A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
aigialosauridae
amidoguaiacol
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
anguilloid
anguilloid
adj
eellike
noun
Any eel of the suborder Anguilloidei
antidecalogue
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
audiological
audiological
adj
Of or pertaining to audiology, or the study of hearing.
audiologies
audiologies
noun
plural of audiology
audiologist
audiologist
noun
A healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.
audiologists
audiologists
noun
plural of audiologist
audiology
audiology
noun
An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.
The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders
autodialing
autodialing
verb
present participle of autodial
autodialling
autodialling
verb
simple past tense of autodial
autoloading
autoloading
noun
(programming) Capability of loading and linking portions of a program from mass storage automatically when needed.
verb
present participle of autoload
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
blockaderunning
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
bloodlusting
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
bodybuilding
bodybuilding
noun
(dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
bougainvilliidae
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
bulldogging
bulldogging
verb
present participle of bulldog
bulldoggings
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
bulldogism
bulldozing
bulldozing
noun
An act of demolition with a bulldozer.
verb
present participle of bulldoze
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
clouding
clouding
noun
A cloudy appearance.
A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
verb
present participle of cloud
cloudling
cloudling
noun
A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
cogitabundly
colluding
colluding
adj
That colludes
verb
present participle of collude
colongitude
colongitude
noun
(astronomy) The longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.
concluding
concluding
adj
(obsolete) Conclusive; convincing; decisive.
Finishing; closing; final.
noun
A conclusion.
verb
present participle of conclude
concludingly
concludingly
adv
In a concluding manner; finally; conclusively.
conducingly
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
conglutinated
conglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate
counterbuilding
counterlighted
counterpleading
counterpleading
noun
A pleading against; a contrary pleading.
verb
present participle of counterplead
cubitodigital
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
dactylopatagium
dactylopatagium
noun
The portion of patagium found between the digits.
dativogerundial
decoagulation
decolouring
decolouring
verb
present participle of decolour
decolourising
decolourising
verb
present participle of decolourise
decolourizing
decolourizing
verb
present participle of decolourize
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
deflocculating
deflocculating
verb
present participle of deflocculate
deglutination
deglutination
noun
(linguistics) A process by which a formerly significant part of a combined term is clipped.
The act of ungluing.
The removal of gluten from a cereal product.
deglutition
deglutition
noun
(physiology) The act or process of swallowing.
deglutitions
deglutitions
noun
plural of deglutition
deglutitious
deglutitious
adj
Pertaining to deglutition.
deglutitory
deglutitory
adj
Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.
degranulation
degranulation
noun
(biology) The loss of secretory granules in certain cells
delousing
delousing
verb
present participle of delouse
demiflouncing
demioctangular
demodulating
demodulating
verb
present participle of demodulate
dentiloguy
dentolingual
dentolingual
adj
Alternative form of dentilingual
dentosurgical
depopulating
depopulating
verb
present participle of depopulate
deregulation
deregulation
noun
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.
deregulationize
deregulations
deregulations
noun
plural of deregulation
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
diabolifuge
dialogue
dialogue
noun
(authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
(computing) A dialogue box.
(philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
verb
(informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
(obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
(transitive) To put into dialogue form.
dialogued
dialogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dialogue
dialoguer
dialoguer
noun
A participant in a dialogue.
A person employed to write dialogue for characters in a soap opera or similar show.
dialogues
dialogues
noun
plural of dialogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialogue
dialoguing
dialoguing
verb
present participle of dialogue
diglucoside
diglucoside
noun
(organic chemistry) Any glucoside that has two glucose units
dilligrout
dilligrout
noun
Alternative form of dillegrout
dioeciopolygamous
dipleurogenesis
dipleurogenetic
disadvantageously
disadvantageously
adv
In a disadvantageous manner.
disanalogous
disanalogous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by disanalogy
discogastrula
discolouring
discolouring
verb
present participle of discolour
discombobulating
discombobulating
adj
Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.
verb
present participle of discombobulate
discourageable
discourageable
adj
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
discouragedly
discouragedly
adv
In a discouraged manner.
discouragingly
discouragingly
adv
In a discouraging manner.
disillusioning
disillusioning
verb
present participle of disillusion
disillusionising
disillusionising
verb
present participle of disillusionise
disillusionizing
disillusionizing
verb
present participle of disillusionize
disingenuously
disingenuously
adv
In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive.
In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily.
disoccluding
disoccluding
verb
present participle of disocclude
divulgation
divulgation
noun
The act of divulging or publishing; publication.
The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.
The disclosure or revelation of a secret.
divulgator
divulgator
noun
Teacher.
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
dolichoglossus
dolorifuge
dolorifuge
noun
Something which mitigates or removes grief.
doublecrossing
doublecrossing
verb
present participle of doublecross
doublehatching
doublethinking
doubling
doubling
noun
(archaic) A trick; double-dealing.
A pleat or fold. [from 17th c.]
The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
verb
present participle of double
doubtingly
doubtingly
adv
In a doubting manner.
doughbellies
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
doughtily
doughtily
adv
In a doughty manner.
douglassville
douglasville
druidology
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
duodenocholangitis
edulcorating
edulcorating
verb
present participle of edulcorate
epidialogue
epilogued
epilogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epilogue
epithelioglandular
equidiagonal
equidiagonal
adj
(geometry) Of a convex quadrilateral: having the two diagonals of equal length.
euglenoid
euglenoid
noun
Alternative form of euglenid
euglenoidina
eulogised
eulogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eulogise
eulogized
eulogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eulogize
excitoglandular
excitoglandular
adj
That increases the output of a gland
floundering
floundering
noun
The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle.
verb
present participle of flounder
flounderingly
flounderingly
adv
In a floundering manner; with awkward struggles.
fluoridating
fluoridating
verb
present participle of fluoridate
fluoridising
fluoridising
verb
present participle of fluoridise
fluoridizing
fluoridizing
verb
present participle of fluoridize
foundling
foundling
noun
An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
foundlings
foundlings
noun
plural of foundling
fulgorid
fulgorid
noun
(zoology) Any hemipteran of the family Fulgoridae
fulgoridae
fulgoroidea
fungoidal
fungoidal
adj
fungoid
gadolinium
gadolinium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.