present participle of crosscut
crurogenital
crurogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the leg and the genitals.
crustalogist
cryptogamous
cryptogamous
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams
cryptogenous
cryptogenous
adj
cryptogenic
cryptozygous
cryptozygous
adj
(anatomy) Having a face that is narrower than the cranium (such that the zygomatic arches are not always visible)
crystallurgy
crystallurgy
noun
(dated) crystallization
daemonurgist
daughterhood
daughterhood
noun
The condition of being a daughter.
daughterless
daughterless
adj
Without a daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
daughterling
daughterling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A daughter, especially a young or precious one.
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
degraduation
denaturising
denaturising
verb
present participle of denaturise
denaturizing
denaturizing
verb
present participle of denaturize
deregulating
deregulating
verb
present participle of deregulate
deregulation
deregulation
noun
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
deregulatory
deregulatory
adj
Of or pertaining to deregulation
detruncating
detruncating
verb
present participle of detruncate
deuterogenic
deuterogenic
adj
(geology) Of secondary origin; said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.
dextrogyrous
dextrogyrous
adj
dextrogyrate
discongruity
discongruity
noun
incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness
disfeaturing
disfeaturing
verb
present participle of disfeature
disgradulate
disgruntling
disgruntling
verb
present participle of disgruntle
disintegrous
dislustering
distraughted
distraughted
adj
Obsolete form of distracted.
distraughtly
distraughtly
adv
In a distraught manner.
distributing
distributing
verb
present participle of distribute
disturbingly
disturbingly
adv
In a disturbing manner.
dramaturgies
dramaturgies
noun
plural of dramaturgy
dramaturgist
dramaturgist
noun
A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.