The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerographies
aetheogamous
aetheogamous
adj
(botany) Of the nature of an aetheogam.
aforethought
aforethought
adj
(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agriochoerus
agrochemical
agrochemical
adj
Relating to agrochemistry.
noun
(chemistry) A chemical compound, such as a hormone, fungicide, or insecticide, that improves the production of crops.
A compound or product derived from farmed plants.
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
alethiologic
allothigenic
allothogenic
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
amygdophenin
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
angelophanic
angiorrhexis
angiorrhexis
noun
(pathology) rupture of a blood vessel
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
anthoecology
anthogenesis
anthogenesis
noun
(biology) The production of both males and females by parthenogenesis.
(botany) The formation of the flowers of plants.
anthogenetic
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
anthologizer
anthologizer
noun
Agent noun of anthologize; one who creates an anthology.
anthologizes
anthologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize
anthropogeny
anthropogeny
noun
The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.
antipathogen
antipathogen
noun
(medicine) Any drug that counters the effects of a pathogen
antitheology
antitheology
noun
A belief system that runs counter to theology.
aphengescope
aphengoscope
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
archaeologer
archaeologic
archaeologic
adj
Pertaining to archaeology.
antiquated
archegoniata
archegoniate
archegoniate
adj
(botany) Relating to or possessing archegonia.
noun
Any organism having archegonia.
archeologian
archeologies
archeologies
noun
plural of archeology
archeologist
archeologist
noun
(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of archaeologist
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
archipelagos
argeiphontes
argyrythrose
arteriograph
arteriograph
noun
An instrument used in arteriography to measure the severity of arteriosclerosis
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
astrographer
atelognathia
atheological
atheological
adj
Opposed to theology.
atheistic
atheriogaean
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
autoepigraph
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
beachcombing
beachcombing
noun
An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
verb
present participle of beachcomb
beneighbored
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.
bleachground
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bohnenberger
bolshevizing
bolshevizing
verb
present participle of bolshevize
bonefishings
borghalpenny
brachigerous
brachylogies
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
bronchogenic
bronchogenic
adj
Originating in the bronchus.
cacographies
cacographies
noun
plural of cacography
calcographer
calcographer
noun
A person who draws using chalk
cartographer
cartographer
noun
One who makes maps or charts.
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
celidography
cephalograph
cephalograph
noun
The instrument used in cephalography to produce cephalograms
cephalopagus
cephalopagus
noun
(medicine, of conjoined twins) Joined at the back of the head and fused in the upper portion of the body, with the bottom portions separate.
ceramography
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
cerographies
cerographies
noun
plural of cerography
cerographist
cerographist
noun
A person who carries out cerography.
chaetognatha
chaetognaths
chaetognaths
noun
plural of chaetognath
chalcogenide
chalcogenide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element.
chandernagor
changepocket
chaperonages
chaperonages
noun
plural of chaperonage
cheesemonger
cheesemonger
noun
(Britain) Someone who sells cheese.
cheirogaleus
cheiroglossa
cheirography
cheiromegaly
cheiromegaly
noun
Alternative form of chiromegaly
chemisorbing
chemisorbing
verb
present participle of chemisorb
chemosorbing
chemosorbing
verb
present participle of chemosorb
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.
chimopelagic
chimopelagic
adj
(biology) That is normally pelagic but rises to surface waters in winter
chincoteague
chirographer
chirographer
noun
Alternative form of chirographist
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chlorogenine
chlorogenine
noun
Synonym of alstonine
cholerrhagia
chologenetic
choregrapher
choregrapher
noun
Alternative form of choreographer
choregraphic
choregraphic
adj
Alternative form of choreographic
choreographs
choreographs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choreograph
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.
chorographer
chorographer
noun
Someone who describes a particular region or country.
chromogenous
chromogenous
adj
Alternative form of chromogenic
chronologers
chronologers
noun
plural of chronologer
chronologies
chronologies
noun
plural of chronology
chronologize
chronologize
verb
To establish an order of events based on the time of their occurrence.
chymosinogen
chymosinogen
noun
Synonym of prochymosin
cobridgehead
cohomologies
cohomologies
noun
plural of cohomology
cohostessing
cohostessing
verb
present participle of cohostess
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
conchologies
conchologies
noun
plural of conchology
conchologize
conchologize
verb
(intransitive) To engage in conchology; to collect and study shells.
coprophagies
cosmographer
cosmographer
noun
(astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
(obsolete) Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist.
counterlight
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
criosphinges
crosslighted
cuscohygrine
cuscohygrine
noun
(chemistry) A pyrrolidine alkaloid found in coca and certain other plants.
cyclographer
daughterhood
daughterhood
noun
The condition of being a daughter.
declinograph
demihogshead
demographers
demographers
noun
plural of demographer
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
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
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
dermographia
dermographia
Noun
dermatographia
dermographic
dermographic
adj
Relating to dermography.
desmognathae
diphthongise
diphthongise
verb
Alternative spelling of diphthongize
diphthongize
diphthongize
verb
(intransitive, phonetics) To become a diphthong.
(transitive, phonetics) To change to a diphthong, as by inserting or removing a vowel.
discographer
discographer
noun
One who compiles a discography.
doughbellies
doughfaceism
doughfaceism
noun
(derogatory) The character of a doughface; pliability.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
dragonfishes
dragonfishes
noun
plural of dragonfish
draughthouse
dreadnoughts
dreadnoughts
noun
plural of dreadnought
droughtiness
droughtiness
noun
Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
earthmovings
echinologist
echinologist
noun
One who studies echinology.
ectypography
ectypography
noun
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
eighteenfold
eighteenfold
adj
By a factor of eighteen.
electrograph
electrograph
noun
(historical) A cinematograph using the arclight.
(historical) A sciagraph.
(historical) An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity.
A machine used in gravure printing
A recording electrometer; also, the graph produced by such a device.