(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
aeciostage
aegialitis
aegithalos
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
agreations
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
algebraist
algebraist
noun
(mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
algidities
algidities
noun
plural of algidity
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
allergists
allergists
noun
plural of allergist
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
analgesist
anglesmith
antagonise
antagonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.
antalgesic
antalgesic
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of analgesic
antespring
antiegoism
antiegoist
antilogies
antilogies
noun
plural of antilogy
antisavage
antisavage
adj
Opposing savages (people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies).
appetising
appetising
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing.
verb
present participle of appetise
arbitrages
arbitrages
noun
plural of arbitrage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arbitrage
areologist
areologist
noun
(astronomy) One who studies the planet Mars.
areopagist
argentines
argentines
noun
plural of argentine
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
assignment
assignment
noun
(LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
(law) A document that effects this transfer.
(law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
A position to which someone is assigned.
An assigned task.
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
astringent
astringent
adj
(medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
Extremely sour, bitter.
Sharp, caustic, severe.
noun
A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
asyzygetic
asyzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Not syzygetic
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
aubergiste
aubergiste
noun
An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries.
austringer
austringer
noun
(falconry) A falconer who uses accipiters for hunting.
(obsolete) A keeper of goshawks.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autogenies
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
bassetting
bassetting
verb
present participle of bassett
beastlings
beastlings
noun
plural of beastling
becrusting
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
besoothing
besoothing
verb
present participle of besoothe
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bestirring
bestirring
verb
present participle of bestir
bestrewing
bestrewing
verb
present participle of bestrew
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
bitingness
bitingness
noun
The state or quality of biting or being biting.
blistering
blistering
adj
Causing blisters.
Harsh or corrosive.
Scornful.
Very fast.
noun
(medicine, veterinary) The practice of forming blisters on the skin, to promote blood flow and aid healing.
verb
present participle of blister
blustering
blustering
adj
Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.
noun
A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.
Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.
verb
present participle of bluster
bolstering
bolstering
noun
The act by which something is bolstered; support.
verb
present participle of bolster
brighteyes
brightness
brightness
noun
Intelligence, cleverness.
The perceived luminance of an object.
The quality of being bright.
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
calystegia
cartilages
cartilages
noun
plural of cartilage
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
castigable
castigable
adj
Able or worthy to be punished.
castigated
castigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of castigate
castigates
castigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castigate
catagories
categories
categories
noun
plural of category
categorise
categorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
categorist
categorist
noun
One who categorizes.
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
cetologies
cetologies
noun
plural of cetology
cetologist
cetologist
noun
A biologist who studies cetaceans.
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
cigarettes
cigarettes
noun
plural of cigarette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cigarette
clingstone
clingstone
noun
A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh.
clustering
clustering
adj
Forming a cluster.
noun
(computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
A grouping of a number of similar things.
verb
present participle of cluster
coexisting
coexisting
verb
present participle of coexist
cognitives
cognitives
noun
plural of cognitive
congesting
congesting
verb
present participle of congest
congestion
congestion
noun
(medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
(medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels
congestive
congestive
adj
Characterized by congestion
consenting
consenting
adj
Giving consent; agreeing to something.
verb
present participle of consent
constringe
constringe
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
contesting
contesting
verb
present participle of contest
cossetting
cossetting
verb
present participle of cosset
costeaning
costeaning
noun
(mining) A process for discovering metallic lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
costogenic
creosoting
creosoting
verb
present participle of creosote
cunningest
cunningest
adj
superlative form of cunning: most cunning
curtseying
curtseying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsey.
verb
present participle of curtsey
cynegetics
cynegetics
noun
(obsolete) hunting with dogs
cytogenies
cytogenies
noun
plural of cytogeny
cytologies
decalogist
decalogist
noun
One who explains the Decalogue.
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
denigrates
denigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deregister
deregister
verb
to unregister
to unsubscribe
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
designated
designated
adj
Having a specified designation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of designate
designates
designates
noun
plural of designate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of designate
designator
designator
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
A person who, or term that, designates.
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
designment
designment
noun
(obsolete) One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
destaining
destaining
noun
The removal of a stain from a biological sample
verb
present participle of destain
destroying
destroying
verb
present participle of destroy
destuffing
digestedly
digestedly
adv
In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.
digestible
digestible
adj
Capable of being digested.
digestibly
digestibly
adv
In a digestible manner; so as to be digested easily.
digestions
digestions
noun
plural of digestion
digestment
digitoxose
digitoxose
noun
(biochemistry) The glycone of digitoxin or gitoxin
diisatogen
diisatogen
noun
(chemistry) A synthetic red crystalline nitrogenous substance which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
disaugment
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
disgregate
disgregate
verb
(obsolete) To disperse; to scatter.
disgruntle
disgruntle
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
disjecting
disjecting
verb
present participle of disject
dispergate
disseating
disseating
verb
present participle of disseat
dissecting
dissecting
noun
A dissection; a taking apart.
verb
present participle of dissect
dissenting
dissenting
adj
Showing a strongly different opinion, belief, or viewpoint.
verb
present participle of dissent
disserting
disserting
verb
present participle of dissert
distending
distending
verb
present participle of distend
distillage
distillage
noun
(rare) Distillation.
distinguee
distinguee
adj
Alternative form of distingue
disvantage
dogmatised
dogmatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogmatise
dogmatiser
dogmatiser
noun
Alternative form of dogmatizer
dotingness
dotingness
noun
The quality or state of being doting; excessive fondness.
doughtiest
doughtiest
adj
superlative form of doughty: most doughty
druggister
dysgenetic
dysgenetic
adj
(genetics) Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis
earthlings
earthlings
noun
plural of earthling
easterling
easterling
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Easterling
ecologists
ecologists
noun
plural of ecologist
eglantines
eglantines
noun
plural of eglantine
egoistical
egoistical
adj
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).
Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others.
eigenstate
eigenstate
noun
(physics) A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity
eightballs
eightballs
noun
plural of eightball
eightieths
eightieths
noun
plural of eightieth
eightscore
eightscore
noun
(archaic) One hundred and sixty (160).
ellingston
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
emmitsburg
encrusting
encrusting
verb
present participle of encrust
endangitis
energetics
energetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics that studies the flow and transformation of energy
The flow and transformation of energy within a specific system or device
energistic
enigmatist
enigmatist
noun
One who indulges in enigmas, especially one who often makes such enigmas.
enlightens
enlightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlighten