(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.
auguration
auguration
noun
The practice of augury.
aurigation
aurigation
noun
The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.
austinburg
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.
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autogenies
autognosis
autognosis
noun
self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities
autolyzing
autolyzing
verb
present participle of autolyze
automating
automating
verb
present participle of automate
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
babbitting
babbitting
verb
present participle of babbitt
backbiting
backbiting
adj
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backstring
ballasting
ballasting
noun
That which is used for steadying anything; ballast
The addition of ballast to a ship
The application of ballast to a railway line
verb
present participle of ballast
ballington
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.
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
bantingism
bantingism
Noun
A method of weight loss by avoiding food containing large amounts of farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter.
bantingize
baroneting
barrington
barrington
Proper noun
A village in Cambridgeshire, England
A village in Somerset, England
A village in Illinois
A town in New Hampshire
A borough in New Jersey
A town in New York
A village in New South Wales, Australia
A town in Rhode Island
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bassetting
bassetting
verb
present participle of bassett
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
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
binghamton
binghamton
Proper noun
a city and a town in New York, USA, the city is the county seat of The town was named after
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
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.
bloviating
bloviating
verb
present participle of bloviate
boastingly
boastingly
adv
Boastfully.
bobtailing
bobtailing
verb
present participle of bobtail
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
botanising
botanising
verb
present participle of botanise
botanizing
botanizing
verb
present participle of botanize
boulangist
boulangist
Noun
A supporter of Boulangism.
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
bratticing
bratticing
noun
The material used for forming brattices.
verb
present participle of brattice
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
butylating
butylating
verb
present participle of butylate
cabineting
cabotinage
cabotinage
noun
overacting; hamming
caligation
caligation
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) dimness; cloudiness
camletting
canulating
canulating
verb
present participle of canulate
capitaling
captaining
captaining
verb
present participle of captain
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
cardington
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
carrington
carrington
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A city in North Dakota.
A village in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Midlothian, Scotland.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
cartooning
cartooning
noun
The act of drawing a cartoon or caricature.
verb
present participle of cartoon
castrating
castrating
verb
present participle of castrate
cataloging
cataloging
noun
Alternative form of cataloguing
verb
present participle of catalog
catalyzing
catalyzing
verb
present participle of catalyze
catamiting
catamiting
verb
present participle of catamite
catcalling
catcalling
verb
present participle of catcall
catchingly
catchingly
adv
In a catchy or alluring manner.
catenating
catenating
verb
present participle of catenate
cateringly
cathecting
cathecting
verb
present participle of cathect
catnapping
catnapping
noun
The kidnapping or theft of a cat.
verb
present participle of catnap
cautioning
cautioning
noun
The act of giving a warning.
verb
present participle of caution
cavitating
cavitating
verb
present participle of cavitate
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
chantingly
chantingly
adv
in a chanting manner
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
charioting
charioting
verb
present participle of chariot
chartering
chartering
verb
present participle of charter
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
chastising
chastising
verb
present participle of chastise
chattering
chattering
adj
That chatters
noun
A noise that chatters.
Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
verb
present participle of chatter
chattingly
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
chilognath
chilognath
noun
(zoology) Any of the subclass Chilognatha of the millipedes.
chittagong
chittagong
Proper noun
A city in Bangladesh.
One of the seven administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
clarington
clarington
Proper noun
A municipality in Ontario, Canada
clattering
clattering
adj
In a state or process of being clattered.
noun
A noise that clatters.
verb
present participle of clatter
claughting
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
cocreating
cocreating
verb
present participle of cocreate
coenacting
coenacting
verb
present participle of coenact
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogitantly
cogitating
cogitating
verb
present participle of cogitate
cogitation
cogitation
noun
(countable) A carefully considered thought, idea, notion.
(uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
cognatical
cognatical
adj
Obsolete form of cognatic.
cohabiting
cohabiting
verb
present participle of cohabit
cohobating
cohobating
verb
present participle of cohobate
collegiant
colocating
colocating
verb
present participle of colocate
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
congenital
congenital
adj
(of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.
contacting
contacting
verb
present participle of contact
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.
containing
containing
noun
(in the plural) contents
verb
present participle of contain
contignate
contiguate
contiguate
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous; touching.
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
corelating
corotating
corotating
adj
rotating in conjunction with another
verb
present participle of corotate
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.
cotingidae
crabeating
cravatting
cravatting
verb
present participle of cravat.
cruciating
cruciating
verb
present participle of cruciate
crystaling
cumulating
cumulating
verb
present participle of cumulate
curtailing
curtailing
noun
A cutting short; truncation.
verb
present participle of curtail
curtaining
curtaining
noun
Material used for curtains.
verb
present participle of curtain
daigneault
darlington
darlington
Proper noun
A town in Indiana
An unincorporated community in Maryland
A city in Missouri
A borough in Pennsylvania
A settlement in Prince Edward Island
A city in South Carolina
A city and town in Wisconsin, the city is the county seat of
A town in County Durham, northeast England.
Noun
A pair of transistors with the emitter of one connected to the base of the other and the collectors connected together, acting as a transistor with greater amplification.