(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
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
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
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
disperiwig
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
epigastria
epigastria
noun
plural of epigastrium
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
espiglerie
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
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gemmipares
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
gossipries
gossipries
noun
plural of gossipry
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
grieveship
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.
guidership
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
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
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
kriegspiel
kriegspiel
noun
A board game used to train military tactics and strategy.
A variant of chess in which the player cannot see their opponent's pieces.
lifespring
lifespring
noun
A spring or source of life.
lipperings
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
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
partridges
partridges
noun
plural of partridge
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
pearisburg
pearisburg
Proper noun
a town in Virginia, USA
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
peregrinus
pergelisol
periegesis
periegesis
noun
A description of an area or territory.
perigynies
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
persiflage
persiflage
noun
Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
Good-natured banter; raillery.
persisting
persisting
noun
persistence
verb
present participle of persist
perspiring
perspiring
adj
Producing perspiration; sweating.
noun
The act of producing perspiration.
verb
present participle of perspire
perstringe
perstringe
verb
(now archaic or literary) To censure; criticize.
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.
phrensying
phrensying
verb
present participle of phrensy
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pilgrimess
pilgrimess
noun
A female pilgrim.
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
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
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
postsigner
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
precessing
precessing
verb
present participle of precess
preclosing
preclosing
Adjective
Before closure.
preconsign
preconsign
verb
(transitive) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
predigests
predigests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predigest
predisgust
prefigures
prefigures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefigure
preissuing
preleasing
preleasing
verb
present participle of prelease
presagient
prescoring
prescoring
verb
present participle of prescore
preselling
preselling
verb
present participle of presell
presenting
presenting
verb
present participle of present
preserving
preserving
noun
preservation
verb
present participle of preserve
presetting
presetting
verb
present participle of preset
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
presifting
presifting
verb
present participle of presift
presignify
presignify
verb
(transitive) To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
pressingly
pressingly
adv
Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
pressuring
pressuring
noun
An act or instance of pressuring.
verb
present participle of pressure
prestating
prestoring
pretasting
pretasting
verb
present participle of pretaste
pretesting
pretesting
verb
present participle of pretest
preversing
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
priestling
priestling
noun
(derogatory) A petty, insignificant priest.
priggeries
priggeries
noun
plural of priggery
privileges
privileges
noun
plural of privilege
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privilege
processing
processing
noun
The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
The action of the verb to process.
verb
present participle of process
professing
professing
verb
present participle of profess
prologised
prologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prologise
prologuise
propagines
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
prospering
prospering
verb
present participle of prosper
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
pryingness
pryingness
noun
The quality of being prying or nosy.
pterygiums
pubigerous
pubigerous
adj
(botany, zoology) pubescent
pupigerous
pupigerous
adj
Containing a pupa.
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
pyrologies
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
reclasping
reclasping
verb
present participle of reclasp
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
reimposing
reimposing
verb
present participle of reimpose
reopenings
reopenings
noun
plural of reopening
reopposing
reopposing
verb
present participle of reoppose
reperusing
reperusing
verb
present participle of reperuse
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
repraising
repressing
repressing
noun
A second or subsequent pressing.
verb
present participle of repress
repursuing
repursuing
verb
present participle of repursue
resampling
resampling
noun
(statistics) Any technique or instance of generating a new sample from an existing dataset.