| ATHETISING | • athetising v. Present participle of athetise. • ATHETISE v. in textual criticism, to reject (a passage) as spurious, also ATHETIZE. |
| ENIGMATIST | • enigmatist n. One who indulges in enigmas, especially one who often makes such enigmas. • ENIGMATIST n. one who makes, or talks in, enigmas. |
| ESTIMATING | • estimating v. Present participle of estimate. • ESTIMATE v. to calculate. |
| ESTIVATING | • estivating v. Present participle of estivate. • ESTIVATE v. to spend the summer in a torpid state, also AESTIVATE. |
| FASTIGIATE | • fastigiate adj. (Botany) Erect and parallel. • fastigiate adj. (Botany, horticulture) Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches. • fastigiate adj. (Palynology) Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the… |
| GERIATRIST | • geriatrist n. One who studies or works in the field of geriatrics. • GERIATRIST n. one specialising in the care of the elderly, a geriatrician. |
| GIANTLIEST | • GIANTLY adj. like a giant. |
| GONIATITES | • goniatites n. Plural of goniatite. • Goniatites prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Goniatitidae – certain extinct cephalopods. • GONIATITE n. one of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. |
| GRANITITES | • granitites n. Plural of granitite. • GRANITITE n. biotite granite. |
| GRATUITIES | • gratuities n. Plural of gratuity. • GRATUITY n. a gift of money. |
| HESITATING | • hesitating v. Present participle of hesitate. • hesitating n. Hesitation. • HESITATE v. to hold back or delay. |
| INSTIGATED | • instigated v. Simple past tense and past participle of instigate. • INSTIGATE v. to initiate, bring about. |
| INSTIGATES | • instigates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instigate. • INSTIGATE v. to initiate, bring about. |
| MIGMATITES | • migmatites n. Plural of migmatite. • MIGMATITE n. a type of rock containing igneous and metamorphic elements. |
| NEGATIVIST | • negativist n. One who exhibits negativism. • NEGATIVIST n. one who practises negativism, a tendency to deny and criticise, without offering positive suggestions. |
| STIGMATISE | • stigmatise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of stigmatize. • STIGMATISE v. to mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatised their slaves and soldiers, also STIGMATIZE. |
| STIGMATIZE | • stigmatize v. (Transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata. • STIGMATIZE v. to mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers, also STIGMATISE. |
| TARGETITIS | • TARGETITIS n. an obsession with achieving targets. |
| TETANISING | • tetanising v. Present participle of tetanise. • TETANISE v. to affect with convulsions, also TETANIZE. |
| TINGUAITES | • tinguaites n. Plural of tinguaite. • TINGUAITE n. a fine-grained igneous rock composed essentially of feldspar, nepheline and aegirine. |