ANGUIPEDE | • anguipede n. Alternative form of anguiped. • ANGUIPEDE n. a mythical giant having feet or legs in the form of snakes, also ANGUIPED. |
AUBERGINE | • aubergine n. (Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant. • aubergine n. (Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. • aubergine n. (Color) A dark purple colour; eggplant. |
BEGUINAGE | • beguinage n. A walled community of small houses occupied by the Beguines. • BEGUINAGE n. (French) an establishment for beguins. |
EPIGAEOUS | • epigaeous adj. Alternative form of epigeous. • EPIGAEOUS adj. growing or living close to the ground, with cotyledons above ground, also EPIGAEAL, EPIGAEAN, EPIGEAL, EPIGEAN, EPIGEIC, EPIGEOUS. |
EQUIPAGED | • equipaged adj. Furnished with equipage. • EQUIPAGE v. to fit out with a retinue. |
EQUIPAGES | • equipages n. Plural of equipage. • EQUIPAGE v. to fit out with a retinue. |
EUGENICAL | • eugenical adj. (Dated) Relating to eugenics. • EUGENICAL adj. relating to genetic improvement of a race by judicious mating, also EUGENIC. |
GAUCHERIE | • gaucherie n. (Countable) A socially tactless or awkward act. • gaucherie n. (Uncountable) Lack of tact; tactlessness; awkwardness. • GAUCHERIE n. (French) an awkward or socially unacceptable remark. |
GAUDERIES | • gauderies n. Plural of gaudery. • GAUDERY n. finery. |
GAULEITER | • gauleiter n. (Historical) An official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany. • gauleiter n. Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official. • GAULEITER n. (German) an overbearing wielder of petty authority. |
GAUZELIKE | • gauzelike adj. Like or resembling gauze. • gauze-like adj. Alternative form of gauzelike. • GAUZELIKE adj. like gauze. |
IDEALOGUE | • idealogue n. One given to fanciful ideas or theories; someone who theorizes or speculates. • idealogue n. Someone who espouses a particular ideology, particularly a political one. • IDEALOGUE n. a doctrinaire adherent of an ideology, also IDEOLOGUE. |
MEGACURIE | • megacurie n. The unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies. • MEGACURIE n. a unit of radiation, a million curies. |
MUGEARITE | • mugearite n. A kind of orthoclase-bearing basalt that is made up of olivine, apatite, and opaque oxides. • MUGEARITE n. a dark, finely crystalline basic igneous rock. |
QUAEREING | • QUAERE v. (Latin) to inquire or question. |
SAUTEEING | • sauteeing v. Present participle of sautee. • sautéeing v. Present participle of sautée. • SAUTE v. (French) to fry in a small amount of fat. |
SQUIREAGE | • SQUIREAGE n. squires collectively, also SQUIRAGE, SQUIRALITY, SQUIRALTY, SQUIRARCHY, SQUIREARCHY. |
TENIAFUGE | • teniafuge n. Alternative spelling of taenifuge. • TENIAFUGE n. a substance, esp. a drug, that kills a tapeworm, also TENIACIDE. |
WAVEGUIDE | • waveguide n. A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves. • waveguide v. To act as a waveguide for. • WAVEGUIDE n. in electronics, a hollow metal conductor through which high-frequency energy can be propagated efficiently. |