(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
fingerspin
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
grippiness
grippiness
noun
(Scotland) Stinginess, miserliness.
The state, quality, or condition of being affected by or feeling as if one had the grippe (influenza).
The state, quality, or condition of being grippy.
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
hempstring
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
lifespring
lifespring
noun
A spring or source of life.
lipperings
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
paragneiss
paragneiss
noun
(geology) A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
peregrinus
perigynies
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
persisting
persisting
noun
persistence
verb
present participle of persist
perspiring
perspiring
adj
Producing perspiration; sweating.
noun
The act of producing perspiration.
verb
present participle of perspire
perstringe
perstringe
verb
(now archaic or literary) To censure; criticize.
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
phrensying
phrensying
verb
present participle of phrensy
pingrasses
pingrasses
noun
plural of pingrass
plastering
plastering
noun
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
verb
present participle of plaster
pleasuring
pleasuring
noun
An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
verb
present participle of pleasure
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
postsigner
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
preassigns
preassigns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preassign
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
precessing
precessing
verb
present participle of precess
preclosing
preclosing
Adjective
Before closure.
preconsign
preconsign
verb
(transitive) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
preissuing
preleasing
preleasing
verb
present participle of prelease
presagient
prescoring
prescoring
verb
present participle of prescore
preselling
preselling
verb
present participle of presell
presenting
presenting
verb
present participle of present
preserving
preserving
noun
preservation
verb
present participle of preserve
presetting
presetting
verb
present participle of preset
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
presifting
presifting
verb
present participle of presift
presignify
presignify
verb
(transitive) To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
pressingly
pressingly
adv
Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
pressuring
pressuring
noun
An act or instance of pressuring.
verb
present participle of pressure
prestating
prestoring
pretasting
pretasting
verb
present participle of pretaste
pretesting
pretesting
verb
present participle of pretest
preversing
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
priestling
priestling
noun
(derogatory) A petty, insignificant priest.
processing
processing
noun
The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
The action of the verb to process.
verb
present participle of process
professing
professing
verb
present participle of profess
propagines
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
prospering
prospering
verb
present participle of prosper
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
pryingness
pryingness
noun
The quality of being prying or nosy.
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
reclasping
reclasping
verb
present participle of reclasp
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
reimposing
reimposing
verb
present participle of reimpose
reopenings
reopenings
noun
plural of reopening
reopposing
reopposing
verb
present participle of reoppose
reperusing
reperusing
verb
present participle of reperuse
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
repraising
repressing
repressing
noun
A second or subsequent pressing.
verb
present participle of repress
repursuing
repursuing
verb
present participle of repursue
resampling
resampling
noun
(statistics) Any technique or instance of generating a new sample from an existing dataset.
verb
present participle of resample
reshipping
reshipping
noun
Act of shipping something again.
verb
present participle of reship
respecting
respecting
prep
regarding; considering
verb
present participle of respect
respelling
respelling
noun
A different spelling of a word, especially to show its pronunciation.
verb
present participle of respell
resplicing
resplicing
noun
The act by which things are respliced.
verb
present participle of resplice
responding
responding
noun
response
verb
present participle of respond
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
resweeping
resweeping
verb
present participle of resweep
saprogenic
saprogenic
adj
Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
scampering
scampering
noun
A quick, light running motion.
verb
present participle of scamper
scarpering
scarpering
verb
present participle of scarper
sceptering
sceptering
verb
present participle of scepter
scuppering
scuppering
verb
present participle of scupper
separating
separating
adj
(zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.
noun
An instance of separating.
verb
present participle and gerund of separate
serpigines
sharpening
sharpening
noun
(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
The act by which something is sharpened.
verb
present participle of sharpen
skippering
skippering
verb
present participle of skipper
spattering
spattering
noun
Something spattered.
verb
present participle of spatter
spiderling
spiderling
noun
An immature spider.
Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Boerhavia.
spinigrade
spinigrade
adj
(zoology) Moving by means of spines.
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
sporangite
sporogenic
sporogenic
adj
Producing spores.
Reproducing via spores.
spreadings
spreadings
noun
plural of spreading
springdale
springeing
springeing
verb
present participle of springe
springerle
springerle
noun
a white, anise-flavored German cookie with an embossed design
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
springhope
springiest
springiest
adj
superlative form of springy: most springy
springless
springless
adj
Without a spring or springs (bouncing motion, engineering component, etc).
Without the season of spring.
springlike
springlike
adj
(chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season).
Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object).
springtide
springtide
noun
(literary, poetic) The springtime.
Alternative spelling of spring tide.
springtime
springtime
noun
The season of spring, between winter and summer.
springvale
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
sputtering
sputtering
noun
A noise that sputters.
The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.
verb
present participle of sputter
stoppering
stoppering
verb
present participle of stopper
superdying
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
superlying
superlying
verb
present participle of superlie
tapestring
unreposing
unreposing
adj
Not resting.
unsphering
unsphering
verb
present participle of unsphere
wellspring
wellspring
noun
(figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.
The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
whispering
whispering
adj
associated with whispers
that whispers
noun
Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
verb
present participle of whisper
wingspread
wingspread
noun
The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.