| CASTIGATORS | • castigators n. Plural of castigator. • CASTIGATOR n. one who castigates or corrects. |
| CASTIGATORY | • castigatory adj. Serving or tending to castigate. • castigatory n. (Obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket. • CASTIGATORY adj. tending to castigate. |
| CATEGORISTS | • categorists n. Plural of categorist. • CATEGORIST n. one who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies. |
| COARCTATING | • coarctating v. Present participle of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
| CONGRATTERS | • CONGRATTERS n. (colloquial) congratulations. |
| CONTRACTING | • contracting v. Present participle of contract. • contracting adj. Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area. • contracting n. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction. |
| CONTRASTING | • contrasting adj. Set in opposition; markedly different. • contrasting v. Present participle of contrast. • CONTRAST v. to place in opposition to display differences. |
| DOCTORATING | • doctorating v. Present participle of doctorate. • DOCTORATE v. to take a doctorate. |
| EXCOGITATOR | • excogitator n. One who excogitates. • EXCOGITATOR n. one who excogitates. |
| GASTRECTOMY | • gastrectomy n. (Surgery) Removal or partial removal of the stomach. • GASTRECTOMY n. surgical removal of the stomach. |
| GASTROTRICH | • gastrotrich n. A microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia. • GASTROTRICH n. any minute aquatic multicellular animal of the phylum Gastrotricha. |
| GERONTOCRAT | • gerontocrat n. A member of a gerontocracy; an aged leader, especially one clinging on to power or ruling only by virtue of age. • GERONTOCRAT n. a member of a gerontocracy, government by the aged. |
| GRAPTOLITIC | • graptolitic adj. Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites. • GRAPTOLITIC adj. related to a graptolite. |
| GREATCOATED | • greatcoated adj. Wearing a greatcoat. • GREATCOATED adj. wearing a greatcoat. |
| GYROSTATICS | • gyrostatics n. (Physics) The study of rotating bodies. • GYROSTATICS n. the study of rotating bodies. |
| PROTRACTING | • protracting v. Present participle of protract. • PROTRACT v. to prolong. |
| RETROACTING | • retroacting v. Present participle of retroact. • RETROACT v. to act in return. |
| SCATTERGOOD | • scattergood n. One who wastes; a spendthrift. • Scattergood prop.n. A surname. • SCATTERGOOD n. a spendthrift. |
| TERATOGENIC | • teratogenic adj. (Teratology) Of, relating to, malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus. • teratogenic adj. (Teratology) Causing malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus. • teratogenic n. A teratogenic agent. |
| TERATOLOGIC | • teratologic adj. (Genetics) Dealing with the study of production, development, anatomy, and classification of monsters. • teratologic adj. (Teratology) Pertaining to deformity, either congenital or resulting from accident. • TERATOLOGIC adj. relating to teratology, also TERATOLOGICAL. |