The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agricolist
agricolist
noun
A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
algoristic
algoristic
adj
algorithmic
angioclast
anglistics
antalgesic
antalgesic
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of analgesic
archegetes
astigmatic
astigmatic
adj
(medicine) Suffering from astigmatism.
noun
(medicine) One who has astigmatism.
astricting
astricting
verb
present participle of astrict
astrogonic
astrogonic
adj
Of or pertaining to astrogony.
astrologic
astrologic
adj
Archaic form of astrological.
asyzygetic
asyzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Not syzygetic
atticising
backstring
becrusting
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bigamistic
bigamistic
adj
bigamous
biscuiting
cagliostro
calystegia
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
cartilages
cartilages
noun
plural of cartilage
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
castagnole
castigable
castigable
adj
Able or worthy to be punished.
castigated
castigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of castigate
castigates
castigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castigate
castigator
castigator
noun
One who castigates.
castrating
castrating
verb
present participle of castrate
catagories
catalogers
catalogers
noun
plural of cataloger
catalogist
catalogues
catalogues
noun
plural of catalogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalogue
categories
categories
noun
plural of category
categorise
categorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
categorist
categorist
noun
One who categorizes.
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
cetologies
cetologies
noun
plural of cetology
cetologist
cetologist
noun
A biologist who studies cetaceans.
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
chastising
chastising
verb
present participle of chastise
cigarettes
cigarettes
noun
plural of cigarette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cigarette
clingstone
clingstone
noun
A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh.
clothesbag
clothesbag
noun
Alternative form of clothes bag
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
coagulants
coagulants
noun
plural of coagulant
coagulates
coagulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coagulate
coastguard
coastguard
noun
Alternative spelling of coast guard
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
coexisting
coexisting
verb
present participle of coexist
cogitators
cogitators
noun
plural of cogitator
cognitions
cognitions
noun
plural of cognition
cognitives
cognitives
noun
plural of cognitive
cognoscent
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
congesting
congesting
verb
present participle of congest
congestion
congestion
noun
(medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
(medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive
An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels
congestive
congestive
adj
Characterized by congestion
conjegates
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate
consenting
consenting
adj
Giving consent; agreeing to something.
verb
present participle of consent
consisting
consisting
verb
present participle of consist
consorting
consorting
verb
present participle of consort
constringe
constringe
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
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
contagions
contagions
noun
plural of contagion
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.
contangoes
contesting
contesting
verb
present participle of contest
contiguous
contiguous
adj
Adjacent; neighboring.
Connected; touching; abutting.
Connecting without a break.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
corrugates
corrugates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrugate
cossetting
cossetting
verb
present participle of cosset
costarring
costarring
verb
present participle of costar
costeaning
costeaning
noun
(mining) A process for discovering metallic lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
costogenic
costraight
costraight
adj
(geometry) On the same straight line.
cotangents
cotangents
noun
plural of cotangent
creosoting
creosoting
verb
present participle of creosote
crosslight
crosslight
noun
(countable) A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.
(countable, figurative) One of differing points of view.
(uncountable) Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.
(uncountable) Light that results from multiple sources and different directions.
(uncountable, figurative) Multiple perspectives or points of view.
(uncountable, theater) Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.
verb
(transitive) To illuminate from the side.
crustalogy
crystaling
cunningest
cunningest
adj
superlative form of cunning: most cunning
curtseying
curtseying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsey.
verb
present participle of curtsey
cutgrasses
cutgrasses
noun
plural of cutgrass
cutinising
cutinising
verb
present participle of cutinise
cynegetics
cynegetics
noun
(obsolete) hunting with dogs
cytogenies
cytogenies
noun
plural of cytogeny
cytogenous
cytogenous
adj
(anatomy) Producing cells; applied especially to lymphatic or adenoid tissue.
cytologies
cytologist
cytologist
noun
A biologist who studies cells.
A scientist who studies the physical characteristics of chromosomes.
decalogist
decalogist
noun
One who explains the Decalogue.
decongests
decongests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decongest
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
diagnostic
diagnostic
adj
(education) Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
(medicine) Characteristic of a particular disease.
Of, or relating to diagnosis.
Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
noun
(computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
That by which anything is known; a symptom.
discanting
discanting
verb
present participle of discant
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
disjecting
disjecting
verb
present participle of disject
dissecting
dissecting
noun
A dissection; a taking apart.
verb
present participle of dissect
distancing
distancing
noun
Short for social distancing.
The process of becoming or making distant.
verb
present participle of distance
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
dysgenetic
dysgenetic
adj
(genetics) Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis
ecologists
ecologists
noun
plural of ecologist
ectogenous
ectogenous
adj
(zoology, of a pathogenic organism) Able to survive outside of its host
egoistical
egoistical
adj
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).
Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others.
eightscore
eightscore
noun
(archaic) One hundred and sixty (160).
encrusting
encrusting
verb
present participle of encrust
energetics
energetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics that studies the flow and transformation of energy
The flow and transformation of energy within a specific system or device
energistic
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
escalating
escalating
verb
present participle of escalate
escamotage
escheatage
escheatage
noun
The right of succeeding to an escheat.
escheating
escheating
verb
present participle of escheat
estrogenic
estrogenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or acting like estrogen.
(medicine) Causing estrus.
eugenicist
eugenicist
noun
A believer in, advocate of, or specialist regarding the principles of eugenics.
eulogistic
eulogistic
adj
Conveying praise or admiration, as in a eulogy.
exogastric
exogastric
adj
Of the shell of a mollusc, curving forwards towards the head.
Outside of the stomach.
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
fugacities
fugacities
noun
plural of fugacity
galactosan
galactosan
noun
(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of galactose residues
galactosis
galactosyl
galactosyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from the hemiacetal form of galactose
galidictis
gametocyst
gametocyst
noun
(biology) A structure, in certain protozoans, in which gametocytes or gametes are formed
gamostelic
gasometric
gasometric
adj
Of or relating to gasometry or gasometrics
gastralgic
gastralgic
adj
Relating to gastralgia, or stomach ache.
gastricism
gastricism
noun
(medicine, dated) Any gastric disorder, such as dyspepsia or indigestion.
gastrocele
gastrocele
noun
(anatomy) A cavity in the embryonic gastrula
(pathology) A hernia in part of the stomach
gastrocoel
gastrocoel
noun
Alternative form of gastrocele
gastrodisc
geneticism
geneticism
noun
The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
geneticist
geneticist
noun
(genetics) A scientist who studies genes.
(medicine) A physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic disorders or syndromes.
genuflects
genuflects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genuflect
geochemist
geochemist
noun
(chemistry, geology) A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry
geognostic
geognostic
adj
(now chiefly historical) Pertaining to geognosy; geological.
geostatics
geostatics
noun
(physics) The statics of rigid bodies
geriatrics
geriatrics
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself.
plural of geriatric
gesithcund
gesithcund
adj
Having the rank of a gesith (member of the king's retinue) in medieval England; well-born.
gesticular
gesticular
adj
Of or relating to gesticulation.
ghostcraft
ghostcraft
noun
Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
gieseckite
gieseckite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish-grey variety of muscovite.
glacialist
glacialist
noun
One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.
glacierist
glacierist
noun
One who studies glaciers.
gloucester
gloucester
Proper noun
A city in Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.
A traditional semi-hard cheese from Gloucestershire.