(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agitpunkt
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
alpargata
alpargata
noun
Synonym of espadrille
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
anaglypta
anaglypta
noun
A thick, embossed wallpaper.
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
aplington
apologete
apologist
apologist
noun
One who makes an apology.
One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
applegate
apteryges
atmograph
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
baptising
baptising
verb
present participle of baptise
baptizing
baptizing
noun
baptism
verb
present participle of baptize
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
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
cryptogam
cryptogam
noun
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
cytophaga
cytophagy
cytophagy
noun
(cytology) The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
eggplants
eggplants
noun
plural of eggplant
egyptians
enrapting
epigaster
epigaster
noun
(anatomy, archaic) The hindgut; the primitive large intestine.
epilating
epilating
verb
present participle of epilate
epilogate
estampage
estampage
noun
A pattern stamped on clay or other material by a press
estoppage
estoppage
noun
An act of estopping.
expiating
expiating
verb
present participle of expiate
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
galleypot
galleypot
noun
Alternative form of gallipot
gallipots
gallipots
noun
plural of gallipot
gantelope
gantelope
noun
(archaic) The gauntlet (military punishment).
gantlopes
gantlopes
noun
plural of gantlope
gastropod
gastropod
noun
Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.
gateposts
gateposts
noun
plural of gatepost
gaziantep
gaziantep
Proper noun
A city in Turkey
giantship
giantship
noun
A compellation for a giant.
The state, personality, or character of a giant.
giddypate
glassport
glyptical
glyptical
adj
Alternative form of glyptic
gnathopod
gnathopod
noun
(zoology) A maxilliped.
gnatproof
gnatproof
adj
Resistant to gnats.
goalposts
goalposts
noun
(bowling) a 7-10 split
plural of goalpost
godparent
godparent
noun
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
grapenuts
graperoot
grapeshot
grapeshot
noun
(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
grapewort
graphiter
graphites
graphites
noun
plural of graphite
graphitic
graphitic
adj
Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.
grassplat
grassplat
noun
A plot of land on which grass grows.
grassplot
grassplot
noun
(US and 19th century English) A lawn.
(US) An area of grass on which cars may be parked.
heptaglot
heptaglot
noun
(rare) A book in seven languages.
heptagons
heptagons
noun
plural of heptagon
heptagrid
heptagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
hopatcong
hospitage
hospitage
noun
(obsolete) hospitality
impacting
impacting
verb
present participle of impact
imparting
imparting
noun
communication (a giving or sharing of information etc)
distribution (a sharing or division of something)
verb
present participle of impart
impasting
impasting
verb
present participle of impaste
integraph
integraph
noun
(mathematics) A device that determines the value of an integral by measuring the area under a curve (and drawing the curve of its integral)
interpage
interpage
adj
Between the pages of a document.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To insert or include between the pages of another document; to interleave.
jaspagate
kopagmiut
lamplight
lamplight
noun
The light emitted by a lamp.
lotophagi
lotophagi
Noun
The lotus eaters; a people visited by Ulysses who subsisted on the lotus.
maggotpie
matagalpa
matagalpa
Proper noun
A department of Nicaragua
megaptera
motograph
motograph
noun
(historical) A device used in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface.
nightcaps
nightcaps
noun
plural of nightcap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nightcap
operating
operating
adj
In operation; that operates.
Involved in an operation.
verb
present participle and gerund of operate
oppugnant
oppugnant
adj
opposing, antagonistic, contrary
noun
(obsolete) One who oppugns; an opponent.
oppugnate
optigraph
optigraph
noun
A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.
otography
otography
noun
The scientific description of the ear.
outgallop
outgallop
verb
(transitive, especially of horses or riders) To run faster than; to outdistance.
outpacing
outpacing
verb
present participle of outpace
outsprang
outsprang
verb
simple past tense of outspring
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
paganists
paganists
noun
plural of paganist
pageanted
pageanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pageant
pageantic
pageantic
adj
Of or relating to a pageant.
pageantry
pageantry
noun
A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
paginated
paginated
adj
(of text) Whose pages have been numbered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paginate
paginates
paginates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paginate
paintings
paintings
noun
plural of painting
palleting
palleting
verb
present participle of pallet
palpating
palpating
verb
present participle of palpate
paltering
paltering
noun
Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.
verb
present participle of palter
panegoist
panegoist
noun
A solipsist.
panguitch
panguitch
Proper noun
a city in Utah, USA, and the county seat of Garfield County.
panlogist
panlogist
noun
One who accepts the doctrine of panlogism.
pantagamy
pantagamy
noun
(historical) A system of communistic marriage, once practised in the Oneida community.
pantalgia
pantiling
pantiling
verb
present participle of pantile
pantingly
pantingly
adv
While, or as if, panting; eagerly, breathlessly.
pantoglot
pantology
pantology
noun
A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge or a work of universal information
paragnath
paragnath
noun
(zoology) Alternative form of paragnathus
parentage
parentage
noun
(figurative) Origin; derivation.
The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
The social quality of one's class in society.
parenting
parenting
noun
The process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood.
verb
present participle of parent
pargasite
pargasite
noun
(mineralogy) A complex inosilicate mineral of the amphibole group.
pargeting
pargeting
noun
(construction) A form of decorative plasterwork used on exterior walls of buildings.
(construction, loosely) parging
pargetted
parroting
parroting
noun
mindless repetition of words or ideas
verb
present participle of parrot
partaking
partaking
noun
(archaic) An act of taking sides; partiality.
The act of taking part in something.
verb
present participle of partake
partridge
partridge
noun
(obsolete, military) A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.
(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
pastiling
pastorage
pastorage
noun
Home or offices of a pastor; comparable to a rectory
The period of service of a particular pastor to his congregation; his term of office.
pastoring
pastoring
verb
present participle of pastor
pasturage
pasturage
noun
A pasture; land that is used for pasture.
The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture.
The right to graze livestock on a pasture.
pasturing
pasturing
noun
Land used as pasture.
The process of putting an animal out to pasture.
verb
present participle of pasture
patagiate
patagones
patagonia
patchogue
patenting
patenting
verb
present participle of patent
pathogene
pathogene
noun
Dated form of pathogen.
pathogens
pathogens
noun
plural of pathogen
pathogeny
pathogeny
noun
(medicine) The generation and method of development of disease.
pathogerm
pathology
pathology
noun
(academic medicine) The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time.
(biology, life sciences) Any of several interrelated scientific disciplines that advance the aspects of the life sciences that allow for such technological applications and their advancements over time.
(clinical medicine) The clinical biomedical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services to clinicians (e.g., cytology, histology, cytopathology, histopathology, cytometry).
Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.
patrology
patrology
noun
(theology) the study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers.
a handbook or published collection of patristic literature.
patronage
patronage
noun
(UK, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
(politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
Customers collectively; clientele; business.
Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
The act or state of being a customer of some business.
The right of nomination to political office.
verb
(transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
(transitive) To support by being a patron of.
pattering
pattering
noun
Groupings of frequent irregularly repeated sounds of moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
verb
present participle of patter
paysagist
peggymast
pegmatite
pegmatite
noun
A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.
pegmatize
pegmatize
verb
(transitive) To convert into pegmatite.
pegmatoid
pegmatoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling pegmatite
noun
Such a mineral
peltigera
penghutao
pentaglot
pentaglot
adj
In five languages.
pentagons
pentagons
noun
plural of pentagon
pentagram
pentagram
noun
The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
pentagrid
pentagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular pentagons
pentalogy
pentalogy
noun
A set of five works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as five individual works.