(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
areopagist
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
aspergilla
aspergilli
aspergilli
noun
plural of aspergillus
azygosperm
azygospore
azygospore
noun
A agametic zygospore
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
disparaged
disparaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disparage
disparager
disparager
noun
One who disparages.
disparages
disparages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disparage
dispergate
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
epigastria
epigastria
noun
plural of epigastrium
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
expressage
expressage
noun
The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
gaspereaus
gaspergous
gaspergous
noun
plural of gaspergou
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gastropore
gastropore
noun
A pore, in a hydrozoan coral, containing a gastrozooid
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gemmipares
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
grapestalk
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
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
gravipause
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.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
megaparsec
megaparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mesophragm
oosporange
oosporange
noun
Synonym of oosporangium
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
paragaster
paragaster
noun
(zoology) The cavity of the sac of a sponge.
parageusia
parageusia
noun
(medicine) The abnormal presence of an unpleasant taste in the mouth, sometimes caused by medications.
parageusic
parageusic
adj
Of or relating to parageusia.
parageusis
parageusis
noun
Alternative form of parageusia
paragneiss
paragneiss
noun
(geology) A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
paralgesia
paralgesia
noun
abnormal sensibility or insensibility to pain
paralgesic
paralgesic
adj
Of or relating to paralgesia.
paregorics
paregorics
noun
plural of paregoric
parentages
parentages
noun
plural of parentage
parkesburg
parsonages
parsonages
noun
plural of parsonage
partridges
partridges
noun
plural of partridge
pasargadae
pasargadae
Proper noun
An ancient city of Persia, a capital of the Achaemenid Empire.
passegarde
passegarde
noun
Alternative form of passguard (“plate sticking up off shoulder-armor to protect the neck”)
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
pearisburg
pearisburg
Proper noun
a town in Virginia, USA
pellagrose
pellagrose
adj
Alternative form of pellagrous
pellagrous
pellagrous
adj
Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
pendergast
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
persiflage
persiflage
noun
Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
Good-natured banter; raillery.
personages
personages
noun
plural of personage
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
petrissage
petrissage
noun
(massage) A form of massage involving kneading or wringing the skin with one's fingers, knuckles and thumbs.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
pingrasses
pingrasses
noun
plural of pingrass
plagiaries
plagiaries
noun
plural of plagiary
plagiarise
plagiarise
verb
Alternative spelling of plagiarize
plastering
plastering
noun
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
verb
present participle of plaster
pleasuring
pleasuring
noun
An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
verb
present participle of pleasure
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
preassigns
preassigns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preassign
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
preengages
preengages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preengage
pregustant
preleasing
preleasing
verb
present participle of prelease
presageful
presageful
adj
Full of presages; ominous.
presagient
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
pressurage
pressurage
noun
(archaic) pressure
A fee paid for the use of a winepress.
The juice of the grape extracted by the press.
prestating
prestorage
prestorage
adj
Prior to storage.
pretasting
pretasting
verb
present participle of pretaste
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
programers
programers
noun
plural of programer
programmes
programmes
noun
plural of programme
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of programme
propagates
propagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propagate
propagines
protostega
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
rampageous
rampageous
adj
Violent and boisterous; unruly.
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
reclasping
reclasping
verb
present participle of reclasp
repackages
repackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repackage
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
reportages
reportages
noun
plural of reportage
repoussage
repoussage
noun
The art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side, either to produce decorative work or to level up part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.
repraising
reprograms
reprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprogram
resampling
resampling
noun
(statistics) Any technique or instance of generating a new sample from an existing dataset.
verb
present participle of resample
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
saprogenic
saprogenic
adj
Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
scampering
scampering
noun
A quick, light running motion.
verb
present participle of scamper
scapegrace
scapegrace
noun
A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel.
scarpering
scarpering
verb
present participle of scarper
scenograph
scenograph
noun
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
separating
separating
adj
(zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.
(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
The act by which something is sharpened.
verb
present participle of sharpen
sigmaspire
sigmaspire
noun
A spicule (of a sponge) that has a sigmoid, twisted form
skipperage
soapmonger
soapmonger
noun
A dealer in soap.
spaewright
spattering
spattering
noun
Something spattered.
verb
present participle of spatter
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
spinigrade
spinigrade
adj
(zoology) Moving by means of spines.
spiregrass
spongeware
spongeware
noun
Traditional pottery decorated by spattering or sponging on colour
sporangite
spreadings
spreadings
noun
plural of spreading
spreaghery
springdale
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
springvale
spurgalled
spurgalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spurgall
steepgrass
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
sugarplate
sulphurage
supercargo
supercargo
noun
An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its turnover (or the senior of two if one has two, the other being the subcargo; usually historical, since nowadays a person with such a job would remain on shore).
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
supergrant
superregal
superregal
adj
(rare) More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king.
superstage
superwager
supralegal
surplusage
surplusage
noun
(finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
(law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
(now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.
tapestring
telegraphs
telegraphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of telegraph
tetraspgia
unpresaged
unpresaged
adj
Not presaged.
wingspread
wingspread
noun
The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.