| AGONIST | • agonist n. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist. • agonist n. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes. • agonist n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological… |
| ANTIFOG | • antifog adj. Acting against fog or fogging. • ANTIFOG adj. acting to stop a car window from fogging up. |
| ANTILOG | • antilog n. (Mathematics) An antilogarithm. • ANTILOG n. a number corresponding to a given logarithm. |
| ATONING | • atoning v. Present participle of atone. • ATONE v. to make amends. |
| AUTOING | • autoing v. Present participle of auto. • AUTO v. to ride in an automobile. |
| BOATING | • boating n. The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat. • boating n. (Historical) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat… • boating v. Present participle of boat. |
| COATING | • coating n. A thin outer layer. • coating n. (Archaic) Cloth for making coats. • coating n. (Law enforcement slang) A telling-off; a reprimand. |
| COTINGA | • cotinga n. Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae. • Cotinga prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cotingidae. • COTINGA n. (Tupi) a tropical bird with bright plumage. |
| DOATING | • doating v. (Obsolete) present participle of doat; doting. • doating n. Obsolete form of doting. • DOATING n. an excessive love, also DOTING. |
| GIGATON | • gigaton n. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed… • gigaton n. One billion tons. • GIGATON n. a unit of weight, a thousand million tons. |
| GITANOS | • GITANO n. (Spanish) a male gypsy. |
| MOATING | • moating v. Present participle of moat. • MOAT v. to surround with a water-filled trench. |
| ORATING | • orating v. Present participle of orate. • ORATE v. to speak formally. |
| OUTGAIN | • outgain v. (Transitive) To outperform on a quantitative measurement. • OUTGAIN v. to gain more than. |
| OVATING | • OVATE v. to receive with an ovation. |
| ROATING | • ROATE v. (Shakespeare) to learn by repetition, also ROTE. |
| TOAZING | • TOAZE v. (Shakespeare) to tease out, draw out, also TEASE, TEAZE, TOSE, TOZE. |