(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
augitophyre
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
auxographic
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
boroughship
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bulgarophil
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
churchgoing
churchgoing
adj
Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
noun
The practice of regularly attending church.
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
crouchingly
crouchingly
adv
In a crouching manner; while crouched down; in a crouch.
cuscohygrin
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
furloughing
furloughing
verb
present participle of furlough
galeorhinus
grouchiness
grouchiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
grouchingly
grouchingly
adv
In a grouchy manner; grouchily.
groupthinks
hippotragus
hormigueros
hormogonium
hormogonium
noun
(biology) A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
hydrogenium
hydrogenium
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) Hydrogen, especially when formerly considered as a metal.
mushrooming
mushrooming
noun
Rapid or explosive growth.
The act of gathering mushrooms.
The formation of a mushroom-like shape.
verb
present participle of mushroom
neighboured
neighboured
noun
(obsolete) The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of neighbour
neighbourer
neighbourly
neighbourly
adj
(Britain, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
outcharging
outcharging
verb
present participle of outcharge
outcharming
outcharming
verb
present participle of outcharm
outhomering
outhomering
verb
present participle of outhomer
outhumoring
outhumoring
verb
present participle of outhumor
outmarching
outmarching
verb
present participle of outmarch
outreaching
outreaching
noun
An act of reaching out.
verb
present participle of outreach
outthrowing
outthrowing
verb
present participle of outthrow
outwhirling
outwhirling
verb
present participle of outwhirl
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overhunting
overhunting
noun
Hunting at unsustainable levels
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
rhinogenous
rhizogenous
righteously
righteously
adv
In a righteous manner.
roguishness
roguishness
noun
The property of being or appearing roguish.
roughdrying
roughdrying
verb
present participle of roughdry
roughhewing
roughhewing
verb
present participle of roughhew
roughriders
roughriders
noun
plural of roughrider
roughstring
roughtailed
scouthering
shouldering
shouldering
noun
(architecture) The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.
verb
present participle of shoulder
southbridge
southbridge
noun
(computing, electronics) A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.
springhouse
springhouse
noun
A small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).
surgeonfish
surgeonfish
noun
Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They are named "surgeonfish" because they bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.
surgeonship
surgeonship
noun
Synonym of surgeoncy
thoroughpin
thoroughpin
noun
An abnormal swelling (tenosynovitis) on the sides of the hock joint of horses