A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
alginuresis
alginuresis
noun
Painful urination; dysuria.
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androginous
androgonium
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
anguillaria
anguimorpha
angularness
angularness
noun
The state or quality of being angular.
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
antiangular
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antiburglar
antiburglar
adj
Opposing or countering burglars.
antiguggler
antiliturgy
anzengruber
aquafarming
aquafarming
noun
(agriculture) aquaculture
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
argentarius
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arnoldsburg
attributing
attributing
verb
present participle of attribute
aurignacian
aurignacian
Adjective
From or pertaining to a culture of the Upper Paleolithic, located in Europe and southwest Asia from circa 45,000 to 35,000 years ago, known from archaeological remains.
Noun
A member of the Aurignacian culture.
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
austrogaean
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autoturning
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
barbecueing
baserunning
baserunning
noun
(baseball) The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bistournage
bladensburg
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
brandenburg
brandenburg
Proper noun
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Noun
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
brutalising
brutalising
verb
(Britain) present participle of brutalise
brutalizing
brutalizing
adj
Cruel, harsh, or otherwise insensitive.
verb
present participle of brutalize
bucaramanga
bucaramanga
Proper noun
A city in northeastern Colombia.
bullragging
bungstarter
bungstarter
noun
A tool for opening barrels by removing the bung.
burdigalian
burdigalian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
bushrangers
bushrangers
noun
plural of bushranger
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
calenturing
callensburg
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
cannonsburg
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
carburating
carburating
verb
present participle of carburate
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
carburising
carburising
verb
present participle of carburise
carburizing
carburizing
verb
present participle of carburize
carfuffling
carousingly
carousingly
adv
in a carousing manner
carpogenous
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
cauterising
cauterising
verb
present participle of cauterise
cauterizing
cauterizing
verb
present participle of cauterize
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
ceraunogram
circulating
circulating
adj
An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on condition of membership.
Moving about freely.
verb
present participle of circulate
clangouring
clangouring
verb
present participle of clangour
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coguarantor
coguarantor
noun
A joint guarantor.
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
conjugators
conjugators
noun
plural of conjugator
corrugating
corrugating
verb
present participle of corrugate
corrugation
corrugation
noun
The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
coruscating
coruscating
verb
present participle of coruscate
countergage
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
cunningaire
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dendrolagus
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
deuterating
deuterating
verb
present participle of deuterate
disnaturing
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
draughtsman
draughtsman
noun
(obsolete) A book illustrator.
(obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
dreadnaught
dreadnaught
noun
Alternative spelling of dreadnought
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
dreamingful
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
duodenogram
earthtongue
earthtongue
noun
Alternative form of earth tongue
elutriating
elutriating
verb
present participle of elutriate
embrasuring
encouragers
encouragers
noun
plural of encourager
encouraging
encouraging
adj
auspicious, or bringing good luck
giving courage, confidence or hope
supporting by giving encouragement
noun
encouragement
verb
present participle of encourage
enfleurages
enfleurages
noun
plural of enfleurage
engjateigur
engraulidae
enrapturing
enrapturing
verb
present participle of enrapture
enumerating
enumerating
verb
present participle of enumerate
equiangular
equiangular
adj
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.
eurygnathic
expurgating
expurgating
verb
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
exuberating
exuberating
verb
present participle of exuberate
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
ferruginate
ferruginean
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
flustrating
flustrating
verb
present participle of flustrate
formulating
formulating
verb
present participle of formulate
frangulinic
frequentage
frequentage
noun
The habit or practice of frequenting.
frustrating
frustrating
adj
Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
verb
present participle of frustrate
fulgurantly
fulgurantly
adv
In a fulgurant manner.
fulgurating
fulgurating
verb
present participle of fulgurate
fulguration
fulguration
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface
(medicine) cauterization with electricity; electrocautery
A flash of lightning
fundraising
fundraising
adj
(attributive) Relating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.
noun
The process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.
gaberlunzie
gaberlunzie
noun
(Scotland, historical) A licensed beggar.
(Scotland, historical) A pouch carried by a strolling beggar.
galeorhinus
gangbusters
gangbusters
adj
Very successful or profitable.
adv
(colloquial) With great energy or speed; very well. (Frequently with go.)
noun
plural of gangbuster
gardenesque
gardenesque
adj
Reminiscent of a garden; garden-like.
gastronosus
gaultherine
germanesque
gerundially
gerundially
adv
In a gerundial manner.
glandarious
glandularly
glandularly
adv
In a glandular manner.
glastonbury
glastonbury
Proper noun
A town in Somerset, England.
The Glastonbury Festival.
A town in Connecticut.
gourmandise
gourmandise
noun
gluttony
verb
To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.