(botany) A cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
ageratums
ageratums
noun
plural of ageratum
agilmente
agistment
agistment
noun
(historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
A charge or rate against lands
The taking in by any one of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
agminated
agminated
adj
agminate
agnoetism
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
alignment
alignment
noun
(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
(bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
(role-playing games) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
An alliance of factions.
An arrangement of items in a line.
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
allegatum
almagests
almagests
noun
plural of almagest
angiotome
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
argenteum
argentums
argumenta
argumenta
noun
plural of argumentum
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
armangite
armangite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
atmogenic
augmented
augmented
adj
(music) increased by a semitone.
increased in number, amount or strength.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of augment
augmenter
augmenter
noun
One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
bemisting
bemisting
verb
present participle of bemist
bergamots
bergamots
noun
plural of bergamot
bergstrom
bisegment
bisegment
noun
One of two equal parts of a line or other magnitude.
bregmatic
bregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the bregma.
burghemot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
camleting
categorem
categorem
noun
A categorematic word.
cementing
cementing
noun
An instance of affixing something with cement.
verb
present participle of cement
centigram
centigram
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻² grams. Symbol: cg
coaugment
coempting
competing
competing
adj
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
verb
present participle of compete
cosegment
cremating
cremating
verb
present participle of cremate
cumengite
cumengite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal indigo blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
demasting
demasting
verb
present participle of demast
dementing
dementing
adj
Causing dementia.
Undergoing dementia.
demigrate
demigrate
verb
(obsolete) To emigrate.
To cancel or return from migration (of e.g. a computer system).
demigroat
demitting
demitting
verb
present participle of demit
depigment
depigment
verb
To reduce pigmentation
diamagnet
diamagnet
noun
(physics) Any material that exhibits diamagnetism.
digametic
digametic
adj
Synonym of heterogametic
digammate
digammate
adj
Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound.
dogmatise
dogmatise
verb
Alternative form of dogmatize
dogmatize
dogmatize
verb
(intransitive) To speak or write dogmatically.
(transitive) To treat something as dogma.
dumaguete
egotheism
egotheism
noun
The deification of one's own self.
The view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self.
eightsman
eightsman
noun
(rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.
eightsmen
eightsmen
noun
plural of eightsman
eightsome
eightsome
noun
A group of eight persons or things.
emanating
emanating
verb
present participle of emanate
embruting
embruting
verb
present participle of embrute
emergents
emergents
noun
plural of emergent
emetology
emetology
noun
(medicine) The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
emigating
emigrants
emigrants
noun
plural of emigrant
emigrated
emigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emigrate
emigrates
emigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emigrate
emigrator
emigrator
noun
One who emigrates; an emigrant.
emulating
emulating
verb
present participle of emulate
engarment
engoument
engoument
noun
Alternative form of engouement
enigmatic
enigmatic
adj
(variant) Enigmatical.
Defying description.
Mysterious.
Pertaining to an enigma.
entombing
entombing
verb
present participle of entomb
ergometer
ergometer
noun
A dynamometer used to measure the work done by muscles
A rowing machine or ergocycle
ergotisms
ergotisms
noun
plural of ergotism
estampage
estampage
noun
A pattern stamped on clay or other material by a press
esteeming
esteeming
verb
present participle of esteem
esztergom
esztergom
Proper noun
a city in northern Hungary, on the Danube
etymology
etymology
noun
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
(countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
(countable) The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation.
(uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
exempting
exempting
verb
present participle of exempt
fathomage
fathomage
noun
(mining) The amount of money paid to a miner based on fathoms of material worked.
figmental
figmental
adj
Of or relating to a figment.
fogramite
folcgemot
fomenting
fomenting
verb
present participle of foment
fragments
fragments
noun
plural of fragment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fragment
fumigated
fumigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fumigate
fumigates
fumigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fumigate
gamecraft
gamecraft
noun
(fantasy) A type of dominance competition practiced by werewolves that focuses on cleverness, wit, and cunning.
Artistry in the organization and elements used to design a game or storyline.
Skill and knowledge about hunting and managing game.
Skill in the strategy and tactics of playing a game or games, as opposed to the physical skills of strength, dexterity, accuracy, etc.
gamelotte
gamelotte
noun
A fiber made from this kind of sedge.
Any of certain sedges of the genus Fimbristylis.
gamesters
gamesters
noun
plural of gamester
gametange
gammelost
gammelost
noun
Alternative form of gamalost
gamostele
gamostely
garmented
garmented
adj
(poetic) Wearing a garment; attired.
gasometer
gasometer
noun
(chemistry, historical) An apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting.
A large tank or reservoir for storing gas; a gasholder.
gasometry
gasometry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of gases; the determination of the relative proportion of gases in a mixture.
gastraeum
gastraeum
noun
(zoology) The whole undersurface of an animal.
gatemaker
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gazometer
geheimrat
gematriot
geminated
geminated
adj
(phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled; geminate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of geminate
geminates
geminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of geminate
gemitores
gemmating
gemmating
verb
present participle of gemmate
gemmation
gemmation
noun
(biology) asexual reproduction via gemmae
(botany) arrangement of buds on the stalk
gemmative
gemmative
adj
Of or relating to gemmation.
gemstones
gemstones
noun
plural of gemstone
gemutlich
gemutlich
adj
Alternative spelling of gemütlich
genetmoil
gentilism
gentilism
noun
heathenism; paganism; the worship of false gods
tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens
gentleman
gentleman
noun
(chiefly historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
(cricket) An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.
(derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
(polite term of address) Any man.
(usually historical, sometimes derogatory) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
gentlemen
gentlemen
noun
Alternative form of gentlemen's: a men's room, a lavatory intended for use by men.
plural of gentleman
geomantic
geomantic
adj
of or relating to geomancy
geometers
geometers
noun
plural of geometer
geometric
geometric
adj
Increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression.
Of or relating to geometry.
Using simple shapes such as circles, triangles, and lines in a decorative object.
geometrid
geometrid
adj
Relating to such moths
noun
(entomology) Any of the family Geometridae of moths
A larva of such moth, which when walking alternate legs and prolegs, giving the appearance of measuring
germanist
germanite
germanite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral pinkish gray mineral containing copper, germanium, iron, and sulfur.
germanity
germanton
germinant
germinant
adj
That germinates.
noun
A germinating plant.
germinate
germinate
verb
(intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
(transitive) To cause to grow; to produce.
germiston
gerontism
getmesost
gigameter
gigameter
noun
US spelling of gigametre
gilemette
gimleting
gimleting
verb
present participle of gimlet
gimmerpet
gitanemuk
glazement
gleamiest
gleamiest
adj
superlative form of gleamy: most gleamy
glomerate
glomerate
adj
Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.
verb
To gather or wind into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.
gloomiest
gloomiest
adj
superlative form of gloomy: most gloomy
glumpiest
glutamate
glutamate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.
(neuroscience) The anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter.
glutamine
glutamine
noun
(biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₅H₁₀N₂O₃ found in most animal and plant proteins.
glutimate
gmelinite
gmelinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare zeolite mineral related to chabazite.
godmother
godmother
noun
A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
verb
(transitive) To act as godmother to.
gothamite
gothamite
Noun
A Gothamist.
An inhabitant of New York City.
gracemont
grahamite
grahamite
noun
A bitumen-impregnated rock found in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.
gramenite
grammates
grammates
noun
(obsolete) The rudiments or first principles, as of grammar.
grantsmen
grantsmen
noun
plural of grantsman
grimstead
groupment
groupment
noun
(military) A temporary, improvised grouping of forces.
grudgment
grummeter
grumpiest
grumpiest
adj
superlative form of grumpy: most grumpy
guatemala
guatemala
Proper noun
country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala.