(intransitive) To behave in a pragmatic manner; to focus on the material or practical rather than abstractions.
(intransitive) To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize.
preagitate
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
precenting
precenting
verb
present participle of precent
predicting
predicting
verb
present participle of predict
predigests
predigests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predigest
predigital
predigital
adj
Preceding the advent of digital technology
predisgust
preempting
preempting
verb
present participle of preempt
pregenital
pregenital
adj
(psychiatry) Describing psychosexual development prior to the genital phase
(zoology) In front of the genital region
pregranite
pregratify
preheating
preheating
verb
present participle of preheat
prelecting
prelecting
verb
present participle of prelect
premiating
premiating
verb
present participle of premiate
prenticing
prenticing
verb
present participle of prentice
prequoting
prerouting
prerouting
verb
present participle of preroute
presagient
presenting
presenting
verb
present participle of present
presetting
presetting
verb
present participle of preset
presifting
presifting
verb
present participle of presift
prestating
prestoring
pretanning
pretanning
verb
present participle of pretan
pretasting
pretasting
verb
present participle of pretaste
pretelling
pretelling
verb
present participle of pretell
pretending
pretending
noun
The act of imagining; make-believe
verb
present participle of pretend
pretesting
pretesting
verb
present participle of pretest
pretexting
pretexting
verb
present participle of pretext
pretracing
preuniting
preventing
preventing
verb
present participle and gerund of prevent
prevetoing
priestling
priestling
noun
(derogatory) A petty, insignificant priest.
prizefight
prizefight
noun
A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money).
probetting
profligate
profligate
adj
(obsolete) Overthrown, ruined.
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
noun
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
verb
(obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
progenital
progenital
adj
Deriving from or otherwise related to progeny or a progenitor or the anatomical region employed for progeneration.
progenitor
progenitor
noun
(biology) An ancestral form of a species.
(figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
(figuratively) Someone who originates something.
A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
A founder.
An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
projecting
projecting
adj
(psychology) Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
Sticking out.
noun
A projecting part.
The act by which something is projected.
verb
present participle of project
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
protecting
protecting
verb
present participle and gerund of protect
protending
protending
verb
present participle of protend
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
protogenia
protogenic
protogenic
adj
(botany) Relating to intercellular spaces formed within undifferentiated plant tissues.
(geology) Relating to crystalline or fire-formed rocks.
Of or pertaining to an early or original race or lineage; primitive.
pterygiums
pteryrygia
puglianite
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
putrefying
putrefying
verb
present participle of putrefy
puttergill
pyogenetic
pyogenetic
adj
pyogenic
pyrogentic
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
ratepaying
ratepaying
adj
Paying rates or taxes.
readapting
readapting
verb
present participle of readapt
readopting
readopting
verb
present participle of readopt
receipting
receipting
verb
present participle of receipt
rectigraph
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
repaginate
repaginate
verb
To paginate again or in a different way.
repainting
repainting
noun
The act of painting something again.
verb
present participle of repaint
replanting
replanting
noun
The planting of new plants to replace those that have been harvested.
verb
present participle of replant
replotting
replotting
noun
A second or subsequent plotting.
verb
present participle of replot
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
reprinting
reprinting
noun
A reprint.
verb
present participle of reprint
respecting
respecting
prep
regarding; considering
verb
present participle of respect
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
ridgeplate
ridgeplate
noun
Alternative form of ridgepiece
sceptering
sceptering
verb
present participle of scepter
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.
noun
An instance of separating.
verb
present participle and gerund of separate
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
signposted
signposted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of signpost
singlestep
slipgibbet
spaewright
spaghettis
spaghettis
noun
plural of spaghetti
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spaghetti
spangliest
spangliest
adj
superlative form of spangly: most spangly
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper
spattering
spattering
noun
Something spattered.
verb
present participle of spatter
speciating
speciating
verb
present participle of speciate
spectating
spectating
verb
present participle of spectate
speedlight
speedlight
noun
(photography) A flashgun that is not fixed to a camera
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
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
sporangite
spriggiest
springiest
springiest
adj
superlative form of springy: most springy
springtide
springtide
noun
(literary, poetic) The springtime.
Alternative spelling of spring tide.
springtime
springtime
noun
The season of spring, between winter and summer.
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
stampeding
stampeding
verb
present participle of stampede
steepening
steepening
noun
The process of becoming steeper.
verb
present participle of steepen
stoppering
stoppering
verb
present participle of stopper
stupefying
stupefying
adj
That causes stupefaction.
verb
present participle of stupefy
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
supertight
supertight
adj
Extremely tight.
suspecting
suspecting
verb
present participle of suspect
tapemaking
taperingly
taperingly
adv
In a tapering manner; growing thinner towards one end.
tapestring
teletyping
teletyping
verb
present participle of teletype
telligraph
telphering
telphering
verb
present participle of telpher
tempesting
tempesting
verb
present participle of tempest
temptingly
temptingly
adv
In a tempting manner.
tetraspgia
theophagic
tigerproof
tigerproof
adj
Resistant to tiger attack.
tightroped
tightropes
tightropes
noun
plural of tightrope
toplighted
toplighted
adj
Synonym of toplit (“illuminated from above”)
topologies
topologies
noun
plural of topology
topologize
topologize
verb
(mathematics) To equip with a topology, to characterize as a topological space
torpedoing
torpedoing
noun
The act of firing a torpedo.
verb
present participle of torpedo
trepanning
trepanning
noun
The act of one who trepans.
trephining
trephining
noun
The use of a trephine.
verb
present participle of trephine
triglyphed
trumpeting
trumpeting
noun
(mining) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
action of the verb to trumpet
verb
present participle of trumpet
typeseting
typhogenic
typhogenic
adj
causing typhus
typologies
typologies
noun
plural of typology
unplighted
unplighted
adj
Not plighted or pledged.
unstepping
unstepping
verb
present participle of unstep
untapering
untapering
adj
Not tapering.
untempting
untempting
adj
Not tempting.
upbrighten
upbrighten
verb
(transitive, intransitive, poetic) To make or become brighter.
upstepping
upstepping
verb
present participle of upstep
walpurgite
walpurgite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated arsenate/oxide of bismuth and uranium.