(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androginous
androgonium
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
anguimorpha
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
arnoldsburg
austrogaean
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autoturning
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
beliquoring
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bistournage
bludgeoneer
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
bourgeoning
bourgeoning
adj
That bourgeons
noun
sprouting or blossoming
verb
present participle of bourgeon
bourguignon
bourguignon
noun
Beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
cannonsburg
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
carousingly
carousingly
adv
in a carousing manner
carpogenous
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
ceraunogram
cerulignone
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
churchgoing
churchgoing
adj
Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
noun
The practice of regularly attending church.
clangouring
clangouring
verb
present participle of clangour
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
coculturing
coculturing
verb
present participle of coculture
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coguarantor
coguarantor
noun
A joint guarantor.
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
configuring
configuring
verb
present participle of configure
congenerous
congenerous
adj
Belonging to the same taxonomic genus; congeneric
Having the same (kind of) origin or action
congruences
congruences
noun
plural of congruence
congruently
congruently
adv
In a congruent manner
congruistic
congruities
congruities
noun
plural of congruity
congruously
congruously
adv
In a congruous manner
conjugators
conjugators
noun
plural of conjugator
coproducing
coproducing
verb
present participle of coproduce
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
corduroying
corduroying
verb
present participle of corduroy
corncutting
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornigerous
cornigerous
adj
Horned, having a horn or horns.
corrigendum
corrigendum
noun
(usually in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections.
An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
corrugating
corrugating
verb
present participle of corrugate
corrugation
corrugation
noun
The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
coruscating
coruscating
verb
present participle of coruscate
countergage
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
countersign
countersign
noun
(law) A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.
The response to a sign or signal.
verb
(transitive) To sign on the opposite side of (a document).
(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.
courtesying
courtesying
noun
gerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying.
verb
present participle of courtesy
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
crinigerous
crinigerous
Adjective
hairy
croquignole
croquignole
noun
Alternative form of crokinole
crouchingly
crouchingly
adv
In a crouching manner; while crouched down; in a crouch.
cryosurgeon
cryosurgeon
noun
One who performs cryosurgery.
curmudgeons
curmudgeons
noun
plural of curmudgeon
cuscohygrin
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
decolouring
decolouring
verb
present participle of decolour
dendrolagus
dentigerous
dentigerous
adj
Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
discoursing
discoursing
verb
present participle of discourse
doubtmonger
doubtmonger
noun
One who sows doubts in the minds of others.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downpouring
downpouring
noun
The act of something being poured down.
verb
present participle of downpour
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
droughermen
duodenogram
earthtongue
earthtongue
noun
Alternative form of earth tongue
encoignures
encoignures
noun
plural of encoignure
encouragers
encouragers
noun
plural of encourager
encouraging
encouraging
adj
auspicious, or bringing good luck
giving courage, confidence or hope
supporting by giving encouragement
noun
encouragement
verb
present participle of encourage
energumenon
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fergusonite
fergusonite
noun
A mineral composed of oxides of various rare earth elements.
ferruginous
ferruginous
adj
rust-colored.
rusty.
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
florisugent
floundering
floundering
noun
The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle.
verb
present participle of flounder
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
fluegelhorn
fluegelhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of flugelhorn
flugelhorns
flugelhorns
noun
plural of flugelhorn
fluorescing
fluorescing
verb
present participle of fluoresce
fluorogenic
fluorogenic
adj
(physics) That generates fluorescence
foregrounds
foregrounds
noun
plural of foreground
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreground
forejudging
forejudging
verb
present participle of forejudge
forerunning
forerunning
verb
present participle of forerun
forfoughten
forfoughten
Adjective
Exhausted from fighting.
forjudgment
formulating
formulating
verb
present participle of formulate
formulising
formulising
verb
present participle of formulise
formulizing
formulizing
verb
present participle of formulize
fulguration
fulguration
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface
(medicine) cauterization with electricity; electrocautery
A flash of lightning
fungiferous
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
furloughing
furloughing
verb
present participle of furlough
galeorhinus
gastronosus
genouillere
genuflector
genuflector
noun
One who genuflects.
geocoronium
geocoronium
noun
(geophysics, meteorology, obsolete) A hypothetical gaseous chemical element proposed to explain certain spectroscopic lines, and the green glow, found in the polar aurorae, that was later found to be explained by singly-ionized oxygen.
germigenous
glandarious
glastonbury
glastonbury
Proper noun
A town in Somerset, England.
The Glastonbury Festival.
A town in Connecticut.
glucuronide
glucuronide
noun
(biochemistry) Any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid formed during the metabolism of phenols etc that serve to remove them from the bloodstream.
glycuronide
gongoresque
gonophorous
gorgonesque
gourmandise
gourmandise
noun
gluttony
verb
To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
gourmandism
gourmandism
noun
A passion for and deep interest in good food.
gourmandize
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
graduations
graduations
noun
plural of graduation
grangemouth
grangousier
graniferous
graniferous
adj
Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
granulation
granulation
noun
(astronomy) A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
(medicine) Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
(uncountable) The condition of being granulated.
The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.
The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
granulators
granulators
noun
plural of granulator
granuliform
granuliform
adj
(mineralogy) Having a granular structure.
granulocyte
granulocyte
noun
(cytology, immunology) Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
granulomata
gratulation
gratulation
noun
(archaic) The expression of pleasure at someone's else's success or luck; congratulation.
(now rare) A feeling of happiness and satisfaction; joy, especially at one's good fortune.