(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
abscessing
abscessing
verb
present participle of abscess
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
addressing
addressing
noun
(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
(linguistics) A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
verb
present participle of address
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aggressing
aggressing
verb
present participle of aggress
aggression
aggression
noun
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
agreations
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
aguishness
aguishness
noun
The state or quality of being aguish.
albigenses
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
anagenesis
anagenesis
noun
The evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces the old rather than branching to produce an additional species.
analgesics
analgesics
noun
plural of analgesic
analgesist
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
anglesmith
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
anglicizes
anglicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anglicize
anguineous
anguineous
adj
Like a snake.
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
arciniegas
argentines
argentines
noun
plural of argentine
asgeirsson
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
assegaiing
assegaiing
verb
present participle of assegai
assembling
assembling
noun
A gathering or assembly.
verb
present participle of assemble
assignable
assignable
adj
Capable of being assigned (all senses).
Capable of being specified or shown.
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.
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
austringer
austringer
noun
(falconry) A falconer who uses accipiters for hunting.
(obsolete) A keeper of goshawks.
autogenies
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
avignonese
awakenings
awakenings
noun
plural of awakening
babelising
baigneuses
bargainers
bargainers
noun
plural of bargainer
bashilange
basigenous
bassetting
bassetting
verb
present participle of bassett
beastlings
beastlings
noun
plural of beastling
beclasping
beclasping
verb
present participle of beclasp
begoniales
bergsonian
bergsonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality.
besmearing
besmearing
verb
present participle of besmear
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
boanergism
cacogenics
cacogenics
noun
(medicine) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote bad genetic characteristics in people.
caginesses
caseinogen
caseinogen
noun
uncoagulated casein
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
cashiering
cashiering
noun
A dismissal of an individual from service, especially in the military.
verb
present participle of cashier
cassegrain
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
coagencies
coagencies
noun
plural of coagency
coalescing
coalescing
noun
coalescence
verb
present participle of coalesce
coarsening
coarsening
noun
The process or the result of becoming coarse
verb
present participle of coarsen
coassignee
coassignee
noun
A joint assignee.
cognisable
cognisable
adj
Alternative form of cognizable
cognisance
cognisance
noun
Alternative spelling of cognizance
collegians
collegians
noun
plural of collegian
compagnies
congiaries
congiaries
noun
plural of congiary
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.
cragginess
cragginess
noun
The state of being craggy.
crevassing
crevassing
verb
present participle of crevasse
dagusmines
daringness
daringness
noun
The state or quality of being daring.
debasingly
debasingly
adv
In a debasing manner.
declassing
declassing
verb
present participle of declass
decreasing
decreasing
verb
present participle of decrease
degaussing
degaussing
noun
The process of something being degaussed.
verb
present participle of degauss
degreasing
degreasing
noun
The removal of grease from something
verb
present participle of degrease
demisangue
denigrates
denigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
designable
designable
adj
Capable of being designed.
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.
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
destaining
destaining
noun
The removal of a stain from a biological sample
verb
present participle of destain
desugaring
desugaring
verb
present participle of desugar
diagenesis
diagenesis
noun
(geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.
diisatogen
diisatogen
noun
(chemistry) A synthetic red crystalline nitrogenous substance which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
dimagnesic
disagreing
disaligned
disaligned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disalign
disarrange
disarrange
verb
To undo the arrangement of; to disorder; to derange.
disaugment
disengaged
disengaged
adj
(dated) Not (socially) engaged; available, free.
Not engaged; at leisure; free from occupation or attachment; unconnected; detached.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disengage
disengages
disengages
noun
plural of disengage
disimagine
disimagine
verb
(transitive) To banish from the imagination.
disleafing
disleafing
verb
present participle of disleaf
disleaving
disleaving
verb
present participle of disleave
disseating
disseating
verb
present participle of disseat
disvantage
dragginess
dragginess
noun
The quality of being draggy.
dysgenical
dysgenical
adj
Alternative form of dysgenic
earthlings
earthlings
noun
plural of earthling
easterling
easterling
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Easterling
eglantines
eglantines
noun
plural of eglantine
eigenspace
eigenspace
noun
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
eigenstate
eigenstate
noun
(physics) A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity
elegancies
elegancies
noun
plural of elegancy
enbaissing
enclasping
enclasping
verb
present participle of enclasp
endangitis
endogamies
endogamies
noun
plural of endogamy
engarrison
engarrison
verb
(transitive) To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.
englishman
englishman
Noun
A male native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
The grey partridge (in opposition to the Frenchman, ie the red-legged partridge).
engravings
engravings
noun
plural of engraving
enigmatist
enigmatist
noun
One who indulges in enigmas, especially one who often makes such enigmas.