(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
analgesics
analgesics
noun
plural of analgesic
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
anglicizes
anglicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anglicize
antalgesic
antalgesic
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of analgesic
archangels
archangels
noun
plural of archangel
archegetes
arciniegas
arrogances
arrogances
noun
plural of arrogance
ascigerous
ascigerous
adj
(botany) Having asci.
ascogenous
ascogenous
adj
(mycology) That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
asyzygetic
asyzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Not syzygetic
ausgleiche
beclasping
beclasping
verb
present participle of beclasp
bergamasca
cablegrams
cablegrams
noun
plural of cablegram
cacogenics
cacogenics
noun
(medicine) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote bad genetic characteristics in people.
cacogeusia
cacogeusia
noun
(pathology) An experience of a bad taste not due to ingested material
caginesses
calystegia
canaseraga
cargadores
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
cartilages
cartilages
noun
plural of cartilage
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
casaleggio
caseinogen
caseinogen
noun
uncoagulated casein
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
cashiering
cashiering
noun
A dismissal of an individual from service, especially in the military.
verb
present participle of cashier
cassegrain
castagnole
castigable
castigable
adj
Able or worthy to be punished.
castigated
castigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of castigate
castigates
castigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castigate
catagories
catalogers
catalogers
noun
plural of cataloger
catalogues
catalogues
noun
plural of catalogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalogue
categories
categories
noun
plural of category
categorise
categorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
categorist
categorist
noun
One who categorizes.
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
challenges
challenges
noun
plural of challenge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of challenge
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
changeless
changeless
Adjective
unchanging
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chargeless
chargeless
adj
(physics) Without charge.
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
choraguses
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
cigarettes
cigarettes
noun
plural of cigarette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cigarette
clothesbag
clothesbag
noun
Alternative form of clothes bag
coagencies
coagencies
noun
plural of coagency
coagulates
coagulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coagulate
coalescing
coalescing
noun
coalescence
verb
present participle of coalesce
coarsegold
coarsening
coarsening
noun
The process or the result of becoming coarse
verb
present participle of coarsen
coassignee
coassignee
noun
A joint assignee.
cognisable
cognisable
adj
Alternative form of cognizable
cognisance
cognisance
noun
Alternative spelling of cognizance
cogswellia
colleagues
colleagues
noun
plural of colleague
collegians
collegians
noun
plural of collegian
comanagers
comanagers
noun
plural of comanager
compagnies
confragose
congiaries
congiaries
noun
plural of congiary
conjegates
conjugales
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate
contangoes
corrugates
corrugates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrugate
costeaning
costeaning
noun
(mining) A process for discovering metallic lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
cotangents
cotangents
noun
plural of cotangent
courageous
courageous
adj
Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
Of an action, that requires courage.
cradlesong
cradlesong
noun
Alternative form of cradle song
cragginess
cragginess
noun
The state of being craggy.
crevassing
crevassing
verb
present participle of crevasse
cryalgesia
cryalgesia
noun
pain caused by cold
cutgrasses
cutgrasses
noun
plural of cutgrass
cynosarges
decagynous
decagynous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
decalogist
decalogist
noun
One who explains the Decalogue.
declassing
declassing
verb
present participle of declass
decreasing
decreasing
verb
present participle of decrease
delegacies
delegacies
noun
plural of delegacy
descanting
descanting
verb
present participle of descant
dimagnesic
discharged
discharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discharge
dischargee
dischargee
noun
One who is discharged.
discharger
discharger
noun
Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm
discharges
discharges
noun
plural of discharge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discharge
discourage
discourage
noun
(rare) Lack of courage
verb
(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
disgracers
disgracers
noun
plural of disgracer
disgracive
disgracive
adj
(obsolete) Causing disgrace.
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
dysgenical
dysgenical
adj
Alternative form of dysgenic
egoistical
egoistical
adj
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).
Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others.
eigenspace
eigenspace
noun
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
elegancies
elegancies
noun
plural of elegancy
enclasping
enclasping
verb
present participle of enclasp
encourages
encourages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
escalading
escalading
verb
present participle of escalade
escalating
escalating
verb
present participle of escalate
escaloping
escamotage
escapingly
escapology
escapology
noun
(figurative) Escape from a difficult situation.
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.
escheatage
escheatage
noun
The right of succeeding to an escheat.
escheating
escheating
verb
present participle of escheat
evanescing
evanescing
verb
present participle of evanesce
exogastric
exogastric
adj
Of the shell of a mollusc, curving forwards towards the head.
Outside of the stomach.
facesaving
facesaving
adj
That prevents loss of face and maintains one's dignity or prestige.
fragrances
fragrances
noun
plural of fragrance
fugacities
fugacities
noun
plural of fugacity
fungaceous
fungaceous
adj
Like a fungus.
galeorchis
gallicised
gallicised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gallicise
galliciser
gametocyst
gametocyst
noun
(biology) A structure, in certain protozoans, in which gametocytes or gametes are formed
gamodesmic
gamostelic
gasconaded
gasconaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gasconade
gasconader
gasconader
noun
A great boaster; a blusterer.
gasometric
gasometric
adj
Of or relating to gasometry or gasometrics
gastrocele
gastrocele
noun
(anatomy) A cavity in the embryonic gastrula
(pathology) A hernia in part of the stomach
gastrocoel
gastrocoel
noun
Alternative form of gastrocele
gaucheness
gaucheness
noun
The quality of being gauche.
gaucheries
gaucheries
noun
plural of gaucherie
gecarcinus
gemmaceous
gemmaceous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, gems or gemmae.
genesiacal
geodesical
geodesical
adj
Alternative form of geodesic
geomancies
geomancies
noun
plural of geomancy
geostatics
geostatics
noun
(physics) The statics of rigid bodies
geriatrics
geriatrics
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself.
plural of geriatric
gesticular
gesticular
adj
Of or relating to gesticulation.
gigasecond
gigasecond
noun
A unit of time equal to 1,000,000,000 seconds and with symbol Gs.