(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
automating
automating
verb
present participle of automate
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
cummington
cumulating
cumulating
verb
present participle of cumulate
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
diminuting
disaugment
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
fumigating
fumigating
verb
present participle of fumigate
fumigation
fumigation
noun
The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
gitanemuck
glutaminic
glutaminic
adj
Related to, or derived from glutamine
gluttonism
gluttonism
noun
The state of being a glutton.
gnathidium
gnathidium
noun
(zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
impugnment
impugnment
noun
The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned.
ingulfment
ingulfment
noun
Archaic form of engulfment.
integument
integument
noun
(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
(botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
A shell or other outer protective layer.
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
ligamentum
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
maculating
maculating
verb
present participle of maculate
magnitudes
magnitudes
noun
plural of magnitude
manhunting
manhunting
noun
Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
maturating
maturating
verb
present participle of maturate
minguetite
minibudget
minibudget
noun
(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
A small budget.
miscutting
miscutting
verb
present participle of miscut
misputting
misputting
verb
present participle of misput
present participle of misputt
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
missuiting
missuiting
verb
present participle of missuit
modulating
modulating
verb
present participle of modulate
mountingly
mountingly
adv
In a manner that mounts or accumulates; increasingly.
mouthingly
multipying
murthering
murthering
verb
present participle of murther
mutilating
mutilating
verb
present participle of mutilate
numerating
numerating
verb
present participle of numerate
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
outflaming
outflaming
verb
present participle of outflame
outjumping
outjumping
verb
present participle of outjump
outmanning
outmanning
verb
present participle of outman
outrhyming
outrhyming
verb
present participle of outrhyme
outshaming
outshaming
verb
present participle of outshame
outsmiling
outsmiling
verb
present participle of outsmile
outsmoking
outsmoking
verb
present participle of outsmoke
outsumming
outsumming
verb
present participle of outsum
plummeting
plummeting
verb
present participle of plummet
pumicating
pumicating
verb
present participle of pumicate
remounting
remounting
noun
The act of mounting something again.
verb
present participle of remount
ruminating
ruminating
noun
An act of pondering over, meditation, or reflection.
verb
present participle of ruminate
semiglutin
semiglutin
noun
(biochemistry) A peptone-like body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water.
simulating
simulating
verb
present participle of simulate
submeeting
submeeting
noun
A secondary or subsidiary meeting.
submitting
submitting
noun
(rare, formal) A submission.
verb
present participle of submit
tambouring
tambouring
verb
present participle of tambour
theligonum
thingumbob
thumpingly
thumpingly
adv
(informal) Extremely.
With thumping noises.
transuming
transuming
verb
present participle of transume
triangulum
trigeminus
trigeminus
noun
(neuroanatomy) Alternative form of trigeminal nerve.
triumphing
triumphing
noun
A display of triumph.
verb
present participle of triumph
trumpeting
trumpeting
noun
(mining) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.