(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
adsmithing
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
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.
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
bandsawing
bandsawing
verb
present participle of bandsaw
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
brigandish
brigandish
adj
like a brigand or robber
brigandism
brigandism
noun
The criminal operations of brigands.
broadlings
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
endangitis
endogamies
endogamies
noun
plural of endogamy
escalading
escalading
verb
present participle of escalade
fadingness
fadingness
noun
The quality of fading or passing away.
faradising
faradising
verb
present participle of faradise
fusilading
gabardines
gabardines
noun
plural of gabardine
gaberdines
gaberdines
noun
plural of gaberdine
galvanised
galvanised
adj
(British spelling) Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.
(obsolete) Having been subjected to galvanism; electrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galvanise
gardenwise
gardenwise
adv
In the manner of a garden.
garnisheed
garnisheed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garnishee
garrisoned
garrisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garrison
gassendist
germanised
gigasecond
gigasecond
noun
A unit of time equal to 1,000,000,000 seconds and with symbol Gs.
glissading
glissading
verb
present participle of glissade
glissandos
glissandos
noun
plural of glissando; glissandi.
gormandise
gormandism
gormandism
noun
Alternative form of gourmandism
gradations
gradations
noun
plural of gradation
grandeeism
grandeeism
noun
grandeeship
gravidness
gravidness
noun
The condition of being gravid; pregnancy
grenadiers
grenadiers
noun
plural of grenadier
grenadines
grenadines
noun
plural of grenadine
grimesland
gynandries
gynandries
noun
plural of gynandry
gynandrism
gynandrism
noun
gynandromorphism
handseling
handseling
verb
present participle of handsel
handsewing
handspring
handspring
noun
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
husbanding
husbanding
verb
present participle of husband
ideagenous
ideagenous
adj
Giving rise to ideas.
idealising
idealising
verb
present participle of idealise
ingolstadt
instanding
instigated
instigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of instigate
jargonised
jargonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jargonise
lagoonside
lagoonside
adj
Located along a lagoon.
landisburg
landsthing
languished
languished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of languish
magistrand
magistrand
noun
A student in the fourth year of a Masters degree.
magnetised
magnetised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magnetise
magnitudes
magnitudes
noun
plural of magnitude
mandingoes
meingoldas
misaligned
misaligned
adj
Out of alignment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misalign
misbandage
misdealing
misdealing
noun
fraudulent dealing
verb
present participle of misdeal
misdrawing
misdrawing
noun
An inaccurate drawing.
verb
present participle of misdraw
misgrading
misgrading
verb
present participle of misgrade
misleading
misleading
adj
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
noun
A deception that misleads.
verb
present participle of mislead
mismanaged
mismanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mismanage
misreading
misreading
noun
an incorrect reading
verb
present participle of misread
niggardise
niggardise
Noun
Niggardliness.
nightshade
nightshade
noun
(colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.
Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
nightstand
nightstand
noun
(US) A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.
nightwards
onstanding
palisading
palisading
noun
A row of palisades set in the ground.
verb
present participle of palisade
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
postdating
postdating
noun
(lexicography) A later citation of a lexical item.
verb
present participle of postdate
readvising
readvising
verb
present participle of readvise
reassigned
reassigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reassign
renegadism
renegadism
noun
The beliefs and practices of renegades.
resaddling
resaddling
verb
present participle of resaddle
resignaled
resignaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of resignal
sagvandite
sagvandite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of orthopyroxenite containing bronzite and magnesite.