(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
apiologist
apiologist
noun
A person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apologists
apologists
noun
plural of apologist
appanagist
appanagist
noun
A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
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
appointing
appointing
verb
present participle of appoint
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
areopagist
areopagite
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
aspirating
aspirating
verb
present participle of aspirate
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
bepainting
bepainting
verb
present participle of bepaint
capitaling
captaining
captaining
verb
present participle of captain
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
catnapping
catnapping
noun
The kidnapping or theft of a cat.
verb
present participle of catnap
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
cytophagic
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
diaglyptic
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
diplotegia
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispergate
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
entrapping
entrapping
verb
present participle of entrap
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
epigastria
epigastria
noun
plural of epigastrium
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
epiglottal
epiglottal
adj
(phonetics) Produced using the epiglottis.
Pertaining to the epiglottis.
noun
(phonetics) An epiglottal consonant.
explanting
explanting
verb
present participle of explant
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
gamotropic
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
glyptician
grapefruit
grapefruit
noun
The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
graphitoid
graphitoid
adj
Resembling graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
guptavidya
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
heptagynia
hypostigma
impainting
impainting
verb
present participle of impaint
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
implanting
implanting
verb
present participle of implant
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
intragroup
intragroup
adj
Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
lapidating
lapidating
verb
present participle of lapidate
lastspring
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
lithograph
lithograph
noun
A printed image produced by lithography.
verb
To create a copy of an image through lithography.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
mastigopod
mastigopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
multigraph
multigraph
noun
(graph theory) A set V (whose elements are called vertices or nodes), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an edge or line) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
(graph theory, less commonly) A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
(historical, printing) A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
(linguistics) A specific sequence of letters treated as a (phonemic) unit.
verb
(historical, transitive) To print using a multigraph machine.
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
oppilating
oppilating
verb
present participle of oppilate
outleaping
outleaping
verb
present participle of outleap
outpassing
outpassing
verb
present participle of outpass
outplaying
outplaying
verb
present participle of outplay
outpraying
outpraying
verb
present participle of outpray
outrapping
outrapping
verb
present participle of outrap
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
paddington
paddington
Proper noun
A district of London.
A railway station in London.
paganistic
paganistic
adj
Involving or resembling paganism.
paginating
paginating
verb
present participle of paginate
pagination
pagination
noun
(computing) The separation of data into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.
The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.
The act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc.
palagonite
palagonite
noun
(mineralogy) A material similar to basalt formed by the action of water on volcanic ash
palliating
palliating
verb
present participle of palliate
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pangenetic
pangenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to pangenesis.
pantologic
pantologic
adj
Of or relating to pantology.
paragonite
paragonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral related to muscovite.
paralogist
paralogist
noun
One who makes fallacious arguments or draws illogical conclusions.
pargetting
pargetting
noun
Alternative form of pargeting
verb
present participle of parget
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
parrington
partnering
partnering
noun
The formation of a partnership.
verb
present participle of partner
partridges
partridges
noun
plural of partridge
pastilling
pastorling
patagonian
patagonian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Patagonia or its people, language or culture.
Noun
Someone from Patagonia
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pathologic
pathologic
adj
(dated) Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
patrolling
patrolling
noun
The act of going on patrol.
verb
present participle of patrol
patrologic
patrologic
adj
Alternative form of patrological
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
patterning
patterning
noun
(UK, slang, neologism, uncountable) An assault or act of humiliation that is deliberately filmed to be shared on social media.
A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern.
Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after.
verb
present participle of pattern
peastaking
peculating
peculating
verb
present participle of peculate
pedagogist
pedagogist
noun
A pedagogical teacher
pegmatitic
pegmatitic
adj
Containing or characteristic of pegmatite
pendanting
pentagynia
permeating
permeating
verb
present participle of permeate
perorating
perorating
verb
present participle of perorate
pertaining
pertaining
noun
Something that pertains; an appurtenance.
verb
present participle of pertain
petitgrain
petitgrain
noun
An essential oil that is extracted from the green twigs of the bitter orange plant.
petnapping
petnapping
noun
The abduction of a pet
verb
present participle of petnap
petrissage
petrissage
noun
(massage) A form of massage involving kneading or wringing the skin with one's fingers, knuckles and thumbs.
phagocytic
phagocytic
adj
Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.
phagolytic
phagolytic
adj
Relating to, or causing phagolysis
phalangist
phalangist
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Phalangist
phalangite
phalangite
noun
(historical) Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis.
(obsolete) A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
philogeant
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
piatigorsk
pictograph
pictograph
noun
A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.
A graphic character.
A picture that represents a word or an idea.
pigeontail
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
pignorated
pignorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pignorate
pistolgram
pistolgram
noun
(historical) Synonym of pistolgraph
plagiarist
plagiarist
noun
One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief
plagiodont
plagionite
plagionite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.