The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
aliturgical
aliturgical
adj
(of a day in the Christian calendar) On which the holy sacrifice is not offered.
alpetragius
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
arbitrageur
arbitrageur
noun
(finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.
argentarius
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
argyrotoxus
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
astrologous
attributing
attributing
verb
present participle of attribute
aubergistes
aubergistes
noun
plural of aubergiste
augitophyre
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.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autoturning
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bistournage
brutalising
brutalising
verb
(Britain) present participle of brutalise
brutalizing
brutalizing
adj
Cruel, harsh, or otherwise insensitive.
verb
present participle of brutalize
bungstarter
bungstarter
noun
A tool for opening barrels by removing the bung.
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
burgomaster
burgomaster
noun
The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
burgraviate
burgraviate
noun
The territory of a burgrave.
calenturing
carburating
carburating
verb
present participle of carburate
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
cartersburg
cataloguers
cataloguers
noun
plural of cataloguer
cattaraugus
cattaraugus
Proper noun
a village in Cattaraugus County, New York State, USA.
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.
chateaugray
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
circulating
circulating
adj
An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on condition of membership.
Moving about freely.
verb
present participle of circulate
coagulators
coagulators
noun
plural of coagulator
coagulatory
coagulatory
adj
Produced by coagulation.
Serving to coagulate.
coastguards
coastguards
noun
plural of coastguard
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coguarantor
coguarantor
noun
A joint guarantor.
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.
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.
corrugators
corrugators
noun
plural of corrugator
coruscating
coruscating
verb
present participle of coruscate
countergage
cryptoglaux
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
deregulated
deregulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deregulate
deregulates
deregulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate
deuterating
deuterating
verb
present participle of deuterate
deuterogamy
deuterogamy
noun
A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.
disnaturing
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
dramaturges
dramaturges
noun
plural of dramaturge
dramaturgic
dramaturgic
adj
Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
draughtiest
draughtiest
adj
superlative form of draughty: most draughty
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.
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
earthtongue
earthtongue
noun
Alternative form of earth tongue
egurgitated
elutriating
elutriating
verb
present participle of elutriate
engjateigur
enrapturing
enrapturing
verb
present participle of enrapture
enumerating
enumerating
verb
present participle of enumerate
epigastrium
epigastrium
noun
(anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.
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.
expurgative
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
expurgatory
expurgatory
adj
Serving to expurgate.
exuberating
exuberating
verb
present participle of exuberate
ferruginate
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
fireflaught
flaughtbred
flustrating
flustrating
verb
present participle of flustrate
formulating
formulating
verb
present participle of formulate
forstraught
forstraught
adj
(obsolete, rare) Distracted.
frequentage
frequentage
noun
The habit or practice of frequenting.
frugalities
frugalities
noun
plural of frugality
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
fustigatory
gangbusters
gangbusters
adj
Very successful or profitable.
adv
(colloquial) With great energy or speed; very well. (Frequently with go.)
noun
plural of gangbuster
garrulities
garrulities
noun
plural of garrulity
gastriloquy
gastriloquy
noun
(rare) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
gastromelus
gastronosus
gastrulated
gastrulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gastrulate
gastrulates
gastrulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gastrulate
gaultherase
gaultherine
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
gestatorium
glastonbury
glastonbury
Proper noun
A town in Somerset, England.
The Glastonbury Festival.
A town in Connecticut.
globularity
globularity
noun
The state of being globular.
glomerulate
glomerulate
adj
Having glomeruli
verb
To cause, or to undergo glomerulation
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
goddaughter
goddaughter
noun
A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
gradualists
gradualists
noun
plural of gradualist
graduatical
graduations
graduations
noun
plural of graduation
grangemouth
granularity
granularity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is granular
(uncountable) The condition of being granular
granulating
granulating
verb
present participle of granulate
granulation
granulation
noun
(astronomy) A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
(medicine) Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
(uncountable) The condition of being granulated.
The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.
The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
granulative
granulators
granulators
noun
plural of granulator
granulitize
granulocyte
granulocyte
noun
(cytology, immunology) Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
granulomata
grapefruits
grapefruits
noun
plural of grapefruit
grasscutter
grasscutter
noun
(British India) A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.