(uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.
verb
present participle of bunch
busching
chemurgy
chemurgy
noun
(chemistry) a branch of applied chemistry that is concerned with preparing industrial products from agricultural raw materials.
chirurgy
chirurgy
noun
(archaic) surgery.
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chucking
chucking
noun
(engineering) The holding of an object in a chuck.
verb
present participle of chuck
chuffing
chuffing
adj
(England, slang) Used as a mild intensifier, especially as a substitute for "fucking".
noun
A noisy puffing sound, as of a steam locomotive.
verb
present participle of chuff
chugalug
chugalug
adv
In continuous gulps
noun
(informal) A glugging sound, especially one made by a person drinking in large gulps
verb
(transitive, intransitive, US) To swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing.
chuggers
chuggers
noun
plural of chugger
chugging
chugging
noun
The sound of something that chugs.
verb
present participle of chug
chughole
chughole
noun
(US) pothole
chummage
chummage
noun
(obsolete, UK, slang) A fee paid by a prisoner to be able to lodge in shared rooms within a prison.
(obsolete, UK, slang) The lodging of several people in a single apartment.
chumming
chumming
noun
(military, aviation, historical) The use of a lit aeroplane to draw enemy fire so that the enemy can be destroyed by another aeroplane whose lights are off.
verb
present participle of chum
chumping
chumping
verb
present participle of chump
chunking
chunking
noun
(computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
(mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
(psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
(writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
verb
present participle of chunk
churchgo
churinga
churning
churning
noun
The act by which something is churned.
The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.
verb
present participle of churn
churring
churring
verb
present participle of churr
claughts
cloghaun
clougher
couching
couching
noun
(ophthalmology) An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.
(textiles) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
The act of one who couches.
verb
present participle of couch.
coughers
coughers
noun
plural of cougher
coughing
coughing
noun
A cough; the act of coughing.
verb
present participle of cough
coughlin
crushing
crushing
adj
Devastatingly disheartening.
That crushes; overwhelming.
noun
(in the plural) Crushed material.
A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.
The action of the verb to crush.
verb
present participle of crush
curraghs
curraghs
noun
plural of curragh
douching
douching
noun
A washing or irrigation with a douche.
verb
present participle of douche
dutching
dutching
verb
present participle of dutch
euchring
euchring
verb
present participle of euchre
gachupin
galuchat
galuchat
noun
fine sharkskin leather
gauchely
gauchely
adv
In a gauche manner.
gauchest
gauchest
adj
superlative form of gauche: most gauche
glunched
glunches
gouaches
gouaches
noun
plural of gouache
gracchus
gracchus
Proper noun
definition
grouched
grouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grouch
grouches
grouches
noun
plural of grouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grouch
grutched
grutched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grutch
grutches
grutches
noun
plural of grutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch
guacharo
guacharo
noun
A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis or Steatornis steatornis); the oilbird.
guaracha
guaracha
noun
(music, uncountable) A genre of Cuban popular music with rapid tempo and lyrics.
guarache
guelphic
gulancha
gunarchy
gunarchy
noun
Archaic form of gynarchy.
gunreach
gurevich
hagecius
hiccough
hiccough
noun
Alternative spelling of hiccup
verb
(dated) Alternative spelling of hiccup
hocusing
hocusing
verb
present participle of hocus
hunching
hunching
noun
The motion by which something is hunched.
verb
present participle of hunch
hungaric
hutching
hutching
verb
present participle of hutch
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
lochagus
lunching
lunching
noun
The act of eating lunch.
verb
present participle of lunch
lurching
lurching
noun
the action of the verb to lurch
verb
present participle of lurch
manchaug
mouching
mouching
verb
present participle of mouch
mulching
mulching
adj
(agriculture) Used as a mulch.
(agriculture) Used for applying a mulch.
noun
(agriculture) The act of preparing/applying a mulch.
verb
present participle of mulch
munching
munching
noun
The sound of one who munches.
gerund of munch: the action of one who munches.
verb
present participle of munch
pinchbug
pinchgut
pinchgut
noun
Alternative form of pinch-gut
pouching
pouching
verb
present participle of pouch
punching
punching
noun
An incident in which someone is punched.
The process of making holes in something (for example, a leather belt or a rail ticket).
verb
present participle of punch
richburg
ruchings
ruchings
noun
plural of ruching
saguache
saguache
Proper noun
a statutory town in Colorado, USA
shucking
shucking
noun
An event at which something is shucked.
verb
present participle of shuck
souchong
souchong
noun
Any of several varieties of aromatic black tea from China.
taichung
taichung
Proper noun
a special municipality located in center-western Taiwan.
theurgic
theurgic
adj
Of, or pertaining to, theurgy.
touching
touching
adj
Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
noun
(India, in the plural) A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.
The act by which something is touched.
prep
Regarding; concerning.
verb
present participle of touch
unaching
unaching
adj
not aching
uncaught
uncaught
adj
Not caught.
unchange
unchange
noun
A situation where all remains constant; stasis.
verb
(intransitive) To not change; be unchanging; remain constant
(transitive) To revert or reverse a change
uncharge
uncharge
verb
(transitive, archaic) To free from a charge or load; to unload or unburden.
(transitive, obsolete) To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit.