(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
appareling
appareling
noun
clothing
verb
present participle of apparel
appleringy
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bergaptene
bergaptene
noun
Archaic form of bergapten.
bewrapping
bewrapping
verb
present participle of bewrap
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
copperwing
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
cruppering
cruppering
verb
present participle of crupper
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
endophragm
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
entrapping
entrapping
verb
present participle of entrap
enwrapping
enwrapping
noun
That which enwraps; a wrapping.
verb
present participle of enwrap
epeirogeny
epeirogeny
noun
(geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents
epirogenic
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
expiringly
expiringly
adv
While expiring or dying.
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
fingerspin
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
flappering
forepaling
forepoling
frangipane
frangipane
noun
(countable) A pastry filled with this cream
(uncountable) A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery
Alternative form of frangipani (“type of perfume”)
geoprumnon
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
gonosphere
gorgophone
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
grapestone
grapestone
noun
(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
A seed of the grape.
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
grippiness
grippiness
noun
(Scotland) Stinginess, miserliness.
The state, quality, or condition of being affected by or feeling as if one had the grippe (influenza).
The state, quality, or condition of being grippy.
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
gyropigeon
handygripe
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
hempstring
herpangina
herpangina
noun
(medicine) mouth blisters; a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
impearling
impearling
verb
present participle of impearl
imperiling
imperiling
verb
present participle of imperil
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
impregning
impregning
verb
present participle of impregn
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
increeping
increeping
verb
present participle of increep
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
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.
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
kapfenberg
lageniporm
lifespring
lifespring
noun
A spring or source of life.
lineograph
lipperings
lipreading
lipreading
noun
The act of reading lips.
verb
present participle of lipread
morphogeny
morphogeny
noun
(biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny.
necrophaga
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
negrophile
negrophile
noun
(dated, offensive) One who takes an interest in the black (negro) race.
negrophobe
negrophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Negrophobe
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
nephograph
nephograph
noun
A device for taking photographs of clouds.
nephralgia
nephralgia
noun
Neuralgia (i.e. pain) of the kidneys.
nephralgic
nephralgic
adj
Relating to nephralgia.
nephrology
nephrology
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
neurophagy
oosporange
oosporange
noun
Synonym of oosporangium
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
overhoping
overhoping
verb
present participle of overhope
overpaying
overpaying
verb
present participle of overpay
overplying
overplying
verb
present participle of overply
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
pageanteer
pageanteer
noun
A contestant in a beauty contest.
One who performs a role in a pageant.
One who produces a pageant.
palavering
palavering
noun
gerund of palaver: the act of one who palavers.
verb
present participle of palaver
panegyrica
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
panegyrize
panegyrize
verb
(transitive) To praise, especially in an eloquent speech or in writing.
pantagruel
paraglenal
paraglenal
adj
Relating to the coracoid of a fish.
paragneiss
paragneiss
noun
(geology) A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
paragonite
paragonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral related to muscovite.
paramagnet
paramagnet
noun
(physics) Any paramagnetic material
parcelling
parcelling
noun
(nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.
verb
(Britain) present participle of parcel
paregmenon
paregmenon
noun
(rhetoric) The juxtaposition of words that have the same roots; using cognate words together, such as "curvaceous curves", "my loving and beloved wife", or "he's a manly man".
parentages
parentages
noun
plural of parentage
pargetting
pargetting
noun
Alternative form of pargeting
verb
present participle of parget
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
parsonages
parsonages
noun
plural of parsonage
partnering
partnering
noun
The formation of a partnership.
verb
present participle of partner
passengers
passengers
noun
plural of passenger
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
patterning
patterning
noun
(UK, slang, neologism, uncountable) An assault or act of humiliation that is deliberately filmed to be shared on social media.
A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern.
Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after.
verb
present participle of pattern
pearmonger
pedicuring
pedicuring
verb
present participle of pedicure
pelargikon
pelargonic
pelargonic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to pelargonic acid or its derivatives
Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium
pelargonin
pelargonin
noun
(organic chemistry) An anthocyanin that is a glucoside of pelargonidin
pellegrini
pelligrini
pelorizing
peltmonger
peltmonger
noun
A dealer in pelts (animal skins).
pendergast
penguinery
penguinery
noun
(zoology) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
perceiving
perceiving
noun
The act by which something is perceived.
verb
present participle of perceive
percentage
percentage
noun
(informal) Benefit or advantage.
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
peregrinus
perfecting
perfecting
noun
(printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press.
verb
present participle of perfect
performing
performing
noun
A performance.
verb
present participle of perform
perhalogen
perigonial
perigonial
adj
of or related to the perigonium
perigonium
perigonium
noun
(botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
(dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.