Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
calligraph
calligraph
verb
To write using calligraphy.
calography
cameograph
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
caprimulgi
caprioling
caprioling
verb
present participle of capriole
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
carphology
carphology
noun
Alternative form of carphologia
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
carpogonia
carpogonia
noun
plural of carpogonium
carpophaga
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cathograph
cephalagra
cephalagra
noun
gout in the head
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
chemigraph
chinagraph
chinagraph
noun
A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
chirograph
chirograph
noun
(law, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
(law, historical) A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others.
(obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chirruping
chirruping
noun
The act of producing a chirrup sound.
verb
present participle of chirrup
chorograph
chorograph
noun
An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
climograph
climograph
noun
A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
clinograph
clinograph
noun
An measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
conspiring
conspiring
noun
conspiracy
verb
present participle of conspire
copperwing
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
crippingly
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
crotophaga
cruppering
cruppering
verb
present participle of crupper
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptozygy
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cynography
cyrtograph
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
diagraphic
diagraphic
adj
descriptive
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
epigraphic
epigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
epirogenic
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
gamotropic
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
gonophoric
graecophil
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
gynophoric
gyrophoric
gyroscopes
gyroscopes
noun
plural of gyroscope
gyroscopic
gyroscopic
adj
Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope.
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hygroscopy
hygroscopy
noun
The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
hypergolic
hypergolic
adj
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reactant, fuel, or propellant) Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidiser.
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reaction) Involving such a hypergolic agent.
iconograph
iconograph
noun
(dated) An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.
A picture formed by a word or words.
incorpsing
incorpsing
verb
present participle of incorpse
increeping
increeping
verb
present participle of increep
isographic
isographic
adj
Of or pertaining to isography.
lepargylic
leprologic
leprologic
adj
(rare) Synonym of leprological: Of or related to leprology.
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
macrograph
macrograph
noun
An image of an object as seen by the naked eye, without magnification.
An image of an object that is at least as large as the object.
macrophage
macrophage
noun
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
macropygia
megaparsec
megaparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
micrograph
micrograph
noun
A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope
verb
To produce such an image by micrography.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
necrophaga
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
nephralgic
nephralgic
adj
Relating to nephralgia.
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
nongraphic
nongraphic
adj
Not graphic.
olographic
oncography
orographic
orographic
adj
(meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather
Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
outpricing
outpricing
verb
present participle of outprice
panegyrica
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
pangyrical
parageusic
parageusic
adj
Of or relating to parageusia.
paralgesic
paralgesic
adj
Of or relating to paralgesia.
paraplegic
paraplegic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia.
noun
A person who suffers from paraplegia.
parcelling
parcelling
noun
(nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.
verb
(Britain) present participle of parcel
parchingly
parchingly
adv
So as to parch or dry out.
paregorics
paregorics
noun
plural of paregoric
patrologic
patrologic
adj
Alternative form of patrological
pedicuring
pedicuring
verb
present participle of pedicure
pelargonic
pelargonic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to pelargonic acid or its derivatives
Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium
pelycogram
perceiving
perceiving
noun
The act by which something is perceived.
verb
present participle of perceive
percentage
percentage
noun
(informal) Benefit or advantage.
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
perfecting
perfecting
noun
(printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press.
verb
present participle of perfect
periegetic
periegetic
adj
(rare) Relating to a periegesis.
petrogenic
petrogenic
adj
(of hydrocarbons etc) Produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
Of or pertaining to the formation of rock.
petrologic
petrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to petrology.
phagocyter
photogyric
physiurgic
physiurgic
adj
(archaic) Produced by natural causes, without human intervention.
pickeering
pickeering
verb
present participle of pickeer
pictograph
pictograph
noun
A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.
A graphic character.
A picture that represents a word or an idea.
piercingly
piercingly
adv
In a piercing manner.
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
placarding
placarding
verb
present participle of placard
pleuralgic
podagrical
podagrical
adj
podagric; gouty
polygarchy
practicing
practicing
adj
Actively engaged in a profession.
Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion.
noun
The act of one who practices.
verb
present participle of practice
practising
practising
noun
The act of one who practises.
verb
present participle of practise
pragmatica
pragmatics
pragmatics
noun
(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language in a social context.