(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
gipsyesque
glumpiness
glumpiness
noun
The quality of being glumpy.
gravipause
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
guidership
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
lipogenous
megapodius
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
pearisburg
pearisburg
Proper noun
a town in Virginia, USA
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
peregrinus
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).
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pleasuring
pleasuring
noun
An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
verb
present participle of pleasure
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
pluguglies
pluguglies
noun
plural of plugugly
podilegous
predisgust
prefigures
prefigures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefigure
preissuing
pressuring
pressuring
noun
An act or instance of pressuring.
verb
present participle of pressure
prologuise
pseudimago
pseudimago
noun
subimago
pterygiums
pubigerous
pubigerous
adj
(botany, zoology) pubescent
pungencies
pungencies
noun
plural of pungency
pupigenous
pupigerous
pupigerous
adj
Containing a pupa.
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
reperusing
reperusing
verb
present participle of reperuse
repursuing
repursuing
verb
present participle of repursue
scuppering
scuppering
verb
present participle of scupper
septuagint
septuagint
noun
(now rare) A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
septupling
septupling
verb
present participle of septuple
sextupling
sextupling
verb
present participle of sextuple
solpugidea
solpugides
spelunking
spelunking
noun
The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns.
verb
present participle of spelunk
spergillum
spittlebug
spittlebug
Noun
Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
splurgiest
splurgiest
adj
superlative form of splurgy: most splurgy
spridhogue
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
sputtering
sputtering
noun
A noise that sputters.
The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.
verb
present participle of sputter
stupefying
stupefying
adj
That causes stupefaction.
verb
present participle of stupefy
subpenaing
subpenaing
verb
present participle of subpena
superdying
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
superlying
superlying
verb
present participle of superlie
supertight
supertight
adj
Extremely tight.
suspecting
suspecting
verb
present participle of suspect
suspending
suspending
verb
present participle of suspend
unglimpsed
unglimpsed
adj
Not glimpsed.
unpleasing
unpleasing
adj
Not pleasing; unpleasant.
unreposing
unreposing
adj
Not resting.
unsleeping
unsleeping
adj
(figurative) Remaining constantly alert.
Not sleeping.
Remaining constantly active.
verb
past participle of unsleep
unspeaking
unspeaking
adj
Mute, unable to speak for physical or psychological reasons.