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.
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
dispergate
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
entrapping
entrapping
verb
present participle of entrap
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
epigastria
epigastria
noun
plural of epigastrium
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
erpetology
erpetology
noun
Archaic form of herpetology.
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
fetography
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.
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
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
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
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.
gobstopper
gobstopper
noun
A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
gopherroot
grapefruit
grapefruit
noun
The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
grapestalk
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.
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graphotype
graphotype
noun
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
verb
To produce a design by this process.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hedgetaper
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
hempstring
hogrophyte
hyetograph
hyetograph
noun
A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
hygrophyte
hygrophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
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.
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
metaphragm
meteograph
oglethorpe
pageanteer
pageanteer
noun
A contestant in a beauty contest.
One who performs a role in a pageant.
One who produces a pageant.
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pantagruel
paragaster
paragaster
noun
(zoology) The cavity of the sac of a sponge.
paragonite
paragonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral related to muscovite.
paramagnet
paramagnet
noun
(physics) Any paramagnetic material
parentages
parentages
noun
plural of parentage
pargetting
pargetting
noun
Alternative form of pargeting
verb
present participle of parget
parquetage
parquetage
noun
parquetry
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
partnering
partnering
noun
The formation of a partnership.
verb
present participle of partner
partridges
partridges
noun
plural of partridge
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
patterning
patterning
noun
(UK, slang, neologism, uncountable) An assault or act of humiliation that is deliberately filmed to be shared on social media.
A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern.
Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after.
verb
present participle of pattern
peltmonger
peltmonger
noun
A dealer in pelts (animal skins).
pendergast
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
percentage
percentage
noun
(informal) Benefit or advantage.
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
perfecting
perfecting
noun
(printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press.
verb
present participle of perfect
periegetic
periegetic
adj
(rare) Relating to a periegesis.
permeating
permeating
verb
present participle of permeate
permitting
permitting
noun
An act or instance of permitting something.
verb
present participle of permit
perorating
perorating
verb
present participle of perorate
persisting
persisting
noun
persistence
verb
present participle of persist
perstringe
perstringe
verb
(now archaic or literary) To censure; criticize.
pertaining
pertaining
noun
Something that pertains; an appurtenance.
verb
present participle of pertain
perturbing
perturbing
verb
present participle of perturb
perverting
perverting
verb
present participle of pervert
pervulgate
pervulgate
verb
(obsolete) To publish.
petersburg
petersburg
Proper noun
An independent city in Virginia, USA.
Various other towns and cities, including:
A CDP in Alaska, and the borough seat of
A city in Illinois
A city in Indiana
A small city in Michigan.
A small city in North Dakota.
A town in and Tennessee.
A small city in Texas.
A city in West Virginia
a campaign in the American Civil War
Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, a city in Russia
petitgrain
petitgrain
noun
An essential oil that is extracted from the green twigs of the bitter orange plant.
petrifying
petrifying
adj
Causing immense fear; extremely scary
verb
present participle of petrify
petrissage
petrissage
noun
(massage) A form of massage involving kneading or wringing the skin with one's fingers, knuckles and thumbs.
petrogenic
petrogenic
adj
(of hydrocarbons etc) Produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
Of or pertaining to the formation of rock.
petroglyph
petroglyph
noun
(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
petrograph
petrograph
noun
Drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.
petrolling
petrologic
petrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to petrology.
phagocyter
philtering
philtering
verb
present participle of philter
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
pignorated
pignorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pignorate
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
plastering
plastering
noun
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
verb
present participle of plaster
plegometer
plegometer
noun
(historical) A device for measuring the force of a blow or stroke.
plerergate
plerergate
noun
honey-pot ant
portending
portending
verb
present participle of portend
portglaive
portingale
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
pragmatize
pragmatize
verb
(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
prefulgent
pregenital
pregenital
adj
(psychiatry) Describing psychosexual development prior to the genital phase