| AGRICULTURE | • agriculture n. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and… • AGRICULTURE n. the science or practice of operations associated with farming. |
| CALCIFUGOUS | • calcifugous adj. Synonym of calcifugal. • CALCIFUGOUS adj. like a calcifuge, a plant that will not tolerate limy soil, also CALCIFUGAL. |
| CAUCUSSINGS | • CAUCUSSING n. the act of holding a caucus. |
| CAULIGENOUS | • cauligenous adj. (Botany) Originating from the stem of a plant. • CAULIGENOUS adj. originating on the stem of a plant. |
| CHAULMUGRAS | • chaulmugras n. Plural of chaulmugra. • CHAULMUGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMOOGRA. |
| CHIKUNGUNYA | • chikungunya n. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites. |
| CHUGALUGGED | • chugalugged v. Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug. • chug-a-lugged v. Simple past tense and past participle of chug-a-lug. • CHUGALUG v. to drink without pause. |
| CLUBHAULING | • clubhauling n. (Nautical) A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns into and through the wind) by dropping… • clubhauling v. Present participle of clubhaul. • CLUBHAUL v. to force a sailing vessel onto a new tack. |
| FLUCTUATING | • fluctuating v. Present participle of fluctuate. • fluctuating adj. Subject to irregular changes in quantity or quality. • fluctuating n. A fluctuation. |
| FRUCTUATING | • fructuating v. Present participle of fructuate. • FRUCTUATE v. to come to fruit, to fructify. |
| FUGACIOUSLY | • fugaciously adv. In a fugacious way. • FUGACIOUS adv. lasting a short time, evanescent. |
| GLUCOSURIAS | • glucosurias n. Plural of glucosuria. • GLUCOSURIA n. a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine, also GLYCOSURIA. |
| GUBERNACULA | • gubernacula n. Plural of gubernaculum. • GUBERNACULUM n. in mammals, the cord supporting the testicles in the scrotal sac. |
| LUCUBRATING | • lucubrating v. Present participle of lucubrate. • LUCUBRATE v. to study by lamplight; to discourse learnedly or pedantically. |
| NUNCUPATING | • nuncupating v. Present participle of nuncupate. • NUNCUPATE v. to utter as a vow. |
| OUTLAUNCING | • OUTLAUNCE v. (Spenser) to launch forth, also OUTLAUNCH. |
| PUNCTUATING | • punctuating v. Present participle of punctuate. • PUNCTUATE v. to mark with points; to mark a piece of writing with commas, full stops etc. |
| UNGUICULATE | • unguiculate adj. (Zoology) Having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs. • unguiculate adj. (Botany) Having a claw or narrow base, like the petal in some flowers. • unguiculate n. (Zoology) Any of the Unguiculata. |