The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
amygdophenin
anthoecology
anthropogeny
anthropogeny
noun
The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.
antihygienic
antihygienic
adj
That is conducive to unhygienic conditions
antitheology
antitheology
noun
A belief system that runs counter to theology.
argyrythrose
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bellyflaught
beseechingly
beseechingly
adv
In a beseeching manner.
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
biogeography
biogeography
noun
(biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
(biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
borghalpenny
brachylogies
brachystegia
burghalpenny
celidography
ceramography
changelessly
changelessly
adv
In a changeless manner.
chasteningly
chasteningly
adv
In a chastening manner.
chatteringly
chatteringly
adv
In a chattering manner.
cheirography
cheiromegaly
cheiromegaly
noun
Alternative form of chiromegaly
chemosurgery
chemosurgery
noun
(medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances; used especially in the treatment of the skin.
cherishingly
cherishingly
adv
in a cherishing manner
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)
choreography
choreography
noun
(by extension) The art of creating and arranging sequences of movement for performances of any kind, such as in fight choreography.
(uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
(uncountable) The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution.
The notation used to construct this record.
The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.
chymosinogen
chymosinogen
noun
Synonym of prochymosin
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
cuscohygrine
cuscohygrine
noun
(chemistry) A pyrrolidine alkaloid found in coca and certain other plants.
cyclographer
delightfully
delightfully
adv
In a delightful manner.
delightingly
delightingly
adv
So as to cause delight; delightfully.
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
dendrography
dendrography
noun
The scientific description of trees
ectypography
ectypography
noun
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
eighteenthly
eighteenthly
adv
In the eighteenth place; eighteenth in a row.
elytrorhagia
embryography
embryography
noun
The scientific description of embryos.
enchantingly
enchantingly
adv
In an enchanting manner
engastrimyth
engastrimyth
noun
A ventriloquist.
enterography
enterography
noun
(anatomy, archaic) The scientific description of the intestines; enterology.
(medicine) Radiography of the intestines, usually contrast radiography.
epiphytology
epiphytology
noun
Study of epiphytes and their ecology.
erythrogenic
erythrogenic
adj
That causes or produces erythema
That produces erythrocytes
erythrophage
erythrophage
noun
A phage / phagocyte that ingests erythrocytes
esophagotomy
esophagotomy
noun
(surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
esthesiogeny
esthesiology
esthesiology
noun
Alternative form of aesthesiology
ethnobiology
ethnobiology
noun
(biology) The study of the relationships between plants and animals and human cultures
ethnozoology
ethnozoology
noun
The study of past and present interrelationships between human cultures and animals.
eurygnathism
eurygnathism
noun
(anatomy) The condition of having a wide jaw.
eurygnathous
eurygnathous
adj
Having a broad jaw
exchangeably
exchangeably
adv
By way of exchange.
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
fangotherapy
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
fotheringhay
frenchifying
frenchifying
verb
present participle of frenchify
frightenedly
frightenedly
adv
In a frightened manner.
frigotherapy
gametophytes
gametophytes
noun
plural of gametophyte
gametophytic
gametophytic
adj
(botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte.
(botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
ganophyllite
ganophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
geochemistry
geochemistry
noun
(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc.
geohydrology
geohydrology
noun
(geology) hydrogeology
geophysicist
geophysicist
noun
(geology, physics) A physicist who specialises in geophysics.
geothermally
geothermally
adv
By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy
gephyrocercy
gibbergunyah
glycocholate
glycocholate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of glycocholic acid.
goldsmithery
goldsmithery
noun
The work of a goldsmith.
grypotherium
gymnarchidae
gynantherous
gynantherous
adj
(botany) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils.
gynecopathic
gynecopathic
adj
Of or relating to a gynecopathy.
gynecophoric
gyrencephala
headstrongly
headstrongly
adv
In a headstrong manner.
hearteningly
hearteningly
adv
In a heartening way; cheeringly.
heavyweights
heavyweights
noun
plural of heavyweight
helicogyrate
hematography
hemidysergia
hemilethargy
hemitriglyph
hemitriglyph
noun
(architecture) A portion of a triglyph, made incomplete by the sudden breaking off of the frieze.
hemivagotony
hepaticology
hepaticology
noun
The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
hepatography
hepatography
noun
radiographic imaging of the liver
hepatomegaly
hepatomegaly
noun
(pathology) An abnormal enlargement of the liver.
hermoglyphic
hesitatingly
hesitatingly
adv
In a hesitating manner.
heterodyning
heterodyning
verb
present participle of heterodyne
heterogamety
heterogamety
noun
(biology) The production of gametes of different ploidy by an individual of one sex of an organism
heterography
heterography
noun
(countable) An incorrect spelling; a spelling different from accepted spelling.
(uncountable) Spelling in which a particular letter represents more than one possible sound.
heterogynous
heterogynous
adj
(zoology) Having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants or bees.
(zoology) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure.
heterozygote
heterozygote
noun
(biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.
(genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.
heterozygous
heterozygous
adj
Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene.
hexangularly
hexangularly
adv
In a hexangular manner.
hieroglypher
hieroglypher
noun
A writer of hieroglyphics.
hieroglyphic
hieroglyphic
adj
difficult to decipher
of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
noun
(by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
(chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
highhandedly
highhandedly
adv
In a high-handed manner.
homoeography
honeycombing
honeycombing
noun
A honeycomb pattern or structure.
verb
present participle of honeycomb
honeymooning
honeymooning
adj
On a honeymoon.
noun
A honeymoon.
verb
present participle of honeymoon
hyalographer
hydatigenous
hydatogenous
hydradephaga
hydrargyrate
hydrogenases
hydrogenases
noun
plural of hydrogenase
hydrogenated
hydrogenated
adj
that has been treated, or reacted with hydrogen; especially describing a saturated fat so obtained from an unsaturated fat
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenate
hydrogenates
hydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate
hydrogenator
hydrogenator
noun
(chemistry) A device that hydrogenates.
hydrogenised
hydrogenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenise
hydrogenized
hydrogenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize
hydrogeology
hydrogeology
noun
The geology of groundwater, especially concerning the physical, biological and chemical properties of its occurrence and movement.
hydrographer
hydrographer
noun
A scientist whose speciality is hydrography.
hydromassage
hydromassage
noun
A therapeutic massage in which bubbles of air and jets of water are pumped through a bath in which the recipient lies.
verb
(transitive) To massage in this way.
hyetographic
hyetographic
adj
Of or pertaining to hyetography.
hyetological
hyetological
adj
Relating to hyetology.
hygienically
hygienically
adv
In a hygienic manner.
In relation to hygiene.
hygrometries
hygrothermal
hygrothermal
adj
(physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
hymenogaster
hymnographer
hymnographer
noun
A person who composes hymns.
A writer whose subject is hymns.
hyperalgebra
hyperalgebra
noun
(mathematics) The formal group ring of a formal group law.
hyperalgesia
hyperalgesia
noun
(medicine) An increased sensitivity to pain, which in one form is caused by damage to nociceptors in the body's soft tissues.
hyperalgesic
hyperalgesic
adj
Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
hyperalgesis
hyperalgetic
hyperangelic
hypercharged
hypercharged
adj
Having hypercharge
hypercharges
hypercharges
noun
plural of hypercharge
hyperelegant
hyperelegant
adj
Extremely elegant.
hypergenesis
hypergenesis
noun
hyperplasia
hypergenetic
hypergeustia
hypergeustia
noun
Obsolete form of hypergeusia.
hypergoddess
hyperlinking
hyperlinking
verb
present participle of hyperlink
hyperlogical
hypermagical
hypermagical
adj
Extremely magical.
hyperorganic
hyperorganic
adj
Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic.