(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
aponogeton
appanagist
appanagist
noun
A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
appetising
appetising
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing.
verb
present participle of appetise
appetizing
appetizing
adj
(by extension) Appealing or enticing.
That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.
noun
any food traditionally eaten with a bagel, as an accompaniment, topping or filling; including dairy products and pareve but not meat
verb
present participle of appetize
appointing
appointing
verb
present participle of appoint
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
aspirating
aspirating
verb
present participle of aspirate
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
bepainting
bepainting
verb
present participle of bepaint
bergaptene
bergaptene
noun
Archaic form of bergapten.
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
capitaling
captaining
captaining
verb
present participle of captain
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
catnapping
catnapping
noun
The kidnapping or theft of a cat.
verb
present participle of catnap
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
coplotting
coplotting
verb
present participle of coplot
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deputizing
deputizing
verb
present participle of deputize
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
disporting
disporting
noun
The act of one who disports.
verb
present participle of disport
disrupting
disrupting
adj
That disrupts; disruptive.
verb
present participle of disrupt
eightpenny
eightpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
entrapping
entrapping
verb
present participle of entrap
epigenetic
epigenetic
adj
(genetics) Of or relating to epigenetics.
(genetics, mineralogy) Of or relating to epigenesis.
epinglette
epinglette
noun
(military) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
expediting
expediting
verb
present participle of expedite
explanting
explanting
verb
present participle of explant
exploiting
exploiting
verb
present participle of exploit
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.
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
genyplasty
genyplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the cheek
glyptician
glyptodont
glyptodont
noun
Any extinct South American edentate of the family Glyptodontidae.
gnathopoda
gnathopoda
noun
(obsolete) plural of gnathopod
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
gomphodont
gomphodont
noun
Any cynodont of the taxon Gomphodontia
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.
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.
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
hempstring
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
heptagonal
heptagonal
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5n²-3n)/2.
Having seven angles and sides.
heptagynia
hotsprings
hotsprings
noun
plural of hotspring
ignipotent
ignipotent
adj
(poetic) Presiding over fire; fiery.
impainting
impainting
verb
present participle of impaint
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
implanting
implanting
verb
present participle of implant
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.
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
impugnment
impugnment
noun
The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned.
inspecting
inspecting
noun
An act of inspection.
verb
present participle of inspect
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.
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
lapidating
lapidating
verb
present participle of lapidate
lastspring
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
linotyping
linotyping
verb
present participle of linotype
logansport
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
matagalpan
megaphyton
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
misputting
misputting
verb
present participle of misput
present participle of misputt
mistypings
mistypings
noun
plural of mistyping
multipying
nightspots
nightspots
noun
plural of nightspot
nitpicking
nitpicking
noun
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
nonpungent
nonpungent
adj
Not pungent
nonputting
nonupright
nonupright
adj
Not upright.
ontography
ontography
noun
The study of how living creatures react to the physiographic environment.
oppilating
oppilating
verb
present participle of oppilate
optimising
optimising
verb
present participle of optimise
optimizing
optimizing
adj
Carrying out optimization.
verb
present participle of optimize
outjumping
outjumping
verb
present participle of outjump
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outleaping
outleaping
verb
present participle of outleap
outlipping
outparagon
outpassing
outpassing
verb
present participle of outpass
outpitying
outplaying
outplaying
verb
present participle of outplay
outpolling
outpolling
verb
present participle of outpoll
outpopping
outpouring
outpouring
noun
The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
outpraying
outpraying
verb
present participle of outpray
outpricing
outpricing
verb
present participle of outprice
outpulling
outpulling
verb
present participle of outpull
outpushing
outpushing
noun
A part that pushes outward; a protuberance.
verb
present participle of outpush
outputting
outputting
verb
present participle of output
present participle of outputt
outrapping
outrapping
verb
present participle of outrap
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
outspruing
outtopping
outtopping
verb
present participle of outtop
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
outyelping
outyelping
verb
present participle of outyelp
paddington
paddington
Proper noun
A district of London.
A railway station in London.
paganistic
paganistic
adj
Involving or resembling paganism.
pageanteer
pageanteer
noun
A contestant in a beauty contest.
One who performs a role in a pageant.
One who produces a pageant.
paginating
paginating
verb
present participle of paginate
pagination
pagination
noun
(computing) The separation of data into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.
The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.
The act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc.
palagonite
palagonite
noun
(mineralogy) A material similar to basalt formed by the action of water on volcanic ash
palliating
palliating
verb
present participle of palliate
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pangenetic
pangenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to pangenesis.
pantagogue
pantagogue
noun
(archaic) A medicine once believed capable of purging away all morbid humours.