ating: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ating
- creating«Word Popularity Bar5/5
create
- verb make or cause to be or to become
make.
- make a mess in one's office
- create a furor
- verb bring into existence
- The company was created 25 years ago
- He created a new movement in painting
- verb make or cause to be or to become
- operating5/5
operating
- adjective involved in a kind of operation
- the operating conditions of the oxidation pond
- verb direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
operate; run.
- She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
- adjective involved in a kind of operation
- eating5/5
eating
- noun the act of consuming food
feeding.
- verb take in solid food
eat.
- She was eating a banana
- What did you eat for dinner last night?
- noun the act of consuming food
- relating5/5
relate
- verb make a logical or causal connection
tie in; associate; colligate; link; connect; link up.
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all
- verb be relevant to
touch on; pertain; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb make a logical or causal connection
- indicating5/5
indicate
- verb be a signal for or a symptom of
bespeak; signal; betoken; point.
- These symptoms indicate a serious illness
- Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
- The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
- verb indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
show; designate; point.
- I showed the customer the glove section
- He pointed to the empty parking space
- he indicated his opponents
- verb be a signal for or a symptom of
- treating5/5
treat
- noun something considered choice to eat
goody; kickshaw; delicacy; dainty.
- noun an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
- noun something considered choice to eat
- rating5/5
rating
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
valuation; evaluation.
- he set a high valuation on friendship
- noun act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
evaluation.
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
- evaluating5/5
evaluate
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
measure; value; assess; valuate; appraise.
- I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
- access all the factors when taking a risk
- verb form a critical opinion of
judge; pass judgment.
- I cannot judge some works of modern art
- How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- floating5/5
floating
- noun the act of someone who floats on the water
natation.
- verb be in motion due to some air or water current
blow; be adrift; float; drift.
- The leaves were blowing in the wind
- the boat drifted on the lake
- The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
- the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
- noun the act of someone who floats on the water
- dating5/5
dating
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
geological dating.
- verb go on a date with
date.
- Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
- heating5/5
heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
warming.
- noun utility to warm a building
heating system; heat; heating plant.
- the heating system wasn't working
- they have radiant heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
- generating5/5
generate
- verb bring into existence
bring forth.
- The new manager generated a lot of problems
- The computer bug generated chaos in the office
- The computer generated this image
- The earthquake generated a tsunami
- verb give or supply
return; yield; render; give.
- The cow brings in 5 liters of milk
- This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
- The estate renders some revenue for the family
- verb bring into existence
- participating5/5
participating
- adjective satellite taking part in an activity
active.
- an active member of the club
- he was politically active
- the participating organizations
- verb share in something
take part; participate.
- adjective satellite taking part in an activity
- beating5/5
beating
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
whipping.
- noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
trouncing; whacking; drubbing; thrashing; licking; lacing.
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
- stating5/5
state
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
province.
- his state is in the deep south
- noun the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the current state of knowledge
- his state of health
- in a weak financial state
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- communicating5/5
communicating
- noun the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
communication.
- they could not act without official communication from Moscow
- verb transmit information
put across; pass along; communicate; pass on; pass.
- Please communicate this message to all employees
- pass along the good news
- noun the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- fascinating5/5
fascinating
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
absorbing; riveting; engrossing; gripping.
- a fascinating story
- verb cause to be interested or curious
intrigue; fascinate.
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
- negotiating5/5
negotiate
- verb discuss the terms of an arrangement
talk terms; negociate.
- They negotiated the sale of the house
- verb succeed in passing through, around, or over
negociate.
- The hiker negociated the high mountain pass
- verb discuss the terms of an arrangement
- demonstrating5/5
demonstrate
- verb give an exhibition of to an interested audience
exhibit; demo; present; show.
- She shows her dogs frequently
- We will demo the new software in Washington
- verb establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
shew; show; establish; prove.
- The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
- The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
- verb give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- calculating5/5
calculating
- adjective satellite used of persons
scheming; conniving; calculative; shrewd.
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; calculate; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
- adjective satellite used of persons
- investigating5/5
investigating
- noun the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
investigation.
- verb investigate scientifically
investigate; look into.
- Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese
- noun the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
- repeating5/5
repeating
- noun the act of doing or performing again
repetition.
- verb to say, state, or perform again
reiterate; repeat; ingeminate; retell; restate; iterate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- noun the act of doing or performing again
- integrating5/5
integrating
- noun the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
desegregation; integration.
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate; incorporate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- noun the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
- separating4/5
separate
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
offprint; reprint.
- noun a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- stimulating4/5
stimulating
- adjective rousing or quickening activity or the senses
- a stimulating discussion
- verb act as a stimulant
excite; stimulate.
- The book stimulated her imagination
- This play stimulates
- adjective rousing or quickening activity or the senses
- eliminating4/5
eliminate
- verb terminate, end, or take out
extinguish; get rid of; do away with.
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
- verb do away with
rid of; obviate.
- verb terminate, end, or take out
- regulating4/5
regulating
- noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule
regulation.
- fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians
- verb fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
regulate; modulate.
- regulate the temperature
- modulate the pitch
- noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- estimating4/5
estimate
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
approximation; estimation; idea.
- an estimate of what it would cost
- a rough idea how long it would take
- noun a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
estimation.
- many factors are involved in any estimate of human life
- in my estimation the boy is innocent
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- incorporating4/5
incorporate
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- verb include or contain; have as a component
comprise; contain.
- A totally new idea is comprised in this paper
- The record contains many old songs from the 1930's
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
- coating4/5
coating
- noun a thin layer covering something
coat.
- a second coat of paint
- noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
finishing; finish.
- the boat had a metallic finish
- he applied a coat of a clear finish
- when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
- noun a thin layer covering something
- devastating4/5
devastating
- adjective satellite making light of
withering; annihilating.
- afire with annihilating invective
- a devastating portrait of human folly
- to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
desolate; devastate; scourge; lay waste to; ravage; waste.
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- adjective satellite making light of
- rotating4/5
rotate
- verb turn on or around an axis or a center
revolve; go around.
- The Earth revolves around the Sun
- The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
- verb exchange on a regular basis
- We rotate the lead soprano every night
- verb turn on or around an axis or a center
- facilitating4/5
facilitate
- verb make easier
ease; alleviate.
- you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
- verb be of use
help.
- This will help to prevent accidents
- verb make easier
- circulating4/5
circulating
- adjective satellite passing from one to another
- circulating bills and coins
- verb become widely known and passed on
spread; go around; circulate.
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
- adjective satellite passing from one to another
- alternating4/5
alternating
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- alternating current
- verb go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
jump; alternate.
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- concentrating4/5
concentrate
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
dressed ore.
- noun a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- penetrating4/5
penetrating
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
acute; incisive; penetrative; piercing; discriminating; keen; sharp; knifelike.
- an acute observer of politics and politicians
- incisive comments
- icy knifelike reasoning
- as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
- penetrating insight
- frequent penetrative observations
- verb pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
penetrate; perforate.
- The bullet penetrated her chest
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- locating4/5
locating
- noun the act of putting something in a certain place
emplacement; placement; positioning; location; position.
- noun a determination of the place where something is
localisation; fix; location; localization.
- he got a good fix on the target
- noun the act of putting something in a certain place
- originating4/5
originate
- verb come into existence; take on form or shape
develop; rise; uprise; spring up; arise; grow.
- A new religious movement originated in that country
- a love that sprang up from friendship
- the idea for the book grew out of a short story
- An interesting phenomenon uprose
- verb bring into being
initiate; start.
- He initiated a new program
- Start a foundation
- verb come into existence; take on form or shape
- coordinating4/5
coordinating
- adjective serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'"
coordinative.
- `and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction
- verb bring order and organization to
coordinate; organize; organise.
- Can you help me organize my files?
- adjective serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'"
- celebrating4/5
celebrate
- verb behave as expected during of holidays or rites
observe; keep.
- Keep the commandments
- celebrate Christmas
- Observe Yom Kippur
- verb have a celebration
fete.
- They were feting the patriarch of the family
- After the exam, the students were celebrating
- verb behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- translating4/5
translate
- verb restate (words) from one language into another language
render; interpret.
- I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.
- Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?
- She rendered the French poem into English
- He translates for the U.N.
- verb change from one form or medium into another
transform.
- Braque translated collage into oil
- verb restate (words) from one language into another language
- initiating4/5
initiate
- noun someone new to a field or activity
tyro; novice; beginner; tiro.
- noun someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
savant; pundit; learned person.
- noun someone new to a field or activity
- mating4/5
mating
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
coupling; union; sexual union; pairing; conjugation.
- the casual couplings of adolescents
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
pair; couple; mate; copulate.
- Birds mate in the Spring
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- illustrating4/5
illustrate
- verb clarify by giving an example of
exemplify; instance.
- verb depict with an illustration
- verb clarify by giving an example of
- updating4/5
updating
- noun the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)
- criminal records need regular updating
- verb modernize or bring up to date
update.
- We updated the kitchen in the old house
- noun the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)
- violating4/5
violate
- verb fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
go against; break.
- This sentence violates the rules of syntax
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
go against; infract; break; offend; breach; transgress.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
- verb fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- seating4/5
seating
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
seating area; seating room; seats.
- there is seating for 40 students in this classroom
- noun the service of ushering people to their seats
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
- educating4/5
educate
- verb give an education to
- We must educate our youngsters better
- verb create by training and teaching
train; develop; prepare.
- The old master is training world-class violinists
- we develop the leaders for the future
- verb give an education to
- sweating4/5
sweating
- noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
perspiration; diaphoresis; hidrosis; sudation.
- perspiration is a homeostatic process
- verb excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
perspire; sweat; sudate.
- Exercise makes one sweat
- noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
- frustrating4/5
frustrating
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- illuminating4/5
illuminating
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
informative; enlightening.
- an enlightening glimpse of government in action
- an illuminating lecture
- verb make lighter or brighter
light; illuminate; illumine; light up; illume.
- This lamp lightens the room a bit
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- anticipating4/5
anticipate
- verb regard something as probable or likely
expect.
- The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
- verb act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
forestall; counter; foresee.
- verb regard something as probable or likely
- contemplating4/5
contemplate
- verb look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
- contemplate one's navel
- verb consider as a possibility
- I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job
- verb look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
- dominating4/5
dominating
- adjective satellite most powerful or important or influential
ascendent; ascendant.
- the economically ascendant class
- D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; prevail; reign; rule; predominate.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- adjective satellite most powerful or important or influential
- manipulating4/5
manipulate
- verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously
pull wires; pull strings.
- He manipulated public opinion in his favor
- verb hold something in one's hands and move it
- verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously
- advocating4/5
advocate
- noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
advocator; proponent; exponent.
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
counsel; counselor-at-law; counsellor; pleader; counselor.
- noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- motivating4/5
motivating
- noun the act of motivating; providing incentive
motivation.
- verb give an incentive for action
motivate; prompt; propel; incite; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
- noun the act of motivating; providing incentive
- formulating4/5
formulate
- verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
explicate; develop.
- Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
- verb come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
devise; contrive; invent; excogitate; forge.
- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
- verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- cheating4/5
cheating
- noun a deception for profit to yourself
cheat.
- verb deprive somebody of something by deceit
cheat; rip off; chisel.
- The con-man beat me out of $50
- This salesman ripped us off!
- we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
- They chiseled me out of my money
- noun a deception for profit to yourself
- mediating4/5
mediate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
intermediate; liaise; intercede; arbitrate.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- mediate between the old and the new
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- accelerating4/5
accelerate
- verb move faster
speed up; speed; quicken.
- The car accelerated
- verb cause to move faster
speed up; speed.
- He accelerated the car
- verb move faster
- cultivating4/5
cultivate
- verb foster the growth of
- verb prepare for crops
work; crop.
- Work the soil
- cultivate the land
- verb foster the growth of
- differentiating4/5
differentiate
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; distinguish; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
distinguish; mark.
- His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
- verb mark as different
- grating4/5
grating
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
grate.
- noun a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
grate.
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- graduating4/5
graduate
- noun a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
alum; alumna; grad; alumnus.
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
- noun a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- liberating4/5
liberate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
emancipate.
- verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
unloosen; unloose; loose; free; release.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- activating4/5
activating
- noun the activity of causing to have energy and be active
energizing; activation.
- verb put in motion or move to act
activate; touch off; trigger off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
- noun the activity of causing to have energy and be active
- emanating4/5
emanate
- verb proceed or issue forth, as from a source
- Water emanates from this hole in the ground
- verb give out (breath or an odor)
exhale; give forth.
- The chimney exhales a thick smoke
- verb proceed or issue forth, as from a source
- defeating4/5
defeat
- noun an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
licking.
- it was a narrow defeat
- the army's only defeat
- they suffered a convincing licking
- noun the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
frustration.
- noun an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
- culminating4/5
culminate
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
climax.
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
- verb bring to a head or to the highest point
- Seurat culminated pointillism
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- retreating4/5
retreat
- noun (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- the disorderly retreat of French troops
- noun a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- noun (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- accommodating4/5
accommodating
- adjective helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
accommodative.
- the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in
- made a special effort to be accommodating
- verb be agreeable or acceptable to
accommodate; fit; suit.
- This suits my needs
- adjective helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
- humiliating4/5
humiliating
- adjective satellite causing awareness of your shortcomings
humbling; mortifying; demeaning.
- golf is a humbling game
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; chagrin; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- adjective satellite causing awareness of your shortcomings
- debating4/5
debate
- noun a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
argumentation; argument.
- the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
- noun the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
public debate; disputation.
- noun a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- terminating4/5
terminate
- verb bring to an end or halt
end.
- She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
- The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
- verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
stop; cease; finish; end.
- the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
- Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
- My property ends by the bushes
- The symphony ends in a pianissimo
- verb bring to an end or halt
- accumulating4/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- irritating4/5
irritating
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; nettlesome; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
annoy; rag; devil; bother; vex; irritate; nettle; rile; get to; nark; get at; gravel; chafe.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- migrating4/5
migrate
- verb move from one country or region to another and settle there
transmigrate.
- Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
- This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries
- verb move periodically or seasonally
- birds migrate in the Winter
- The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting
- verb move from one country or region to another and settle there
- discriminating4/5
discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- allocating4/5
allocate
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
apportion.
- I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
- I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
- skating4/5
skating
- noun the sport of gliding on skates
- verb move along on skates
skate.
- The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter
- noun the sport of gliding on skates
- articulating4/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- imitating4/5
imitate
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
copy; simulate.
- The mime imitated the passers-by
- Children often copy their parents or older siblings
- verb appear like, as in behavior or appearance
- Life imitate art
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- deteriorating4/5
deteriorate
- verb become worse or disintegrate
- His mind deteriorated
- verb grow worse
drop; devolve; degenerate.
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
- verb become worse or disintegrate
- combating4/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- cooperating4/5
cooperate
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
collaborate; join forces; get together.
- The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well
- We joined forces with another research group
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
- associating4/5
associate
- noun a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- he had to consult his associate before continuing
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
familiar; comrade; fellow; companion.
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
- noun a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- fluctuating4/5
fluctuating
- adjective satellite having unpredictable ups and downs
- fluctuating prices
- verb cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
fluctuate.
- adjective satellite having unpredictable ups and downs
- isolating4/5
isolating
- adjective satellite relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
- verb place or set apart
isolate; insulate.
- They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
- adjective satellite relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
- intimidating3/5
intimidating
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
daunting.
- verb make timid or fearful
intimidate.
- Her boss intimidates her
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
- decorating3/5
decorate
- verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
ornament; embellish; beautify; grace; adorn.
- Decorate the room for the party
- beautify yourself for the special day
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; beautify; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- propagating3/5
propagate
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagate these characteristics
- verb travel through the air
- sound and light propagate in this medium
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- radiating3/5
radiating
- adjective satellite diverging from a common point
- verb send out rays or waves
radiate.
- The sun radiates heat
- adjective satellite diverging from a common point
- compensating3/5
compensate
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; indemnify; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb adjust for
- navigating3/5
navigate
- verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
voyage; sail.
- The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
- verb act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
pilot.
- Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?
- Who was navigating the ship during the accident?
- verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
- debilitating3/5
debilitating
- adjective impairing the strength and vitality
- verb make weak
debilitate; enfeeble; drain.
- Life in the camp drained him
- adjective impairing the strength and vitality
- escalating3/5
escalate
- verb increase in extent or intensity
step up; intensify.
- The Allies escalated the bombing
- verb increase in extent or intensity
- vibrating3/5
vibrate
- verb shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- verb move or swing from side to side regularly
oscillate.
- the needle on the meter was oscillating
- verb shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- appreciating3/5
appreciate
- verb recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- verb be fully aware of; realize fully
take account.
- Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?
- verb recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- simulating3/5
simulate
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
imitate; copy.
- The mime imitated the passers-by
- Children often copy their parents or older siblings
- verb create a representation or model of
model.
- The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- collaborating3/5
collaborate
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
join forces; get together; cooperate.
- The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well
- We joined forces with another research group
- verb cooperate as a traitor
- he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
- validating3/5
validating
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
collateral; verificatory; verifying; substantiative; confirming; confirmatory; corroboratory; corroborative; substantiating; validatory; confirmative.
- collateral evidence
- verb declare or make legally valid
formalize; validate; formalise.
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
- hating3/5
hat
- noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
lid; chapeau.
- noun an informal term for a person's role
- he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly
- noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- consolidating3/5
consolidate
- verb unite into one
- The companies consolidated
- verb make firm or secure; strengthen
- consolidate one's gains
- consolidate one's hold on first place
- verb unite into one
- mitigating3/5
mitigate
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
extenuate; palliate.
- The circumstances extenuate the crime
- verb make less severe or harsh
- mitigating circumstances
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- insulating3/5
insulate
- verb protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
- We had his bedroom insulated before winter came
- verb place or set apart
isolate.
- They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
- verb protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
- complicating3/5
complicate
- verb make more complicated
perplex.
- There was a new development that complicated the matter
- verb make more complex, intricate, or richer
rarify; elaborate; refine.
- refine a design or pattern
- verb make more complicated
- meditating3/5
meditate
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; ruminate; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- verb think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
contemplate; study.
- He is meditating in his study
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
- perpetuating3/5
perpetuate
- verb cause to continue or prevail
- perpetuate a myth
- verb cause to continue or prevail
- elevating3/5
elevate
- verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
advance; upgrade; kick upstairs; promote; raise.
- John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
- Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
- I got promoted after many years of hard work
- verb raise from a lower to a higher position
get up; lift; bring up; raise.
- Raise your hands
- Lift a load
- verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- designating3/5
designate
- verb assign a name or title to
denominate.
- verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
depute; assign; delegate.
- verb assign a name or title to
- exhilarating3/5
exhilarating
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
stimulating.
- the exhilarating effect of mountain air
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
- oscillating3/5
oscillating
- adjective satellite having periodic vibrations
oscillatory.
- verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
hover; vacillate; vibrate; oscillate.
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
- adjective satellite having periodic vibrations
- intoxicating3/5
intoxicating
- adjective satellite causing
intoxicant.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite causing
- undulating3/5
undulate
- verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
ripple; riffle; ruffle; cockle.
- verb occur in soft rounded shapes
roll.
- The hills rolled past
- verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- plating3/5
plating
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
metal plating.
- noun the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
- alienating3/5
alienating
- adjective satellite causing hostility or loss of friendliness
- her sudden alienating aloofness
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
alien; disaffect; alienate; estrange.
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
- adjective satellite causing hostility or loss of friendliness
- equating3/5
equating
- noun the act of regarding as equal
equation.
- verb consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
liken; compare; equate.
- We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans
- You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed
- noun the act of regarding as equal
- precipitating3/5
precipitating
- adjective satellite bringing on suddenly or abruptly
- the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce
- verb bring about abruptly
precipitate.
- The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution
- adjective satellite bringing on suddenly or abruptly
- boating3/5
boating
- noun water travel for pleasure
yachting.
- verb ride in a boat on water
boat.
- noun water travel for pleasure
- replicating3/5
replicate
- verb bend or turn backward
retroflex.
- verb reproduce or make an exact copy of
copy.
- replicate the cell
- copy the genetic information
- verb bend or turn backward
- disseminating3/5
disseminate
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb cause to become widely known
- excruciating3/5
excruciating
- adjective satellite extremely painful
agonising; torturous; torturing; agonizing; harrowing; torturesome.
- verb torment emotionally or mentally
torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- hesitating3/5
hesitating
- adjective satellite lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
hesitant.
- verb pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
hesitate; waver; waffle.
- Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures
- adjective satellite lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
- appropriating3/5
appropriate
- verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
set aside; earmark; allow; reserve.
- I will earmark this money for your research
- She sets aside time for meditation every day
- verb take possession of by force, as after an invasion
capture; conquer; seize.
- the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
- The army seized the town
- The militia captured the castle
- verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- elaborating3/5
elaborate
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
expound; lucubrate; dilate; expatiate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
- verb produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- The bee elaborates honey
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- aggravating3/5
aggravating
- adjective satellite making worse
exacerbating; exasperating.
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- adjective satellite making worse
- approximating3/5
approximate
- verb be close or similar
come close.
- Her results approximate my own
- verb judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
judge; estimate; guess; gauge.
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
- verb be close or similar
- suffocating3/5
suffocating
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
suffocative; smothering.
- the choking June dust
- the smothering soft voices
- smothering heat
- the room was suffocating--hot and airless
- verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; suffocate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
- speculating3/5
speculate
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
conjecture; theorize; hypothesize; theorise; hypothesise; suppose; hypothecate.
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
- verb talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
- We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- exaggerating3/5
exaggerate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb do something to an excessive degree
overdo.
- He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- commemorating3/5
commemorating
- adjective intended as a commemoration
commemorative.
- a commemorative plaque
- verb mark by some ceremony or observation
commemorate; mark.
- The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
- adjective intended as a commemoration
- animating3/5
animating
- adjective satellite giving spirit and vivacity
enlivening.
- verb heighten or intensify
invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire; exalt.
- These paintings exalt the imagination
- adjective satellite giving spirit and vivacity
- modulating3/5
modulate
- verb change the key of, in music
- modulate the melody
- verb vary the pitch of one's speech
inflect; tone.
- verb change the key of, in music
- incriminating3/5
incriminating
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
criminatory; criminative; incriminatory.
- incriminatory testimony
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply; inculpate.
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- alleviating3/5
alleviate
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; relieve; palliate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb make easier
ease; facilitate.
- you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
- moderating3/5
moderating
- adjective lessening in intensity or strength
- verb preside over
chair; moderate; lead.
- John moderated the discussion
- adjective lessening in intensity or strength
- narrating3/5
narrate
- verb provide commentary for a film, for example
- verb narrate or give a detailed account of
recite; tell; recount.
- Tell what happened
- The father told a story to his child
- verb provide commentary for a film, for example
- nominating3/5
nominate
- verb propose as a candidate for some honor
put up; put forward.
- verb put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
propose.
- The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission
- verb propose as a candidate for some honor
- dictating3/5
dictate
- noun an authoritative rule
- noun a guiding principle
- the dictates of reason
- noun an authoritative rule
- proliferating3/5
proliferate
- verb grow rapidly
- Pizza parlors proliferate in this area
- verb cause to grow or increase rapidly
- We must not proliferate nuclear arms
- verb grow rapidly
- necessitating3/5
necessitate
- verb require as useful, just, or proper
call for; require; involve; need; take; demand; ask; postulate.
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
- verb cause to be a concomitant
- verb require as useful, just, or proper
- pulsating3/5
pulsate
- verb expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
throb; pulse.
- The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it
- verb move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
beat; quiver.
- the city pulsated with music and excitement
- verb expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
- captivating3/5
captivating
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
fascinating; bewitching; entrancing; enthralling; enchanting.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
- assimilating3/5
assimilating
- adjective satellite capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
assimilatory; assimilative.
- an assimilative substance
- verb take up mentally
assimilate; absorb; take in; ingest.
- he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
- adjective satellite capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
- disintegrating3/5
disintegrate
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- The material disintegrated
- the group disintegrated after the leader died
- verb cause to undergo fission or lose particles
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- delineating3/5
delineate
- verb show the form or outline of
define.
- The tree was clearly defined by the light
- The camera could define the smallest object
- verb determine the essential quality of
delimitate; delimit; specify; define.
- verb show the form or outline of
- gating3/5
gate
- noun a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- noun a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
logic gate.
- noun a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- delegating3/5
delegating
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
delegation; relegating; relegation; deputation.
- verb transfer power to someone
depute; delegate.
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- relocating3/5
relocate
- verb become established in a new location
- Our company relocated to the Midwest
- verb move or establish in a new location
- We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high
- verb become established in a new location
- donating3/5
donate
- verb give to a charity or good cause
- I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake
- donate money to the orphanage
- She donates to her favorite charity every month
- verb give to a charity or good cause
- infiltrating3/5
infiltrate
- verb cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
- verb enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
penetrate.
- The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor
- verb cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
- correlating3/5
correlate
- noun either of two or more related or complementary variables
correlative.
- verb to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
- Do these facts correlate?
- noun either of two or more related or complementary variables
- invigorating3/5
invigorating
- adjective imparting strength and vitality
- the invigorating mountain air
- verb heighten or intensify
invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire; exalt.
- These paintings exalt the imagination
- adjective imparting strength and vitality
- aggregating3/5
aggregate
- noun the whole amount
sum; total; totality.
- noun material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- noun the whole amount
- situating3/5
situate
- verb determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
locate.
- Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
- Locate the boundaries of the property
- verb put (something somewhere) firmly
posit; fix; deposit.
- She posited her hand on his shoulder
- deposit the suitcase on the bench
- fix your eyes on this spot
- verb determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
- duplicating3/5
duplicate
- noun something additional of the same kind
extra.
- he always carried extras in case of an emergency
- noun a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
duplication.
- he made a duplicate for the files
- noun something additional of the same kind
- contaminating3/5
contaminating
- adjective spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
dirty.
- the air near the foundry was always dirty
- a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
- verb make impure
foul; pollute; contaminate.
- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
- adjective spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- interrogating3/5
interrogate
- verb transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- verb pose a series of questions to
question.
- The suspect was questioned by the police
- We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion
- verb transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- reciprocating3/5
reciprocate
- verb act, feel, or give mutually or in return
- We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!
- verb alternate the direction of motion of
- the engine reciprocates the propeller
- verb act, feel, or give mutually or in return
- tolerating3/5
tolerate
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; bear; abide; endure; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)
- We must tolerate the religions of others
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- regenerating3/5
regenerating
- adjective that are generating anew
- regenerating fibers
- verb reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
regenerate; renew.
- We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years
- They renewed their membership
- adjective that are generating anew
- mandating3/5
mandate
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
authorisation; authorization.
- noun a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
mandatory.
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
- eradicating3/5
eradicate
- verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish.
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
exterminate; uproot; root out; extirpate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb kill in large numbers
- negating3/5
negate
- verb be in contradiction with
contradict; belie.
- verb deny the truth of
contradict; contravene.
- verb be in contradiction with
- excavating3/5
excavate
- verb recover through digging
unearth.
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
- verb find by digging in the ground
turn up; dig up.
- I dug up an old box in the garden
- verb recover through digging
- overheating3/5
overheating
- noun excessive heating
- verb get excessively and undesirably hot
overheat.
- The car engines overheated
- noun excessive heating
- recreating3/5
recreate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
play.
- On weekends I play
- The students all recreate alike
- verb give new life or energy to
- lubricating3/5
lubricate
- verb have lubricating properties
- the liquid in this can lubricates well
- verb apply a lubricant to
lube.
- lubricate my car
- verb have lubricating properties
- congratulating3/5
congratulate
- verb say something to someone that expresses praise
compliment.
- He complimented her on her last physics paper
- verb express congratulations
felicitate.
- verb say something to someone that expresses praise
- subordinating3/5
subordinating
- adjective serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
subordinative.
- `when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction
- verb rank or order as less important or consider of less value
subordinate.
- Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools
- adjective serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
- emulating3/5
emulate
- verb strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister
- verb imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
- verb strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- overeating3/5
overeating
- noun eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
gula; gluttony.
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; satiate; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; overindulge; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- noun eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- reiterating3/5
reiterate
- verb to say, state, or perform again
repeat; ingeminate; retell; restate; iterate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- verb to say, state, or perform again
- legitimating3/5
legitimate
- verb make legal
legitimatize; decriminalize; legitimatise; legalise; legalize; legitimise; decriminalise; legitimize.
- Marijuana should be legalized
- verb show or affirm to be just and legitimate
- verb make legal
- fabricating3/5
fabricate
- verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"
manufacture; construct.
- the company fabricates plastic chairs
- They manufacture small toys
- verb make up something artificial or untrue
manufacture; cook up; invent; make up.
- verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"
- ordinating3/5
ordinate
- noun the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
consecrate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- noun the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
- exacerbating3/5
exacerbating
- adjective satellite making worse
aggravating; exasperating.
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- adjective satellite making worse
- evaporating3/5
evaporate
- verb lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
vaporise; vaporize.
- evaporate milk
- verb cause to change into a vapor
vaporise.
- The chemist evaporated the water
- verb lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
- liquidating3/5
liquidate
- verb get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
knock off; neutralize; do in; waste; neutralise.
- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
- verb eliminate by paying off (debts)
pay off.
- verb get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- automating3/5
automate
- verb make automatic or control or operate automatically
automatise; automatize.
- automatize the production
- automate the movement of the robot
- verb make automatic or control or operate automatically
- deviating3/5
deviate
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
pervert; deviant; degenerate.
- verb turn aside; turn away from
divert.
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- elucidating3/5
elucidate
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
clarify; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
- lactating3/5
lactating
- adjective producing or secreting milk
wet.
- a wet nurse
- a wet cow
- lactating cows
- verb give suck to
wet-nurse; suckle; breastfeed; give suck; lactate; suck; nurse.
- The wetnurse suckled the infant
- You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
- adjective producing or secreting milk
- dedicating3/5
dedicate
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; consecrate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
- The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- agitating3/5
agitating
- adjective satellite causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
provoking; agitative.
- a provoking delay at the airport
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; agitate; foment.
- adjective satellite causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
- stipulating3/5
stipulate
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
qualify; specify; condition.
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
- verb give a guarantee or promise of
- They stipulated to release all the prisoners
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- enumerating3/5
enumerate
- verb specify individually
recite; itemise; itemize.
- She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered
- The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug
- verb determine the number or amount of
count; numerate; number.
- Can you count the books on your shelf?
- Count your change
- verb specify individually
- extrapolating3/5
extrapolate
- verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
generalize; infer; generalise.
- verb estimate the value of
interpolate.
- verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
- implicating3/5
implicate
- verb bring into intimate and incriminating connection
- He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government
- verb impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
entail.
- What does this move entail?
- verb bring into intimate and incriminating connection
- authenticating3/5
authenticate
- verb establish the authenticity of something
- verb establish the authenticity of something
- bloating3/5
bloat
- noun swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
- verb become bloated or swollen or puff up
- The dead man's stomach was bloated
- noun swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
- exasperating3/5
exasperating
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
maddening; infuriating; vexing.
- his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
- I've had an exasperating day
- her infuriating indifference
- the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
- verb exasperate or irritate
aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
- insinuating3/5
insinuating
- adjective satellite calculated to please or gain favor
ingratiating; ingratiatory.
- a smooth ingratiating manner
- verb introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
insinuate.
- He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table
- adjective satellite calculated to please or gain favor
- deprecating3/5
deprecating
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
deprecatory; belittling; depreciatory; deprecative; depreciative; slighting.
- belittling comments
- managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
- deprecatory remarks about the book
- a slighting remark
- verb express strong disapproval of; deplore
deprecate.
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
- officiating2/5
officiating
- noun the act of umpiring
umpirage; officiation; refereeing.
- the officiating was excellent
- verb act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding
officiate.
- Who officiated at your wedding?
- noun the act of umpiring
- deliberating2/5
deliberate
- verb think about carefully; weigh
moot; turn over; consider; debate.
- They considered the possibility of a strike
- Turn the proposal over in your mind
- verb discuss the pros and cons of an issue
debate.
- verb think about carefully; weigh
- postulating2/5
postulate
- noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
posit.
- verb maintain or assert
contend.
- He contended that Communism had no future
- noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- legislating2/5
legislating
- noun the act of making or enacting laws
legislation; lawmaking.
- verb make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
legislate; pass.
- They passed the amendment
- We cannot legislate how people spend their free time
- noun the act of making or enacting laws
- permeating2/5
permeating
- adjective satellite spreading or spread throughout
pervasive; permeative; permeant.
- armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations
- the pervasive odor of garlic
- an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse; imbue.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- adjective satellite spreading or spread throughout
- inflating2/5
inflate
- verb exaggerate or make bigger
blow up; expand; amplify.
- The charges were inflated
- verb fill with gas or air
blow up.
- inflate a balloons
- verb exaggerate or make bigger
- encapsulating2/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- corroborating2/5
corroborate
- verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
affirm; substantiate; support; confirm; sustain.
- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
- verb give evidence for
validate.
- verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- segregating2/5
segregate
- noun someone who is or has been segregated
- verb separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
- This neighborhood is segregated
- We don't segregate in this county
- noun someone who is or has been segregated
- underestimating2/5
underestimate
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
underestimation; underreckoning; underrating.
- verb assign too low a value to
undervalue.
- Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
- dissipating2/5
dissipate
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; disperse.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb move away from each other;
scatter; disperse; spread out.
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
- innovating2/5
innovate
- verb bring something new to an environment
introduce.
- A new word processor was introduced
- verb bring something new to an environment
- emigrating2/5
emigrate
- verb leave one's country of residence for a new one
- Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period
- verb leave one's country of residence for a new one
- resonating2/5
resonating
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
resonant; resounding; reverberating; reverberative.
- a resonant voice
- hear the rolling thunder
- verb sound with resonance
vibrate; resonate.
- The sound resonates well in this theater
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
- renovating2/5
renovate
- verb restore to a previous or better condition
restitute.
- They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
- verb make brighter and prettier
refurbish; freshen up.
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
- verb restore to a previous or better condition
- infuriating2/5
infuriating
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
exasperating; maddening; vexing.
- his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
- I've had an exasperating day
- her infuriating indifference
- the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
- verb make furious
infuriate; incense; exasperate.
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
- orchestrating2/5
orchestrate
- verb write an orchestra score for
- verb plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
organize; direct; organise; engineer; mastermind.
- he masterminded the robbery
- verb write an orchestra score for
- reverberating2/5
reverberating
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
resonant; resonating; resounding; reverberative.
- a resonant voice
- hear the rolling thunder
- verb ring or echo with sound
reverberate; ring; echo; resound.
- the hall resounded with laughter
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
- calibrating2/5
calibrate
- verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
fine-tune; graduate.
- calibrate an instrument
- graduate a cylinder
- verb mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
- he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale
- verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- repudiating2/5
repudiate
- verb cast off
disown; renounce.
- She renounced her husband
- The parents repudiated their son
- verb refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
- verb cast off
- degenerating2/5
degenerate
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
pervert; deviate; deviant.
- verb grow worse
drop; devolve; deteriorate.
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- ventilating2/5
ventilate
- verb expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
vent; air out; air.
- air the old winter clothes
- air out the smoke-filled rooms
- verb expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
- Wheat should be well ventilated
- verb expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- urinating2/5
urinate
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- The sick men urinated blood
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- ameliorating2/5
ameliorating
- adjective satellite tending to ameliorate
ameliorative; meliorative; amelioratory.
- verb to make better
better; amend; ameliorate; meliorate; improve.
- The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
- adjective satellite tending to ameliorate
- obliterating2/5
obliterate
- verb mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
wipe out; kill.
- kill these lines in the President's speech
- verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
hide; obscure; veil; blot out.
- a hidden message
- a veiled threat
- verb mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- recuperating2/5
recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
recover; recoup.
- recuperate one's losses
- verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
go back; recover.
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
- vacillating2/5
vacillating
- adjective satellite uncertain in purpose or action
vacillant; wavering.
- verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
hover; vacillate; vibrate; oscillate.
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
- adjective satellite uncertain in purpose or action
- annihilating2/5
annihilating
- adjective satellite wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
withering; devastating; annihilative.
- possessing annihilative power
- a devastating hurricane
- the guns opened a withering fire
- verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish; eradicate.
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- adjective satellite wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
- invalidating2/5
invalidating
- adjective satellite establishing as invalid or untrue
disconfirming.
- verb declare invalid
invalidate; annul; void; nullify; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
- adjective satellite establishing as invalid or untrue
- populating2/5
populate
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
dwell; live; inhabit.
- People lived in Africa millions of years ago
- The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
- this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
- deer are populating the woods
- verb fill with inhabitants
- populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
- rehabilitating2/5
rehabilitate
- verb help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
- The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated
- After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated
- verb reinstall politically
- Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime
- verb help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
- adjudicating2/5
adjudicate
- verb put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
judge; try.
- The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
- The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
- verb bring to an end; settle conclusively
settle; resolve; decide.
- The case was decided
- The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
- The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
- verb put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- demyelinating2/5
demyelinate
- verb destroy the myelin sheath of
- the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers
- verb destroy the myelin sheath of
- accentuating2/5
accentuate
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; punctuate; stress; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb put stress on; utter with an accent
stress; accent.
- In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
- verb to stress, single out as important
- nauseating2/5
nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
- irrigating2/5
irrigate
- verb supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
water.
- Water the fields
- verb supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
- irrigate the wound
- verb supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
- saturating2/5
saturate
- verb cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
- verb infuse or fill completely
impregnate.
- Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
- verb cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
- evacuating2/5
evacuate
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
- verb empty completely
- evacuate the bottle
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- menstruating2/5
menstruate
- verb undergo menstruation
flow.
- She started menstruating at the age of 11
- verb undergo menstruation
- scapegoating2/5
scapegoat
- noun someone who is punished for the errors of others
whipping boy.
- noun someone who is punished for the errors of others
- instigating2/5
instigate
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; incite; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb serve as the inciting cause of
prompt; inspire.
- She prompted me to call my relatives
- verb provoke or stir up
- inculcating2/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- gloating2/5
gloating
- noun malicious satisfaction
glee; gloat.
- verb dwell on with satisfaction
crow; triumph; gloat.
- noun malicious satisfaction
- predominating2/5
predominate
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; prevail; reign; rule.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- verb appear very large or occupy a commanding position
tower; loom; hulk.
- The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain
- Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- restating2/5
restate
- verb to say, state, or perform again
reiterate; repeat; ingeminate; retell; iterate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- verb to say, state, or perform again
- gesticulating2/5
gesticulating
- adjective satellite making gestures while speaking
- her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary
- verb show, express or direct through movement
motion; gesticulate; gesture.
- He gestured his desire to leave
- adjective satellite making gestures while speaking
- chelating2/5
chelate
- noun a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
chelate compound.
- verb form a chelate, in chemistry
- noun a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
- germinating2/5
germinate
- verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
shoot; bourgeon; sprout; spud; pullulate; burgeon forth.
- the potatoes sprouted
- verb work out
evolve; develop.
- We have developed a new theory of evolution
- verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
- incubating2/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- relegating2/5
relegating
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
delegation; delegating; relegation; deputation.
- verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
relegate; submit; pass on.
- She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- bleating2/5
bleat
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- verb talk whiningly
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- scintillating2/5
scintillating
- adjective satellite brilliantly clever
- scintillating wit
- a play full of scintillating dialogue
- verb give off
scintillate.
- the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
- adjective satellite brilliantly clever
- intimating2/5
intimate
- noun someone to whom private matters are confided
confidant.
- verb give to understand
insinuate; adumbrate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- noun someone to whom private matters are confided
- explicating2/5
explicate
- verb make plain and comprehensible
explain.
- He explained the laws of physics to his students
- verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
develop; formulate.
- Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
- verb make plain and comprehensible
- promulgating2/5
promulgate
- verb state or announce
exclaim; proclaim.
- `I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed
- The King will proclaim an amnesty
- verb put a law into effect by formal declaration
- verb state or announce
- denigrating2/5
denigrating
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
libelous; denigrative; denigratory; calumnious; slanderous; libellous; calumniatory; defamatory.
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; derogate; denigrate; belittle.
- Don't belittle his influence
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- alkylating2/5
alkylating
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- interpolating2/5
interpolate
- verb estimate the value of
extrapolate.
- verb insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
alter; falsify.
- verb estimate the value of
- perforating2/5
perforate
- verb make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
punch.
- perforate the sheets of paper
- verb pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
penetrate.
- The bullet penetrated her chest
- verb make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- extenuating2/5
extenuating
- adjective satellite partially excusing or justifying
- extenuating circumstances
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
extenuate; mitigate; palliate.
- The circumstances extenuate the crime
- adjective satellite partially excusing or justifying
- masturbating2/5
masturbate
- verb stimulate sexually
- The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
fuck off; wank; jerk off; she-bop; jack off.
- verb stimulate sexually
- hallucinating2/5
hallucinating
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
delirious.
- verb perceive what is not there; have illusions
hallucinate.
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
- entreating2/5
entreat
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; press; adjure; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb ask for or request earnestly
- impersonating2/5
impersonate
- verb assume or act the character of
portray.
- She impersonates Madonna
- The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
- verb represent another person with comic intentions
- verb assume or act the character of
- vindicating2/5
vindicate
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
justify.
- vindicate a claim
- verb maintain, uphold, or defend
- vindicate the rights of the citizens
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
- instantiating2/5
instantiate
- verb represent by an instance
- This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect
- verb find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
- The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect
- verb represent by an instance
- incapacitating2/5
incapacitating
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling; crippling.
- a crippling injury
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
- ingratiating2/5
ingratiating
- adjective satellite capable of winning favor
- with open arms and an ingratiating smile
- verb gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
ingratiate.
- adjective satellite capable of winning favor
- litigating2/5
litigate
- verb engage in legal proceedings
- verb institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
action; process; sue.
- He was warned that the district attorney would process him
- She actioned the company for discrimination
- verb engage in legal proceedings
- inaugurating2/5
inaugurate
- verb commence officially
kick off.
- verb open ceremoniously or dedicate formally
- verb commence officially
- electroplating2/5
electroplate
- noun any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis
- verb coat with metal by electrolysis
- electroplate the watch
- noun any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis
- abating2/5
abate
- verb make less active or intense
slake; slack.
- verb become less in amount or intensity
die away; slack off; slack; let up.
- The storm abated
- The rain let up after a few hours
- verb make less active or intense
- exterminating2/5
exterminate
- verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
kill off.
- Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
uproot; root out; extirpate; eradicate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
- depreciating2/5
depreciating
- adjective satellite tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
depreciative; depreciatory.
- a depreciating currency
- depreciatory effects on prices
- verb belittle
vilipend; deprecate; depreciate.
- The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts
- adjective satellite tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
- perpetrating2/5
perpetrate
- verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
commit; pull.
- perpetrate a crime
- pull a bank robbery
- verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- rejuvenating2/5
rejuvenate
- verb cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land
- verb develop youthful topographical features
- the land rejuvenated
- verb cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land
- stagnating2/5
stagnate
- verb stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
- verb cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
- verb stand still
- attenuating2/5
attenuate
- verb weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
rarefy.
- verb become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
- verb weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
- dilating2/5
dilate
- verb become wider
distend.
- His pupils were dilated
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
expound; lucubrate; expatiate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
- verb become wider
- ruminating2/5
ruminate
- verb chew the cuds
- cows ruminate
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; meditate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- verb chew the cuds
- collating2/5
collate
- verb compare critically; of texts
- verb to assemble in proper sequence
- collate the papers
- verb compare critically; of texts
- punctuating2/5
punctuate
- verb insert punctuation marks into
mark.
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; stress; accentuate; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb insert punctuation marks into
- inactivating2/5
inactivate
- verb release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
demobilise; demobilize.
- verb make inactive
deactivate.
- they deactivated the file
- verb release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
- berating2/5
berating
- noun a severe rebuke
blowing up.
- he deserved the berating that the coach gave him
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- noun a severe rebuke
- titillating2/5
titillating
- adjective satellite pleasantly and superficially exciting
- verb touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
tickle; titillate; vellicate.
- adjective satellite pleasantly and superficially exciting
- percolating2/5
percolate
- noun the product of percolation
- verb permeate or penetrate gradually
leach.
- the fertilizer leached into the ground
- noun the product of percolation
- conflating2/5
conflate
- verb mix together different elements
mix; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- verb mix together different elements
- confiscating2/5
confiscate
- verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
attach; sequester; seize; impound.
- The FBI seized the drugs
- The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
- The police confiscated the stolen artwork
- adjective satellite surrendered as a penalty
forfeit; forfeited.
- verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- deflating2/5
deflate
- verb collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- deflate a balloon
- verb release contained air or gas from
- deflate the air mattress
- verb collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- overstating2/5
overstate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- hibernating2/5
hibernating
- adjective satellite in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
dormant; torpid.
- dormant buds
- a hibernating bear
- torpid frogs
- verb sleep during winter
hole up; hibernate.
- Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves
- adjective satellite in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
- demarcating2/5
demarcate
- verb separate clearly, as if by boundaries
- verb set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
delimitate; delimit.
- verb separate clearly, as if by boundaries
- dissociating2/5
dissociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb regard as unconnected
decouple.
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- verb part; cease or break association with
- reinstating2/5
reinstate
- verb restore to the previous state or rank
- verb bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
restore; reestablish.
- restore law and order
- reestablish peace in the region
- restore the emperor to the throne
- verb restore to the previous state or rank
- predating2/5
predate
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
antecede; forego; forgo; antedate; precede.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
- verb come before
precede.
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
- recirculating2/5
recirculating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- iterating2/5
iterate
- verb to say, state, or perform again
reiterate; repeat; ingeminate; retell; restate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- verb run or be performed again
- the function iterates
- verb to say, state, or perform again
- obviating2/5
obviating
- adjective satellite made impossible
preclusive.
- verb do away with
rid of; eliminate; obviate.
- adjective satellite made impossible
- vacating2/5
vacate
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
give up; resign; renounce.
- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- verb leave behind empty; move out of
abandon; empty.
- You must vacate your office by tonight
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- substantiating2/5
substantiating
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
collateral; verificatory; validating; verifying; substantiative; confirming; confirmatory; corroboratory; corroborative; validatory; confirmative.
- collateral evidence
- verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
affirm; substantiate; support; confirm; corroborate; sustain.
- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
- sedating2/5
sedate
- verb cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
tranquilize; tranquillize; calm; tranquillise.
- The patient must be sedated before the operation
- adjective satellite characterized by dignity and propriety
staid.
- verb cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
- mutilating2/5
mutilate
- verb destroy or injure severely
mangle; cut up.
- The madman mutilates art work
- verb alter so as to make unrecognizable
murder; mangle.
- The tourists murdered the French language
- verb destroy or injure severely
- annotating2/5
annotating
- noun the act of adding notes
annotation.
- verb add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
annotate; footnote.
- The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
- noun the act of adding notes
- emancipating2/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- mutating2/5
mutate
- verb undergo mutation
- cells mutate
- verb undergo mutation
- immigrating2/5
immigrate
- verb migrate to a new environment
- only few plants can immigrate to the island
- verb introduce or send as immigrants
- Britain immigrated many colonists to America
- verb migrate to a new environment
- enervating2/5
enervating
- adjective satellite causing debilitation
debilitative; weakening; enfeebling.
- verb weaken mentally or morally
enervate.
- adjective satellite causing debilitation
- gravitating2/5
gravitate
- verb move toward
- The conversation gravitated towards politics
- verb be attracted to
- Boys gravitate towards girls at that age
- verb move toward
- domesticating2/5
domesticate
- verb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
naturalize; cultivate; tame; naturalise.
- domesticate oats
- tame the soil
- verb overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
domesticize; domesticise; tame; reclaim.
- He tames lions for the circus
- reclaim falcons
- verb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- tabulating2/5
tabulate
- verb arrange or enter in tabular form
table; tabularise; tabularize.
- verb shape or cut with a flat surface
- verb arrange or enter in tabular form
- overestimating2/5
overestimate
- noun an appraisal that is too high
overappraisal; overestimation; overvaluation.
- noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
overrating; overestimation; overreckoning.
- noun an appraisal that is too high
- reformulating2/5
reformulate
- verb formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
redevelop.
- verb formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
- palpitating2/5
palpitating
- adjective satellite having a slight and rapid trembling motion
palpitant.
- palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions
- my palpitating heart
- verb cause to throb or beat rapidly
palpitate.
- Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart
- adjective satellite having a slight and rapid trembling motion
- extricating2/5
extricate
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; disencumber; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- detonating2/5
detonate
- verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
explode; blow up; set off.
- We exploded the nuclear bomb
- verb burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
explode; blow up.
- the bomb detonated at noon
- The Molotov cocktail exploded
- verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- subjugating2/5
subjugate
- verb put down by force or intimidation
subdue; reduce; repress; quash; keep down.
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
- verb make subservient; force to submit or subdue
subject.
- verb put down by force or intimidation
- placating2/5
placating
- adjective satellite intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
placatory; placative; appeasing.
- the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
- placating (or placative) gestures
- an astonishingly placatory speech
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- adjective satellite intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
- palpating2/5
palpate
- verb examine (a body part) by palpation
feel.
- The nurse palpated the patient's stomach
- The runner felt her pulse
- verb examine (a body part) by palpation
- consecrating2/5
consecrate
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
ordinate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
- interpenetrating2/5
interpenetrate
- verb penetrate mutually or be interlocked
permeate.
- The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse; imbue.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb penetrate mutually or be interlocked
- reheating2/5
reheat
- verb heat again
- Please reheat the food from last night
- verb heat again
- enunciating2/5
enunciate
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb express or state clearly
vocalize; vocalise; articulate.
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- preheating2/5
preheat
- verb heat beforehand
- Preheat the oven!
- verb heat beforehand
- refrigerating2/5
refrigerating
- adjective satellite causing cooling or freezing
refrigerant.
- a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide
- verb preserve by chilling
refrigerate.
- many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil
- adjective satellite causing cooling or freezing
- congregating2/5
congregating
- noun the act of congregating
congregation.
- verb come together, usually for a purpose
congregate.
- The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve
- noun the act of congregating
- retaliating2/5
retaliate
- verb take revenge for a perceived wrong
revenge; avenge.
- He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
- verb make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
strike back.
- The Empire strikes back
- The Giants struck back and won the opener
- The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
- verb take revenge for a perceived wrong
- gyrating2/5
gyrate
- verb to wind or move in a spiral course
coil; spiral.
- the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
- black smoke coiling up into the sky
- the young people gyrated on the dance floor
- verb revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
reel; whirl; spin; spin around.
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
- verb to wind or move in a spiral course
- decelerating2/5
decelerate
- verb lose velocity; move more slowly
slow down; slow; retard; slow up.
- The car decelerated
- verb reduce the speed of
slow down.
- He slowed down the car
- verb lose velocity; move more slowly
- renegotiating2/5
renegotiate
- verb negociate anew
renegociate.
- The two warring parties will have to renegociate
- verb revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor
renegociate.
- We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down
- verb negociate anew
- actuating2/5
actuating
- adjective satellite causing motion or action or change
activating.
- verb put in motion or move to act
activate; touch off; trigger off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
- adjective satellite causing motion or action or change
- individuating2/5
individuate
- verb give individual character to
- verb give individual shape or form to
- Language that individuates his memories
- verb give individual character to
- inoculating2/5
inoculating
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
vaccinating.
- doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
inoculate.
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
- procrastinating2/5
procrastinate
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; stall; shillyshally; drag one's feet.
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
- verb postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
- prostrating2/5
prostrate
- verb get into a prostrate position, as in submission
bow down.
- verb render helpless or defenseless
- They prostrated the enemy
- verb get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- dislocating2/5
dislocate
- verb move out of position
splay; slip; luxate.
- dislocate joints
- the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
- verb put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
- The colonists displaced the natives
- verb move out of position
- reevaluating2/5
reevaluate
- verb revise or renew one's assessment
reassess.
- verb revise or renew one's assessment
- assassinating2/5
assassinate
- verb murder; especially of socially prominent persons
- Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel
- verb destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
- He assassinated his enemy's character
- verb murder; especially of socially prominent persons
- conciliating2/5
conciliate
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb come to terms
make up; patch up; settle; reconcile.
- After some discussion we finally made up
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- nonoperating2/5
- concatenating2/5
concatenate
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- verb add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
- concatenate terms
- concatenate characters
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- truncating2/5
truncate
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- verb approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- truncate a series
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- salivating2/5
salivate
- verb produce saliva
- We salivated when he described the great meal
- verb be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
drool.
- She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
- verb produce saliva
- castrating2/5
castrate
- noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
eunuch.
- eunuchs guarded the harem
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
emasculate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
- innervating2/5
innervate
- verb supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
- verb stimulate to action
- innervate a muscle or a nerve
- verb supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
- amalgamating2/5
amalgamate
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
mix; unify; mingle; commix.
- resourcefully he mingled music and dance
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
amalgamated; fused; coalesced; consolidated.
- United Industries
- the amalgamated colleges constituted a university
- a consolidated school
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
- impregnating2/5
impregnate
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
infuse; tincture; instill.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
- verb infuse or fill completely
saturate.
- Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
- elongating2/5
elongate
- verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
stretch.
- stretch the fabric
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
linear.
- verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- pollinating2/5
pollinate
- verb fertilize by transfering pollen
pollenate; cross-pollinate.
- verb fertilize by transfering pollen
- castigating2/5
castigate
- verb censure severely
objurgate; chastise; chasten; correct.
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
- verb inflict severe punishment on
- verb censure severely
- recapitulating2/5
recapitulate
- verb summarize briefly
recap.
- Let's recapitulate the main ideas
- verb repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
- verb summarize briefly
- copulating2/5
copulate
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
pair; couple; mate.
- Birds mate in the Spring
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
- abrogating2/5
abrogate
- verb revoke formally
- verb revoke formally
- abdicating2/5
abdicate
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
renounce.
- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- laminating2/5
laminate
- noun a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
- verb create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
- noun a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
- desolating2/5
desolate
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- verb reduce in population
depopulate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- hyperventilating2/5
hyperventilate
- verb produce hyperventilation in
- The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient
- verb breathe excessively hard and fast
- The mountain climber started to hyperventilate
- verb produce hyperventilation in
- supplicating2/5
supplicate
- verb ask humbly (for something)
- He supplicated the King for clemency
- verb make a humble, earnest petition
- supplicate for permission
- verb ask humbly (for something)
- irradiating2/5
irradiate
- verb give spiritual insight to; in religion
enlighten.
- verb cast rays of light upon
- verb give spiritual insight to; in religion
- mistreating2/5
mistreat
- verb treat badly
ill-use; ill-treat; maltreat; step; abuse.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
- verb treat badly
- defecating2/5
defecate
- verb have a bowel movement
take a shit; crap; make; stool; ca-ca; take a crap; shit.
- The dog had made in the flower beds
- verb have a bowel movement
- deregulating2/5
deregulating
- noun the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
deregulation.
- verb lift the regulations on
deregulate.
- noun the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
- desecrating2/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- unhesitating2/5
unhesitating
- adjective satellite characterized by quickness and firmness
resolute.
- his reply was unhesitating
- adjective satellite characterized by quickness and firmness
- pirating2/5
pirate
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
plagiarist; literary pirate; plagiariser; plagiarizer.
- noun someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
buccaneer; sea robber; sea rover.
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- redecorating2/5
redecorate
- verb redo the decoration of an apartment or house
- verb redo the decoration of an apartment or house
- reintegrating2/5
reintegrate
- verb integrate again
- Russia must be reintegrated into Europe
- verb integrate again
- aspirating2/5
aspirate
- noun a consonant pronounced with aspiration
- verb remove as if by suction
draw out; suck out.
- aspirate the wound
- noun a consonant pronounced with aspiration
- consummating2/5
consummate
- verb fulfill sexually
- consummate a marriage
- verb make perfect; bring to perfection
- verb fulfill sexually
- deactivating2/5
deactivate
- verb remove from active military status or reassign
- The men were deactivated after five years of service
- verb make inactive
inactivate.
- they deactivated the file
- verb remove from active military status or reassign
- reallocating2/5
reallocate
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
reapportion.
- Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
- equilibrating2/5
equilibrate
- verb bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
- verb bring into balance or equilibrium
equilibrise; equilibrize; balance.
- She has to balance work and her domestic duties
- balance the two weights
- verb bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
- fixating2/5
fixate
- verb attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
- He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40
- verb pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
- The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death
- verb attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
- decimating2/5
decimate
- verb kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; carry off; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish; eradicate.
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- verb kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- reinvigorating2/5
reinvigorate
- verb impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
invigorate.
- Exercise is invigorating
- verb impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
- exonerating2/5
exonerate
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
exculpate; acquit; clear; discharge; assoil.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- conjugating2/5
conjugate
- noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
conjugate solution.
- verb unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
- noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
- fulminating2/5
fulminate
- noun a salt or ester of fulminic acid
- verb criticize severely
rail.
- He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
- She railed against the bad social policies
- noun a salt or ester of fulminic acid
- dehydrating2/5
dehydrate
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
desiccate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- verb remove water from
desiccate.
- All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- nucleating2/5
nucleate
- verb form into a nucleus
- Some cells had nucleated
- adjective having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus
nucleated.
- nucleated cells
- verb form into a nucleus
- obligating2/5
obligate
- verb force somebody to do something
oblige; compel.
- We compel all students to fill out this form
- verb commit in order to fulfill an obligation
- obligate money
- verb force somebody to do something
- undeviating2/5
undeviating
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
unswerving.
- some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex
- a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands
- adjective satellite used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady
- undeviating loyalty
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
- affiliating2/5
affiliate
- noun a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
- noun a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
- network affiliates
- noun a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
- coagulating2/5
coagulate
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
clot.
- coagulated blood
- verb cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
clot.
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- arbitrating2/5
arbitrate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; intermediate; liaise; intercede.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- marinating2/5
marinate
- verb soak in marinade
marinade.
- marinade herring
- verb soak in marinade
- medicating2/5
medicate
- verb impregnate with a medicinal substance
- verb treat medicinally, treat with medicine
medicine.
- verb impregnate with a medicinal substance
- disaggregating2/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- understating2/5
understate
- verb represent as less significant or important
minimize; downplay; minimise.
- verb represent as less significant or important
- lacerating2/5
lacerate
- verb cut or tear irregularly
- verb deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
- his lacerating remarks
- verb cut or tear irregularly
- nonparticipating2/5
nonparticipating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- luxuriating2/5
luxuriate
- verb become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
wanton.
- verb enjoy to excess
indulge.
- She indulges in ice cream
- verb become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
- remonstrating2/5
remonstrate
- verb argue in protest or opposition
- verb present and urge reasons in opposition
point out.
- verb argue in protest or opposition
- emasculating2/5
emasculate
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
castrate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- verb remove the testicles of a male animal
demasculinise; demasculinize; castrate.
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
- incarnating2/5
incarnate
- verb make concrete and real
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb make concrete and real
- administrating2/5
administrate
- verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
administer.
- administer a program
- she administers the funds
- verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- venerating2/5
venerating
- adjective satellite feeling or manifesting veneration
reverential; respectful.
- verb regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
fear; venerate; revere; reverence.
- Fear God as your father
- We venerate genius
- adjective satellite feeling or manifesting veneration
- resuscitating2/5
resuscitate
- verb cause to regain consciousness
revive.
- The doctors revived the comatose man
- verb return to consciousness
come to; revive.
- The patient came to quickly
- She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
- verb cause to regain consciousness
- titrating2/5
titrate
- verb measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
- verb measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
- commiserating2/5
commiserate
- verb to feel or express sympathy or compassion
sympathize; sympathise.
- verb to feel or express sympathy or compassion
- vaccinating2/5
vaccinating
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
inoculating.
- doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
- verb perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
inoculate; immunise; immunize; vaccinate.
- We vaccinate against scarlet fever
- The nurse vaccinated the children in the school
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
- reactivating2/5
reactivate
- verb activate (an old file) anew
- verb activate (an old file) anew
- inundating2/5
inundate
- verb fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
flood; deluge; swamp.
- the basement was inundated after the storm
- The images flooded his mind
- verb fill or cover completely, usually with water
submerge; deluge.
- verb fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- potentiating2/5
potentiate
- verb increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
- potentiate the drug
- verb increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
- capitulating2/5
capitulate
- verb surrender under agreed conditions
- verb surrender under agreed conditions
- obfuscating2/5
obfuscate
- verb make obscure or unclear
- verb make obscure or unclear
- incarcerating2/5
incarcerate
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- undiscriminating2/5
undiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
indiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- expropriating2/5
expropriate
- verb deprive of possessions
- The Communist government expropriated the landowners
- verb deprive of possessions
- excoriating2/5
excoriate
- verb express strong disapproval of
decry; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
chafe.
- This leash chafes the dog's neck
- verb express strong disapproval of
- predicating2/5
predicate
- noun (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- `Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates
- noun one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
verb phrase.
- noun (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- levitating2/5
levitate
- verb cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
- The magician levitated the woman
- verb be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
hover.
- The guru claimed that he could levitate
- verb cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
- bifurcating2/5
bifurcate
- verb split or divide into two
- verb divide into two branches
- The road bifurcated
- verb split or divide into two
- ejaculating2/5
ejaculate
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; seminal fluid; seed; cum; come.
- verb utter impulsively
blurt; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- interrelating2/5
interrelate
- verb be in a relationship with
relate.
- How are these two observations related?
- verb place into a mutual relationship
- I cannot interrelate these two events
- verb be in a relationship with
- derogating2/5
derogate
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; denigrate; belittle.
- Don't belittle his influence
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
- ovulating2/5
ovulate
- verb produce and discharge eggs
- women ovulate about once every month
- verb produce and discharge eggs
- preponderating2/5
preponderating
- adjective satellite having superior power and influence
preponderant; overriding; paramount; predominant; predominate.
- the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; overbalance; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- adjective satellite having superior power and influence
- asphyxiating2/5
asphyxiating
- adjective satellite tending to deprive of oxygen
- asphyxiating gasses
- verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; suffocate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
- adjective satellite tending to deprive of oxygen
- repatriating2/5
repatriate
- noun a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
- verb send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
- noun a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
- triangulating2/5
triangulate
- verb divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- triangulate the piece of cardboard
- verb measure by using trigonometry
- triangulate the angle
- verb divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- remediating2/5
remediate
- verb set straight or right
amend; repair; remedy; rectify.
- remedy these deficiencies
- rectify the inequities in salaries
- repair an oversight
- verb set straight or right
- hydrating2/5
hydrate
- noun any compound that contains water of crystallization
- verb supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance
- the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently
- noun any compound that contains water of crystallization
- indoctrinating2/5
indoctrinate
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- recalculating2/5
recalculate
- verb calculate anew
- The costs had to be recalculated
- verb calculate anew
- desegregating2/5
desegregate
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
integrate; mix.
- This school is completely desegregated
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- militating2/5
militate
- verb have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
- Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed
- verb have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
- sublimating2/5
sublimate
- noun the product of vaporization of a solid
- verb direct energy or urges into useful activities
- noun the product of vaporization of a solid
- propitiating2/5
propitiate
- verb make peace with
appease.
- verb make peace with
- antedating1/5
antedate
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
antecede; forego; predate; forgo; precede.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
- verb establish something as being earlier relative to something else
predate; foredate.
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
- pontificating1/5
pontificate
- noun the government of the Roman Catholic Church
papacy.
- verb administer a pontifical office
- noun the government of the Roman Catholic Church
- vitiating1/5
vitiate
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb make imperfect
impair; mar; deflower; spoil.
- nothing marred her beauty
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- tailgating1/5
tailgate
- noun a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
tailboard.
- verb follow at a dangerously close distance
- it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle
- noun a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
- prating1/5
prate
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
prattle; chin music; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- maltreating1/5
maltreat
- verb treat badly
ill-use; ill-treat; step; abuse; mistreat.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
- verb treat badly
- exfoliating1/5
exfoliate
- verb spread by opening the leaves of
- verb cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
- verb spread by opening the leaves of
- abbreviating1/5
abbreviate
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abridge; shorten; contract; foreshorten.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten
- Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- procreating1/5
procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
reproduce; multiply.
- The Bible tells people to procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- fornicating1/5
fornicate
- verb have sex without being married
- verb have sex without being married
- decapitating1/5
decapitate
- verb cut the head of
behead; decollate.
- the French King was beheaded during the Revolution
- verb cut the head of
- effectuating1/5
effectuate
- verb produce
set up; effect.
- The scientists set up a shock wave
- verb produce
- unseating1/5
unseat
- verb remove from political office
- The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat
- verb dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse
- verb remove from political office
- regurgitating1/5
regurgitate
- verb pour or rush back
- The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle
- verb feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
- many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest
- verb pour or rush back
- derating1/5
derate
- verb lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
- verb lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
- fractionating1/5
fractionate
- verb separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents
- verb obtain by a fractional process
- verb separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents
- suppurating1/5
suppurate
- verb cause to ripen and discharge pus
mature.
- The oil suppurates the pustules
- verb ripen and generate pus
fester; maturate.
- her wounds are festering
- verb cause to ripen and discharge pus
- misappropriating1/5
misappropriate
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
embezzle; defalcate; malversate; peculate.
- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- superheating1/5
superheat
To heat too much, to overheat; as, to .superheat an oven
- incinerating1/5
incinerate
- verb become reduced to ashes
- The paper incinerated quickly
- verb cause to undergo combustion
burn.
- burn garbage
- The car burns only Diesel oil
- verb become reduced to ashes
- vasodilating1/5
- repopulating1/5
repopulating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ligating1/5
ligate
- verb join letters in a ligature when writing
- verb bind chemically
- The enzyme ligated
- verb join letters in a ligature when writing
- federating1/5
federate
- verb enter into a league for a common purpose
federalise; federalize.
- The republics federated to become the Soviet Union
- verb unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
federalise; federalize.
- The country was federated after the civil war
- verb enter into a league for a common purpose
- browbeating1/5
browbeat
- verb be bossy towards
bully; ballyrag; bullyrag; hector; push around; boss around; strong-arm.
- Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
- verb discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
swagger; bully.
- verb be bossy towards
- ambulating1/5
ambulate
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- gestating1/5
gestate
- verb have the idea for
conceive; conceptualize; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb be pregnant with
carry; have a bun in the oven; bear; expect.
- She is bearing his child
- The are expecting another child in January
- I am carrying his child
- verb have the idea for
- amputating1/5
amputate
- verb remove surgically
cut off.
- amputate limbs
- verb remove surgically
- collimating1/5
collimate
- verb make or place parallel to something
parallel.
- They paralleled the ditch to the highway
- verb adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
- verb make or place parallel to something
- orientating1/5
orientating
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
orienting.
- noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive
- an orienting program for new employees
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
orientate; orient.
- We had to orient ourselves in the forest
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
- excommunicating1/5
excommunicate
- verb exclude from a church or a religious community
curse; unchurch.
- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
- verb oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
- verb exclude from a church or a religious community
- phosphorylating1/5
phosphorylating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- extirpating1/5
extirpate
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
exterminate; uproot; root out; eradicate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb pull up by or as if by the roots
uproot; deracinate; root out.
- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- disassociating1/5
disassociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb part; cease or break association with
- nictitating1/5
nictitate
- verb briefly shut the eyes
wink; nictate; blink.
- The TV announcer never seems to blink
- verb briefly shut the eyes
- curating1/5
curate
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
pastor; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- bating1/5
bat
- noun nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
chiropteran.
- noun (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
at-bat.
- he was at bat when it happened
- he got four hits in four at-bats
- noun nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- expatiating1/5
expatiate
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
expound; lucubrate; dilate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- arrogating1/5
arrogate
- verb demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
claim; lay claim.
- He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter
- Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
- verb make undue claims to having
assign.
- verb demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- intubating1/5
intubate
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
cannulise; canulate; cannulate; cannulize.
- Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
- disorientating1/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- intercalating1/5
intercalate
- verb insert (days) in a calendar
- verb insert (days) in a calendar
- vegetating1/5
vegetate
- verb lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
- verb establish vegetation on
- They vegetated the hills behind their house
- verb lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
- pleating1/5
pleating
- noun the act of folding in parallel folds
plication.
- verb pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle; pleat.
- ruffle the curtain fabric
- noun the act of folding in parallel folds
- passivating1/5
- demotivating1/5
demotivating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lancinating1/5
lancinating
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
lancinate; piercing; keen; cutting; stabbing; knifelike.
- a cutting wind
- keen winds
- knifelike cold
- piercing knifelike pains
- piercing cold
- piercing criticism
- a stabbing pain
- lancinating pain
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- uncoating1/5
- translocating1/5
translocate
- verb transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position
- verb move from one place to another, especially of wild animals
- The endangered turtles were translocated to a safe environment
- verb transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position
- disambiguating1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- circumnavigating1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- aerating1/5
aerate
- verb expose to fresh air
air out; air.
- aerate your old sneakers
- verb aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
activate.
- verb expose to fresh air
- agglutinating1/5
agglutinate
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- verb clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- granulating1/5
granulate
- verb form into grains
grain.
- verb become granular
grain.
- verb form into grains
- expiating1/5
expiate
- verb make amends for
atone; aby; abye.
- expiate one's sins
- verb make amends for
- acculturating1/5
acculturate
- verb assimilate culturally
- verb assimilate culturally
- backdating1/5
backdate
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- The increase in tax was backdated to January
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- cumulating1/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- equivocating1/5
equivocate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; tergiversate; palter; prevaricate.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- coruscating1/5
coruscate
- verb reflect brightly
sparkle; scintillate.
- Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
- verb be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
sparkle; scintillate.
- The musical performance sparkled
- A scintillating conversation
- his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall
- verb reflect brightly
- satiating1/5
satiate
- verb fill to satisfaction
sate; replete; fill.
- I am sated
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; overindulge; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- verb fill to satisfaction
- crating1/5
crate
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- noun the quantity contained in a crate
crateful.
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- masticating1/5
masticate
- verb grind and knead
- masticate rubber
- verb chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
chew; manducate; jaw.
- He jawed his bubble gum
- Chew your food and don't swallow it!
- The cows were masticating the grass
- verb grind and knead
- perambulating1/5
perambulating
- adjective satellite strolling or walking around
- perambulating nursemaids with their charges
- verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
perambulate.
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
- adjective satellite strolling or walking around
- cavitating1/5
- desiccating1/5
desiccate
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
dehydrate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- verb remove water from
dehydrate.
- All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- spectating1/5
spectate
- verb be a spectator in a sports event
- verb be a spectator in a sports event
- matriculating1/5
matriculate
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- verb enroll as a student
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- ulcerating1/5
ulcerate
- verb undergo ulceration
- Her stomach ulcerated
- verb affect with an ulcer
- Her stomach was ulcerated
- verb undergo ulceration
- cogitating1/5
cogitate
- verb consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
- verb use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
cerebrate; think.
- I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
- verb consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
- nonpenetrating1/5
- expostulating1/5
expostulate
- verb reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
- verb reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
- overcompensating1/5
overcompensate
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
compensate; cover.
- he is compensating for being a bad father
- verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
over-correct.
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- depopulating1/5
depopulate
- verb reduce in population
desolate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb reduce in population
- fumigating1/5
fumigate
- verb treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
fume.
- verb treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
- notating1/5
notate
- verb put into notation, as of music or choreography; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"
- Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet
- verb put into notation, as of music or choreography; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"
- nonrotating1/5
- habituating1/5
habituate
- verb take or consume (regularly or habitually)
use.
- She uses drugs rarely
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
accustom.
- She became habituated to the background music
- verb take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- dissimulating1/5
dissimulate
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- prevaricating1/5
prevaricate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; equivocate; tergiversate; palter.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- ablating1/5
ablate
- verb wear away through erosion or vaporization
- verb remove an organ or bodily structure
- verb wear away through erosion or vaporization
- eviscerating1/5
eviscerate
- verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
resect.
- verb remove the contents of
- eviscerate the stomach
- verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
- interdigitating1/5
- osculating1/5
osculate
- verb be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- These species osculate
- verb have at least three points in common with
- one curve osculates the other
- these two surfaces osculate
- verb be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- adulterating1/5
adulterating
- adjective making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
adulterant.
- the adulterating effect of extraneous materials
- verb corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
load; stretch; dilute; debase; adulterate.
- adulterate liquor
- adjective making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
- personating1/5
personate
- verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
pose; impersonate.
- She posed as the Czar's daughter
- verb attribute human qualities to something
personify.
- The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
- verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- underrating1/5
underrating
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
underestimation; underreckoning; underestimate.
- verb make too low an estimate of
underestimate; underrate.
- he underestimated the work that went into the renovation
- Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
- slating1/5
slating
- noun thin layers of rock used for roofing
slate.
- noun a severely critical attack
- the reviewers gave his book a sound slating
- noun thin layers of rock used for roofing
- ululating1/5
ululate
- verb emit long loud cries
wail; roar; yawl; yaup; howl.
- wail in self-pity
- howl with sorrow
- verb emit long loud cries
- decontaminating1/5
decontaminate
- verb rid of contamination
- The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city
- verb rid of contamination
- constipating1/5
constipate
- verb impede with a clog or as if with a clog
clog.
- The market is being clogged by these operations
- My mind is constipated today
- verb cause to be constipated
bind.
- These foods tend to constipate you
- verb impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- reincarnating1/5
reincarnate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
transmigrate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb cause to appear in a new form
renew.
- the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- commutating1/5
commutate
- verb reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
- verb reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
- immolating1/5
immolate
- verb offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
- The Aztecs immolated human victims
- immolate the valuables at the temple
- verb offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
- exculpating1/5
exculpate
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
acquit; clear; discharge; assoil; exonerate.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- acclimating1/5
acclimate
- verb get used to a certain climate
acclimatize; acclimatise.
- They never acclimatized in Egypt
- verb get used to a certain climate
- intermediating1/5
intermediate
- noun a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; liaise; intercede; arbitrate.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- noun a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- rearticulating1/5
- fungating1/5
fungate
(Chem.) A salt of fungic acid. Formerly written also fungiate .
- oxygenating1/5
oxygenate
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenise; aerate; oxygenize.
- oxygenate blood
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
- palliating1/5
palliate
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
extenuate; mitigate.
- The circumstances extenuate the crime
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; relieve; alleviate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- remunerating1/5
remunerate
- verb make payment to; compensate
compensate; recompense.
- My efforts were not remunerated
- verb make payment to; compensate
- unaccommodating1/5
unaccommodating
- adjective not accommodating
unobliging.
- the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door
- adjective satellite offering no assistance
- rudely unaccommodating to the customers
- icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful
- adjective not accommodating
- abnegating1/5
abnegate
- verb deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
deny.
- She denied herself wine and spirits
- verb surrender (power or a position)
- The King abnegated his power to the ministers
- verb deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- quantitating1/5
- overstimulating1/5
overstimulating
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- nonirritating1/5
nonirritating
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- noncommunicating1/5
- inebriating1/5
inebriate
- noun a chronic drinker
drunk; sot; wino; drunkard; rummy.
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- noun a chronic drinker
- prorating1/5
prorate
- verb make a proportional settlement or distribution
- verb divide or assess proportionally
- The rent was prorated for the rest of the month
- verb make a proportional settlement or distribution
- recalibrating1/5
- cremating1/5
cremate
- verb reduce to ashes
- Cremate a corpse
- verb reduce to ashes
- reanimating1/5
reanimate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; recreate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb give new life or energy to
- corotating1/5
- syndicating1/5
syndicate
- noun a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
mob; family; crime syndicate.
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
consortium; pool.
- noun a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- circumambulating1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- redating1/5
redating
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- reappropriating1/5
reappropriating
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- relitigating1/5
- nonliquidating1/5
- resituating1/5
resituating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- overrating1/5
overrating
- noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
overestimate; overestimation; overreckoning.
- verb make too high an estimate of
overestimate; overrate.
- He overestimated his own powers
- noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
- sporulating1/5
sporulate
- verb produce spores
- plants sporulate
- verb convert into spores
- verb produce spores
- vociferating1/5
vociferate
- verb utter in a very loud voice
shout out.
- They vociferated their demands
- verb utter in a very loud voice
- denominating1/5
denominate
- verb assign a name or title to
designate.
- verb assign a name or title to
- counterrotating1/5
- transliterating1/5
transliterate
- verb rewrite in a different script
transcribe.
- The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated
- verb rewrite in a different script
- auscultating1/5
auscultate
- verb examine by auscultation
- verb examine by auscultation
- reseating1/5
reseat
- verb provide with a new seat
- reseat the old broken chair
- verb provide with new seats
- reseat Carnegie Hall
- verb provide with a new seat
- sating1/5
sate
- verb fill to satisfaction
satiate; replete; fill.
- I am sated
- verb fill to satisfaction
- postdating1/5
postdate
- verb be later in time
follow.
- Tuesday always follows Monday
- verb establish something as being later relative to something else
- verb be later in time
- orating1/5
orate
- verb talk pompously
- verb talk pompously
- steamboating1/5
steamboat
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- transmigrating1/5
transmigrate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
reincarnate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb move from one country or region to another and settle there
migrate.
- Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
- This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- hyphenating1/5
hyphenate
- verb divide or connect with a hyphen
hyphen.
- hyphenate these words and names
- verb divide or connect with a hyphen
- flagellating1/5
flagellate
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
mastigophoran; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophore.
- verb whip
scourge.
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
- eventuating1/5
eventuate
- verb come out in the end
- verb come out in the end
- solvating1/5
solvate
- noun a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)
- verb cause a solvation in (a substance)
- noun a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)
- prognosticating1/5
prognosticate
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
predict; anticipate; forebode; foretell; call; promise.
- Call the outcome of an election
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
- caseating1/5
caseate
- verb turn into cheese
- The milk caseated
- verb become cheeselike
- necrotic tissue caseates
- verb turn into cheese
- echolocating1/5
- commentating1/5
commentate
- verb make a commentary on
- verb serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
- verb make a commentary on
- flocculating1/5
flocculate
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- the protoplasms flocculated
- verb cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
- The chemist flocculated the suspended material
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- inseminating1/5
inseminate
- verb place seeds in or on (the ground)
sow in; sow.
- sow the ground with sunflower seeds
- verb introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize; fertilise; fecundate.
- verb place seeds in or on (the ground)
- miscalculating1/5
miscalculate
- verb judge incorrectly
misestimate.
- I had misestimated his determination
- verb calculate incorrectly
misestimate.
- I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding
- verb judge incorrectly
- methylating1/5
methylate
(Chem.) An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium .methylate ,CH3ONa
- rehydrating1/5
rehydrating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- macerating1/5
macerate
- verb separate into constituents by soaking
- verb become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
- the tissue macerated in the water
- verb separate into constituents by soaking
- undereating1/5
- misstating1/5
misstate
- verb state something incorrectly
- You misstated my position
- verb state something incorrectly
- adumbrating1/5
adumbrate
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch; outline.
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
- verb give to understand
insinuate; intimate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- indiscriminating1/5
indiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
undiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- cating1/5
cat
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
true cat.
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; hombre.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- reeducating1/5
reeducating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nonterminating1/5
- calumniating1/5
calumniate
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
sully; smirch; smear; defame; asperse; slander; denigrate; besmirch.
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- alliterating1/5
alliterate
- verb use alliteration as a form of poetry
- verb use alliteration as a form of poetry
- uncalculating1/5
- redesignating1/5
- strangulating1/5
strangulate
- verb kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
strangle; throttle.
- he tried to strangle his opponent
- A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
- verb constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
- verb kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- agglomerating1/5
agglomerate
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- expectorating1/5
expectorate
- verb clear out the chest and lungs
drive out; clear out.
- This drug expectorates quickly
- verb discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
cough out; spit up; cough up; spit out.
- verb clear out the chest and lungs
- showboating1/5
showboat
- noun a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
- noun a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
- sugarcoating1/5
sugarcoat
- verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
glaze; candy.
- verb cause to appear more pleasant or appealing
- The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts
- verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
- chlorinating1/5
chlorinate
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- chlorinated water
- verb disinfect with chlorine
- chlorinate a pool
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- unstimulating1/5
unstimulating
- adjective not stimulating
unexciting.
- adjective not stimulating
- intercommunicating1/5
intercommunicate
- verb be interconnected, afford passage
- These rooms intercommunicate
- verb transmit thoughts or feelings
communicate.
- He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
- verb be interconnected, afford passage
- pretreating1/5
- itinerating1/5
itinerate
- verb travel from place to place, as for work
- an itinerating merchant
- verb travel from place to place, as for work
- rebating1/5
rebate
- noun a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
discount.
- noun a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
rabbet.
- noun a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- defoliating1/5
defoliate
- verb strip the leaves or branches from
- defoliate the trees with pesticides
- adjective satellite deprived of leaves
defoliated.
- verb strip the leaves or branches from
- interpellating1/5
interpellate
- verb question formally about policy or government business
- verb question formally about policy or government business
- unabating1/5
unabating
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- undercoating1/5
undercoat
- noun seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
underseal.
- noun the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
ground; primer coat; flat coat; priming coat; primer; priming.
- noun seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
- fibrillating1/5
fibrillate
- verb make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements
- His heart fibrillated and he died
- verb make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements
- sublating1/5
sublate
To take or carry away; to remove. R. E. Hall.
- reduplicating1/5
reduplicate
- verb form by reduplication
geminate.
- The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
- The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
- verb make or do or perform again
double; duplicate; repeat; replicate.
- He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
- verb form by reduplication
- corrugating1/5
corrugate
- verb fold into ridges
- corrugate iron
- verb fold into ridges
- uprating1/5
- unilluminating1/5
unilluminating
- adjective failing to inform or clarify
unenlightening.
- an unenlightening comment
- adjective failing to inform or clarify
- nondiscriminating1/5
nondiscriminating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- elating1/5
elating
- adjective satellite making lively and joyful
exhilarating.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite making lively and joyful
- nitrating1/5
nitrate
- noun any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
- verb treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
- nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol
- noun any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
- collocating1/5
collocate
- verb have a strong tendency to occur side by side
- The words 'new' and 'world' collocate
- verb group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
chunk; lump.
- verb have a strong tendency to occur side by side
- summating1/5
summate
- verb determine the sum of
tot up; add up; sum; tally; tote up; tot; add; total; sum up; add together.
- Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
- verb form or constitute a cumulative effect
- verb determine the sum of
- exsanguinating1/5
- reincorporating1/5
reincorporate
To incorporate again.
- premating1/5
- invaginating1/5
invaginate
- verb sheathe
- The chrysalis is invaginated
- verb fold inwards
introvert.
- some organs can invaginate
- verb sheathe
- fating1/5
fat
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- pizza has too much fat
- noun a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
fatty tissue; adipose tissue.
- fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- fecundating1/5
fecundate
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fertilise.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize; fertilise; inseminate.
- verb make fertile or productive
- dechlorinating1/5
dechlorinate
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- reprobating1/5
reprobate
- noun a person without moral scruples
miscreant.
- verb reject (documents) as invalid
- noun a person without moral scruples
- demodulating1/5
demodulate
- verb extract information from a modulated carrier wave
- verb extract information from a modulated carrier wave
- devaluating1/5
devaluate
- verb remove the value from; deprive of its value
devalue.
- verb lose in value
devalue; depreciate; undervalue.
- The dollar depreciated again
- verb remove the value from; deprive of its value
- instating1/5
instate
To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; Shak.as, to .instate a person in greatness or in favor
- compassionating1/5
compassionate
- verb share the suffering of
pity; condole with; sympathize with; feel for.
- adjective showing or having compassion
- heard the soft and compassionate voices of women
- verb share the suffering of
- probating1/5
probate
- noun a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
probate will.
- noun the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
- noun a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- cocreating1/5
- expatriating1/5
expatriate
- noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
exile; expat.
- American expatriates
- verb expel from a country
exile; deport.
- The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
- noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
- objectivating1/5
- checkmating1/5
checkmate
- noun complete victory
- noun a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
mate.
- noun complete victory
- deallocating1/5
- valuating1/5
valuate
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
evaluate; measure; value; assess; appraise.
- I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
- access all the factors when taking a risk
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- recoating1/5
recoating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- disequilibrating1/5
- exponentiating1/5
- disarticulating1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- tessellating1/5
tessellate
- verb fit together exactly, of identical shapes
- triangles tessellate
- verb tile with tesserae
- tessellate the kitchen floor
- verb fit together exactly, of identical shapes
- deflagrating1/5
deflagrate
- verb cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated
- verb burn with great heat and intense light
- the powder deflagrated
- verb cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- execrating1/5
execrate
- verb find repugnant
abominate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
- verb find repugnant
- acylating1/5
- meliorating1/5
meliorate
- verb to make better
better; amend; ameliorate; improve.
- The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
- verb get better
better; ameliorate; improve.
- The weather improved toward evening
- verb to make better
- confederating1/5
confederate
- noun a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- noun someone who assists in a plot
collaborator; partner in crime; henchman.
- noun a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- decussating1/5
decussate
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- this nerve decussates the other
- the fibers decussate
- adjective satellite crossed or intersected in the form of an X
intersecting; intersectant.
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- micturating1/5
micturate
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb eliminate urine
- doating1/5
- criminating1/5
criminate
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb rebuke formally
censure; reprimand.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- overcoating1/5
overcoating
- noun an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)
overcoat.
- noun an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)
- intreating1/5
entreat
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; press; adjure; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb ask for or request earnestly
- rededicating1/5
rededicate
- verb dedicate anew
- They were asked to rededicate themselves to their country
- verb dedicate anew
- saltating1/5
saltate
- verb move by saltation
- The sand grains are saltated by the wind
- verb leap or skip, often in dancing
- These fish swim with a saltating motion
- verb move by saltation
- phosphating1/5
phosphate
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
orthophosphate; inorganic phosphate.
- noun carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
- pullulating1/5
pullulate
- verb be teeming, be abuzz
swarm; teem.
- The garden was swarming with bees
- The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
- her mind pullulated with worries
- verb move in large numbers
swarm; teem; stream; pour.
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
- verb be teeming, be abuzz
- cannulating1/5
cannulate
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
cannulise; intubate; canulate; cannulize.
- Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
- remating1/5
remating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- pupating1/5
pupate
- verb develop into a pupa
- the insect larva pupate
- verb develop into a pupa
- delaminating1/5
- rollerskating1/5
rollerskating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- inculpating1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- iceskating1/5
- confabulating1/5
confabulate
- verb unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter.
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
- verb unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
- herniating1/5
herniating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- recriminating1/5
recriminate
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- hydrogenating1/5
hydrogenate
- verb combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
- verb combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
- hemagglutinating1/5
hemagglutinate
- verb cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
haemagglutinate.
- verb cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
- retranslating1/5
retranslate
- verb translate again
- verb translate again
- unintimidating1/5
- regrating1/5
regrate
(Masonry) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
- replating1/5
- imbricating1/5
imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- imbricate the roof tiles
- verb overlap
- The roof tiles imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- nonradiating1/5
- reinitiating1/5
- decompensating1/5
decompensating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- felicitating1/5
felicitate
- verb express congratulations
congratulate.
- verb express congratulations
- rusticating1/5
rusticate
- verb live in the country and lead a rustic life
- verb send to the country
- He was rusticated for his bad behavior
- verb live in the country and lead a rustic life
- noncirculating1/5
- postmating1/5
- acetylating1/5
acetylate
- verb receive substitution of an acetyl group
acetylise; acetylize.
- the compounds acetylated
- verb introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
acetylise; acetylize.
- verb receive substitution of an acetyl group
- sonicating1/5
- enculturating1/5
- triturating1/5
triturate
To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.
- dephosphorylating1/5
dephosphorylating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- syncopating1/5
syncopate
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- syncopate a word
- verb modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- revalidating1/5
revalidating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- depredating1/5
depredate
To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon.
- stridulating1/5
stridulate
- verb make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
clitter.
- male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate
- verb make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
- guesstimating1/5
guesstimate
- noun an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
guestimate.
- verb estimate based on a calculation
- noun an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
- formating1/5
format
- noun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
data formatting; formatting; data format.
- noun the general appearance of a publication
- noun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
- desquamating1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- infatuating1/5
infatuate
- verb arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
- His new car has infatuated him
- love has infatuated her
- verb arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
- insufflating1/5
insufflate
- verb breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
- verb treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
- verb breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
- defibrillating1/5
defibrillate
- verb stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
- The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life
- verb stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
- pronating1/5
pronate
- verb turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
- verb turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
- refloating1/5
refloat
- verb set afloat again
- refloat a grounded boat
- verb set afloat again
- adulating1/5
adulate
- verb flatter in an obsequious manner
- verb flatter in an obsequious manner
- hydroxylating1/5
- nonstimulating1/5
nonstimulating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- throating1/5
throat
- noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
pharynx.
- noun an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
- noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
- contraindicating1/5
contraindicate
- verb make a treatment inadvisable
- verb make a treatment inadvisable
- reorientating1/5
reorientate
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorient.
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- deconcentrating1/5
deconcentrate
- verb make less central
decentralise; decentralize.
- After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized
- verb make less central
- supinating1/5
supinate
- verb turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
- verb turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
- fellating1/5
fellate
- verb provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
blow; go down on; suck.
- verb provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- mistranslating1/5
mistranslate
- verb translate incorrectly
- verb translate incorrectly
- jubilating1/5
jubilate
- verb celebrate a jubilee
- verb to express great joy
exuberate; rejoice; exult; triumph.
- Who cannot exult in Spring?
- verb celebrate a jubilee
- expurgating1/5
expurgate
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowdlerise; bowdlerize; shorten; castrate.
- bowdlerize a novel
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- reestimating1/5
- predestinating1/5
predestinate
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
foreordain; predestine.
- adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
foreordained; predestined.
- his place in history was foreordained
- a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
- it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
- sequestrating1/5
sequestrate
- verb keep away from others
seclude; sequester; withdraw.
- He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
- verb set apart from others
sequester; set apart; isolate; keep apart.
- The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
- verb keep away from others
- misdating1/5
misdating
- noun something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
anachronism; mistiming.
- verb assign the wrong date to
misdate.
- noun something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
- capacitating1/5
capacitate
- verb make legally capable or qualify in law
- verb cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- verb make legally capable or qualify in law
- reinvestigating1/5
reinvestigate
To investigate again. --Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion n.
- constellating1/5
constellate
- verb scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
stud; dot.
- Hills constellated with lights
- verb come together as in a cluster or flock
cluster; flock; clump.
- The poets constellate in this town every summer
- verb scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
- perennating1/5
perennate
- verb survive from season to season, of plants
- verb survive from season to season, of plants
- deescalating1/5
deescalating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
Derived words of ating
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rating
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
valuation; evaluation.
- he set a high valuation on friendship
- noun act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
evaluation.
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
- coatings4/5
coating
- noun a thin layer covering something
coat.
- a second coat of paint
- noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
finishing; finish.
- the boat had a metallic finish
- he applied a coat of a clear finish
- when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
- noun a thin layer covering something
- beatings3/5
beating
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
whipping.
- noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
trouncing; whacking; drubbing; thrashing; licking; lacing.
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
- gratings3/5
grating
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
grate.
- noun a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
grate.
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- unhesitatingly2/5
unhesitatingly
- adverb without hesitation
- she said yes unhesitatingly
- adverb without hesitation
- excruciatingly2/5
excruciatingly
- adverb in a very painful manner
agonizingly; torturously.
- the progress was agonizingly slow
- adverb in a very painful manner
- hesitatingly2/5
hesitatingly
- adverb with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
hesitantly.
- he finally accepted hesitantly
- adverb with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
- matings2/5
mating
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
coupling; union; sexual union; pairing; conjugation.
- the casual couplings of adolescents
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
pair; couple; mate; copulate.
- Birds mate in the Spring
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- frustratingly2/5
frustrating
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- devastatingly2/5
devastating
- adjective satellite making light of
withering; annihilating.
- afire with annihilating invective
- a devastating portrait of human folly
- to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
desolate; devastate; scourge; lay waste to; ravage; waste.
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- adjective satellite making light of
- irritatingly2/5
irritatingly
- adverb in an irritating manner
- adverb in an irritating manner
- deprecatingly2/5
deprecating
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
deprecatory; belittling; depreciatory; deprecative; depreciative; slighting.
- belittling comments
- managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
- deprecatory remarks about the book
- a slighting remark
- verb express strong disapproval of; deplore
deprecate.
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
- fascinatingly2/5
fascinatingly
- adverb in a fascinating manner
- her face became fascinatingly distorted
- adverb in a fascinating manner
- datings1/5
dating
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
geological dating.
- verb go on a date with
date.
- Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
- infuriatingly1/5
infuriating
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
exasperating; maddening; vexing.
- his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
- I've had an exasperating day
- her infuriating indifference
- the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
- verb make furious
infuriate; incense; exasperate.
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
- humiliatingly1/5
humiliatingly
- adverb in a humiliating manner
demeaningly.
- the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small
- adverb in a humiliating manner
- seatings1/5
seating
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
seating area; seating room; seats.
- there is seating for 40 students in this classroom
- noun the service of ushering people to their seats
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
- penetratingly1/5
penetratingly
- adverb with ability to see into deeply
penetratively.
- the author treats his subject penetratingly
- adverb with ability to see into deeply
- exasperatingly1/5
exasperatingly
- adverb in an exasperating manner
- adverb in an exasperating manner
- caatinga1/5
- ingratiatingly1/5
ingratiatingly
- adverb in a flattering and ingratiating manner
- she behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss
- adverb in a flattering and ingratiating manner
- entreatingly1/5
entreatingly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
imploringly; beseechingly; importunately; pleadingly.
- `You must help me,' she said imploringly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
- suffocatingly1/5
suffocating
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
suffocative; smothering.
- the choking June dust
- the smothering soft voices
- smothering heat
- the room was suffocating--hot and airless
- verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; suffocate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
- calculatingly1/5
calculatingly
- adverb in a calculating manner
- he looked at her calculatingly
- adverb in a calculating manner
- nauseatingly1/5
nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
- insinuatingly1/5
insinuatingly
- adverb in an insinuating manner
- the art book has art to sell, insinuatingly, and for a purpose, like the American muse, which has in fact a tradition to sell, and one which doesn't exist, in painting
- adverb in an insinuating manner
- illuminatingly1/5
illuminating
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
informative; enlightening.
- an enlightening glimpse of government in action
- an illuminating lecture
- verb make lighter or brighter
light; illuminate; illumine; light up; illume.
- This lamp lightens the room a bit
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- placatingly1/5
placatingly
- adverb in a placating manner
- Jenny smiled placatingly
- adverb in a placating manner
- intimidatingly1/5
intimidating
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
daunting.
- verb make timid or fearful
intimidate.
- Her boss intimidates her
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
- gloatingly1/5
gloatingly
- adverb in a gloating manner
- he spoke gloatingly about people he had cheated out of their money
- adverb in a gloating manner
- intoxicatingly1/5
intoxicating
- adjective satellite causing
intoxicant.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite causing
- exhilaratingly1/5
exhilarating
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
stimulating.
- the exhilarating effect of mountain air
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
- discriminatingly1/5
discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- undeviatingly1/5
undeviating
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
unswerving.
- some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex
- a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands
- adjective satellite used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady
- undeviating loyalty
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
- alternatingly1/5
alternating
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- alternating current
- verb go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
jump; alternate.
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- gratingly1/5
gratingly
- adverb in a harsh and grating manner
raspingly; harshly.
- her voice fell gratingly on our ears
- adverb in a harsh and grating manner
- heatings1/5
heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
warming.
- noun utility to warm a building
heating system; heat; heating plant.
- the heating system wasn't working
- they have radiant heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
- bleatings1/5
bleat
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- verb talk whiningly
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- aggravatingly1/5
aggravatingly
- adverb in an aggravating fashion
- his hair was caught aggravatingly in the branches of the tree
- adverb in an aggravating fashion
- accommodatingly1/5
accommodatingly
- adverb in accommodation
obligingly.
- obligingly, he lowered his voice
- adverb in accommodation
- platings1/5
plating
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
metal plating.
- noun the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
- captivatingly1/5
captivatingly
- adverb in a bewitching manner
enthrallingly; enchantingly; bewitchingly.
- she was bewitchingly beautiful
- adverb in a bewitching manner
- aratinga1/5
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