(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
areopagist
areopagite
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bridgeport
bridgeport
Proper noun
a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a neighbourhood on Nova Scotia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA.
a CDP in and the county seat of California, USA.
an unincorporated community in California.
a seaport city in Connecticut, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
hamlet and CDP in and New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA.
a former community in Utah, USA.
a city in Washington, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
diplotegia
epiglottal
epiglottal
adj
(phonetics) Produced using the epiglottis.
Pertaining to the epiglottis.
noun
(phonetics) An epiglottal consonant.
epiglottic
epiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
epiglottis
epiglottis
noun
(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
exploiting
exploiting
verb
present participle of exploit
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
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.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geopolitic
geopolitic
adj
Alternative form of geopolitical
geopolitik
geothlypis
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
ignipotent
ignipotent
adj
(poetic) Presiding over fire; fiery.
intergroup
intergroup
adj
Taking place between groups, especially between social groups.
noun
(politics) A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
logotypies
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outleaping
outleaping
verb
present participle of outleap
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
outyelping
outyelping
verb
present participle of outyelp
palagonite
palagonite
noun
(mineralogy) A material similar to basalt formed by the action of water on volcanic ash
paragonite
paragonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral related to muscovite.
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pectinogen
pedagogist
pedagogist
noun
A pedagogical teacher
pedologist
pedologist
noun
A scientist who specializes in pedology.
A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed.
A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems.
pennington
pennington
Proper noun
A town in Alabama.
One of two villages in England.
A borough in New Jersey.
A coastal town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
peptogenic
peptogenic
adj
(biochemistry) Producing peptones or pepsin
(medicine) Aiding digestion
perorating
perorating
verb
present participle of perorate
petrogenic
petrogenic
adj
(of hydrocarbons etc) Produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
Of or pertaining to the formation of rock.
petrolling
petrologic
petrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to petrology.
philogeant
phlogopite
phlogopite
noun
(mineralogy) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
photogenic
photogenic
adj
Generated or caused by light.
Looking good when photographed.
Producing or emitting light, luminescent.
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
pigeonfoot
pigeonfoot
noun
The dovesfoot geranium (Geranium molle).
pigeontail
pigmentose
pignorated
pignorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pignorate
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
plagionite
plagionite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.
poetiising
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
portending
portending
verb
present participle of portend
portglaive
portingale
postgenial
postplegic
postsigner
prequoting
prerouting
prerouting
verb
present participle of preroute
prestoring
prevetoing
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.
pyogenetic
pyogenetic
adj
pyogenic
pyrogentic
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
readopting
readopting
verb
present participle of readopt
replotting
replotting
noun
A second or subsequent plotting.
verb
present participle of replot
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
signposted
signposted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of signpost
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper
sporangite
stoppering
stoppering
verb
present participle of stopper
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