(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
acutograve
adrenergic
adrenergic
adj
Activated by an adrenal mechanism
Containing or releasing adrenaline.
Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
noun
Any adrenergic compound
aegicrania
agaricales
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agricolite
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
alcheringa
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
allergenic
allergenic
adj
Having the effect of an allergen.
Of or pertaining to an allergen.
anallergic
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
anorogenic
anorogenic
adj
(geology) Unrelated to orogeny
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
archangels
archangels
noun
plural of archangel
archegetes
archegonia
archegonia
noun
plural of archegonium
archeology
archeology
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of archaeology
archgunner
archregent
arciniegas
arctangent
arctangent
noun
(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan⁻¹
arctogaeal
arctogaeal
adj
(biogeography) Of or relating to the Arctogea, a biogeographical division comprising the Holarctic and Paleotropical regions.
arctogaean
arctogaeic
arrogances
arrogances
noun
plural of arrogance
ascigerous
ascigerous
adj
(botany) Having asci.
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
athrogenic
backgeared
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becrusting
beggarlice
bergamasca
bescouring
boschneger
brachering
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
cablegrams
cablegrams
noun
plural of cablegram
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
cameograph
camerlengo
camerlengo
noun
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
camerlingo
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
canaseraga
cannelburg
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
carangidae
carcinogen
carcinogen
noun
A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cargadores
cariogenic
cariogenic
adj
Of, or relating to cariogenesis
Producing dental caries
carmagnole
carmagnole
noun
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
(clothing, historical) A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons.
(historical) A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
carragheen
cartilages
cartilages
noun
plural of cartilage
cartonnage
cartonnage
noun
Pasteboard.
The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
cashiering
cashiering
noun
A dismissal of an individual from service, especially in the military.
verb
present participle of cashier
cassegrain
catagories
catalogers
catalogers
noun
plural of cataloger
cataloguer
cataloguer
noun
(informal) A person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.
One who catalogues.
cataracteg
categorial
categorial
adj
categorical, absolute, without exception
categorical, pertaining to a category
pertaining to categorial grammar
categories
categories
noun
plural of category
categorise
categorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
categorist
categorist
noun
One who categorizes.
categorize
categorize
verb
(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.
cateringly
centigrade
centigrade
adj
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).
noun
(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
centigrado
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
cephalagra
cephalagra
noun
gout in the head
cerigerous
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
cerrogordo
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
cerulignol
chaffering
chaffering
noun
The act of one who chaffers.
verb
present participle of chaffer
chagrinned
chagrinned
adj
Alternative form of chagrined
challenger
challenger
noun
One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
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
chancering
changeover
changeover
noun
A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeable
chargeable
adj
(of expenses etc.) That may be charged to an account.
(rare) Liable to be accused (either formally or informally).
imputable
chargeably
chargeably
adv
(obsolete) At great cost; expensively.
chargeless
chargeless
adj
(physics) Without charge.
chargeling
chargeling
noun
A little or young charge (person in the care of another).
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
charminger
charminger
adj
comparative form of charming: more charming
charterage
charterage
noun
A charge paid for chartering a vessel.
The chartering of a vessel.
chartering
chartering
verb
present participle of charter
chatterbag
chatterbag
noun
(UK, dialect, informal) Synonym of chatterbox (“talkative person”)
chattering
chattering
adj
That chatters
noun
A noise that chatters.
Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
verb
present participle of chatter
chattermag
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
cheddaring
cheddaring
noun
The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
verb
present participle of cheddar
cheeringly
cheeringly
adv
In a way that cheers; hearteningly, encouragingly.
With cheering.
cheirology
cheirology
noun
The representation of words or letters by use of the fingers
chemigraph
chemurgies
chemurgies
noun
plural of chemurgy
chequering
chequering
noun
A chequered pattern.
verb
present participle of chequer
cherishing
cherishing
noun
The act by which somebody or something is cherished.
verb
present participle of cherish
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chirurgery
chirurgery
noun
(archaic) Synonym of surgery.
chittering
chittering
noun
The sound of a chitter.
verb
present participle of chitter
chivareing
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
choraguses
choreguses
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chromogene
chuntering
chuntering
noun
Grumbling; complaining.
verb
present participle of chunter
churchgoer
churchgoer
noun
One who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian.
ciceronage
ciceronage
noun
The activity of a cicerone; local guidance.
ciceroning
ciceroning
verb
present participle of cicerone
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
cigarettes
cigarettes
noun
plural of cigarette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cigarette
ciliograde
ciliograde
adj
(zoology) Moving by means of cilia or similar organs.
cinemagoer
cinemagoer
noun
One who visits a cinema in order to watch a film.
circleting
cirrigrade
cirrigrade
adj
(zoology) moved or moving by means of cirri
citigradae
clabbering
clabbering
verb
present participle of clabber
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
clattering
clattering
adj
In a state or process of being clattered.
noun
A noise that clatters.
verb
present participle of clatter
clergyable
clergyable
adj
(dated) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clewgarnet
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
clobbering
clobbering
adj
That clobbers.
noun
(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of clobber
clubmonger
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
cluttering
cluttering
noun
A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
An instance of cluttered speech.
The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered.