(biology) The study of the relationships between flowers and pollinators
apathogenic
apathogenic
adj
(pathology) Not pathogenic.
archaeology
archaeology
noun
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains:
the academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation.
the actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
archangelic
archangelic
adj
Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels.
archegonial
archegonial
adj
(botany) Relating to the archegonium.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archeologic
archeologic
adj
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of archaeologic
archgomeral
archigaster
archipelago
archipelago
noun
(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
(collective) A group of islands.
(now rare) The Aegean Sea.
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
asthmogenic
asthmogenic
adj
(pathology) That causes an asthmatic attack
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
backlighted
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
bellyaching
bellyaching
noun
Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!
Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
verb
present participle of bellyache
bergamasche
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
besmirching
besmirching
verb
present participle of besmirch
blenchingly
boguechitto
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.
cacographer
cacographer
noun
A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
caligrapher
caligrapher
noun
Alternative form of calligrapher
cameography
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
carragheens
carragheens
noun
plural of carragheen
castlereagh
catchweight
catchweight
adj
(sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap.
Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping.
adv
(horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.
to ride catchweight
noun
(sports) A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.
The weight of all the fish caught.
The weight of an item that is not set to a standard, but which varies around an approximate value.
catechising
catechising
noun
catechism
verb
present participle of catechise
catechizing
catechizing
verb
present participle of catechize
cephalalgia
cephalalgia
noun
(medicine) A pain in the head; headache.
cephalalgic
cephalalgic
adj
(medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache.
noun
A remedy for the headache.
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
cephalology
cerographer
cerographic
cerographic
adj
Of or relating to cerography.
chaetangium
chaetognath
chaetognath
noun
Any of several marine worms of the phylum Chaetognatha.
challengers
challengers
noun
plural of challenger
challenging
challenging
adj
Difficult, hard to do.
noun
The act of making a challenge.
verb
present participle of challenge
champagnize
champagnize
verb
(transitive) To turn (wine) into champagne.
chandelling
chandelling
verb
present participle of chandelle
chandlering
chandlering
noun
The trade of a chandler
changeabout
changedness
changedness
noun
The quality of having been changed.
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
changelings
changelings
noun
plural of changeling
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
changewater
channelling
channelling
noun
A channel or furrow.
The act by which something is channelled.
chapelgoing
chapelgoing
adj
Regularly attending chapel.
chaperonage
chaperonage
noun
The protection offered by a chaperon.
The state of being a chaperon.
chaperoning
chaperoning
noun
The act or process of a person being chaperoned.
verb
present participle of chaperone
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
chargehouse
chargehouse
noun
(nonce word, obsolete) A schoolhouse.
chargfaires
chargrilled
chargrilled
adj
grilled on burning charcoal
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chargrill
charlemagne
charlemagne
Proper noun
One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.
charmingest
charmingest
adj
superlative form of charming: most charming
chassignite
chassignite
noun
(mineralogy) An achondrite composed mostly of olivine
chataignier
chateaugray
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
cheektowaga
cheirognomy
chemigraphy
chemigraphy
noun
Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.
chemurgical
chemurgical
Adjective
Relating to chemurgy.
chidingness
chiggerweed
chirologies
chiromegaly
chiromegaly
noun
Abnormal gigantism of the hands.
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
chittenango
chitterling
chitterling
noun
(obsolete) The frill to the breast of a shirt.
A single piece of chitterlings (intestine used as food).
chivareeing
chivareeing
verb
present participle of chivaree
chloragogen
chloragogen
adj
(biology) Synonym of chloragogue
chloragogue
chloragogue
adj
Relating to or characteristic of chloragogen cells
chlorogenic
chlorogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to chlorogenic acids or their derivatives
cholinergic
cholinergic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
noun
(biochemistry) Any drug or substance producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
chondrogeny
choregraphy
choregraphy
noun
Alternative form of choreography
choreograph
choreograph
verb
To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet
To direct the development of a project; to orchestrate
chresmology
chresmology
noun
a collection of prophecies
the study of prophecy
christening
christening
noun
Any instance of someone's or something's being christened.
The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
verb
present participle of christen
chromogenic
chromogenic
adj
(biology) Containing or producing chromogen.
(photography) Describing a process in which a black-and-white image is replaced by a coloured one.
chromophage
chronologer
chronologer
noun
A chronologist.
chugalugged
chugalugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chugalug
churchgoers
churchgoers
noun
plural of churchgoer
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
noun
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
clingfishes
clingfishes
noun
plural of clingfish
coathangers
coathangers
noun
plural of coathanger
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cofreighter
copeognatha
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
copyrighter
copyrighter
noun
One who obtains the copyright on a work.
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
crapehanger
crapehanger
noun
A pessimist or doomsayer.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
creophagous
creophagous
adj
flesh-eating
crepehanger
crepehanger
noun
Alternative form of crapehanger
crescograph
crescograph
noun
A device for measuring growth in plants.
crotcheting
crotcheting
verb
present participle of crotchet
deciphering
deciphering
noun
decipherment
verb
present participle of decipher
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
dethatching
dethatching
verb
present participle of dethatch
dichogamies
disbenching
disbenching
verb
present participle of disbench
dischargees
dischargees
noun
plural of dischargee
dischargers
dischargers
noun
plural of discharger
ditchdigger
ditchdigger
Noun
One who digs ditches.
dogcatchers
dogcatchers
noun
plural of dogcatcher
drenchingly
drenchingly
adv
In a drenching manner.
echafaudage
eichbergite
enciphering
enciphering
verb
present participle of encipher
encroaching
encroaching
adj
That encroaches.
verb
present participle of encroach
enrichingly
enrichingly
adv
In an enriching manner.
entrenching
entrenching
verb
present participle of entrench
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
eschatology
eschatology
noun
(countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
(uncountable) The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.
ethological
ethological
adj
Of or pertaining to ethology.
euchologies
euchologies
noun
plural of euchology
euchologion
euchologion
noun
A book of prayers or religious ritual.
eunuchising
eunuchising
verb
present participle of eunuchise
eunuchizing
eunuchizing
verb
present participle of eunuchize
eurygnathic
flichtering
frogmarched
frogmarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch
frogmarches
frogmarches
noun
plural of frogmarch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frogmarch
ganocephala
gastrotheca
gatecrashed
gatecrashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash