(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
agaricaceous
agaricaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae.
agglutinator
agglutinator
noun
That which agglutinates
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agriochoerus
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
amygdaloncus
anacrogynous
anacrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from cells other than the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
angiophorous
angiosporous
angiosporous
adj
(botany) Having spores contained in cells or thecae.
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
anguishously
anguliferous
anitrogenous
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthropurgic
anticoagulan
anticoagulin
anticoagulin
noun
An anticoagulant material in the venom of a bloodsucking insect or a snake
antiglobulin
antiglobulin
noun
(immunology) antihuman globulin
aphanozygous
apogalacteum
aponeurology
aponeurology
noun
The study of aponeuroses
appoggiatura
appoggiatura
noun
(music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
appoggiature
apterygotous
aqueoglacial
aqueoglacial
adj
(geology) Deposited by and in water at a time contemporary with the presence of glacial ice in the region.
aqueoigneous
aqueoigneous
adj
(archaic) Synonym of igneoaqueous
argillaceous
argillaceous
adj
(chiefly geology) pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay
argumentator
argumentator
noun
One who argues; a debator.
argyranthous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
ascogonidium
asparaginous
asparaginous
adj
Resembling or related to asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus.
asporogenous
assyriologue
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
audiological
audiological
adj
Of or pertaining to audiology, or the study of hearing.
audiologists
audiologists
noun
plural of audiologist
augmentation
augmentation
noun
(Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
The act or process of augmenting.
autecologies
autecologies
noun
plural of autecology
autecologist
autecologist
noun
One who studies autecology.
autoallogamy
autodialling
autodialling
verb
simple past tense of autodial
autodrainage
autoepigraph
autofrettage
autofrettage
noun
A metal fabrication technique in which a pressure vessel is subjected to enormous pressure, causing internal portions of the part to yield plasticly, resulting in internal compressive residual stresses once the pressure is released.
autogenously
autogenously
adv
In an autogenous manner; spontaneously
autografting
autografting
verb
present participle of autograft
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
autoignition
autoignition
noun
Spontaneous combustion.
autoindexing
autoindexing
noun
(computing) The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
automatic indexing
automatizing
automatizing
verb
present participle of automatize
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autonegation
autonegation
noun
The negation of oneself or itself.
autorotating
autorotating
verb
present participle of autorotate
autosuggests
autosuggests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autosuggest
autotomising
autotomising
verb
present participle of autotomise
autotomizing
autotomizing
verb
present participle of autotomize
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
baragouinish
barbouillage
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
bleachground
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bougainville
boulangerite
boulangerite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
boussingault
brachigerous
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
buccolingual
buccolingual
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
burglarproof
burglarproof
adj
as secure as possible against burglary
burgomasters
burgomasters
noun
plural of burgomaster
caliginously
caliginously
adv
In a caliginous manner.
camouflagers
camouflagers
noun
plural of camouflager
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
carpophagous
carpophagous
adj
Living on fruits; fruit-eating.
cephalopagus
cephalopagus
noun
(medicine, of conjoined twins) Joined at the back of the head and fused in the upper portion of the body, with the bottom portions separate.
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
chasmogamous
chasmogamous
adj
Exhibiting chasmogamy.
chaulmoogras
chaulmoogras
noun
plural of chaulmoogra
chaulmoogric
chaulmoogric
adj
Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
cheirogaleus
chincoteague
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
clangorously
clangorously
adv
In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
coagulations
coagulations
noun
plural of coagulation
coagulometer
coagulometer
noun
(medicine) A device used to measure the ability of the blood to coagulate (and the time taken to do so).
cogitabundly
commeasuring
commeasuring
verb
present participle of commeasure
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
compurgators
compurgators
noun
plural of compurgator
compurgatory
compurgatory
adj
compurgatorial
concoagulate
concubinages
concubinages
noun
plural of concubinage
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
conglobulate
conglobulate
verb
(rare, intransitive) To collect together into a compact round mass.
conglutinant
conglutinant
adj
That cements together, especially that heals a wound by adhering its edges
conglutinate
conglutinate
adj
Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
verb
To join together; to unite.
To stick or glue together.
congratulant
congratulant
adj
That congratulates
noun
congratulator
congratulate
congratulate
verb
(reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.
congruential
congruential
adj
(mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus)
conjugations
conjugations
noun
plural of conjugation
consummating
consummating
verb
present participle of consummate
contagiously
contagiously
adv
In a contagious manner
coprophagous
coprophagous
adj
Feeding on excrement
corrugations
corrugations
noun
plural of corrugation
corticifugal
corticifugal
adj
(anatomy) Leading away from the cerebral cortex
counteragent
counteragent
noun
An agent having the opposite effect; an antidote.
counterargue
counterargue
verb
(transitive, intransitive) Argue against, especially by opposition to and negation of opposing arguments (rather than the bolstering of one’s own position).
countergager
countergauge
counterguard
counterguard
noun
(fortification) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
counterimage
counterimage
noun
An image that counters or contradicts another.
counterwager
counterwager
noun
A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
courageously
courageously
adv
In a courageous manner; bravely; boldly.
crosshauling
crurogenital
crurogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the leg and the genitals.
crustalogist
cryosurgical
cryosurgical
adj
Of or pertaining to cryosurgery.
cryptogamous
cryptogamous
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams
curiological
daemonurgist
daughterhood
daughterhood
noun
The condition of being a daughter.
decoagulated
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
degraduation
degustations
degustations
noun
plural of degustation
demodulating
demodulating
verb
present participle of demodulate
dentolingual
dentolingual
adj
Alternative form of dentilingual
depopulating
depopulating
verb
present participle of depopulate
deregulation
deregulation
noun
The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation.