(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agitpunkt
aglipayan
agraphias
agraphias
noun
plural of agraphia
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agrippina
agrypniai
agrypnias
algraphic
algraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to algraphy.
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
amphigaea
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
angelship
angiocarp
angiocarp
noun
(botany) An angiocarpous fruit
anglophil
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
apanaging
apanaging
verb
present participle of apanage
aplington
apogamies
apologiae
apologias
apologias
noun
plural of apologia
apologies
apologies
intj
Alternative form of my apologies
noun
A list of people unable to attend a meeting, typically presented as the first item on the agenda.
plural of apologie
plural of apology
apologise
apologise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
apologist
apologist
noun
One who makes an apology.
One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
apologize
apologize
verb
(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
(intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
(intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
appalling
appalling
adj
Extremely bad; terrible
Horrifying and astonishing.
verb
present participle of appall
appealing
appealing
adj
Having appeal; attractive.
noun
The act of making an appeal.
verb
present participle of appeal
appearing
appearing
noun
appearance; act of coming into view
verb
present participle of appear
appeasing
appeasing
verb
present participle of appease
appending
appending
noun
The act by which something is appended.
verb
present participle of append
apprising
apprising
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) The appraisal of the value of goods, land, etc., often in order to pay the debts of a deceased person.
verb
present participle of apprise
apprizing
apprizing
noun
Alternative form of apprising
verb
present participle of apprize
approving
approving
adj
Expressing approbation; commending
verb
present participle of approve
arpeggios
arpeggios
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arpeggio
asparagic
asparagin
aspergill
aspergill
noun
Alternative form of aspergillum
aspersing
aspersing
verb
present participle of asperse
augurship
augurship
noun
(historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
bagpipers
bagpipers
noun
plural of bagpiper
bagpiping
bagpiping
noun
action of the verb to bagpipe; playing the bagpipes
verb
present participle of bagpipe
baptising
baptising
verb
present participle of baptise
baptizing
baptizing
noun
baptism
verb
present participle of baptize
becapping
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
beleaping
beleaping
verb
present participle of beleap
beweeping
beweeping
verb
present participle of beweep
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
bishoping
bishoping
verb
present participle of bishop
bridgepot
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpingly
bumpingly
adv
In a bumping way; with bumps or jolts.
bypassing
bypassing
verb
present participle of bypass
campaigns
campaigns
noun
plural of campaign
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of campaign
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
canopying
canopying
noun
The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline
verb
present participle of canopy
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
caprifigs
caprifigs
noun
plural of caprifig
capsizing
capsizing
noun
An overturning of a boat etc.
verb
present participle of capsize
capsuling
capsuling
verb
present participle of capsule
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carpeting
carpeting
noun
(informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
Cloth or materials for carpets.
verb
present participle of carpet
carpingly
carpingly
adv
in a carping manner; with complaints.
carpognia
champaign
champaign
adj
Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
noun
(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
(obsolete) A battlefield.
chapeling
chippings
chippings
noun
plural of chipping
chirpling
choplogic
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
clippings
clippings
noun
plural of clipping
coempting
coliphage
coliphage
noun
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
compagnie
comparing
comparing
verb
present participle of compare
compering
compering
verb
present participle of compere
competing
competing
adj
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
verb
present participle of compete
compiegne
compiling
compiling
verb
present participle of compile
complying
complying
verb
present participle of comply
composing
composing
adj
Conducive of a composed state, relaxing.
verb
present participle of compose
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
(literally) The process or act of calculation.
The study of computers and computer programming.
verb
present participle of compute
coopering
coopering
noun
The vocation of, or output of, a cooper (barrelmaker): synonym of cooperage.
verb
present participle of cooper
copending
coplowing
coppering
coppering
noun
An envelope or covering of copper.
The act of covering with copper.
verb
present participle of copper
coppicing
coppicing
noun
The act of cutting back a woody plant to promote new growth.
verb
present participle of coppice
coppinger
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
couplings
couplings
noun
plural of coupling
crimpling
crimpling
verb
present participle of crimple
crippling
crippling
adj
Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental.
Causing serious injuries, damage, or harm; damaging.
That cripples or incapacitates
noun
Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
State of being crippled; lameness.
verb
present participle of cripple
crumpling
crumpling
noun
A crumpled shape or structure.
A small crump
The act by which something crumples.
verb
present participle of crumple
cupelling
cupelling
verb
present participle of cupel
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
cupolaing
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
dampening
dampening
noun
The act of making or becoming damp.
verb
present participle of dampen
dayspring
dayspring
noun
(archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
decamping
decamping
verb
present participle of decamp
decupling
decupling
verb
present participle of decuple
deepening
deepening
noun
The act of becoming deeper.
verb
present participle of deepen
deepgoing
demipagan
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
depending
depending
verb
present participle of depend
deperming
deperming
verb
present participle of deperm
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
depicting
depicting
verb
present participle of depict
depigment
depigment
verb
To reduce pigmentation
deplaning
deplaning
verb
present participle of deplane
depleting
depleting
verb
present participle of deplete
deploring
deploring
verb
present participle of deplore
deploying
deploying
verb
present participle of deploy
depluming
depluming
verb
present participle of deplume
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
depriving
depriving
verb
present participle of deprive
depurging
despising
despising
noun
An act of despising.
verb
present participle of despise
despiting
despiting
verb
present participle of despite
diagraphs
diagraphs
noun
plural of diagraph
diapering
diapering
noun
A regular pattern of the same shape, evenly spaced.
The act of clothing somebody in a diaper.
verb
present participle of diaper
diaphragm
diaphragm
noun
(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
(construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
verb
(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
diglyphic
digraphic
digraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to a digraph.
diphthong
diphthong
noun
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
diplegias
diplegias
noun
plural of diplegia
disgospel
disparage
disparage
noun
(obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
verb
(obsolete) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
To ridicule, mock, discredit.
disponing
disponing
verb
present participle of dispone
disposing
disposing
noun
The act by which things are disposed, or set out.
verb
present participle of dispose
disputing
disputing
noun
dispute; argument
verb
present participle of dispute
dogeships
dogeships
noun
plural of dogeship
dognaping
dognaping
verb
present participle of dognap
drippings
drippings
noun
plural of dripping
droplight
droplight
noun
Alternative spelling of drop light
droppings
droppings
noun
plural of dropping
dumplings
dumplings
noun
plural of dumpling
duplexing
duplexing
verb
present participle of duplex
dysphagia
dysphagia
noun
(pathology) Difficulty in swallowing.
dysphagic
dysphagic
adj
Having or relating to dysphagia.
noun
A person who has dysphagia.
eclipsing
eclipsing
noun
The act or process by which something is eclipsed.