(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
agincourt
aglycones
aglycones
noun
plural of aglycone
agnomical
agnomical
adj
Of or pertaining to the absence of set purpose or intention.
agnostics
agnostics
noun
plural of agnostic
agonistic
agonistic
adj
(pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
(rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
agronomic
agronomic
adj
Of or pertaining to agronomy.
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algogenic
algogenic
adj
(medicine) Inducing pain.
allogenic
allogenic
adj
(geology) Formed in another location and transported.
(medicine, biology, genetics, immunology) Alternative form of allogeneic: genetically distinct, but of the same species; nonself but intraspecies.
Having an external cause, or source; exogenous.
anagogics
anagogics
noun
Mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures.
analogice
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
anconagra
angiocarp
angiocarp
noun
(botany) An angiocarpous fruit
angiocyst
anorganic
anorganic
adj
(archaic) inorganic
antilogic
antilogic
noun
Failure to obey logic; fallacious thinking or reasoning.
arcangelo
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archigony
arctogean
arrogance
arrogance
noun
The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
arrogancy
arrogancy
noun
(now rare) Arrogance.
ascogonia
ascogonia
noun
plural of ascogonium
atmogenic
autogenic
autogenic
adj
(specifically, of a process of soldering) Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder.
Independent of a medium.
Relating to autogenic training.
Self-produced.
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.
beaconage
beaconage
noun
(uncountable) Beacons collectively.
Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon.
beaconing
beaconing
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN, or small packets on a wireless LAN (WLAN).
(computing, telecommunications) In a token ring network, the process of isolating a fault domain with signals, so that recovery actions can take place.
verb
present participle of beacon (The emitting of signals from a beacon).
broaching
broaching
verb
present participle of broach
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
cacholong
cacholong
noun
(mineralogy) A similar variety of opal.
(mineralogy) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.
cacogenic
cacogenic
adj
(archaic) Tending toward racial deterioration through bad sexual selection.
(medicine) Of or relating to cacogenesis.
caenogaea
cairngorm
cairngorm
noun
A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.
calopogon
campagnol
campagnol
noun
(archaic) A vole (US, Canada: field mouse), Microtus agrestis that often does great damage in fields and gardens by feeding on roots and seeds.
cancerlog
caneology
caneology
noun
(obsolete, humorous) The disciplinary practice of caning.
cannoning
cannoning
verb
present participle of cannon
canopying
canopying
noun
The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline
verb
present participle of canopy
cantoning
cantoning
verb
present participle of canton
carangoid
carangoid
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.
carioling
carioling
noun
(Canada, historical) Travelling over the ice on a sleigh.
carolling
carolling
noun
A singing of carols.
verb
(Britain, Canada) present participle of carol
carousing
carousing
noun
carousal
verb
present participle of carouse
carpognia
carpogone
carroming
carroming
verb
present participle of carrom
carroting
carroting
noun
A process in the manufacture of felt in which the animal pelt is treated with a solution of mercuric nitrate.
cartoning
cartoning
verb
present participle of carton
catogenic
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
chalcogen
chalcogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
changchow
charangos
charangos
noun
plural of charango
chavignol
cheboygan
cheboygan
Proper noun
A city in Michigan.
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.
chicagoan
chicagoan
Adjective
Of or relating to Chicago.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Chicago.
chiliagon
chiliagon
noun
(geometry, rare) A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
chloragen
choragion
clamoring
clamoring
noun
A sound that clamors.
verb
present participle of clamor
clangored
clangored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangor
clangours
clangours
noun
plural of clangour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clangour
coagonize
coagulant
coagulant
adj
That causes coagulation or that coagulates
noun
A substance that causes coagulation
coaguline
coalizing
coalizing
verb
present participle of coalize
coarcting
coarcting
verb
present participle of coarct
coarrange
coastings
coastings
noun
plural of coasting
coaugment
coaxingly
coaxingly
adv
In a coaxing manner.
coccygean
coccygean
adj
(archaic) Relating to the coccyx.
cockaigne
cockaigne
Proper noun
A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.
coengager
cognately
cognately
adv
In a way that is cognate.
cognation
cognation
noun
(now chiefly linguistics) A cognate relationship.
cognisant
cognisant
adj
Alternative spelling of cognizant
cognizant
cognizant
adj
Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact
cognomina
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
collagens
collagens
noun
plural of collagen
collaring
collaring
noun
Material for making shirt collars.
verb
present participle of collar
collating
collating
verb
present participle of collate
collegian
collegian
adj
Of or relating to a college or its students.
noun
A student (or a former student) of a college
comanager
comanager
noun
One who comanages.
combating
combating
verb
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle of combat
commonage
commonage
noun
Shared land; a common.
The condition of land that is held in common.
The right to pasture animals on common land.
compagnie
companage
comparing
comparing
verb
present participle of compare
conasauga
concaving
concaving
verb
present participle of concave
conemaugh
conestoga
congeable
congeable
adj
Lawful; done with permission from authority.
congealed
congealed
adj
(obsolete) Frozen.
Viscid, coagulated; jelly-like, unusually thick (of a liquid).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congeal
congealer
congenial
congenial
adj
Friendly or sociable.
Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
Suitable to one’s needs.
congonhas
congridae
conjugacy
conjugacy
noun
(mathematics) The condition or state of being conjugate.
conjugant
conjugant
noun
(genetics) A gamete that undergoes conjugation
conjugata
conjugate
conjugate
adj
(botany) In single pairs; coupled.
(chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
(grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
(mathematics) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
noun
(algebra) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
(algebra, field theory, of an element of an extension field) Given a field extension L / K and an element α ∈ L, any other element β ∈ L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of α over K.
(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
(grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
(immunology) A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together
(mathematics) An explementary angle.
Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
verb
(biology, of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
(mathematics) To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
(rare) To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
conjugial
conjugial
adj
Alternative form of conjugal used by Swedenborg and his followers, used to distinguish their ideas about marital relations.
connaught
conringia
consulage
consulage
noun
A charge or duty paid to a consul
contaggia
contagion
contagion
noun
(finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
(finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
A disease spread by contact.
The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
The spread or transmission of such a disease.
contagium
contagium
noun
(archaic) contagion; contagious matter
contangos
contangos
noun
plural of contango
conyngham
coregnant
coregnant
adj
Reigning jointly.
corneagen
corrading
corrading
verb
present participle of corrade
corrugant
corrugant
adj
Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.
cotangent
cotangent
noun
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn
cousinage
cousinage
noun
(obsolete) relationship; kinship
cozenages
cozenages
noun
plural of cozenage
craigavon
craigmont
crannoger
crannoges
crannoges
noun
plural of crannoge
crayoning
crayoning
noun
A drawing done in crayon.
verb
present participle of crayon
cupolaing
currajong
currajong
noun
Alternative form of kurrajong
currawong
currawong
noun
Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, of the family Artamidae, endemic to Australia.
cyanogens
cyanogens
noun
plural of cyanogen
dacoiting
dacoiting
verb
present participle of dacoit
deaconing
deaconing
verb
present participle of deacon
decagonal
decagonal
adj
Shaped like a decagon.
dodecagon
dodecagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with twelve edges and twelve angles.
egomaniac
egomaniac
noun
A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance.
egromancy
egromancy
Noun
alternative form of necromancy, used by Sir Richard Burton.
encourage
encourage
verb
To foster, give help or patronage
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
endogamic
endogamic
adj
endogamous
enorganic
enorganic
adj
(archaic) Occurring as an innate characteristic of an organism.