(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
acutograve
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
aetiologue
afterguard
afterguard
noun
(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
agalactous
agalactous
adj
Lacking milk to suckle with.
agapanthus
agapanthus
noun
Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.
agathaumas
agathyrsus
agglutinin
agglutinin
noun
(specifically) A protein found in cow's milk.
A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agricultor
agricultor
noun
(archaic) agriculturist, farmer
agriotypus
aguacateca
aguilarite
aguilarite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral found in Mexico.
amatungula
amatungula
noun
Carissa macrocarpa, a shrub native to Southern Africa.
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ampulating
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
angletouch
angularity
angularity
noun
(countable) A sharp point or angle.
(countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
(uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
angulately
angulately
adv
In an angulate manner.
angulating
angulating
verb
present participle of angulate
angulation
angulation
noun
An angular part, position, or formation.
The formation of an abnormal angle or bend in an organ
The formation of angles.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
antibusing
antibusing
adj
(US politics) Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools
antifungal
antifungal
adj
(pharmacology) That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi.
antifungin
antifungin
noun
The fungicide magnesium borate.
antifungus
antifungus
adj
That inhibits the growth of fungi.
antigyrous
antileague
antileague
adj
Opposing a league or confederation.
antilogous
antilogous
adj
Being or relating to that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.
Of the contrary name or character; opposite.
antiplague
antiplague
adj
Countering plague
antitegula
antitragus
antitragus
noun
(anatomy) A projection on the lower posterior portion of the auricle of the ear opposite the tragus.
antiuating
argenteous
argenteous
adj
(formal) Silvery.
argenteuil
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
argumental
argumental
adj
(linguistics) Based on arguments; pertaining to arguments.
argumentum
argumentum
noun
(chiefly formal, in law, logic, etc.) Used in numerous Latin phrases (and occasionally alone) in the sense of “appeal” or “argument”.
argutation
argutation
noun
(obsolete) caviling; subtle disputation
arguteness
arguteness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being argute.
armaturing
armaturing
verb
present participle of armature
assaulting
assaulting
verb
present participle of assault
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
astragalus
astragalus
noun
(anatomy) The anklebone.
(botany) A herb of the genus Astragalus.
attapulgus
aubergiste
aubergiste
noun
An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries.
auctioning
auctioning
verb
present participle of auction
augmenters
augmenters
noun
plural of augmenter
augmenting
augmenting
verb
present participle of augment
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
auguration
auguration
noun
The practice of augury.
augustales
augustness
augustness
noun
The state or quality of being august or noble.
aurigation
aurigation
noun
The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.
austinburg
austringer
austringer
noun
(falconry) A falconer who uses accipiters for hunting.
(obsolete) A keeper of goshawks.
austrogaea
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autogamous
autogamous
adj
self-fertilizing
autogeneal
autogeneal
adj
(archaic) Self-produced; autogenous.
autogenies
autogenous
autogenous
adj
(anatomy) Developed from an independent centre of ossification.
Produced independently of an external cause or influence.
autognosis
autognosis
noun
self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autojigger
autolavage
autologist
autologous
autologous
adj
Derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor).
autolyzing
autolyzing
verb
present participle of autolyze
automating
automating
verb
present participle of automate
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
battenburg
beartongue
becrusting
beeftongue
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
betelgeuse
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
biangulate
biangulate
adj
Synonym of biangular
verb
To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bilinguist
bilinguist
noun
(linguistics) One who speaks two languages.
biscuiting
blitzbuggy
blitzbuggy
noun
(archaic) A jeep (military vehicle).
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
bluetongue
bluetongue
noun
A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc
blustering
blustering
adj
Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.
noun
A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.
Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.
verb
present participle of bluster
borgerhout
boroughlet
boulangist
boulangist
Noun
A supporter of Boulangism.
bringhurst
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
bugologist
bugologist
noun
(informal) One who studies insects.
buitenzorg
bullfights
bullfights
noun
plural of bullfight
burlington
burlington
Proper noun
A place
A settlement in Canada
A city in Ontario
A riding, federally and provincially, in Ontario
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador
An incorporated community in Nova Scotia
An unincorporated area in Prince Edward Island
A location in the United States
A city in Colorado
A town in Connecticut
A village in Illinois
A town in Indiana
A city in Iowa
A city in Kansas
A census-designated place (CDP) in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A town in Massachusetts
A village in Michigan
A city in New Jersey
A town in New York
A city in North Carolina
A city in North Dakota
A CDP (census-designated place) in Ohio
A town in Oklahoma
A borough in Pennsylvania
A city in Vermont
A city in Washington
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in West Virginia
A city and a town in Wisconsin
A town in Wyoming
burthening
burthening
verb
present participle of burthen
bustlingly
bustlingly
adv
in a bustling manner
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
butterjags
butylating
butylating
verb
present participle of butylate
canulating
canulating
verb
present participle of canulate
catalogued
catalogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalogue
cataloguer
cataloguer
noun
(informal) A person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.
One who catalogues.
catalogues
catalogues
noun
plural of catalogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalogue
cautioning
cautioning
noun
The act of giving a warning.
verb
present participle of caution
celtologue
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
chateaugay
chuntering
chuntering
noun
Grumbling; complaining.
verb
present participle of chunter
cincturing
cincturing
verb
present participle of cincture
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
circuiting
circuiting
noun
circuitous movement
verb
present participle of circuit
claughting
clustering
clustering
adj
Forming a cluster.
noun
(computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
A grouping of a number of similar things.
verb
present participle of cluster
cluttering
cluttering
noun
A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
An instance of cluttered speech.
The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered.
verb
present participle of clutter
coagulants
coagulants
noun
plural of coagulant
coagulated
coagulated
adj
Subjected to coagulation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coagulate
coagulates
coagulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coagulate
coagulator
coagulator
noun
Something that causes coagulation (clumping or solidifying).
coastguard
coastguard
noun
Alternative spelling of coast guard
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
conducting
conducting
verb
present participle of conduct
conglution
conjugatae
conjugated
conjugated
adj
(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
Joined together in pairs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjugate
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate
conjugator
conjugator
noun
An automated process or written aid for giving the conjugation table of verbs.
construing
construing
noun
The act of one who construes.
verb
present participle of construe
consulting
consulting
noun
Short for consulting physician.
verb
present participle and gerund of consult
contagious
contagious
adj
(figurative) Easily passed on to others.
(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
(of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
contiguate
contiguate
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous; touching.
contiguity
contiguity
noun
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
contiguous
contiguous
adj
Adjacent; neighboring.
Connected; touching; abutting.
Connecting without a break.
continuing
continuing
noun
A continuation.
verb
present participle of continue
contouring
contouring
noun
a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face
the building up of muscles with exercise
the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable
walking along contour lines, usually to save energy or simplify navigation