(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
abnegating
abnegating
verb
present participle of abnegate
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegative
abnegative
adj
(obsolete, rare): Denying; renouncing; negative
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aetiogenic
aftergrind
afternight
aggelation
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
agoniatite
agreations
agregation
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
alienating
alienating
adj
Tending to alienate.
verb
present participle of alienate
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
allegation
allegation
noun
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
anagenetic
anagenetic
adj
Relating to anagenesis.
analgesist
angaralite
angiometer
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
angleinlet
anglesmith
anogenital
anogenital
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to, the anus and genitals.
antagonise
antagonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.
antagonize
antagonize
verb
(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite reaction)
antalgesic
antalgesic
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of analgesic
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
antedating
antedating
noun
(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
The action of marking with an earlier date.
verb
present participle of antedate
antespring
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
antiegoism
antiegoist
antigorite
antigorite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-green variety of serpentine.
antileague
antileague
adj
Opposing a league or confederation.
antilogies
antilogies
noun
plural of antilogy
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
antioxygen
antioxygen
noun
The antimatter counterpart of oxygen. Made up of positron and antiprotons instead of electrons and protons.
antiplague
antiplague
adj
Countering plague
antisavage
antisavage
adj
Opposing savages (people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies).
antitegula
appetising
appetising
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing.
verb
present participle of appetise
appetizing
appetizing
adj
(by extension) Appealing or enticing.
That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.
noun
any food traditionally eaten with a bagel, as an accompaniment, topping or filling; including dairy products and pareve but not meat
verb
present participle of appetize
argentamid
argentamin
argentamin
noun
Alternative form of argentamine
argentarii
argenteuil
argentines
argentines
noun
plural of argentine
arragonite
arragonite
noun
Alternative form of aragonite
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.
athetizing
athetizing
verb
present participle of athetize
athrogenic
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
attingence
attingence
noun
The property of being attingent; adjacency.
attingency
attingency
noun
Alternative form of attingence
augmenting
augmenting
verb
present participle of augment
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
austringer
austringer
noun
(falconry) A falconer who uses accipiters for hunting.
(obsolete) A keeper of goshawks.
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
autogenies
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
bantingize
baroneting
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bassetting
bassetting
verb
present participle of bassett
bayoneting
bayoneting
noun
A stabbing with a bayonet.
verb
(US) present participle of bayonet
beastlings
beastlings
noun
plural of beastling
beatifying
beatifying
verb
present participle of beatify
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bepainting
bepainting
verb
present participle of bepaint
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
betainogen
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
biangulate
biangulate
adj
Synonym of biangular
verb
To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
bigeminate
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
blathering
blathering
noun
Meaningless nonsense.
verb
present participle of blather
blattering
blattering
verb
present participle of blatter
bleatingly
bleatingly
adv
With bleating sounds.
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
brigantine
brigantine
noun
(nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
Alternative form of brigandine
cabineting
cabotinage
cabotinage
noun
overacting; hamming
camletting
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
catenating
catenating
verb
present participle of catenate
cateringly
cathecting
cathecting
verb
present participle of cathect
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
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chartering
chartering
verb
present participle of charter
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
chattering
chattering
adj
That chatters
noun
A noise that chatters.
Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
verb
present participle of chatter
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
clattering
clattering
adj
In a state or process of being clattered.
noun
A noise that clatters.
verb
present participle of clatter
cocreating
cocreating
verb
present participle of cocreate
coenacting
coenacting
verb
present participle of coenact
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
collegiant
congenital
congenital
adj
(of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.
contignate
contiguate
contiguate
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous; touching.
corelating
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.
cotingidae
crabeating
daigneault
datelining
datelining
verb
present participle of dateline
deaerating
deaerating
verb
present participle of deaerate
debatingly
debatingly
adv
In the manner of a debate.
decatizing
decatizing
verb
present participle of decatize
decimating
decimating
verb
present participle of decimate
decorating
decorating
noun
decoration
verb
present participle of decorate
dedicating
dedicating
verb
present participle of dedicate
defaulting
defaulting
noun
The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation.
verb
present participle of default
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
degelation
degelation
noun
The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
delegating
delegating
verb
present participle of delegate
delegation
delegation
noun
(computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
(law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
An act of delegating.
deligation
deligation
noun
(surgery) A binding up; a bandaging.
delignated
delignated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of delignate
denaturing
denaturing
noun
The process by which something is denatured.
verb
present participle of denature
denegation
denegation
noun
(obsolete) A denial.
denigrated
denigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denigrate
denigrates
denigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate
denigrator
denigrator
noun
One who denigrates.
denudating
denudating
verb
present participle of denudate
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
deratizing
deratizing
verb
present participle of deratize
derogating
derogating
verb
present participle of derogate
derogation
derogation
noun
(law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.
An act which belittles; disparagement.
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
designated
designated
adj
Having a specified designation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of designate