| ACCLIMATING | • acclimating v. Present participle of acclimate. • ACCLIMATE v. (US) to habituate to a climate not native, also ACCLIMATIZE. |
| ACUMINATING | • acuminating v. Present participle of acuminate. • ACUMINATE v. to sharpen. |
| ASTIGMATICS | • astigmatics n. Plural of astigmatic. • ASTIGMATIC n. a person with astigmatism. |
| CAMPAIGNING | • campaigning n. Gerund of campaign: the act of taking part in a campaign. • campaigning v. Present participle of campaign. • CAMPAIGN v. to conduct an operation to achieve a certain goal. |
| CHAIRMANING | • chairmaning v. Present participle of chairman. • CHAIRMAN v. to act as chairman of. |
| CHIMICHANGA | • chimichanga n. (US) A deep-fried wet burrito. • CHIMICHANGA n. (Spanish) a tortilla wrapped round a filling, as of meat, and deep fried. |
| DIAMAGNETIC | • diamagnetic adj. (Physics) Exhibiting diamagnetism; repelled by a magnet. • diamagnetic n. Any substance that exhibits diamagnetism. • DIAMAGNETIC adj. applied to any substance of which a rod suspended between the poles of a magnet arranges itself across the lines of force, as opposed to paramagnetic. |
| ENIGMATICAL | • enigmatical adj. Pertaining to an enigma; enigmatic; mysterious. • ENIGMATICAL adj. puzzling, mysterious, also ENIGMATIC. |
| GALLIAMBICS | • GALLIAMBIC n. a classical metre. |
| IMMANACLING | • immanacling v. Present participle of immanacle. • IMMANACLE v. (Milton) to put in manacles. |
| MACHINATING | • machinating v. Present participle of machinate. • MACHINATE v. to plan; to contrive; esp. to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm. |
| MAGISTRATIC | • magistratic adj. Alternative form of magistratical. • MAGISTRATIC adj. relating to a magistrate, also MAGISTRATICAL. |
| MAGNETICIAN | • magnetician n. One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist. • MAGNETICIAN n. a scientist specialising in magnetism. |
| MAGNIFICATS | • MAGNIFICAT n. a canticle in praise of the Virgin Mary. |
| MANCIPATING | • mancipating v. Present participle of mancipate. • MANCIPATE v. to enslave. |
| MASTICATING | • masticating v. Present participle of masticate. • MASTICATE v. to chew; to knead mechanically. |
| MISCARRIAGE | • miscarriage n. (Now rare except in miscarriage of justice) A failure; a mistake or error. • miscarriage n. (Medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal… • MISCARRIAGE n. the act of giving birth spontaneously to a fetus too premature to survive. |
| SCAMBAITING | • scambaiting n. (Internet) The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order… • SCAMBAITING n. the practice of pretending to fall for online scams in order to waste the time of the perpetrators. |
| STALAGMITIC | • stalagmitic adj. Containing stalagmites. • STALAGMITIC adj. of or like a stalagmite, also STALAGMITICAL. |
| STIGMATICAL | • stigmatical adj. Alternative form of stigmatic. • STIGMATICAL adj. stigmatic. |