(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
areopagist
azygosperm
azygospore
azygospore
noun
A agametic zygospore
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
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.
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
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
gobstopper
gobstopper
noun
A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
gonosphere
gossipries
gossipries
noun
plural of gossipry
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.
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural 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
gyroscopes
gyroscopes
noun
plural of gyroscope
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mesophragm
oosporange
oosporange
noun
Synonym of oosporangium
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
paregorics
paregorics
noun
plural of paregoric
parsonages
parsonages
noun
plural of parsonage
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
pellagrose
pellagrose
adj
Alternative form of pellagrous
pellagrous
pellagrous
adj
Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
pergelisol
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).
personages
personages
noun
plural of personage
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
portuguese
portuguese
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.
Noun
A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
Proper noun
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of and
postsigner
preclosing
preclosing
Adjective
Before closure.
preconsign
preconsign
verb
(transitive) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
prescoring
prescoring
verb
present participle of prescore
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
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.
prestorage
prestorage
adj
Prior to storage.
prestoring
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
programers
programers
noun
plural of programer
programmes
programmes
noun
plural of programme
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of programme
progressed
progressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of progress
progresser
progresser
noun
Alternative form of progressor
progresses
progresses
noun
plural of progress
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of progress
progressor
progressor
noun
A person who makes progress, or facilitates progress in others.
prologised
prologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prologise
prologuise
propagates
propagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propagate
propagines
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
prospering
prospering
verb
present participle of prosper
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
protogenes
protostega
pterygotus
pubigerous
pubigerous
adj
(botany, zoology) pubescent
pupigerous
pupigerous
adj
Containing a pupa.
pyrogenous
pyrogenous
adj
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenetic
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenic
pyrologies
rampageous
rampageous
adj
Violent and boisterous; unruly.
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
reimposing
reimposing
verb
present participle of reimpose
reopenings
reopenings
noun
plural of reopening
reopposing
reopposing
verb
present participle of reoppose
reportages
reportages
noun
plural of reportage
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
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.
reprograms
reprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprogram
responding
responding
noun
response
verb
present participle of respond
ridgepoles
ridgepoles
noun
plural of ridgepole
saprogenic
saprogenic
adj
Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
scenograph
scenograph
noun
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
soapmonger
soapmonger
noun
A dealer in soap.
spermogone
spermology
spermology
noun
(rare) The study of seeds.
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
spongeware
spongeware
noun
Traditional pottery decorated by spattering or sponging on colour
sporangite
sporogenic
sporogenic
adj
Producing spores.
Reproducing via spores.
spridhogue
springhope
spurgewort
spurgewort
noun
Any euphorbiaceous plant.
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.
stoppering
stoppering
verb
present participle of stopper
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).
supergroup
supergroup
noun
(geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.
(mathematics) The group to which a subgroup belongs.
(music) A group of musicians, each a star of another band (especially in rock music).
(physics) A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
(telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
supertough
supertough
adj
Exceptionally tough.
surgeproof
surgeproof
adj
Resistant to electrical surges.
tightropes
tightropes
noun
plural of tightrope
unreposing
unreposing
adj
Not resting.
zygopteris
zygosphere
zygosphere
noun
(botany) A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.