An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
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.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agrionidae
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
aldolizing
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.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgonia
androgynia
androgynic
anguilloid
anguilloid
adj
eellike
noun
Any eel of the suborder Anguilloidei
antidoting
antidoting
verb
present participle of antidote
apogonidae
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
beblooding
beblooding
verb
present participle of beblood
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedlington
bidiagonal
bidiagonal
adj
(mathematics) Describing a matrix that has non-zero entries along the main diagonal and either the diagonal above or the diagonal below.
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bobsleding
bodymaking
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bombarding
bombarding
noun
bombardment
verb
present participle of bombard
borderings
borderings
noun
plural of bordering
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
bowldering
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
broadening
broadening
noun
The act of becoming broader.
The act of making (something) broader.
verb
present participle of broaden
broadlings
broidering
broidering
noun
(archaic) embroidering
verb
present participle of broider
bromindigo
broodingly
broodingly
adv
In a brooding manner
bulldozing
bulldozing
noun
An act of demolition with a bulldozer.
verb
present participle of bulldoze
canoodling
canoodling
noun
amorous pettings or caresses
verb
present participle of canoodle
cardington
carloading
carloading
noun
(rail transport) The loading of a freight car.
centigrado
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
coadmiring
coddington
coderiving
codesigned
codesigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codesign
codesigner
codesigner
noun
One who codesigns; a designer who works with another.
codfishing
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
coinciding
coinciding
noun
Act or situation by which things coincide; coincidence.
verb
present participle of coincide
commanding
commanding
adj
(of a place or position) Dominating from above, giving a wide view
Impressively dominant.
Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
noun
The act of giving a command.
verb
present participle of command
commending
commending
verb
present participle of commend
commingled
commingled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commingle
concluding
concluding
adj
(obsolete) Conclusive; convincing; decisive.
Finishing; closing; final.
noun
A conclusion.
verb
present participle of conclude
condemning
condemning
noun
condemnation
verb
present participle of condemn
condensing
condensing
verb
present participle of condense
condigness
condignity
condignity
noun
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
conducting
conducting
verb
present participle of conduct
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
contending
contending
noun
contention
verb
present participle of contend
cordelling
coregonoid
corrigenda
corrigenda
noun
plural of corrigendum
cosounding
cotingidae
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
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.
darrington
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
decoloring
decoloring
verb
present participle of decolor
decorating
decorating
noun
decoration
verb
present participle of decorate
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
decrowning
decrowning
verb
present participle of decrown
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
degelation
degelation
noun
The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
degression
degression
noun
(economics) Degressive taxation, a system of progressive decreases in a rate of taxation (as tariffs etc.) below certain benchmarks.
(obsolete) Descent, the act of descending.
(publishing) Degressive description, a system of varying descriptions of a book in accordance to its importance or available space.
deionizing
deionizing
verb
present participle of deionize
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.
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
demonising
demonising
verb
present participle of demonise
demonizing
demonizing
verb
present participle of demonize
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
denegation
denegation
noun
(obsolete) A denial.
denigrator
denigrator
noun
One who denigrates.
denouncing
denouncing
noun
denunciation
verb
present participle of denounce
dentiloguy
deorganize
deorganize
verb
(US, rare) To disband or rearrange.
depeopling
depeopling
verb
present participle of depeople
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
dereligion
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.
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.
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
destroying
destroying
verb
present participle of destroy
dethroning
dethroning
noun
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
verb
present participle of dethrone
detonating
detonating
verb
present participle of detonate
developing
developing
adj
In the process of development.
Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.
noun
A process of development.
verb
present participle and gerund of develop
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.
diagonally
diagonally
adv
In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.
dialogging
dialoguing
dialoguing
verb
present participle of dialogue
diamidogen
diaminogen
diamonding
diamonding
verb
present participle of diamond
dicyanogen
dicyanogen
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) cyanogen
digestions
digestions
noun
plural of digestion
digitation
digitation
noun
(obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers.
(zoology, botany) Any of various finger-like processes (outgrowths) found in plant and animal tissues.
digoneutic
digoneutic
adj
(entomology) Having two broods per season.
digression
digression
noun
(astronomy, physics) An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.
(generally uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
(now rare) A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
(obsolete) A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
dihydrogen
dihydrogen
noun
(chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions
(chemistry, modifying a noun) Describing a dihydrogen bond
(inorganic chemistry) The hydrogen molecule H₂
diisatogen
diisatogen
noun
(chemistry) A synthetic red crystalline nitrogenous substance which by reduction passes directly to indigo.
dingdonged
dingdonged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dingdong
diosmosing
diosmosing
verb
present participle of diosmose
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
diplogenic
diplogenic
adj
Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances.