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
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amygdophenin
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anepigraphic
anepigraphic
adj
Without a legend or inscription (on artifacts, coins, etc.)
angelophanic
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
aphengescope
aphengoscope
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
archipelagic
archipelagic
adj
(geography) Of or pertaining to an archipelago; of the nature of an archipelago.
archipelagos
argeiphontes
arteriograph
arteriograph
noun
An instrument used in arteriography to measure the severity of arteriosclerosis
assigneeship
assigneeship
noun
The role or status of assignee.
astrographer
autoepigraph
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
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.
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.
borghalpenny
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.
burghalpenny
cacographies
cacographies
noun
plural of cacography
calcographer
calcographer
noun
A person who draws using chalk
calligrapher
calligrapher
noun
one who practices calligraphy
campephagine
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
campsheeting
campsheeting
noun
Alternative form of campshedding
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.
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
changepocket
chaperonages
chaperonages
noun
plural of chaperonage
cheeseparing
cheeseparing
adj
Niggardly, stingy.
noun
A small fragment or sliver.
verb
present participle of cheesepare
cheirography
chemigrapher
chemigraphic
chemigraphic
adj
Relating to chemigraphy.
chimopelagic
chimopelagic
adj
(biology) That is normally pelagic but rises to surface waters in winter
chirographer
chirographer
noun
Alternative form of chirographist
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.
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
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.
criosphinges
cyclographer
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
declinograph
delegateship
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
dephlegmated
dephlegmated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlegmate
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.
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.
ectypography
ectypography
noun
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
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.
ellipsograph
ellipsograph
noun
A mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse.
elliptograph
elliptograph
noun
Alternative form of ellipsograph
embryography
embryography
noun
The scientific description of embryos.
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
engineership
engineership
noun
The role or status of an engineer.
enterography
enterography
noun
(anatomy, archaic) The scientific description of the intestines; enterology.
(medicine) Radiography of the intestines, usually contrast radiography.
entomophagan
entomophagan
noun
Any member of the Entomophaga.
epigraphical
epigraphical
adj
epigraphic
epigraphists
epigraphists
noun
plural of epigraphist
epiphanising
epiphanising
verb
present participle of epiphanise
epiphanizing
epiphanizing
verb
present participle of epiphanize
epiphytology
epiphytology
noun
Study of epiphytes and their ecology.
epithelizing
epithelizing
adj
That forms epithelial tissue
verb
present participle of epithelize
erythrophage
erythrophage
noun
A phage / phagocyte that ingests erythrocytes
esophagalgia
esophagalgia
noun
Alternative form of oesophagalgia
esophagismus
esophagismus
noun
Alternative form of oesophagismus
esophagocele
esophagotome
esophagotomy
esophagotomy
noun
(surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
ethnographer
ethnographer
noun
One who practices ethnography.
ethnographic
ethnographic
adj
Relating to ethnography.
fangotherapy
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
frigotherapy
fuglemanship
galactophore
gamesmanship
gamesmanship
noun
The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent
gametophagia
gametophobia
gametophobia
noun
The fear of marriage.
gametophores
gametophores
noun
plural of gametophore
gametophoric
gametophoric
adj
Relating to gametophores
gametophytes
gametophytes
noun
plural of gametophyte
gametophytic
gametophytic
adj
(botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte.
(botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
ganocephalan
ganophyllite
ganophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
gardenership
gardenership
noun
The role or status of a gardener.
gastrosopher
gastrosopher
noun
One who enjoys and appreciates good food.
geadephagous
genarchaship
generalships
generalships
noun
plural of generalship
geographical
geographical
adj
Of or relating to geography.
noun
(informal) A move to another place in the hope of curing an addiction etc.
geographized
geographized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of geographize
geophysicist
geophysicist
noun
(geology, physics) A physicist who specialises in geophysics.
gephyrocercy
germanophile
germanophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Germanophile
germanophobe
geromorphism
globicephala
gnathopodite
gnathopodite
noun
(zoology) Any leg-like appendage of a crustacean that is modified to serve as a jaw.
gonidiophore
governorship
governorship
noun
The office, or the term of a governor.
graduateship
graduateship
noun
The state of being a graduate.
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
graphologies
graphologies
noun
plural of graphology
graphometric
graphometric
adj
Relating to graphometry.
Relating to measurements with the graphometer.
grasshoppers
grasshoppers
noun
plural of grasshopper
gravispheric
grumpishness
grypotherium
gynecopathic
gynecopathic
adj
Of or relating to a gynecopathy.
gynecophoric
gyrencephala
hagiographer
hagiographer
noun
Someone who writes praising and flattering things about a person (as if that person were a saint).
Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
haliographer
hectographed
hectographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hectograph
hectographic
hectographic
adj
Relating to hectography.
hedgehoppers
hedgehoppers
noun
plural of hedgehopper
hedgehopping
hedgehopping
noun
The action or pastime of hedgehopping.
verb
present participle of hedgehop
heliographed
heliographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heliograph