BABYSITTING | • babysitting v. Present participle of babysit. • babysitting n. The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians. • baby-sitting v. Present participle of baby-sit. |
CASTIGATORY | • castigatory adj. Serving or tending to castigate. • castigatory n. (Obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket. • CASTIGATORY adj. tending to castigate. |
FUSTIGATORY | • FUSTIGATORY adj. relating to fustigation, beating with a club. |
GUSTATORILY | • gustatorily adv. In relation to the sense of taste. • GUSTATORY adv. pertaining to the sense of taste. |
GYROSTATICS | • gyrostatics n. (Physics) The study of rotating bodies. • GYROSTATICS n. the study of rotating bodies. |
SPAGHETTIFY | • spaghettify v. (Astrophysics) To stretch an object into a long thin shape under the influence of a very strong gravitational… • SPAGHETTIFY v. to make into spaghetti, with particular reference to black holes. |
STARTLINGLY | • startlingly adv. In a startling manner; surprisingly; shockingly. • STARTLING adv. very surprising. |
STEATOPYGIA | • steatopygia n. An excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks. • STEATOPYGIA n. an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp. of females, also STEATOPYGA. |
STEATOPYGIC | • steatopygic adj. Exhibiting steatopygia. • STEATOPYGIC adj. having fat buttocks, also STEATOPYGOUS. |
STRAIGHTWAY | • straightway n. A straight section of a racetrack. • straightway adv. (Dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately). • straightway adv. (Nonstandard) Directly. |
STRATIFYING | • stratifying v. Present participle of stratify. • STRATIFY v. to arrange in layers. |
SYNTAGMATIC | • syntagmatic adj. Of or pertaining to a syntagma. • SYNTAGMATIC adj. of or like a syntagma. |
TAPESTRYING | • tapestrying v. Present participle of tapestry. • TAPESTRY v. to decorate with a woven wall hanging. |
TRAVESTYING | • travestying v. Present participle of travesty. • TRAVESTY v. to parody. |
TYPECASTING | • typecasting v. Present participle of typecast. • TYPECASTING n. the act of casting someone in a standardised role. |