(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
paragneiss
paragneiss
noun
(geology) A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
pingrasses
pingrasses
noun
plural of pingrass
plastering
plastering
noun
A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
verb
present participle of plaster
pleasuring
pleasuring
noun
An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
verb
present participle of pleasure
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
preassigns
preassigns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preassign
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
preleasing
preleasing
verb
present participle of prelease
presagient
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
prestating
pretasting
pretasting
verb
present participle of pretaste
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
propagines
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
reclasping
reclasping
verb
present participle of reclasp
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
repraising
resampling
resampling
noun
(statistics) Any technique or instance of generating a new sample from an existing dataset.
verb
present participle of resample
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
saprogenic
saprogenic
adj
Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
scampering
scampering
noun
A quick, light running motion.
verb
present participle of scamper
scarpering
scarpering
verb
present participle of scarper
separating
separating
adj
(zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.
noun
An instance of separating.
verb
present participle and gerund of separate
sharpening
sharpening
noun
(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
The act by which something is sharpened.
verb
present participle of sharpen
spattering
spattering
noun
Something spattered.
verb
present participle of spatter
spinigrade
spinigrade
adj
(zoology) Moving by means of spines.
sporangite
spreadings
spreadings
noun
plural of spreading
springdale
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
springvale
supergiant
supergiant
noun
(astronomy) A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
tapestring
wingspread
wingspread
noun
The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.