(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
capitaling
captaining
captaining
verb
present participle of captain
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cathograph
catnapping
catnapping
noun
The kidnapping or theft of a cat.
verb
present participle of catnap
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
coplotting
coplotting
verb
present participle of coplot
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
crotophaga
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptozygy
cyrtograph
cytophagic
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
diaglyptic
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
egypticity
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
epexegetic
epexegetic
adj
Serving as an epexegesis or as epexegeses.
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
epigenetic
epigenetic
adj
(genetics) Of or relating to epigenetics.
(genetics, mineralogy) Of or relating to epigenesis.
epiglottic
epiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
gamotropic
geopolitic
geopolitic
adj
Alternative form of geopolitical
glyptician
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.
inspecting
inspecting
noun
An act of inspection.
verb
present participle of inspect
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
nitpicking
nitpicking
noun
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
outpricing
outpricing
verb
present participle of outprice
paganistic
paganistic
adj
Involving or resembling paganism.
pangenetic
pangenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to pangenesis.
pantologic
pantologic
adj
Of or relating to pantology.
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pathologic
pathologic
adj
(dated) Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
patrologic
patrologic
adj
Alternative form of patrological
pectinogen
peculating
peculating
verb
present participle of peculate
pegmatitic
pegmatitic
adj
Containing or characteristic of pegmatite
peptogenic
peptogenic
adj
(biochemistry) Producing peptones or pepsin
(medicine) Aiding digestion
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.
petrogenic
petrogenic
adj
(of hydrocarbons etc) Produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
Of or pertaining to the formation of rock.
petrologic
petrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to petrology.
phagocytal
phagocytal
adj
Synonym of phagocytic
phagocyter
phagocytic
phagocytic
adj
Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.
phagolytic
phagolytic
adj
Relating to, or causing phagolysis
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
phlogistic
phlogistic
adj
(chemistry, physics, now historical) Pertaining to or containing phlogiston.
(medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
(obsolete) Burning, fiery.
photogenic
photogenic
adj
Generated or caused by light.
Looking good when photographed.
Producing or emitting light, luminescent.
photogyric
photologic
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
phytologic
phytologic
adj
phytological
pictograph
pictograph
noun
A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.
A graphic character.
A picture that represents a word or an idea.
pigsticked
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
playacting
playacting
noun
Alternative form of play-acting.
verb
present participle of playact
postplegic
poulticing
poulticing
verb
present participle of poultice
practicing
practicing
adj
Actively engaged in a profession.
Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion.
noun
The act of one who practices.
verb
present participle of practice
practising
practising
noun
The act of one who practises.
verb
present participle of practise
pragmatica
pragmatics
pragmatics
noun
(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language in a social context.
plural of pragmatic
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
precenting
precenting
verb
present participle of precent
predicting
predicting
verb
present participle of predict
prelecting
prelecting
verb
present participle of prelect
preneglect
prenticing
prenticing
verb
present participle of prentice
pretracing
proctalgia
proctalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the anal or rectal region.
proctology
proctology
noun
(dated) The branch of medicine dealing with the surgery of the colon, rectum, and anus.
(surgery) Colorectal surgery as a specialty inside proctology.
The branch of medicine dealing with the pathology of the colon, rectum, and anus.
The department or the building of the hospital or clinic.
proctorage
proctorage
noun
(derogatory) Management by a proctor, or as if by a proctor; control; superintendence.
proctoring
proctoring
verb
present participle of proctor
proglottic
proglottic
adj
Of or pertaining to a proglottid.
prognathic
prognathic
adj
prognathous
prognostic
prognostic
adj
Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
noun
(rare, medicine) prognosis
A prediction of the future.
A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
One who predicts the future.
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
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.
ptochogony
ptochology
ptochology
noun
The study of poverty,
pugilistic
pugilistic
adj
fighting with the fists
in the manner of a pugilist
pumicating
pumicating
verb
present participle of pumicate
puncturing
puncturing
noun
The act by which something is punctured.
verb
present participle of puncture
pyogenetic
pyogenetic
adj
pyogenic
pyrogentic
pythagoric
pythagoric
Adjective
Pythagorean.
Noun
Pythagorean.
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
receipting
receipting
verb
present participle of receipt
rectigraph
respecting
respecting
prep
regarding; considering
verb
present participle of respect
scapegoats
scapegoats
noun
plural of scapegoat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scapegoat
scatophagy
scatophagy
noun
Synonym of coprophagy
sceptering
sceptering
verb
present participle of scepter
scotograph
scotograph
noun
(obsolete, rare) An instrument for writing in the dark, or by the blind.
(occultism) An image of a ghost or other apparition appearing on unexposed film.
(photography, obsolete, rare) An impression made on a photographic plate by a radioactive substance without the intervention of any opaque object other than the screen of the plate.
speciating
speciating
verb
present participle of speciate
spectating
spectating
verb
present participle of spectate
splotching
splotching
noun
A splotch mark.
verb
present participle of splotch
suspecting
suspecting
verb
present participle of suspect
tachograph
tachograph
noun
A device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle (especially a truck or coach), used to check the drivers' working time.
tachygraph
tachygraph
noun
An example of tachygraphy or shorthand, especially an ancient manuscript.
theophagic
topcoating
topcoating
verb
present participle of topcoat
triglyphic
triglyphic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, triglyphs.
Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.
trigraphic
trigraphic
adj
Of or relating to a trigraph.
tropologic
tropologic
adj
Alternative form of tropological
typhogenic
typhogenic
adj
causing typhus
vagotropic
vagotropic
adj
Stimulating the vagus nerve.
vectograph
vectograph
noun
A kind of stereoscopic print or transparency to be viewed with polarized 3D glasses.