In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
agglutinoid
aguilawood
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
aigialosauridae
amidoguaiacol
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaloncus
anguilloid
anguilloid
adj
eellike
noun
Any eel of the suborder Anguilloidei
angulodentate
antidecalogue
arnoldsburg
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
audiological
audiological
adj
Of or pertaining to audiology, or the study of hearing.
audiologies
audiologies
noun
plural of audiology
audiologist
audiologist
noun
A healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.
audiologists
audiologists
noun
plural of audiologist
audiology
audiology
noun
An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.
The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders
autodialing
autodialing
verb
present participle of autodial
autodialling
autodialling
verb
simple past tense of autodial
autoloading
autoloading
noun
(programming) Capability of loading and linking portions of a program from mass storage automatically when needed.
verb
present participle of autoload
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.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
bleachground
blockaderunning
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
bloodlusting
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bludgeoned
bludgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
bludgeoneer
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
bludgeons
bludgeons
noun
plural of bludgeon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
bodybuilding
bodybuilding
noun
(dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
bougainvilliidae
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
buddhology
buddhology
Noun
The study of the Buddha or Buddhahood.
bulldog
bulldog
noun
(UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
(US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
(professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
A stubborn or determined person.
The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
verb
(transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
bulldogged
bulldogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulldog
bulldoggedness
bulldoggedness
noun
stubborn determination; doggedness
bulldogger
bulldogger
noun
One who bulldogs (chases and wrestles a steer as a rodeo performance).
bulldoggers
bulldoggers
noun
plural of bulldogger
bulldogging
bulldogging
verb
present participle of bulldog
bulldoggings
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
bulldoggy
bulldoggy
adj
(informal) Resembling a bulldog.
bulldogism
bulldogs
bulldogs
noun
plural of bulldog
bulldozing
bulldozing
noun
An act of demolition with a bulldozer.
verb
present participle of bulldoze
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
burglarproofed
cagoulard
cagoulard
noun
(historical) A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
cagoulards
cagoulards
noun
plural of cagoulard
camouflaged
camouflaged
adj
wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camouflage
catalogued
catalogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalogue
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
cladogenous
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
clapperdudgeon
clapperdudgeon
noun
A beggar who would apply blood or sores to his body in order to gain attention and attract more alms
cloudage
cloudage
noun
Mass of clouds; cloudiness.
clouding
clouding
noun
A cloudy appearance.
A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
verb
present participle of cloud
cloudling
cloudling
noun
A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.
cloudology
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
coagulated
coagulated
adj
Subjected to coagulation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coagulate
cogitabundly
colleagued
colleagued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colleague
collogued
collogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of collogue
colluding
colluding
adj
That colludes
verb
present participle of collude
colongitude
colongitude
noun
(astronomy) The longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.
concluding
concluding
adj
(obsolete) Conclusive; convincing; decisive.
Finishing; closing; final.
noun
A conclusion.
verb
present participle of conclude
concludingly
concludingly
adv
In a concluding manner; finally; conclusively.
conducingly
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
conglutinated
conglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate
congratulated
congratulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congratulate
counterbuilding
counterlighted
counterpleading
counterpleading
noun
A pleading against; a contrary pleading.
verb
present participle of counterplead
cubitodigital
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
curmudgeonly
curmudgeonly
adj
Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
dactylopatagium
dactylopatagium
noun
The portion of patagium found between the digits.
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
dativogerundial
decalogue
decalogue
noun
Alternative spelling of Decalogue
decoagulate
decoagulated
decoagulation
decolouring
decolouring
verb
present participle of decolour
decolourising
decolourising
verb
present participle of decolourise
decolourizing
decolourizing
verb
present participle of decolourize
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
deflocculating
deflocculating
verb
present participle of deflocculate
deglutination
deglutination
noun
(linguistics) A process by which a formerly significant part of a combined term is clipped.
The act of ungluing.
The removal of gluten from a cereal product.
deglutition
deglutition
noun
(physiology) The act or process of swallowing.
deglutitions
deglutitions
noun
plural of deglutition
deglutitious
deglutitious
adj
Pertaining to deglutition.
deglutitory
deglutitory
adj
Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.
degranulation
degranulation
noun
(biology) The loss of secretory granules in certain cells
delogu
delousing
delousing
verb
present participle of delouse
demiflouncing
demioctangular
demodulating
demodulating
verb
present participle of demodulate
dendrolagus
dendrologous
dentatoangulate
dentiloguy
dentolingual
dentolingual
adj
Alternative form of dentilingual
dentosurgical
depopulating
depopulating
verb
present participle of depopulate
deregulation
deregulation
noun
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
deregulationize
deregulations
deregulations
noun
plural of deregulation
deregulatory
deregulatory
adj
Of or pertaining to deregulation
dermatoneurology
dermatoneurology
noun
dermatological neurology
deuterogelatose
deuteroglobulose
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
dextroglucose
dextroglucose
noun
(archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose
diabolifuge
dialogue
dialogue
noun
(authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
(computing) A dialogue box.
(philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
verb
(informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
(obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
(transitive) To put into dialogue form.
dialogued
dialogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dialogue
dialoguer
dialoguer
noun
A participant in a dialogue.
A person employed to write dialogue for characters in a soap opera or similar show.
dialogues
dialogues
noun
plural of dialogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialogue
dialoguing
dialoguing
verb
present participle of dialogue
diglucoside
diglucoside
noun
(organic chemistry) Any glucoside that has two glucose units