Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
anchoring
anchoring
noun
(psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
verb
present participle of anchor
archangel
archangel
noun
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archigony
archiving
archiving
verb
present participle of archive
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
attaching
attaching
verb
present participle of attach
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
balachong
balachong
noun
(cooking) A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp.
blanching
blanching
noun
The act by which something is blanched.
verb
present participle of blanch
blatchang
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
blenching
blenching
noun
The act of one who blenches.
verb
present participle of blench
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
branchage
branchage
noun
The law in Jersey and Guernsey that requires the trimming of such where it overhangs public roads.
branches, vegetation
branching
branching
noun
A process of forming a branch.
verb
present participle of branch
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
broaching
broaching
verb
present participle of broach
brooching
brooching
verb
present participle of brooch
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
bsarcheng
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
cacholong
cacholong
noun
(mineralogy) A similar variety of opal.
(mineralogy) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.
callaghan
caragheen
cavanaugh
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chalcogen
chalcogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
challenge
challenge
noun
(US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
(hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
(law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
(sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
A bid to overcome something.
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
verb
(Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
(US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
(law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
(military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
(obsolete, transitive) To censure; to blame.
(obsolete, transitive) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
(transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
(transitive) To dare (someone).
(transitive) To dispute (something).
(transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
To call something into question or dispute.
chammying
chammying
verb
present participle of chammy
champagne
champagne
adj
Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
champagne:
noun
(countable) A glass of champagne.
(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
verb
(intransitive) To drink champagne.
(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
champaign
champaign
adj
Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
noun
(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
(obsolete) A battlefield.
chaneling
changable
changable
adj
Misspelling of changeable.
changaris
changchow
changchun
changchun
Proper noun
A sub-provincial city in northeastern China; capital of Jilin Province.
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
changuina
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chantages
chapeling
charangos
charangos
noun
plural of charango
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chargeman
chargeman
noun
A worker who is in charge; the leader.
chartings
chartings
noun
plural of charting
chasseing
chasseing
verb
present participle of chasse
chaunting
chaunting
noun
Obsolete form of chanting.
verb
present participle of chaunt
chavignol
cheboygan
cheboygan
Proper noun
A city in Michigan.
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chelingas
chelingos
chengchow
cheongsam
cheongsam
noun
(Hong Kong) A plain coloured, tight-fitting dress with a short split at the thigh, worn as a school uniform by schoolgirls.
A long formal dress-like garment or robe worn by Asian men.
A tight-fitting Chinese formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh.
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
chesaning
chiangmai
chicagoan
chicagoan
Adjective
Of or relating to Chicago.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Chicago.
chicaning
chicaning
noun
trickery; subterfuge
verb
present participle of chicane
chichling
chichling
noun
Archaic spelling of chickling (“grass pea”).
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
chicquing
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
chiefling
chiefling
noun
A little or petty chief.
chiengmai
chiengrai
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
chiliagon
chiliagon
noun
(geometry, rare) A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
chiminage
chiminage
noun
(obsolete, law) A toll paid for passage through a forest.
chinching
chincough
chincough
noun
whooping cough
chinkiang
chiogenes
chippings
chippings
noun
plural of chipping
chirpling
chiseling
chiseling
noun
Alternative form of chiselling
verb
(US) present participle of chisel
chitlings
chivaring
chivvying
chivvying
noun
The act of one who chivvies, or hurries somebody along; an urging.
verb
present participle of chivvy
chloragen
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
choragion
chortling
chortling
noun
The act of giving a chortle.
verb
present participle of chortle
chorusing
chorusing
verb
present participle of chorus
chromogen
chromogen
noun
(biology) A strongly pigmented organelle or organism.
(chemistry) Any substance that lacks colour, but can be converted into a pigment or dye.
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
chuadanga
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chungking
churching
churching
noun
(Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth.
verb
present participle of church
churingas
churingas
noun
plural of churinga
churnings
churnings
noun
plural of churning
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
clenching
clenching
noun
The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.
verb
present participle of clench
cliffhang
cliffhang
verb
(intransitive) To be in suspense.
clinching
clinching
adj
That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively
noun
(computing, historical) The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling.
A clinch; a passionate embrace.
A making certain or finalizing.
verb
present participle of clinch
clingfish
clingfish
noun
A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
clothings
clothings
noun
plural of clothing
clutching
clutching
noun
The act of one who clutches.
verb
present participle of clutch
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
cohosting
cohosting
verb
present participle of cohost
conemaugh
congonhas
connaught
conyngham
coshering
coshering
noun
The levying of a cosher, or tribute.
verb
present participle of cosher
couchings
couchings
noun
plural of couching
cowhiding
cowhiding
noun
A flogging with a cowhide.
verb
present participle of cowhide
cranching
cranching
verb
present participle of cranch
creeshing
creeshing
verb
present participle of creesh
creighton
creighton
Proper noun
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in Saskatchewan
crotching
crotching
verb
present participle of crotch
crouching
crouching
adj
That crouches or crouch.
noun
The action of the verb crouch.
verb
present participle and gerund of crouch
crunching
crunching
noun
A crunch noise.
verb
present participle of crunch
crutching
crutching
verb
present participle of crutch
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
dehiscing
dehiscing
verb
present participle of dehisce
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
drenching
drenching
noun
The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
verb
present participle of drench
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
echoizing
echoizing
verb
present participle of echoize
egophonic
egophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to egophony.
encashing
encashing
verb
present participle of encash
encharged
encharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encharge
enchasing
enchasing
verb
present participle of enchase
engraphic
engraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an engram
enhancing
enhancing
verb
present participle of enhance
enriching
enriching
adj
That adds value, either monetary, intellectual, or emotional.
noun
Enrichment.
verb
present participle of enrich
eschaunge
eschaunge
noun
Obsolete form of exchange.
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
exchanged
exchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exchange
exchangee
exchanger
exchanger
noun
(biochemistry) An antiporter.
A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
exchanges
exchanges
noun
plural of exchange
fleeching
fleeching
noun
cajolery; flattery
verb
present participle of fleech
flenching
flenching
verb
present participle of flench
fletching
fletching
noun
The fins or feathers so attached.
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
verb
present participle of fletch
flinching
flinching
noun
A flinching motion; a flinch.
verb
present participle of flinch
flitching
flitching
verb
present participle of flitch
fratching
fratching
verb
present participle of fratch
frenching
frenching
verb
present participle of french
genethlic
geochrony
geochrony
noun
(obsolete) Geochronology.
geoethnic
geoethnic
adj
(geography) Relating to the geographic distribution of ethnic groups