An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
aphorising
aphorising
verb
present participle of aphorise
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
caponising
caponising
verb
present participle of caponise
collapsing
collapsing
verb
present participle of collapse
compagnies
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
conspiring
conspiring
noun
conspiracy
verb
present participle of conspire
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
disploding
disploding
verb
present participle of displode
disporting
disporting
noun
The act of one who disports.
verb
present participle of disport
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
escaloping
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
godsonship
gonosphere
gossampine
gossipping
gossipping
noun
Alternative form of gossiping
grapestone
grapestone
noun
(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
A seed of the grape.
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
gymnosophy
gymnosophy
noun
(historical) A philosophy and lifestyle based around the idea that nudity is a natural condition and should be widely acceptable in society.
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hotsprings
hotsprings
noun
plural of hotspring
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogynies
hypogynous
hypogynous
adj
(botany) Of a flower, having a superior ovary, attached directly to the receptacle like other floral parts.
imposingly
imposingly
adv
In an imposing manner.
incorpsing
incorpsing
verb
present participle of incorpse
lipogenous
logansport
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
minigroups
miscopying
miscopying
verb
present participle of miscopy
mispoising
monographs
monographs
noun
plural of monograph
nightspots
nightspots
noun
plural of nightspot
nonplusing
nonplusing
verb
present participle of nonplus
nonsparing
nonsparing
adj
Not sparing.
nosography
nosography
noun
(pathology, medicine, countable) A treatise on diseases.
(pathology, medicine, uncountable) The systematic naming and description of diseases.
offpspring
offsprings
offsprings
noun
plural of offspring
oligopsony
oligopsony
noun
An economic condition in which a small number of buyers exert control over the market price of a commodity.
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
oosporange
oosporange
noun
Synonym of oosporangium
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
opposingly
opposingly
adv
in a manner that opposes
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
opsonizing
opsonizing
adj
That opsonizes.
verb
present participle of opsonize
opsonology
optimising
optimising
verb
present participle of optimise
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
outpassing
outpassing
verb
present participle of outpass
outpushing
outpushing
noun
A part that pushes outward; a protuberance.
verb
present participle of outpush
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
outspruing
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
panglossic
panhygrous
paragnosia
parsonages
parsonages
noun
plural of parsonage
pastorling
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
pelasgikon
penologies
penologies
noun
plural of penology
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
pensioning
pensioning
verb
present participle of pension
pepsinogen
pepsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
personages
personages
noun
plural of personage
phlogiston
phlogiston
noun
(chemistry, historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phosphagen
phosphagen
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues.
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
physiogony
physiogony
noun
The production or generation of nature.
pigmentose
pistolling
plangorous
plasmogeny
plastogene
plastogene
noun
(genetics) The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids
poetiising
pogoniasis
poisonings
poisonings
noun
plural of poisoning
polarising
polarising
adj
That which polarises or is polarised
verb
present participle of polarise
polishings
polishings
noun
plural of polishing
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polygenous
polygenous
adj
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres
of or pertaining to polygenesis
polygnotus
polygonies
polygonies
noun
plural of polygony
polygonous
polygonous
adj
polygonal
polygynies
polygynies
noun
plural of polygyny
polygynist
polygynist
noun
One who practices or advocates polygyny
polygynous
polygynous
adj
(botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian.
Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.
porpoising
porpoising
verb
present participle of porpoise
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
possessing
possessing
verb
present participle of possess
postdating
postdating
noun
(lexicography) A later citation of a lexical item.
verb
present participle of postdate
postfixing
postfixing
verb
present participle of postfix
postgenial
postponing
postponing
verb
present participle of postpone
postsigner
preclosing
preclosing
Adjective
Before closure.
preconsign
preconsign
verb
(transitive) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
prescoring
prescoring
verb
present participle of prescore
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
prestoring
processing
processing
noun
The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
The action of the verb to process.
verb
present participle of process
professing
professing
verb
present participle of profess
prognosing
prognosing
verb
present participle of prognose
prognostic
prognostic
adj
Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
noun
(rare, medicine) prognosis
A prediction of the future.
A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
One who predicts the future.
prolapsing
prolapsing
verb
present participle of prolapse
promptings
promptings
noun
plural of prompting
pronghorns
pronghorns
noun
plural of pronghorn
propagines
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
proslyting
prospering
prospering
verb
present participle of prosper
prostigmin
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
protogenes
pseudogyne
pseudogyne
noun
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.
pseudogyny
pseudogyny
noun
The property of being pseudogynous.
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
psychogony
psychogony
noun
(archaic) The doctrine of the development of mind.
pugnacious
pugnacious
adj
Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
pupigenous
purgations
purgations
noun
plural of purgation
pyogenesis
pyogenesis
noun
(medicine) formation of pus
pyrogenous
pyrogenous
adj
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenetic
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenic