An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
appetising
appetising
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing.
verb
present participle of appetise
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
beclasping
beclasping
verb
present participle of beclasp
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
compagnies
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
dispelling
dispelling
verb
present participle of dispel
dispending
dispending
verb
present participle of dispend
dispensing
dispensing
noun
The act by which something is dispensed or served out.
verb
present participle of dispense
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
eigenspace
eigenspace
noun
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
enclasping
enclasping
verb
present participle of enclasp
ensignship
ensignship
noun
The state or rank of an ensign.
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
epigenesis
epigenesis
noun
(biology) The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.
(geology) Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation.
escaloping
escapingly
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
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
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
glumpiness
glumpiness
noun
The quality of being glumpy.
gossampine
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.
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
happenings
happenings
noun
plural of happening
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
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hypogynies
impleasing
impleasing
adj
(obsolete) unpleasing; displeasing
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
inspeaking
inspecting
inspecting
noun
An act of inspection.
verb
present participle of inspect
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
insweeping
kiplingese
kiplingese
Noun
Language characteristic of the writer (1865-1936), characterised by realism, jingoism, etc.
lagniappes
lagniappes
noun
plural of lagniappe.
lifespring
lifespring
noun
A spring or source of life.
lipogenous
lipperings
miskeeping
miskeeping
verb
present participle of miskeep
mispenning
mispenning
verb
present participle of mispen
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
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.
pangenesis
pangenesis
noun
A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.
paragneiss
paragneiss
noun
(geology) A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
peastaking
pelasgikon
penalising
penalising
verb
present participle of penalise
penologies
penologies
noun
plural of penology
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
pensioning
pensioning
verb
present participle of pension
pepsinogen
pepsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
peregrinus
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).
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
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phrensying
phrensying
verb
present participle of phrensy
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
pigmentose
pingrasses
pingrasses
noun
plural of pingrass
pipingness
plastering
plastering
noun
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
verb
present participle of plaster
pleasingly
pleasingly
adv
In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
pleasuring
pleasuring
noun
An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
verb
present participle of pleasure
plenishing
plenishing
noun
(Scotland) household furniture; stock
verb
present participle of plenish
poetiising
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polygonies
polygonies
noun
plural of polygony
polygynies
polygynies
noun
plural of polygyny
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
possessing
possessing
verb
present participle of possess
postgenial
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.
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.
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.