(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agriochoerus
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
angiophorous
anguishously
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthropurgic
aphanozygous
argyranthous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
autoepigraph
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
baragouinish
bellyflaught
bleachground
brachigerous
brandenburgh
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
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.
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
burghalpenny
bushrangings
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
calculagraph
calculagraph
noun
(historical) A mechanical device that calculates and prints the elapsed time between two events.
carpophagous
carpophagous
adj
Living on fruits; fruit-eating.
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.
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
challengeful
challengeful
adj
Full of challenge.
chambersburg
chandragupta
chasmogamous
chasmogamous
adj
Exhibiting chasmogamy.
chauffeuring
chauffeuring
verb
present participle of chauffeur
chaulmoogras
chaulmoogras
noun
plural of chaulmoogra
chaulmoogric
chaulmoogric
adj
Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
cheirogaleus
chincoteague
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chugalugging
chugalugging
verb
present participle of chugalug
coprophagous
coprophagous
adj
Feeding on excrement
craunchingly
craunchingly
adv
Archaic form of crunchingly.
crosshauling
cunninghamia
cunninghamia
noun
A china fir (Cunninghamia spp.), tall, ornamental evergreens in the cypress family, of east Asia.
daughterhood
daughterhood
noun
The condition of being a daughter.
daughterless
daughterless
adj
Without a daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
daughterling
daughterling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A daughter, especially a young or precious one.
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
dehumanising
dehumanising
verb
present participle of dehumanise
dehumanizing
dehumanizing
noun
An act of dehumanization.
verb
present participle of dehumanize
distraughted
distraughted
adj
Obsolete form of distracted.
distraughtly
distraughtly
adv
In a distraught manner.
doughfaceism
doughfaceism
noun
(derogatory) The character of a doughface; pliability.
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
draughthouse
draughtiness
draughtiness
noun
Britain standard spelling of draftiness.
dreadnoughts
dreadnoughts
noun
plural of dreadnought
dzhugashvili
earthgrubber
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
esophagismus
esophagismus
noun
Alternative form of oesophagismus
euchological
euchological
adj
Of or relating to a euchology or euchologion.
eurygnathism
eurygnathism
noun
(anatomy) The condition of having a wide jaw.
eurygnathous
eurygnathous
adj
Having a broad jaw
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
extraburghal
extraburghal
adj
(UK) Outside of a burgh or borough.
feuchtwanger
fluorography
fluorography
noun
photofluorography
visualisation of radiolabelled material
fuglemanship
gainsborough
gainsborough
Proper noun
A town in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
gaithersburg
gamophyllous
gamophyllous
adj
(botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments).
gastrophilus
gauchenesses
gauchenesses
noun
plural of gaucheness
geadephagous
gerrhosaurid
gerrhosaurid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Gerrhosauridae of plated lizards.
ghastfulness
ghastfulness
noun
(rare) Quality of being ghastful.
gibbergunyah
glenohumeral
glenohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
glutathiones
glutathiones
noun
plural of glutathione
gnathopodous
goddaughters
goddaughters
noun
plural of goddaughter
gomphocarpus
graduateship
graduateship
noun
The state of being a graduate.
greatmouthed
griphosaurus
gryphosaurus
guanethidine
guanethidine
noun
(pharmacology) An antihypertensive drug that reduces the release of catecholamines.
guardianship
guardianship
noun
The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
guestchamber
guestchamber
noun
A chamber for the purpose of housing a guest; a guestroom.
guitarfishes
guitarfishes
noun
plural of guitarfish
gynantherous
gynantherous
adj
(botany) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils.
hagiolatrous
hagiolatrous
adj
saint-worshipping
haircuttings
haircuttings
noun
plural of haircutting
hallucinogen
hallucinogen
noun
Any substance tending to induce hallucination.
harrisonburg
harrisonburg
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA
an independent city in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
heartburning
heartburning
noun
Secret enmity; discountent.
heilungkiang
heliogabalus
heliogabalus
Proper noun
A Roman emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. He was known for perverse and decadent behavior with regard especially to sex, religion, and food.
heliogravure
heliogravure
noun
An engraving of this kind.
The process of photographic engraving.
hematogenous
hematogenous
Adjective
Producing blood
Spread by blood
hemautograph
hemiageustia
hemignathous
hemignathous
adj
Having one mandible much shorter than the other
hemiligulate
hepatogenous
hepatogenous
adj
(medicine) Synonym of hepatogenic
heterogamous
heterogamous
adj
(biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
(biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
(botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
in the daisy family Asteraceae, having two types of flowers in a flower head (such as some sterile, some hermaphrodite, or some female, some hermaphrodite)
hexangularly
hexangularly
adv
In a hexangular manner.
highfaluting
highfaluting
adj
Alternative form of highfalutin
hippophagous
hippophagous
Adjective
Feeding on horseflesh.
hologastrula
holognathous
homologumena
horselaugher
houghmagandy
houseboating
houseboating
noun
The practice of living and/or travelling in a houseboat.
housemaiding
housemaiding
verb
present participle of housemaid
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
hwanghwatsun
hydatigenous
hydatogenous
hygrophanous
hygrophanous
adj
(mycology) Changing color as it dries out.
hypergeustia
hypergeustia
noun
Obsolete form of hypergeusia.
hypogastrium
hypogastrium
noun
An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
hypoglobulia
hypoglobulia
noun
The presence of an abnormally low count of red blood cells in the blood.
hypognathous
hypognathous
adj
(zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw.
johannesburg
johannesburg
Proper noun
The largest city of South Africa.
kanchenjunga
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
kinchinjunga
lagomorphous
lagomorphous
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the lagomorphs.
languishment
languishment
noun
Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
The state of languishing.
largemouthed
laughability
laughability
noun
laughableness
laughlintown
laughterless
laughterless
adj
Not laughing; without laughter.
lechuguillas
lechuguillas
noun
plural of lechuguilla
lithangiuria
lithogravure
lithophagous
lithophagous
adj
(zoology) Eating or destroying stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.
(zoology) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel.
ludwigshafen
mallophagous
mallophagous
adj
Feeding on feathers.
manslaughter
manslaughter
noun
(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.