| ACTIONING | • actioning v. Present participle of action. • ACTION v. to carry out. |
| CANTONING | • cantoning v. Present participle of canton. • CANTON v. to divide into districts. |
| CARTONING | • cartoning v. Present participle of carton. • CARTON v. to pack in a cardboard box. |
| COGNATION | • cognation n. (Now chiefly linguistics) A cognate relationship. • COGNATION n. relationship by blood; descent from the same original. |
| COGNISANT | • cognisant adj. Alternative spelling of cognizant. • COGNISANT adj. aware, conscious of, also COGNIZANT. |
| COGNIZANT | • cognizant adj. Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact. • cognizant adj. Sapient; self-aware. • COGNIZANT adj. having cognizance or knowledge, also COGNISANT. |
| CONJUGANT | • conjugant n. (Genetics) A gamete that undergoes conjugation. • CONJUGANT n. one of a pair of cells undergoing conjugation. |
| CONTAGION | • contagion n. A disease spread by contact. • contagion n. The spread or transmission of such a disease. • contagion n. (Figuratively, by extension) The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease. |
| CONTANGOS | • contangos n. Plural of contango. • CONTANGO n. the premium or interest paid by a buyer of stock to the seller, to be allowed to defer payment. |
| COTANGENT | • cotangent n. (Trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn. • COTANGENT n. the tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. |
| GNATHONIC | • gnathonic adj. (Obsolete) Deceitful; flattering. • GNATHONIC adj. (obsolete) flattering, also GNATHONICAL. |
| INCOGNITA | • incognita n. A woman who is unknown or in disguise. • incognita n. (Of a woman) The state of being in disguise. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • incognita adj. Of a woman: without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise. |
| NEGOCIANT | • negociant n. (Wine) A wine merchant who purchases grapes, grape juice, or wine in bulk from vineyards, and bottles… • NEGOCIANT n. (French) a merchant esp. a wine merchant. |
| NONACTING | • nonacting adj. Not acting. • nonacting adj. Not of or pertaining to acting. • NONACTING n. acting that is of poor quality or does not conform to conventional ideas of what constitutes acting. |
| NONTRAGIC | • nontragic adj. (Literature) Not tragic. • NONTRAGIC adj. not tragic. |
| UNCOATING | • uncoating n. (Virology) A process in which the viral capsid of a virus is removed, leading to the release of the… • uncoating v. Present participle of uncoat. • UNCOATING n. the action of releasing viral nucleic acid from a virus or exposing the interior of a virus enough to facilitate replication by stripping away the outer layers of the viral coat. |