(organic chemistry) an organic tricarboxylic acid (fatty acid) found in fungi
alcargen
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
antergic
aracanga
arcading
arcading
noun
(countable, architecture) An arrangement of arcades.
(uncountable, video games) The playing of arcade games.
archings
archings
noun
plural of arching
archking
archking
noun
(rare) A chief king.
argentic
argentic
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.
Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
armagnac
armagnac
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Armagnac
aurignac
birching
birching
noun
A beating with a birch.
verb
present participle of birch
bongrace
bongrace
noun
(obsolete) A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion.
(obsolete) A wide-brimmed hat.
bracings
bracings
noun
plural of bracing
bracking
bricking
bricking
noun
The act of pelting with bricks.
verb
present participle of brick
canaigre
canaigre
noun
(US) Rumex hymenosepalus, a species of dock native to southwestern North America with edible red stems and taproots containing tannin.
(US) Tannin-containing matter obtained from the taproots of the plant.
capering
capering
noun
The motion of one who capers.
verb
present participle of caper
caragana
caragana
noun
Any of several shrubs or small trees, of the genus Caragana, that often have golden flowers
carageen
carageen
noun
Alternative form of carrageen
carangid
carangid
noun
(zoology) Any fish belonging to the family Carangidae, the jackfish.
carangin
carangin
noun
Any fish of the genus Caranx.
carangus
carbungi
carbungi
noun
An Australian cattail (Typha angustifolia)
cardigan
cardigan
noun
A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.
cardings
cardings
noun
plural of carding
cargason
cargason
noun
(obsolete) A cargo; a load of goods.
caribing
carignan
carignan
noun
A grape variety, originally from the Cariñena district of Spain but widely grown in France
The red wine made from this type of grape
carlings
carlings
noun
plural of carling
carnaged
carnaged
adj
Bearing the marks of carnage or slaughter.
carnages
carnages
noun
plural of carnage
carnegie
caroigne
caroigne
Noun
Dead body; carrion.
caroling
caroling
verb
(US) present participle of carol
caroming
caroming
verb
present participle of carom
carpings
carpings
noun
plural of carping
carrying
carrying
noun
Transportation.
verb
present participle of carry
carvings
carvings
noun
plural of carving
catering
catering
noun
(countable) The act of one who caters (to something).
(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
(uncountable, US) The business of providing such services for special occasions.
verb
present participle of cater
centring
centring
noun
Alternative form of centering
verb
present participle of centre
chagrins
chagrins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin
chairing
chairing
verb
present participle of chair
changers
changers
noun
plural of changer
charango
charango
noun
A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
charging
charging
noun
(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).
(uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
verb
present participle of charge
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
charming
charming
adj
Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
Pleasant, charismatic.
noun
The casting of a magical charm.
verb
present participle of charm
charring
charring
noun
The incomplete combustion of organic material.
verb
present participle of char
charting
charting
noun
The act by which something is charted.
verb
present participle of chart
cheering
cheering
noun
A cheer.
verb
present participle and gerund of cheer
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
chirming
chirming
verb
present participle of chirm
chirping
chirping
noun
(gerund of chirp) The act, or an instance of, chirping.
verb
present participle of chirp
chirring
chirring
noun
The sound of a chirr.
verb
present participle of chirr
present participle of chirre
choiring
choiring
verb
present participle of choir
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
churinga
churning
churning
noun
The act by which something is churned.
The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.
verb
present participle of churn
churring
churring
verb
present participle of churr
cingular
cingular
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cingulum
circling
circling
noun
(uncountable) The practice of sitting in a circle and taking turns to speak about one's emotions or experiences while the others listen, intended to be therapeutic or to strengthen relations within the group.
A circular motion.
verb
present participle of circle
citrange
citrange
noun
Citrus × insitorum, a hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange.
clangers
clangers
noun
plural of clanger
clangors
clangors
noun
plural of clangor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clangor
clangour
clangour
noun
(Britain, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
verb
(Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.
clearing
clearing
noun
(Britain, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
(banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
(soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
(telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
An open space in the fog etc.
The act or process of making or becoming clear.
verb
present participle of clear
cleghorn
clergion
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
clingers
clingers
noun
plural of clinger
clingier
clingier
adj
comparative form of clingy: more clingy
cloragen
clouring
clouring
verb
present participle of clour
clowring
coercing
coercing
verb
present participle of coerce
cogniser
cogniser
noun
Alternative form of cognizer
cognizer
cognizer
noun
One who, or that which, cognizes.
cognizor
cognizor
noun
(law) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
coloring
coloring
noun
(graph theory) An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.
A disguise or discoloration.
An act or process which applies color.
Any substance used to give color.
The appearance as to color.
verb
present participle of color
congener
congener
noun
(chemistry) Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.
congeree
congerie
congiary
congiary
noun
A present of corn, wine, oil, etc. or later of money, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people.
congrats
congrats
intj
(informal) Clipping of congratulations.
congreet
congreso
congress
congress
noun
(archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
(dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse.
(often capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
verb
(intransitive) To assemble together.
To meet in a congress.
congreve
congreve
Noun
Congreve rocket
Congreve match
congroid
congroid
noun
Any eel of the suborder Congroidei.
consperg
converge
converge
verb
(intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
(intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
(intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
cordings
cordings
noun
plural of cording
coregent
coregent
noun
joint ruler or regent
coreigns
coreigns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coreign
coresign
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cormogen
cormogen
noun
cormophyte
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
corrigan
cosigner
cosigner
noun
(law) A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another
A cosignatory
coursing
coursing
noun
The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
verb
present participle of course
courting
courting
noun
courtship; amorous advances
verb
present participle of court
covering
covering
noun
(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
(topology) A continuous map onto a topological space X, 𝜋:E→X, such that there exists a discrete space D and for every x∈X an open neighborhood U⊂X, such that 𝜋⁻¹(U)= displaystyle bigsqcup _(d∈D)V_d and 𝜋|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D.
(uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
verb
present participle of cover
cowering
cowering
verb
present participle of cower
craaling
craaling
verb
present participle of craal
crabbing
crabbing
noun
(falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other.
(wool manufacture) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
The act or art of catching crabs.
verb
present participle of crab
cracking
cracking
adj
(colloquial) Enjoyable.
(colloquial) Great.
That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
adv
(Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
noun
(chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
The formation of cracks on a surface.
The production of a crack sound.
verb
present participle of crack
cradling
cradling
noun
(carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
(coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
The act by which one cradles a child etc.
The act of using a cradle (the tool).
verb
present participle of cradle
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
cragsman
cragsman
noun
A (skillful) male climber of crags.
cragsmen
cragsmen
noun
plural of cragsman
cramming
cramming
noun
An intensive course of hard study, as for an examination.
The act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full.
verb
present participle of cram
cramping
cramping
noun
The action of something that cramps.
verb
present participle of cramp
cranking
cranking
noun
The act by which something is cranked.
verb
present participle of crank
crannage
crannoge
crannoge
noun
Alternative form of crannog
crannogs
crannogs
noun
plural of crannog
crapping
crapping
verb
present participle of crap
crashing
crashing
noun
The sound or action of something that crashes.
verb
present participle of crash
cravings
cravings
noun
plural of craving
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
creaking
creaking
noun
A noise that creaks.
verb
present participle of creak
creaming
creaming
noun
A cookery technique in which fat and sugar are mixed together with the incorporation of air to form a cream.
The act by which something is creamed.
verb
present participle of cream
creasing
creasing
noun
(architecture) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.
The act by which something creases.
verb
present participle of crease
creating
creating
noun
creation
verb
present participle of create
creeling
creeling
verb
present participle of creel
creeping
creeping
noun
The act of something that creeps.
verb
present participle of creep
cresting
cresting
noun
(architecture) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
verb
present participle of crest
cribbing
cribbing
noun
(ethology, equestrianism) A self-injurious tendency of certain horses to swallow air while slobbering and biting onto objects in and about their enclosure; cribbing and windsucking are regarded as equine forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
An act of plagiarism.
As a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location,
The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery.
The members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork.
verb
present participle of crib
cricking
cricking
verb
present participle of crick
crimping
crimping
noun
The act by which something is crimped.
verb
present participle of crimp
cringers
cringers
noun
plural of cringer
cringing
cringing
noun
Act of one who cringes.
verb
present participle of cringe
cringles
cringles
noun
plural of cringle
criniger
crisping
crisping
noun
(archaic) A process of curling or forming into ringlets.
(topology) A crisp, clearly-defined object that exists within a more vaguely defined object.
verb
present participle of crisp
critling
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
crocking
crocking
verb
present participle of crock
crofting
crofting
noun
A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
verb
present participle of croft
cronying
crooking
crooking
noun
The act by which something is crooked.
verb
present participle of crook
crooning
crooning
noun
The act of creating a croon.
verb
present participle of croon
cropping
cropping
noun
(agriculture) The growing of crops.
(mining) An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
verb
present participle of crop
crossing
crossing
adj
(rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
noun
(architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
(graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque
A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
A voyage across a body of water.
An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
Movement into a crossed position.
The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
verb
present participle of cross
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
crowning
crowning
adj
Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
noun
(obstetrics) The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
A coronation.
The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
verb
present participle of crown
crudding
crudding
verb
present participle of crud
cruising
cruising
noun
(slang) Walking or driving about a locality in search of a casual sex partner, especially among gay males.
Driving around without an exact destination as a social activity
Sailing about without an exact destination, usually for pleasure.