(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
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
automatizing
automatizing
verb
present participle of automatize
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autotomising
autotomising
verb
present participle of autotomise
autotomizing
autotomizing
verb
present participle of autotomize
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
bilingualism
bilingualism
noun
The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttermaking
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
caprimulgine
chaulmoogric
chaulmoogric
adj
Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
circumgyrate
circumgyrate
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
(intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).
(intransitive) To move around something.
(intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
(transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.
commeasuring
commeasuring
verb
present participle of commeasure
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
consummating
consummating
verb
present participle of consummate
counterimage
counterimage
noun
An image that counters or contradicts another.
cunninghamia
cunninghamia
noun
A china fir (Cunninghamia spp.), tall, ornamental evergreens in the cypress family, of east Asia.
daemonurgist
dehumanising
dehumanising
verb
present participle of dehumanise
dehumanizing
dehumanizing
noun
An act of dehumanization.
verb
present participle of dehumanize
demigauntlet
demigauntlet
noun
A bandage that covers the hand but not the fingers
demodulating
demodulating
verb
present participle of demodulate
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
disambiguate
disambiguate
verb
(linguistics) To distinguish one word or lexical unit (from a different one which has a similar form).
To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.
doughfaceism
doughfaceism
noun
(derogatory) The character of a doughface; pliability.
dramaturgies
dramaturgies
noun
plural of dramaturgy
dramaturgist
dramaturgist
noun
A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
drumbeatings
drumbeatings
noun
plural of drumbeating
ectopatagium
emasculating
emasculating
verb
present participle of emasculate
epigastraeum
esophagismus
esophagismus
noun
Alternative form of oesophagismus
eurygnathism
eurygnathism
noun
(anatomy) The condition of having a wide jaw.
fagopyrismus
fagopyrismus
noun
Dated form of fagopyrism.
flammigerous
fuglemanship
fumigatories
fumigatorium
gametogonium
gametogonium
noun
A germ cell that divides into gametocytes during gametogenesis.
gastrolobium
glamourizing
glamourizing
verb
present participle of glamourize
glanduliform
glucosamines
glucosamines
noun
plural of glucosamine
glutaminases
glutaminases
noun
plural of glutaminase
gourmanderie
gourmandises
gourmandises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gourmandise
gourmandisms
gourmandized
gourmandized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gourmandize
gourmandizer
gourmandizer
noun
One who gourmandizes.
gourmandizes
gourmandizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gourmandize
graminaceous
graminaceous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
grimmiaceous
grimmiaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Grimmiaceae.
gudermannian
gudermannian
noun
Alternative form of Gudermannian
guerrillaism
guesstimated
guesstimated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate
guesstimates
guesstimates
noun
plural of guesstimate
guestimating
guestimating
verb
present participle of guestimate
guitermanite
gutturalisms
gutturalisms
noun
plural of gutturalism
gymnasisiums
gynoeciumcia
hemiageustia
hemignathous
hemignathous
adj
Having one mandible much shorter than the other
hemiligulate
housemaiding
housemaiding
verb
present participle of housemaid
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
hypogastrium
hypogastrium
noun
An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
illuminating
illuminating
adj
(figuratively) Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.
Providing illumination or light.
verb
present participle of illuminate.
integumation
integumation
noun
The branch of physiology that deals with the integuments of animals and plants.
integumental
integumental
adj
Of or pertaining to the integument.
irregularism
jungermannia
jungermannia
noun
Any of the genus Jungermannia of liverworts.
languishment
languishment
noun
Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
The state of languishing.
lingualumina
luxemburgian
magisteriums
magistrature
magistrature
noun
Magistracy.
magnicaudate
magnicaudate
adj
Having a long tail
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
manipulating
manipulating
verb
present participle of manipulate
manoeuvering
manoeuvering
noun
gerund of manoeuver; an act in which something or someone manoeuvers
verb
present participle of manoeuver
manoeuvreing
mantuamaking
mantuamaking
noun
The manufacture of mantuas.
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
masturbating
masturbating
verb
present participle of masturbate
maugansville
maxillojugal
maxillojugal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the maxilla and the zygoma.
meaningfully
meaningfully
adv
In a meaningful or significant manner.
menstruating
menstruating
verb
present participle of menstruate
mesiolingual
mesiolingual
adj
(dentistry) Of, pertaining to or connecting the mesial and lingual surfaces of a tooth.
mesogastrium
mesogastrium
noun
(anatomy) The part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach
metallurgies
metallurgies
noun
plural of metallurgy
metallurgist
metallurgist
noun
(dated) A person who works in metal (the type of material).
A person skilled in metallurgy.
metatungstic
microphagous
microphagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on small particles.
minilanguage
minilanguage
noun
(programming) A relatively small and simple domain-specific language.
misadjusting
misadjusting
verb
present participle of misadjust
misconjugate
misconjugate
verb
(transitive) To conjugate incorrectly.
miseducating
miseducating
verb
present participle of miseducate
misencourage
misguidances
misguidances
noun
plural of misguidance
mismeasuring
mismeasuring
verb
present participle of mismeasure
misregulated
misregulated
adj
Wrongly regulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misregulate
modularizing
modularizing
verb
present participle of modularize
monadigerous
monolinguals
monolinguals
noun
plural of monolingual
moringaceous
moringaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Moringaceae of moringa trees.
mucilaginous
mucilaginous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.
muggletonian
muggletonian
Noun
A member of a small Protestant Christian sect most prominent in 17th- and 18th-century England.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers.
muhlenbergia
mulligatawny
mulligatawny
noun
An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
multiangular
multiangular
adj
Having or pertaining to more than one angle.
multicasting
multicasting
noun
(computing) The simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network
multigrapher
multigrapher
noun
One who uses a multigraph (combined rotary typesetting and printing machine).
multigravida
multigravida
noun
A pregnant woman who has had at least two previous pregnancies.
multileaving
multilingual
multilingual
adj
(Of a person) able to communicate in a number of languages.
Of, relating to, or involving multiple languages.
noun
a polyglot
multimegaton
multimegaton
adj
Of several megatons.
multiprogram
multiprogram
adj
(programming) Having or employing multiple programs simultaneously
multitasking
multitasking
noun
(buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
verb
present participle of multitask
muscological
museological
museological
adj
Pertaining to museology.
musicalising
musicalising
verb
present participle of musicalise
musicalizing
musicalizing
verb
present participle of musicalize
musicography
musicography
noun
(obsolete) The art or science of writing music and of musical notation.
Writing on the subject of music.
musophagidae
mutagenicity
mutagenicity
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is mutagenic.
(uncountable) The condition of being mutagenic.
myoneuralgia
neuralgiform
neuralgiform
adj
Resembling neuralgia.
neurogrammic
nonambiguity
nonambiguous
nonambiguous
adj
Not ambiguous.
oosporangium
oosporangium
noun
(botany) A case containing oval or rounded spores of some other kind than oospores.
(botany) An oogonium.
organosodium
organosodium
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to sodium bond.