(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
accomplishing
accomplishing
verb
present participle of accomplish
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinographic
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenopharyngitis
adephagia
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerographical
aerographical
adj
Synonym of aerographic
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerographies
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
agaphite
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aghorapanthi
aglyphodontia
agomphiasis
agomphiasis
noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agomphosis
agomphosis
Noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
agrammaphasia
agrammaphasia
noun
(medicine, rare) A speech disorder in which a person is unable to produce a grammatical or intelligible sentence.
agraphia
agraphia
noun
(pathology) A loss of the ability to write (usually resulting from a brain injury).
The inability to write.
agraphias
agraphias
noun
plural of agraphia
agraphic
agraphic
adj
(medicine) Affected with or pertaining to agraphia.
agrostographic
agrostographical
agrostographies
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
airgraph
airgraph
noun
(UK, historical) A form of airmail used to send messages to servicemen during the Second World War.
airgraphics
airgraphics
noun
(dated) aerography; meteorology
algophilia
algophilia
noun
pleasure from experiencing pain, especially sexually.
algophilist
algophilist
noun
A person who is subject to algophilia; one who derives sexual pleasure from feeling pain.
algophobia
algophobia
noun
Fear of pain.
algraphic
algraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to algraphy.
allographic
allographic
adj
Relating to allographs or allography.
allotriophagia
allotriophagy
allotriophagy
noun
(rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
alongships
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
amphibiological
amphibiological
adj
Pertaining to amphibiology.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibological
amphibological
adj
(linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.
(rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphicarpogenous
amphigaea
amphigaean
amphigam
amphigamae
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
amphigastria
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphigonia
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphigoric
amphigoric
adj
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphigouri
amphigouris
amphilogism
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amphisporangiate
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amygdalothripsis
amygdophenin
amylophagia
amylophagia
noun
(pathology) the pathologic desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods
anaglyphic
anaglyphic
adj
Relating to anaglyphs.
noun
Work with chased or embossed relief.
anaglyphical
anaglyphical
adj
Alternative form of anaglyphic
anaglyphics
anaglyphics
noun
plural of anaglyphic
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anatomicopathologic
anatomicopathological
anatomicopathological
adj
Relating to anatomy and pathology.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomopathologic
anatomopathologic
adj
Alternative form of anatomopathological
anatomopathological
anatomopathological
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to both anatomy and pathology
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
androsphinges
anemobiagraph
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
anepigraphic
anepigraphic
adj
Without a legend or inscription (on artifacts, coins, etc.)
anepigraphous
aneroidograph
angelophanic
angelship
angiemphraxis
anginophobia
anginophobia
noun
A fear of angina; The irrational fear of choking, angina or narrowing of the throat. This is mainly caused by experience or being a witness to someone choking.
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.
angioelephantiasis
angiograph
angiograph
noun
The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
angiographic
angiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to angiography
angiography
angiography
noun
(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.