A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acromegaly
acromegaly
noun
(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
(American spelling) Alternative form of archaeology
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
cacography
cacography
noun
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
calography
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
cardiology
cardiology
noun
(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
caricology
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
carphology
carphology
noun
Alternative form of carphologia
cateringly
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.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chargeably
chargeably
adv
(obsolete) At great cost; expensively.
charmingly
charmingly
adv
In a charming manner.
chartology
cheeringly
cheeringly
adv
In a way that cheers; hearteningly, encouragingly.
With cheering.
cheirology
cheirology
noun
The representation of words or letters by use of the fingers
chirognomy
chirognomy
noun
The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chirurgery
chirurgery
noun
(archaic) Synonym of surgery.
chronology
chronology
noun
(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.
(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
chrysology
chrysology
noun
(rare) The branch of political economy relating to the production of wealth, generally including precious metals.
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
clergyable
clergyable
adj
(dated) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
congruency
congruency
noun
(mathematics) The state of being congruent
The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
coregnancy
corrigibly
corrigibly
adv
In a corrigible manner; such that it can be corrected.
coweringly
coweringly
adv
In a cowering manner.
crammingly
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
craniology
craniology
noun
The study of the physical characteristics of the human skull.
crashingly
crashingly
adv
Absolutely; terribly
While crashing, or as if crashing
crawlingly
crawlingly
adv
(figurative) In a humble or sycophantic manner.
With a crawling motion.
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
cringingly
cringingly
adv
In a cringing manner; while cringing.
So as to make one cringe.
crippingly
crooningly
crooningly
adv
With a crooning sound.
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
cruisingly
crushingly
crushingly
adv
So as to belittle; dishearteningly.
So as to defeat overwhelmingly.
crustalogy
cryalgesia
cryalgesia
noun
pain caused by cold
cryogenics
cryogenics
noun
The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures.
The scientific study of low-temperature phenomena.
cryogenies
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
crystaling
curtseying
curtseying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsey.
verb
present participle of curtsey
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cynography
cynosarges
cyriologic
cyriologic
adj
Relating to capital letters.
cyrtograph
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
degeneracy
degeneracy
noun
(neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
deglycerin
detergency
detergency
noun
The active property of a detergent
divergency
divergency
noun
(countable) divergence
(uncountable) The state of being divergent
downcrying
dyscrasing
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
ergodicity
ergodicity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is ergodic.
(uncountable) The condition of being ergodic.
garryaceae
germinancy
gimmickery
gimmickery
noun
Alternative form of gimmickry
glyceridic
glyceridic
adj
Of or pertaining to glycerol or glycerides.
glycerines
glycerines
noun
plural of glycerine
glycerizin
glycerogel
glycerogel
noun
A colloid gel based on glycerine.
glycoluric
glycoluric
adj
(chemistry) Derived from glycol and urea.
glycoluril
glycoluril
noun
(organic chemistry) A nitrogenous substance obtained by reduction of allantoin.
glycosuria
glycosuria
noun
(medicine) The presence of sugars (especially glucose) in the urine, often as a result of diabetes mellitus
glycosuric
glycosuric
adj
Of or relating to glycosuria.
glycuresis
glycuronic
glycuronic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) uronic
glycuronid
gracefully
gracefully
adv
In a graceful manner.
graciosity
graciosity
noun
(archaic) graciousness, usually in a bad sense, as implying duplicity
graciously
graciously
adv
In a gracious manner; with grace and courtesy.
greyiaceae
groceryman
groceryman
noun
A male grocer.
grocerymen
grocerymen
noun
plural of groceryman
guardiancy
guardiancy
noun
(rare) guardianship
guaycuruan
gymnarchus
gynarchies
gynarchies
noun
plural of gynarchy
gynecocrat
gynecratic
gynecratic
adj
Alternative form of gynocratic
gyneocracy
gyneocracy
noun
Alternative form of gynecocracy
gyniatrics
gyniatrics
noun
gynecology
gynocardia
gynocardic
gynocratic
gynocratic
adj
Pertaining to government by women.
gynophoric
gyrfalcons
gyrfalcons
noun
plural of gyrfalcon
gyrochrome
gyrophoric
gyroscopes
gyroscopes
noun
plural of gyroscope
gyroscopic
gyroscopic
adj
Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope.
gyrostatic
gyrostatic
adj
(physics) Of or pertaining to gyrostatics
Of, pertaining to, or containing a gyrostat
hagiocracy
hagiocracy
noun
Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
helicogyre
hydrogenic
hydrogenic
adj
(chemistry) hydrogen-like
hydrologic
hydrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrology.
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.
insurgency
insurgency
noun
rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
kyriologic
kyriologic
adj
kyriological
laryngitic
laryngitic
adj
Pertaining to or suffering from laryngitis.
lepargylic
lurchingly
lurchingly
adv
With a lurching motion.
lyricising
lyricising
verb
present participle of lyricise
lyricizing
lyricizing
verb
present participle of lyricize
macropygia
magistracy
magistracy
noun
The collective body of magistrates.
The dignity or office of a magistrate.
micrifying
microgyria
microgyria
Noun
micropolygyria
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
octogenary
octogenary
adj
(obsolete) Of or related to the number 80, particularly
Synonym of octogenarian: lasting or aged 80 years; 80-year-old.
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of eightysomething: a person 80 to 89 years old.
oiligarchy
oiligarchy
noun
(informal, derogatory) An elite group that obtains its power from control of the oil industry.
oncography
organicity
organicity
noun
The quality of being organic.
oryctology
oryctology
noun
(obsolete) The study of things dug out of the earth, including minerals and fossils.
panegyrica
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
pangyrical
parchingly
parchingly
adv
So as to parch or dry out.
pelycogram
phagocyter
photogyric
physiurgic
physiurgic
adj
(archaic) Produced by natural causes, without human intervention.