(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
alchemising
alchemising
verb
present participle of alchemise
alchemizing
alchemizing
verb
present participle of alchemize
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alightments
alightments
noun
plural of alightment
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
amphicarpogenous
amphigaean
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphigonia
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphisporangiate
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amygdophenin
anathematising
anathematising
verb
present participle of anathematise
anathematizing
anathematizing
verb
present participle of anathematize
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicopathologic
anatomicopathological
anatomicopathological
adj
Relating to anatomy and pathology.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomopathologic
anatomopathologic
adj
Alternative form of anatomopathological
anatomopathological
anatomopathological
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to both anatomy and pathology
anemobiagraph
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angiemphraxis
angiochondroma
angiohemophilia
angiohydrotomy
angiolymphitis
angiolymphoma
angiosymphysis
anglesmith
anglocatholicism
anglophilism
anguimorpha
animatograph
anisognathism
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
anthropoclimatologist
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropomorphising
anthropomorphising
verb
present participle of anthropomorphise
anthropomorphizing
anthropomorphizing
verb
present participle of anthropomorphize
anthropomorphological
anthropomorphological
adj
(biology) Relating to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropophagism
antighostism
antihemagglutinin
antihemagglutinin
adj
(immunology) That reacts with hemagglutinin
antihemoglobin
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antihumbuggist
antilogarithm
antilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The number of which a given number is the logarithm (to a given base).
antilogarithmic
antilogarithmic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an antilogarithm.
antilogarithms
antilogarithms
noun
plural of antilogarithm
anythingarianism
anythingarianism
noun
(religion) Beliefs and practices of an anythingarian.
archaeomagnetism
archaeomagnetism
noun
(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archmagician
archmagician
noun
A very powerful magician.
arthromeningitis
asiphonogama
asthmogenic
asthmogenic
adj
(pathology) That causes an asthmatic attack
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
beachcombing
beachcombing
noun
An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
verb
present participle of beachcomb
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
bellingham
bellingham
Proper noun
a city in Washington state, USA
a suburb in London, England
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benightmare
benightment
benightment
noun
The state or condition of being benighted.
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
besmoothing
besmoothing
verb
present participle of besmooth
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bingham
binghamton
binghamton
Proper noun
a city and a town in New York, USA, the city is the county seat of The town was named after
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
biologicohumanistic
birmingham
birmingham
Proper noun
A city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England, with a population of over one million.
A city in Alabama, United States
A city in Michigan, United States.
birminghamize
birminghamize
Verb
To make ersatz
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blemishing
blemishing
verb
present participle of blemish
blennophlogisma
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
brachygnathism
brachygnathism
noun
An underbite caused by a shortening of the upper mandible (in animals)
brantingham
bridgehampton
brightman
brightsomeness
brightsomeness
noun
The quality of being brightsome.
bronchohemorrhagia
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
burlingham
bushmaking
campephagine
camphorating
camphorating
verb
present participle of camphorate
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
campsheeting
campsheeting
noun
Alternative form of campshedding
carbohemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
cardiopneumograph
cataphrygianism
cephalomeningitis
cephalomeningitis
noun
(pathology) Synonym of meningitis
chaetangium
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
chairmaning
chairmanning
chairmanning
verb
present participle of chairman
chairmending
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
chammying
chammying
verb
present participle of chammy
chamoising
chamoising
verb
present participle of chamois
champagning
champagning
verb
present participle of champagne
champagnize
champagnize
verb
(transitive) To turn (wine) into champagne.
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
champagnizing
champagnizing
verb
present participle of champagnize
champaign
champaign
adj
Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
noun
(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
(obsolete) A battlefield.
champaigne
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
champignons
champignons
noun
plural of champignon
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.
championing
championing
noun
The act of one who champions something; fervent support.
verb
present participle of champion
charming
charming
adj
Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.