(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
compurgator
compurgator
noun
(historical, law) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
(now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
creophagous
creophagous
adj
flesh-eating
cryptoglaux
cytopahgous
cytophagous
cytophagous
adj
consuming cells
decoupaging
decoupaging
verb
present participle of decoupage
duplicating
duplicating
verb
present participle of duplicate
encapsuling
encapsuling
verb
present participle of encapsule
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
fuciphagous
glaucophane
glaucophane
noun
(mineralogy) A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.
guachipilin
inculpating
inculpating
verb
present participle of inculpate
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
macrophagus
mycophagous
mycophagous
adj
fungus-eating.
nuncupating
nuncupating
verb
present participle of nuncupate
outcapering
outcapering
verb
present participle of outcaper
panegyricum
parachuting
parachuting
noun
The sport of jumping with a parachute.
verb
present participle of parachute
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
paucijugate
preaccusing
pregracious
preguidance
preguidance
adj
Before guidance.
presurgical
presurgical
adj
Occurring before, or in preparation for, surgery
prosurgical
psychagogue
psychagogue
noun
A necromancer.
psychofugal
pugnacities
pugnacities
noun
plural of pugnacity
punctuating
punctuating
verb
present participle of punctuate
recapturing
recapturing
verb
present participle of recapture
repugnances
repugnances
noun
plural of repugnance
sarcophagus
sarcophagus
noun
(historical) A type of wine cooler (“a piece of equipment used to keep wine chilled”) shaped like a sarcophagus (sense 1).
(informal) The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
(obsolete except Ancient Greece, historical) A kind of limestone used by the Ancient Greeks for coffins, so called because it was thought to consume the flesh of corpses.
A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.
verb
(transitive) To enclose (a corpse, etc.) in a sarcophagus (noun sense 1).
scapigerous
scapulalgia
scapulalgia
noun
Pain in the shoulder.
speculating
speculating
noun
speculation
verb
present participle of speculate
sprauchling
sprauchling
verb
present participle of sprauchle
superagency
superagency
noun
(California) A cabinet-level agency within the executive branch, composed of several departments.
An agency with unusually far-reaching powers
supercargos
supercharge
supercharge
noun
(electrics, electronics) An instance of supercharging.
(heraldry) A charge borne upon an ordinary or other charge.
verb
(automotive) To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.
(electronics, electrics) To recharge a battery cell/pack at an extremely rapid pace.
(heraldry) To overlay one charge upon another.
(transitive) To make faster or more powerful.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see super, charge.