(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.
adjudicating
adjudicating
verb
present participle of adjudicate
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinates
agglutinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate
agglutinator
agglutinator
noun
That which agglutinates
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
albuginaceae
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albuminising
albuminising
verb
present participle of albuminise
albuminizing
albuminizing
verb
present participle of albuminize
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alluringness
alluringness
noun
The state or quality of being alluring.
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
angiophorous
angiosporous
angiosporous
adj
(botany) Having spores contained in cells or thecae.
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
anguishously
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
anguliferous
angulinerved
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anitrogenous
annunciating
annunciating
verb
present participle of annunciate
antesignanus
anthropurgic
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
anticoagulan
anticoagulin
anticoagulin
noun
An anticoagulant material in the venom of a bloodsucking insect or a snake
antiglobulin
antiglobulin
noun
(immunology) antihuman globulin
antiguerilla
antiliturgic
antireducing
antisuffrage
antisuffrage
adj
(politics) Opposing suffrage.
antitragicus
antitragicus
noun
(anatomy) In the human musculoskeletal system of the ear, a part that arises from the outer part of the antitragus and is inserted into the cauda helicis and antihelix.
applaudingly
applaudingly
adv
in an applauding manner
aqueoigneous
aqueoigneous
adj
(archaic) Synonym of igneoaqueous
articulating
articulating
verb
present participle of articulate
ascogonidium
asexualising
asexualising
verb
present participle of asexualise
asexualizing
asexualizing
verb
present participle of asexualize
asparaginous
asparaginous
adj
Resembling or related to asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus.
assumingness
assumingness
noun
The state or quality of assuming.
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
augmentation
augmentation
noun
(Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
The act or process of augmenting.
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
auscultating
auscultating
verb
present participle of auscultate
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
autodialling
autodialling
verb
simple past tense of autodial
autodrainage
autografting
autografting
verb
present participle of autograft
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autoignition
autoignition
noun
Spontaneous combustion.
autoindexing
autoindexing
noun
(computing) The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
automatic indexing
automatizing
automatizing
verb
present participle of automatize
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autonegation
autonegation
noun
The negation of oneself or itself.
autorotating
autorotating
verb
present participle of autorotate
autotomising
autotomising
verb
present participle of autotomise
autotomizing
autotomizing
verb
present participle of autotomize
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
baragouinish
baserunnings
becudgelling
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
beleaguering
beleaguering
verb
present participle of beleaguer
bilingualism
bilingualism
noun
The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
bilinguality
bilinguality
noun
(rare) bilingualism
bituminising
bituminising
verb
present participle of bituminise
bituminizing
bituminizing
verb
present participle of bituminize
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodlusting
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloomingburg
blubberingly
blubberingly
adv
With blubbering sounds; with broken or noisy sobs.
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
blunderingly
blunderingly
adv
In a blundering way; making mistakes.
blusteringly
blusteringly
adv
in a blustering manner
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
bodybuilding
bodybuilding
noun
(dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
borotungstic
bougainville
boulangerite
boulangerite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
bourignonism
bourignonist
boussingault
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
buccaneering
buccaneering
adj
bold, reckless and unscrupulous
noun
robbery on the high seas; piracy
verb
present participle of buccaneer
buccolingual
buccolingual
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
buginvillaea
buildingless
buildingless
adj
Without buildings.
bullbaitings
bullbaitings
noun
plural of bullbaiting
bulldoggings
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullshitting
bullshitting
verb
present participle of bullshit
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bullyragging
bullyragging
verb
present participle of bullyrag
bumblingness
burglarising
burglarising
verb
(Britain) present participle of burglarise
burglarizing
burglarizing
verb
present participle of burglarize
burnettizing
burnettizing
verb
present participle of burnettize
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
bushrangings
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
buttermaking
buttonholing
buttonholing
noun
The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
verb
present participle of buttonhole
caliginously
caliginously
adv
In a caliginous manner.
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
capitulating
capitulating
verb
present participle of capitulate
caprimulgine
carburetting
caricaturing
caricaturing
verb
present participle of caricature
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
causticizing
causticizing
verb
present participle of causticize
cecidogenous
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
chauffeuring
chauffeuring
verb
present participle of chauffeur
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
chincoteague
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chugalugging
chugalugging
verb
present participle of chugalug
churchgoings
churchgoings
noun
plural of churchgoing
cingulectomy
circumcising
circumcising
verb
present participle of circumcise
circumducing
circumducing
verb
present participle of circumduce
circumfusing
circumfusing
verb
present participle of circumfuse
circummuring
circummuring
verb
present participle of circummure
clearcutting
clearcutting
noun
A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.