(botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angiocarpy
angiograph
angiograph
noun
The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
antigraphy
aphorising
aphorising
verb
present participle of aphorise
aphorizing
aphorizing
verb
present participle of aphorize
appareling
appareling
noun
clothing
verb
present participle of apparel
appleringy
appraising
appraising
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) Alternative form of apprising
verb
present participle of appraise
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
aspirating
aspirating
verb
present participle of aspirate
aspiringly
aspiringly
adv
In an aspiring manner.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bergaptene
bergaptene
noun
Archaic form of bergapten.
bewrapping
bewrapping
verb
present participle of bewrap
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
caprioling
caprioling
verb
present participle of capriole
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
carpogonia
carpogonia
noun
plural of carpogonium
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chinagraph
chinagraph
noun
A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chirruping
chirruping
noun
The act of producing a chirrup sound.
verb
present participle of chirrup
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
clinograph
clinograph
noun
An measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
conspiring
conspiring
noun
conspiracy
verb
present participle of conspire
copperwing
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
crippingly
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
cruppering
cruppering
verb
present participle of crupper
cynography
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
disporting
disporting
noun
The act of one who disports.
verb
present participle of disport
disprizing
disprizing
verb
present participle of disprize
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
disrupting
disrupting
adj
That disrupts; disruptive.
verb
present participle of disrupt
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
droopingly
droopingly
adv
In a drooping manner.
droppingly
droppingly
adv
In drops; one drop at a time.
bit by bit; one at a time
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
endophragm
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
entrapping
entrapping
verb
present participle of entrap
enwrapping
enwrapping
noun
That which enwraps; a wrapping.
verb
present participle of enwrap
epeirogeny
epeirogeny
noun
(geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents
epirogenic
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
expiringly
expiringly
adv
While expiring or dying.
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
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.
fingerspin
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
flapdragon
flapdragon
noun
A game in which the players snatch raisins out of burning brandy and swallow them blazing.
Any of the raisins in this game.
flappering
forepaling
forepoling
frangipane
frangipane
noun
(countable) A pastry filled with this cream
(uncountable) A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery
Alternative form of frangipani (“type of perfume”)
frangipani
frangipani
noun
A perfume obtained from this plant or imitating the odour of its flowers.
Alternative form of frangipane (“cream made from ground almonds; pastry filled with this cream”).
Any of several tropical American shrubs and trees of the genus Plumeria, having fragrant, showy, funnel-shaped flowers of a wide range of colours from creamy to red.
geoprumnon
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
gonophoric
gonosphere
gorgophone
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
grandpappy
grandpappy
noun
(informal) grandfather.
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
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.
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
graphonomy
graphonomy
noun
Synonym of graphonomics
graspingly
graspingly
adv
In a grasping manner.
grippiness
grippiness
noun
(Scotland) Stinginess, miserliness.
The state, quality, or condition of being affected by or feeling as if one had the grippe (influenza).
The state, quality, or condition of being grippy.
grippingly
grippingly
adv
In a gripping manner.
groundplot
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
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
gynophoric
gyropigeon
hairspring
hairspring
noun
A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
handspring
handspring
noun
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
handygripe
harpooning
harpooning
noun
The act of shooting with a harpoon
verb
present participle of harpoon
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
hempstring
herpangina
herpangina
noun
(medicine) mouth blisters; a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hotsprings
hotsprings
noun
plural of hotspring
hypnograph
iconograph
iconograph
noun
(dated) An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.
A picture formed by a word or words.
impearling
impearling
verb
present participle of impearl
imperiling
imperiling
verb
present participle of imperil
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
impregning
impregning
verb
present participle of impregn
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinting
imprinting
noun
(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.
verb
present participle of imprint
incorpsing
incorpsing
verb
present participle of incorpse
increeping
increeping
verb
present participle of increep
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
intergroup
intergroup
adj
Taking place between groups, especially between social groups.
noun
(politics) A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
intragroup
intragroup
adj
Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
inwrapping
inwrapping
verb
present participle of inwrap
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
kapfenberg
lageniporm
lastspring
lifespring
lifespring
noun
A spring or source of life.
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
lineograph
lipperings
lipreading
lipreading
noun
The act of reading lips.
verb
present participle of lipread
logansport
mainspring
mainspring
noun
(figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.
(horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.