(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accusingly
accusingly
adv
In an accusing manner.
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
acrogamous
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acrorhagus
acrorhagus
noun
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
acutograve
agalactous
agalactous
adj
Lacking milk to suckle with.
agallochum
agallochum
noun
agalloch
agricolous
agricolous
adj
Dwelling in the fields, especially as an agricultural laborer.
agricultor
agricultor
noun
(archaic) agriculturist, farmer
aguacateca
angletouch
anglicanum
announcing
announcing
verb
present participle of announce
anschauung
anschauung
noun
(philosophy, Kantianism) Sense-perception.
archgunner
archhumbug
archimagus
archimagus
noun
Alternative form of archimage
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
ascigerous
ascigerous
adj
(botany) Having asci.
ascogenous
ascogenous
adj
(mycology) That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus
ascogonium
ascogonium
noun
(mycology) The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
auctioning
auctioning
verb
present participle of auction
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
ausgleiche
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
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
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
beccabunga
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becrusting
becudgeled
bescouring
biscuiting
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blacksburg
blocksburg
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
buccanning
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bumsucking
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
caccagogue
cacogeusia
cacogeusia
noun
(pathology) An experience of a bad taste not due to ingested material
cagoulards
cagoulards
noun
plural of cagoulard
cairngorum
cairngorum
noun
Alternative form of cairngorm
calcifugal
calcifugal
adj
Of or relating to a calcifuge.
caliginous
caliginous
adj
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
caligulism
callousing
callousing
verb
present participle of callous
camouflage
camouflage
noun
(biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
A disguise or covering up.
Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
The act of disguising.
verb
To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
cannelburg
canonsburg
canulating
canulating
verb
present participle of canulate
caprimulgi
catalogued
catalogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalogue
cataloguer
cataloguer
noun
(informal) A person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.
One who catalogues.
catalogues
catalogues
noun
plural of catalogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalogue
caucussing
cautioning
cautioning
noun
The act of giving a warning.
verb
present participle of caution
cellifugal
cellifugal
adj
cellulifugal
celtologue
cenogonous
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
cerigerous
cerulignol
changuinan
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chateaugay
chaulmugra
chaulmugra
noun
Alternative form of chaulmoogra
chemurgies
chemurgies
noun
plural of chemurgy
chequering
chequering
noun
A chequered pattern.
verb
present participle of chequer
chiriguano
chirruping
chirruping
noun
The act of producing a chirrup sound.
verb
present participle of chirrup
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chirurgery
chirurgery
noun
(archaic) Synonym of surgery.
cholagogue
cholagogue
noun
(obsolete, medicine) Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile.
choraguses
choreguses
chorussing
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
chuckingly
chuntering
chuntering
noun
Grumbling; complaining.
verb
present participle of chunter
churchgoer
churchgoer
noun
One who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian.
cienfuegos
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
cimicifuga
cimicifuga
noun
Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
cincturing
cincturing
verb
present participle of cincture
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
circuiting
circuiting
noun
circuitous movement
verb
present participle of circuit
clamouring
clamouring
noun
A sound that clamours.
verb
present participle of clamour
clangorous
clangorous
adj
Making a clangor.
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
claughting
cloudology
clubmonger
clustering
clustering
adj
Forming a cluster.
noun
(computing) The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
(demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
A grouping of a number of similar things.
verb
present participle of cluster
cluttering
cluttering
noun
A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
An instance of cluttered speech.
The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered.
verb
present participle of clutter
coagulable
coagulable
adj
That can be coagulated.
coagulants
coagulants
noun
plural of coagulant
coagulated
coagulated
adj
Subjected to coagulation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coagulate
coagulates
coagulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coagulate
coagulator
coagulator
noun
Something that causes coagulation (clumping or solidifying).
coassuming
coassuming
verb
present participle of coassume
coastguard
coastguard
noun
Alternative spelling of coast guard
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
coglorious
cogracious
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinsuring
coinsuring
verb
present participle of coinsure
colleagued
colleagued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colleague
colleagues
colleagues
noun
plural of colleague
collegiums
collingual
collingual
adj
Having, or relating to, the same language.
colloguing
colloguing
verb
present participle of collogue
comburgess
comburgess
noun
A fellow burgess.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
concluding
concluding
adj
(obsolete) Conclusive; convincing; decisive.
Finishing; closing; final.
noun
A conclusion.
verb
present participle of conclude
concurring
concurring
verb
present participle of concur
concussing
concussing
verb
present participle of concuss
conducting
conducting
verb
present participle of conduct
condurango
condurango
noun
(medicine) The bark of a South American vine, Marsdenia cundurango, of the milkweed family, once erroneously believed to cure cancer.
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
conglution
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
conjugable
conjugable
adj
Capable of being conjugated.
conjugably
conjugales
conjugally
conjugally
adv
In a conjugal manner; as husband and wife
conjugatae
conjugated
conjugated
adj
(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
Joined together in pairs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjugate
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate
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
construing
construing
noun
The act of one who construes.
verb
present participle of construe
consulting
consulting
noun
Short for consulting physician.
verb
present participle and gerund of consult
contagious
contagious
adj
(figurative) Easily passed on to others.
(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
(of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
contiguate
contiguate
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous; touching.
contiguity
contiguity
noun
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.