(medicine) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote bad genetic characteristics in people.
caginesses
caliginous
caliginous
adj
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
callousing
callousing
verb
present participle of callous
canalising
canalising
verb
present participle of canalise
canonising
canonising
verb
present participle of canonise
canvassing
canvassing
noun
The act of one who canvasses or solicits.
verb
present participle of canvass
caponising
caponising
verb
present participle of caponise
carcassing
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
castrating
castrating
verb
present participle of castrate
caucussing
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
chamoising
chamoising
verb
present participle of chamois
charsingha
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
chastising
chastising
verb
present participle of chastise
chicagoans
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
clashingly
clashingly
adv
in a clashing manner
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.
coassuming
coassuming
verb
present participle of coassume
cognisable
cognisable
adj
Alternative form of cognizable
cognisably
cognisably
adv
Alternative form of cognizably
cognisance
cognisance
noun
Alternative spelling of cognizance
collapsing
collapsing
verb
present participle of collapse
collegians
collegians
noun
plural of collegian
compagnies
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
congiaries
congiaries
noun
plural of congiary
contagions
contagions
noun
plural of contagion
contagious
contagious
adj
(figurative) Easily passed on to others.
(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
(of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
cosingular
cosingular
adj
(algebra) Having the same singularities.
costarring
costarring
verb
present participle of costar
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.
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cragginess
cragginess
noun
The state of being craggy.
crashingly
crashingly
adv
Absolutely; terribly
While crashing, or as if crashing
crevassing
crevassing
verb
present participle of crevasse
crystaling
cuirassing
cuirassing
verb
present participle of cuirass
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.
diagnosing
diagnosing
verb
present participle of diagnose
diagnostic
diagnostic
adj
(education) Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
(medicine) Characteristic of a particular disease.
Of, or relating to diagnosis.
Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
noun
(computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
That by which anything is known; a symptom.
diapausing
diapausing
adj
Undergoing a diapause
diisatogen
diisatogen
noun
(chemistry) A synthetic red crystalline nitrogenous substance which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
dimagnesic
disabusing
disabusing
verb
present participle of disabuse
disagreing
disaligned
disaligned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disalign
disanalogy
disanalogy
noun
A lack or failure of analogy
disarrange
disarrange
verb
To undo the arrangement of; to disorder; to derange.
disaugment
disavowing
disavowing
verb
present participle of disavow
disbanding
disbanding
noun
A disbandment.
verb
present participle of disband
disbarring
disbarring
noun
A disbarment.
verb
present participle of disbar
discanting
discanting
verb
present participle of discant
discarding
discarding
noun
(in the plural) Discarded material.
The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
verb
present participle of discard
disdaining
disdaining
noun
Disdain.
verb
present participle of disdain
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
disgallant
disgarland
disgarland
verb
(poetic, rare, transitive) To strip of a garland.
disgarnish
disgarnish
verb
(transitive) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
disgracing
disgracing
verb
present participle of disgrace
disgrading
disgrading
verb
present participle of disgrade
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
disimagine
disimagine
verb
(transitive) To banish from the imagination.
disleafing
disleafing
verb
present participle of disleaf
disleaving
disleaving
verb
present participle of disleave
dismasting
dismasting
noun
The act by which a ship is dismasted.
verb
present participle of dismast
disorganic
disorganic
adj
Not organic; having no organization
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
displacing
displacing
verb
present participle of displace
displaying
displaying
verb
present participle of display
disseating
disseating
verb
present participle of disseat
dissuading
dissuading
noun
A dissuasion.
verb
present participle of dissuade
distaining
distaining
verb
present participle of distain
distancing
distancing
noun
Short for social distancing.
The process of becoming or making distant.
verb
present participle of distance
distasting
distasting
verb
present participle of distaste
distringas
distringas
noun
(law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
disvaluing
disvaluing
verb
present participle of disvalue
disvantage
diswashing
dragginess
dragginess
noun
The quality of being draggy.
dragonfish
dragonfish
noun
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
dragsawing
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
drawstring
drawstring
noun
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
dyscrasing
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.
ensanguine
ensanguine
verb
to stain with blood
ensilaging
ensilaging
verb
present participle of ensilage
ensnarling
ensnarling
verb
present participle of ensnarl
enswathing
enswathing
verb
present participle of enswathe
envisaging
envisaging
verb
present participle of envisage
equalising
equalising
verb
present participle of equalise
equisignal
escalading
escalading
verb
present participle of escalade
escalating
escalating
verb
present participle of escalate
escaloping
escapingly
escheating
escheating
verb
present participle of escheat
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
estimating
estimating
verb
present participle of estimate
estivating
estivating
verb
present participle of estivate
estranging
estranging
adj
That estranges; alienating, disorienting.
verb
present participle of estrange
estreating
estreating
verb
present participle of estreat
evanescing
evanescing
verb
present participle of evanesce
evangelise
evangelise
verb
Alternative spelling of evangelize
evangelism
evangelism
noun
Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it.
The process of evangelizing.
evangelist
evangelist
noun
(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A patriarch.
(biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
(by extension) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
(technology) A person hired to promote a particular technology.