(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephaga
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagia
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adhering
adhering
verb
present participle of adhere
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adighe
adight
adight
Verb
To set in order; to array.
adigranth
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
adsmithing
adyghe
adyghe
Proper noun
A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Republic of Adygea, in the Russian Federation, also known as West Circassian.
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
agatharchides
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
aggadah
aggadah
Noun
A homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical text in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud.
Text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus. (See also the more modern Haggadah)
aggadoth
aglethead
aglyphodont
aglyphodonta
aglyphodontia
agriochoeridae
ahmadnagar
ahmednagar
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
airfreighted
airfreighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airfreight
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
albedograph
alighted
alighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alight
amygdalolith
amygdalopathy
amygdalothripsis
amygdophenin
androgametophore
andrographis
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androsphinges
aneroidograph
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angiocardiographic
angiocardiographic
adj
Relating to angiocardiography.
angiocardiographies
angiocardiography
angiocardiography
noun
(medicine) A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays.
angiochondroma
angiohydrotomy
angrbodha
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
anhydrating
anhydroglocose
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
appendorontgenography
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
archdogmatist
archgod
archvagabond
ardhamagadhi
ardhamagadhi
Proper noun
A Middle Indian language used in Jain texts.
ardrigh
asgardhr
astragaloscaphoid
astragaloscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone.
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backlighted
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
baghdad
baghdad
Proper noun
The capital of, and largest city in Iraq, situated in the center of the country on the Tigris river; an ancient city and historical center of the Muslim world.
ballhandling
ballhandling
noun
(basketball) Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
bangladesh
barehanding
beggarhood
beggarhood
noun
The class of beggars generally.
The condition of being a beggar.
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
berchtesgaden
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bhadgaon
bighead
bighead
noun
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
billheading
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
blandishingly
blandishingly
adv
So as to blandish.
bleachground
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boddagh
boltheading
brachioganoid
brachioganoidei
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
bradleigh
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradysphygmia
branchiostegidae
brandenburgh
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
bridgehampton
bridgehead
bridgehead
noun
(chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
(military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
An area around the end of a bridge.
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
brigandish
brigandish
adj
like a brigand or robber
brigandishly
brigandishly
adv
In a brigandish manner.
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigah
budgerygah
bughead
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
cabbageheaded
cabbageheadedness
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
campephagidae
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
candlelighted
candlelighted
adj
candlelit
candlelighter
candlelighter
noun
A person who lights candles.
A spill used for lighting candles.
candlelighting
candlelighting
noun
The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony