(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
(collective) A group of islands.
(now rare) The Aegean Sea.
archmugwump
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
areopagitic
areopagitic
Adjective
Relating to the Areopagus.
asparaginic
asparaginic
adj
Synonym of aspartic
asporogenic
asporogenic
adj
Not producing (or produced by) spores
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
auxographic
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
becarpeting
becarpeting
verb
present participle of becarpet
becrippling
becrippling
verb
present participle of becripple
bolographic
cacographer
cacographer
noun
A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
cacographic
cacographic
adj
Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
calcography
calcography
noun
(art) drawing with chalk
caligrapher
caligrapher
noun
Alternative form of calligrapher
calligrapha
calligraphy
calligraphy
noun
(countable) A document written in decorative style.
(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
callipering
callipering
verb
present participle of calliper
calyptrogen
calyptrogen
noun
rootcap
cameography
campaigners
campaigners
noun
plural of campaigner
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
caprimulgus
cardiagraph
cardiagraph
noun
Dated form of cardiograph.
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardophagus
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
carpogenous
carpogonial
carpogonial
adj
Relating to a carpogonium.
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
carpologies
carpologist
carpologist
noun
One who studies carpology.
cartography
cartography
noun
(countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
cathography
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
cerographer
cerographic
cerographic
adj
Of or relating to cerography.
chalcograph
chalcograph
noun
An artwork produced by chalcography.
An instrument for performing chalcography.
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
chemigraphy
chemigraphy
noun
Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.
chirography
chirography
noun
Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
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
chorography
chorography
noun
The study of provinces, regions, cities, etc., as opposed to larger-scale geography.
chromograph
chromograph
noun
(obsolete) chromolithograph
chromophage
chronograph
chronograph
noun
(obsolete) A chronogram.
A combination of a watch and a stopwatch.
A device which marks or records time or time intervals.
verb
(firearms) To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.
chrysograph
chrysograph
noun
A document written or printed in gold ink.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
coappearing
coappearing
verb
present participle of coappear
colportages
colportages
noun
plural of colportage
compregnate
compressing
compressing
verb
present participle of compress
compurgator
compurgator
noun
(historical, law) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
(now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
cooperating
cooperating
verb
present participle of cooperate
coopersburg
coparenting
coparenting
verb
present participle of coparent
coproducing
coproducing
verb
present participle of coproduce
coprolagnia
coprolagnia
noun
coprophilia
coprologies
copromoting
copromoting
verb
present participle of copromote
coprophagan
coprophagan
noun
(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.
coprophagia
coprophagia
noun
Alternative form of coprophagy
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
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.
copywriting
copywriting
verb
present participle of copywrite
coronagraph
coronagraph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets
coronograph
coronograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope, fitted with an attachment that blocks out direct rays from the sun, used to study and photograph the corona of the sun.
(astronomy) The attachment used in such a telescope.
coscripting
coscripting
verb
present participle of coscript
cosmography
cosmography
noun
The creation of maps of the universe.
The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
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
crepitating
crepitating
verb
present participle of crepitate
crescograph
crescograph
noun
A device for measuring growth in plants.
cripplingly
cripplingly
adv
In a way that cripples, or is crippling
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cryptogenic
cryptogenic
adj
(of a disease) Of uncertain cause.
(of an organism) Of uncertain origin, either introduced or native to its area.
(of epilepsy) Presumed but not proven to be caused by an abnormality in a particular part of the brain (contrasts with symptomatic and idiopathic).
cryptoglaux
cryptograms
cryptograms
noun
plural of cryptogram
cryptograph
cryptograph
noun
A cipher or cryptogram.
A device used for encrypting or decrypting text.
verb
(rare) To write text using a code or cipher.
cryptologic
cryptologic
Adjective
Of or relating to cryptology.
crystograph
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
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.
depicturing
depicturing
verb
present participle of depicture
deprecating
deprecating
adj
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
verb
present participle of deprecate
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
discography
discography
noun
(medicine) radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.
enciphering
enciphering
verb
present participle of encipher
epeirogenic
epeirogenic
Adjective
Relating to epeirogenesis.
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
galactopyra
gastroscope
gastroscope
noun
A form of endoscope used to view the inside of the stomach.
gastroscopy
gastroscopy
noun
An examination of esophagus, stomach and duodenum using endoscope.
genarchship
geographics
geographics
noun
The graphical elements of geography
geostrophic
geostrophic
adj
(meteorology) Relating to or arising from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the rotation of the earth.
(meteorology) Relating to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal Coriolis forces and the horizontal pressure forces.
gingerspice
gramophonic
gramophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
granophyric
granophyric
adj
(petrology) Having a texture resembling that of classic granophyre.
graphically
graphically
adv
In a graphic manner
graphicness
graphicness
noun
The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness
grapholects
grapholects
noun
plural of grapholect
graphologic
graphologic
adj
graphological
graphoscope
graphoscope
noun
An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones.
graphotypic
graphotypic
adj
Of or relating to the graphotype process.
graptolitic
graptolitic
adj
Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites.
graptomancy
groupuscule
groupuscule
noun
A small political group, especially of an extremist faction.
gymnocarpic
gynecophore
gynecophore
noun
Alternative form of gynæcophore
gyrocompass
gyrocompass
noun
A north-seeking form of gyroscope used as a directional reference in navigation.
verb
To use a gyrocompass.
gyroscopics
hectographs
hectographs
noun
plural of hectograph
hectography
hectography
noun
(historical) The use of a hectograph to duplicate documents.
helicograph
helicograph
noun
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
hockingport
holographic
holographic
adj
(uncommon) Handwritten by a single writer.
In the form of a hologram or holograph.
homographic
homographic
adj
(geometry) Having the same invariants.
Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound.
Spelled identically.
hygrophytic
hygrophytic
adj
Of or relating to hygrophytes.
hygroscopic
hygroscopic
adj
(physics, chemistry, botany) Readily taking up and retaining water, especially from the atmosphere.
hypercharge
hypercharge
noun
(physics) Short for hyperonic charge: a quantum characteristic of a group of subatomic particles governed by the strong force that is related to strangeness and is represented by a number equal to twice the average value of the electric charge of the group.
hyperphagic
hyperphagic
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to hyperphagia
hypertragic
hypogastric
hypogastric
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.
ichnography
ichnography
noun
the art of constructing ground plans
the ground plan of a building
iconography
iconography
noun
A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.