(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agitpunkt
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
alpargata
alpargata
noun
Synonym of espadrille
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
anaglypta
anaglypta
noun
A thick, embossed wallpaper.
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
aplington
apologete
apologist
apologist
noun
One who makes an apology.
One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
applegate
apteryges
atmograph
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
baptising
baptising
verb
present participle of baptise
baptizing
baptizing
noun
baptism
verb
present participle of baptize
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
bridgepot
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carpetbag
carpetbag
adj
(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
(chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
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
coempting
competing
competing
adj
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
verb
present participle of compete
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
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.
cryptogam
cryptogam
noun
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
cytophaga
cytophagy
cytophagy
noun
(cytology) The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
depicting
depicting
verb
present participle of depict
depigment
depigment
verb
To reduce pigmentation
depleting
depleting
verb
present participle of deplete
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
despiting
despiting
verb
present participle of despite
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.
disputing
disputing
noun
dispute; argument
verb
present participle of dispute
droplight
droplight
noun
Alternative spelling of drop light
eggplants
eggplants
noun
plural of eggplant
egyptians
enrapting
epigaster
epigaster
noun
(anatomy, archaic) The hindgut; the primitive large intestine.
epigenist
epigenist
noun
A proponent of epigenesis.
epilating
epilating
verb
present participle of epilate
epilogate
epilogist
epilogist
noun
The writer of an epilogue.
estampage
estampage
noun
A pattern stamped on clay or other material by a press
estoppage
estoppage
noun
An act of estopping.
estopping
estopping
verb
present participle of estop
excepting
excepting
prep
with the exception of
verb
present participle of except
exempting
exempting
verb
present participle of exempt
expecting
expecting
adj
Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.
noun
The process by which somebody expects something.
verb
present participle of expect
experting
expiating
expiating
verb
present participle of expiate
exporting
exporting
verb
present participle and gerund of export
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
fingertip
fingertip
noun
The tip of the human finger.
verb
(transitive) to move or deflect with the fingertips
galleypot
galleypot
noun
Alternative form of gallipot
gallipots
gallipots
noun
plural of gallipot
gantelope
gantelope
noun
(archaic) The gauntlet (military punishment).
gantlopes
gantlopes
noun
plural of gantlope
gastropod
gastropod
noun
Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.
gateposts
gateposts
noun
plural of gatepost
gaziantep
gaziantep
Proper noun
A city in Turkey
genotypes
genotypes
noun
plural of genotype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genotype
genotypic
genotypic
adj
Of or pertaining to a genotype
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
geotropic
geotropic
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to geotropism.
ghostship
ghostship
noun
Alternative spelling of ghost ship
giantship
giantship
noun
A compellation for a giant.
The state, personality, or character of a giant.
giddypate
gillotype
gillstoup
gimmerpet
gipsywort
glassport
glumpiest
glyptical
glyptical
adj
Alternative form of glyptic
glyptodon
glyptodon
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of glyptodontid
(paleontology) A member of the genus Glyptodon of extinct giant armadillos.
gnathopod
gnathopod
noun
(zoology) A maxilliped.
gnatproof
gnatproof
adj
Resistant to gnats.
goalposts
goalposts
noun
(bowling) a 7-10 split
plural of goalpost
godparent
godparent
noun
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
goldentop
goldentop
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euthamia.
gospelist
grapenuts
graperoot
grapeshot
grapeshot
noun
(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
grapewort
graphiter
graphites
graphites
noun
plural of graphite
graphitic
graphitic
adj
Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.
grassplat
grassplat
noun
A plot of land on which grass grows.
grassplot
grassplot
noun
(US and 19th century English) A lawn.
(US) An area of grass on which cars may be parked.
greenport
grippiest
grippiest
adj
superlative form of grippy: most grippy
groupment
groupment
noun
(military) A temporary, improvised grouping of forces.
grumpiest
grumpiest
adj
superlative form of grumpy: most grumpy
gruppetto
gruppetto
noun
(cycle racing) Synonym of autobus (“a large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race”)
(music) A trill or turn.
guestship
guidepost
guidepost
noun
(by extension) Anything that provides guidance; a guideline.
A signpost.
gumptions
gumptions
noun
plural of gumption
gumptious
gumptious
adj
(colloquial) Having gumption.
gunpoints
gypsywort
gypsywort
noun
Lycopus europaeus, a labiate plant.
gyropilot
heptaglot
heptaglot
noun
(rare) A book in seven languages.
heptagons
heptagons
noun
plural of heptagon
heptagrid
heptagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
hiplength
hopatcong
hospitage
hospitage
noun
(obsolete) hospitality
hyporight
impacting
impacting
verb
present participle of impact
imparting
imparting
noun
communication (a giving or sharing of information etc)
distribution (a sharing or division of something)
verb
present participle of impart
impasting
impasting
verb
present participle of impaste
impetigos
impingent
impingent
adj
Striking against or upon.
importing
importing
verb
present participle of import
imposting
imputting
incepting
incepting
verb
present participle of incept
inputting
inputting
verb
present participle of input
integraph
integraph
noun
(mathematics) A device that determines the value of an integral by measuring the area under a curve (and drawing the curve of its integral)
interpage
interpage
adj
Between the pages of a document.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To insert or include between the pages of another document; to interleave.
irrupting
irrupting
verb
present participle of irrupt
jaspagate
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsport
kopagmiut
lamplight
lamplight
noun
The light emitted by a lamp.
leptology
leptology
noun
A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
crystallography
lightship
lightship
noun
(nautical) A vessel riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.
logotypes
logotypes
noun
plural of logotype
lotophagi
lotophagi
Noun
The lotus eaters; a people visited by Ulysses who subsisted on the lotus.
maggotpie
matagalpa
matagalpa
Proper noun
A department of Nicaragua
megaptera
mistyping
mistyping
noun
(countable) A mistyped word.
verb
present participle of mistype
motograph
motograph
noun
(historical) A device used in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface.
negropont
nightcaps
nightcaps
noun
plural of nightcap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nightcap
nightspot
nightspot
noun
An establishment that is open late at night, especially one that provides entertainment, such as a nightclub.
octupling
octupling
verb
present participle of octuple
operating
operating
adj
In operation; that operates.
Involved in an operation.
verb
present participle and gerund of operate
oppugnant
oppugnant
adj
opposing, antagonistic, contrary
noun
(obsolete) One who oppugns; an opponent.
oppugnate
optigraph
optigraph
noun
A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.