(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgynic
angiocarpy
anorogenic
anorogenic
adj
(geology) Unrelated to orogeny
aragonitic
aragonitic
adj
(geology) Of, pertaining to, or formed from aragonite
archegonia
archegonia
noun
plural of archegonium
archigonic
arctogaean
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
arrogances
arrogances
noun
plural of arrogance
astrogonic
astrogonic
adj
Of or pertaining to astrogony.
athrogenic
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
barcolongo
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bescouring
boschneger
cairngorum
cairngorum
noun
Alternative form of cairngorm
calorizing
calorizing
verb
present participle of calorize
camerlengo
camerlengo
noun
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
camerlingo
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
canonsburg
caprioling
caprioling
verb
present participle of capriole
caracoling
caracoling
noun
A caracole, or half-turn.
verb
present participle of caracole
carcinogen
carcinogen
noun
A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
cardington
cariogenic
cariogenic
adj
Of, or relating to cariogenesis
Producing dental caries
carloading
carloading
noun
(rail transport) The loading of a freight car.
carmagnole
carmagnole
noun
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
(clothing, historical) A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons.
(historical) A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
carpogonia
carpogonia
noun
plural of carpogonium
carrington
carrington
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A city in North Dakota.
A village in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Midlothian, Scotland.
cartonnage
cartonnage
noun
Pasteboard.
The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
cartooning
cartooning
noun
The act of drawing a cartoon or caricature.
verb
present participle of cartoon
centigrado
cerulignol
changeover
changeover
noun
A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
charioting
charioting
verb
present participle of chariot
chiriguano
chirognomy
chirognomy
noun
The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
chorussing
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chromizing
chromizing
verb
present participle of chromize
chromogene
chronogram
chronogram
noun
(genetics) A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to evolutionary time.
A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.
chronology
chronology
noun
(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.
(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
ciceronage
ciceronage
noun
The activity of a cicerone; local guidance.
ciceroning
ciceroning
verb
present participle of cicerone
cinemagoer
cinemagoer
noun
One who visits a cinema in order to watch a film.
clamouring
clamouring
noun
A sound that clamours.
verb
present participle of clamour
clangoring
clangoring
verb
present participle of clangor
clangorous
clangorous
adj
Making a clangor.
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
clarington
clarington
Proper noun
A municipality in Ontario, Canada
clarioning
clarioning
verb
present participle of clarion
clinograph
clinograph
noun
An measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
clobbering
clobbering
adj
That clobbers.
noun
(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of clobber
clubmonger
coadmiring
coalmonger
coalmonger
noun
(dated) A dealer in coal.
coarsening
coarsening
noun
The process or the result of becoming coarse
verb
present participle of coarsen
cochairing
cochairing
verb
present participle of cochair
cocreating
cocreating
verb
present participle of cocreate
coderiving
codesigner
codesigner
noun
One who codesigns; a designer who works with another.
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
coerecting
coexerting
coexerting
verb
present participle of coexert
cogovernor
cogovernor
noun
Someone who governs something together with someone else
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinhering
coinhering
verb
present participle of coinhere
coinsuring
coinsuring
verb
present participle of coinsure
comanagers
comanagers
noun
plural of comanager
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
commercing
commercing
verb
present participle of commerce
commingler
commingler
noun
A device for noiseless heating of water by steam in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.
One who, or that which, commingles.
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
concerning
concerning
adj
(obsolete) Important.
Causing concern; worrying.
noun
That which one is concerned in; one's business.
prep
Regarding, respecting.
verb
present participle of concern
concerting
concerting
noun
Concerted activity; something done together by two or more people.
verb
present participle of concert
concierges
concierges
noun
plural of concierge
concreting
concreting
verb
present participle of concrete
concurring
concurring
verb
present participle of concur
condurango
condurango
noun
(medicine) The bark of a South American vine, Marsdenia cundurango, of the milkweed family, once erroneously believed to cure cancer.
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
confirming
confirming
noun
An act of confirmation.
verb
present participle of confirm
conforming
conforming
adj
Exhibiting conformity.
verb
present participle of conform
confragose
congenator
congeneric
congeneric
adj
Of or pertaining to congeners (organisms of the same genus)
noun
Alternative form of congener
congiaries
congiaries
noun
plural of congiary
congregant
congregant
noun
A member of a congregation.
congregate
congregate
adj
(rare) Collective; assembled; compact.
verb
(intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.
(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
congressed
congressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congress
congresser
congresses
congresses
noun
plural of congress
congruence
congruence
noun
(algebra) More generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.
(mathematics, geometry) The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape.
(mathematics, linear algebra) Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix.
(mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
congruency
congruency
noun
(mathematics) The state of being congruent
The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
conjugator
conjugator
noun
An automated process or written aid for giving the conjugation table of verbs.
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conserving
conserving
adj
Accompanied by conservation.
verb
present participle of conserve
consignors
consignors
noun
plural of consignor
consorting
consorting
verb
present participle of consort
conspiring
conspiring
noun
conspiracy
verb
present participle of conspire
constringe
constringe
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
construing
construing
noun
The act of one who construes.
verb
present participle of construe
contorting
contorting
verb
present participle of contort
contouring
contouring
noun
a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face
the building up of muscles with exercise
the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable
walking along contour lines, usually to save energy or simplify navigation
verb
present participle of contour
contriving
contriving
noun
The act of one who contrives.
verb
present participle of contrive
controling
controling
adj
Misspelling of controlling.
convergent
convergent
adj
(mathematical analysis, topology) Of a sequence or series in a topological space, converging to a (finite, proper) limit.
That converges or focuses; converging
noun
(mathematics) The rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms.
converging
converging
adj
approaching each other at a point; convergent.
noun
convergence
verb
present participle of converge
conversing
conversing
noun
conversation
verb
present participle of converse
converting
converting
verb
present participle of convert
copperwing
corbelling
corbelling
noun
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbelled masonry.
verb
present participle of corbel
cordelling
coregnancy
coregonine
coregonine
noun
Any fish of the genus Coregonus.
coregonoid
corelating
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.