(anatomy) A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.
gourdiness
gourdiness
noun
The state of being gourdy.
graduation
graduation
noun
(Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating (leaving a group).
(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.
A commencement ceremony.
The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
gramineous
gramineous
adj
Of or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae).
granulosis
granulosis
noun
A viral disease that affects many insects.
grisounite
grisoutine
grisoutine
noun
A safety explosive composed of nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, sodium- and potassium nitrates; now largely replaced by grisoutite
groundbird
groundline
groundline
noun
(art) A line drawn to signify the surface of the ground, especially in architectural blueprints and in drawings by children which lack dimension.
In equestrian show jumping, a marker such as a row of flowers which signifies the point from which a horse should begin a jump over an obstacle.
groundling
groundling
noun
(Abrahamic religions) Adam, before eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil (emphasizing his creation from the ground).
(by extension) A person of uncultivated or uncultured taste.
(fantasy) A member of a race that lives primarily underground, such as a dwarf.
(military, slang) A soldier who fights on the ground or serves as ground crew, as opposed to a seaman, pilot, etc.
An audience member in the cheap section (usually standing; originally in Elizabethan theater).
Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:
One who is confined to the ground, especially:
The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.
The spined loach (Cobitis taenia), weather loach ( Misgurnus fossilis), or other member of the loaches.
groundsill
groundsill
noun
(rare) A timber beam used as the foundation for a building.
The lowest beam of a door-frame; the threshold.
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
guaiaconic
guaiasanol
gudgeoning
gudgeoning
verb
present participle of gudgeon
guerdoning
guerdoning
verb
present participle of guerdon
guillotine
guillotine
noun
(Britain) A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
(US) A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
(historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
(surgery) An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
verb
(Britain) To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
(US) To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
(also figuratively) To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
guittonian
gumshoeing
gumshoeing
verb
present participle of gumshoe
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gurolinick
guvacoline
guvacoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid that is the methyl ester of guvacine
harbouring
harbouring
verb
present participle of harbour
herigonius
houghsinew
houselling
houselling
verb
present participle of housel
huguenotic
huntingdon
huntingdon
Proper noun
a market town in Cambridgeshire, and former county town of Huntingdonshire.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
a town in Tennessee, USA
huntington
huntington
Proper noun
for someone who lived at any of several places whose name is derived from hunta, hunter, especially from Huntingdon.
The name of many places around the world:
a suburb of New Zealand.
a small settlement in Scotland
a village and parish near in England
a village in Herefordshire, England, on the Welsh border.
a hamlet in Shropshire, England
a village and parish in England
a village in the City of unitary authority area, Yorkshire, England
Places in the United States of America:
a small city in Arkansas.
a former settlement in California.
a neighbourhood in Connecticut.
unincorporated communities in and Florida.
a city in Indiana
a place in Iowa.
a town in Massachusetts.
an unincorporated community in Missouri.
a ghost town in Nevada.
a town, CDP and hamlet in New York.
a small city in Oregon.
a city in Texas.
a town in Utah.
a town in Vermont.
a CDP in Virginia.
a city in West Virginia
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
hypogynium
ideagenous
ideagenous
adj
Giving rise to ideas.
ideogenous
ideogenous
adj
Synonym of ideogenic
idiogenous
igniferous
igniferous
adj
(rare) Producing fire
ignifluous
ignifluous
adj
(obsolete) Flowing with fire.
ignigenous
ignigenous
adj
Produced by the action of fire.
ignivomous
ignivomous
adj
(archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
iguaniform
iguanodont
iguanodont
adj
(paleontology) Like or relating to the genus Iguanodon.
noun
(paleontology) Any member of the genus Iguanodon.
immunology
immunology
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that concerns the body's immune system.
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
impounding
impounding
noun
An act of impoundment.
verb
present participle of impound
indigenous
indigenous
adj
Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
Innate, inborn.
inglorious
inglorious
adj
Ignominious; disgraceful.
Not famous; obscure.
ingluvious
ingluvious
adj
(obsolete) gluttonous
ingracious
ingracious
adj
(obsolete) ungracious; unkind.
integrious
integrious
adj
(rare) Marked by integrity.
intergroup
intergroup
adj
Taking place between groups, especially between social groups.
noun
(politics) A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
intragroup
intragroup
adj
Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
involuting
involuting
verb
present participle of involute
isoeugenol
isoeugenol
noun
A phenylpropanoid that occurs in the essential oils of plants such as ylang ylang (Cananga odorata), can be synthesized from eugenol, and has been used in the manufacture of vanillin.
jaguarondi
jaguarondi
noun
Alternative spelling of jaguarundi
jointuring
jointuring
verb
present participle of jointure
journaling
journaling
noun
(computing, by extension) The change log of the file system or database.
The activity of keeping a diary, or journal.
verb
present participle of journal
journeying
journeying
noun
travel, travelling
verb
present participle of journey
jugulation
jugulation
noun
(archaic) Prevention of a disease from progressing.
(rare) Slitting of the throat as a way to kill something or someone.
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
kokumingun
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
lanigerous
lanigerous
Adjective
Bearing or producing wool.
lanuginose
lanuginose
adj
Covered with down, or fine soft hairs; downy.
lanuginous
lanuginous
adj
Alternative form of lanuginose
leguminose
leguminose
adj
Alternative form of leguminous
leguminous
leguminous
adj
of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc
resembling a legume
leucogenic
ligurition
linguiform
linguiform
adj
shaped like a tongue
lipogenous
longitudes
longitudes
noun
plural of longitude
loungingly
loungingly
adv
So as to lounge; in a lazy or relaxing way.
lysigenous
lysigenous
adj
(biology) Related to or formed by lysigeny.
magniloquy
magniloquy
noun
Synonym of magniloquence
marigenous
marigenous
adj
Produced in or by the sea.
maringouin
mcloughlin
menologium
menologium
Noun
A service book of the Eastern Orthodox Church that corresponds, though very roughly, to the proprium sanctorum of the Latin breviary. They include all the movable parts of the services connected with the commemoration of saints and in particular the canons sung in the Orthros, the office which corresponds with Catholic lauds, including the synaxaries, i. e. the historical notices regarding the saints of the day.
The tables of scriptural lessons, arranged according to months and saints' days, which are often found at the beginning of manuscripts of the gospels or other lectionaries. The saints' days are briefly named and the readings indicated beside each.
A collection of long lives of the saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church, whenever these lives, are arranged according to months and days of the year.
migrainous
migrainous
adj
Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
minigroups
misogynous
misogynous
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny; misogynistic.
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
modulating
modulating
verb
present participle of modulate
moringuoid
mouldering
mouldering
adj
That moulders; decaying
verb
present participle of moulder
mountingly
mountingly
adv
In a manner that mounts or accumulates; increasingly.
mourningly
mourningly
adv
In a mourning manner; grievingly.
mouslingly
mouthingly
mucigenous
mucigenous
adj
(physiology) Connected with the formation of mucin or mucus; resembling mucin.
mullioning
mullioning
noun
An arrangement of mullions.
verb
present participle of mullion
navigerous
neighbours
neighbours
noun
plural of neighbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neighbour
neurogenic
neurogenic
adj
Originating in, or caused by, the nervous system
neurogliac
neuroglial
neuroglial
adj
Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
neurogliar
neurologic
neurologic
adj
Relating to neurology or the nervous system.
nidifugous
nidifugous
adj
(biology, of a bird) That leaves the nest shortly after hatching.
nodulizing
nodulizing
adj
That helps this consolidation process
noun
The consolidation of fine material into nodules
nonbudding
nonbudding
adj
That does not bud.
nonburning
nonburning
adj
Not burning.
noncurling
noncurling
adj
That does not curl.
noncutting
noncutting
adj
That does not cut.
nondumping
nondumping
adj
Not engaging in dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes.
Where the dumping of waste is not permitted.
noneugenic
noneugenic
adj
Not eugenic.
nonexuding
nonexuding
adj
That does not exude.
nonfouling
nonfouling
adj
That does not lead to fouling (of water etc)
nongenuine
nongenuine
adj
Not genuine.
nonhunting
nonhunting
adj
Not involved in, or not pertaining to, the sport of hunting.
nonigneous
nonjurying
nonplusing
nonplusing
verb
present participle of nonplus
nonputting
nonrousing
nonsudsing
nonsuiting
nonsuiting
verb
present participle of nonsuit
nonuniting
nonupright
nonupright
adj
Not upright.
nourishing
nourishing
adj
That provides nourishment; nutritious.
verb
present participle of nourish
nubigenous
nubigenous
adj
Born of, or produced from, clouds.
nugatorily
nugatorily
adv
In a nugatory manner.
obdurating
obdurating
verb
present participle of obdurate
obnouncing
obturating
obturating
verb
present participle of obturate
oedogonium
oleaginous
oleaginous
adj
(of manner or speech) Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
Oily, greasy.
omnigenous
omnigenous
adj
Consisting of all kinds.
orguinette
orguinette
noun
Alternative form of organette (“mechanical musical instrument”)
orolingual
orolingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the mouth and tongue.
osculating
osculating
adj
(mathematics, of a curve) Having three or more points coincident with another