(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
anapnograph
anapnograph
noun
A form of spirometer.
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
anemography
anemography
noun
A scientific description of the winds.
The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
angiography
angiography
noun
(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
anguimorpha
anthography
anthography
noun
(botany) The branch of botany that deals with the description of flowers.
aphrogeneia
approaching
approaching
adj
That approaches or approach.
adv
Nearly.
noun
The act of coming closer; an approach.
verb
present participle of approach
arachnology
arachnology
noun
The study of the Arachnida.
aragonspath
archegonial
archegonial
adj
(botany) Relating to the archegonium.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
argiphontes
arsenophagy
arsenophagy
noun
The practice of eating arsenic.
athenagoras
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
brontograph
brontograph
noun
A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
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
charcoaling
charcoaling
verb
present participle of charcoal
chloragogen
chloragogen
adj
(biology) Synonym of chloragogue
chondralgia
chronograms
chronograms
noun
plural of chronogram
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.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
coanchoring
coanchoring
verb
present participle of coanchor
coathangers
coathangers
noun
plural of coathanger
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
coprophagan
coprophagan
noun
(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.
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.
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
demonograph
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
dragonheads
dragonheads
noun
plural of dragonhead
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
dynamograph
dynamograph
noun
A dynamometer that produces a graphical record; especially one used to record muscular power
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
earthtongue
earthtongue
noun
Alternative form of earth tongue
encroaching
encroaching
adj
That encroaches.
verb
present participle of encroach
enterograph
enterograph
noun
An instrument used in enterography
ethnography
ethnography
noun
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.
An ethnographic work.
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
galeorhinus
geranomorph
ghirlandaio
ghirlandajo
gnathometer
gonorrhoeal
gonorrhoeal
adj
Alternative spelling of gonorrheal
gramophones
gramophones
noun
plural of gramophone
gramophonic
gramophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
grandmother
grandmother
noun
A female ancestor or progenitor.
A mother of someone's parent.
grangemouth
granolithic
granolithic
adj
Of or pertaining to a granolith
granophyres
granophyres
noun
plural of granophyre
granophyric
granophyric
adj
(petrology) Having a texture resembling that of classic granophyre.
graphomania
graphomania
noun
(art) Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots; see "Entoptic graphomania".
The compulsion to write.
graphophone
graphophone
noun
An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.
An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.
gymnorhinal
gymnothorax
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harmonising
harmonising
verb
present participle of harmonise
harmonizing
harmonizing
verb
present participle of harmonize
harmonogram
harmonogram
noun
(historical) An early form of Gantt chart.
An image created by the harmonograph.
harmonsburg
harpagornis
harrowingly
harrowingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
hartstongue
hartstongue
noun
Alternative spelling of hart's tongue.
headworking
hercegovina
hermogenian
hermogenian
Noun
A disciple of Hermogenes.
herzegovina
herzegovina
Proper noun
Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Represents a geographic and historic entity, not an administrative unit.
heterognath
heterogynal
hollansburg
hooperating
hormogoneae
hornswaggle
hydrogenase
hydrogenase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.
hydrogenate
hydrogenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat
hymnograher
hymnography
hymnography
noun
The art of composing hymns.
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.
The study of representative art in general.
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
lignography
marathoning
marathoning
noun
The act of running a marathon
menorrhagia
menorrhagia
noun
(dated) The normal flow of the menses.
Excessive menstrual flow but regularly timed.
menorrhagic
menorrhagic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to menorrhagia.
monographed
monographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of monograph
monographer
monographer
noun
a writer of monographs
monographes
monographic
monographic
adj
Drawn in lines without colours.
Of or pertaining to a monograph or treatise.
necrophagan
necrophagan
noun
(zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
necrophagia
necrophagia
noun
the consumption of dead flesh or carrion
the practice of feeding on (eating) corpses
negrophobia
negrophobia
Noun
Fear, hate, or dislike of black people of any descent, usually Africans.
neurography
neurography
noun
(anatomy) imaging of the nerves
nomographer
nomographer
noun
A person who is skilled in nomography.
nomographic
nomographic
adj
Relating to nomograms
nonadhering
nonadhering
adj
Not adhering
nosographer
nosographer
noun
an expert in nosography
nosographic
nosographic
adj
of or pertaining to nosography
odontograph
odontograph
noun
An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.
organopathy
organopathy
noun
The homeopathic theory that certain remedies act locally in specific organs.
organophile
organophone
organophyly
organophyly
noun
(biology, rare) The tribal history of organs, a branch of morphophyly.
ornithogaea
orthognathy
orthognathy
noun
The condition of being orthognathous
orthogonial
orthogonial
adj
Alternative form of orthogonal
orthologian
outcharging
outcharging
verb
present participle of outcharge
outcharming
outcharming
verb
present participle of outcharm
outmarching
outmarching
verb
present participle of outmarch
outreaching
outreaching
noun
An act of reaching out.
verb
present participle of outreach
overarching
overarching
adj
(by extension) all-embracing or overwhelming
That forms an overhead arch
noun
A structure that arches over something.
verb
present participle of overarch
overchafing
overchasing
overgarnish
overhanding
overhanding
verb
present participle of overhand
overhanging
overhanging
noun
(architecture) Synonym of overhang
verb
present participle of overhang
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overheaping
overheaping
verb
present participle of overheap
overhearing
overhearing
noun
The act by which something is overheard.
verb
present participle of overhear
overheating
overheating
noun
A situation where something is overheated.
verb
present participle of overheat
overshading
overshading
verb
present participle of overshade
pantographs
pantographs
noun
plural of pantograph
pantography
pantography
noun
A general description; an entire view of an object.
The copying of drawings using a pantograph.
perognathus
phanerogams
phanerogams
noun
plural of phanerogam
phanerogamy
phonogramic
phonogramic
adj
Alternative form of phonogrammic
phonographs
phonographs
noun
plural of phonograph
phonography
phonography
noun
(dated) The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
A form of shorthand using such symbols.
The transcription of speech using symbols.
phragmocone
phragmocone
noun
(malacology) The chambered portion of the shell of certain cephalopods, divided by septa into camerae.
phrenogrady
phrenograih
phrenograph
phrenograph
noun
(physiology) An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.
phryganeoid
planography
planography
noun
(medicine) Medical tomography.
(printing) A form of printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised or incised one.
pneumograph
pneumograph
noun
Alternative form of pneumatograph
pornography
pornography
noun
(by extension) The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction.
(usually humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature.