(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
agriochoerus
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
angiophorous
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
anthropurgic
argyranthous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
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
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
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.
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
chambersburg
chandragupta
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
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
coprophagous
coprophagous
adj
Feeding on excrement
craunchingly
craunchingly
adv
Archaic form of crunchingly.
crosshauling
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.
distraughted
distraughted
adj
Obsolete form of distracted.
distraughtly
distraughtly
adv
In a distraught manner.
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
draughthouse
draughtiness
draughtiness
noun
Britain standard spelling of draftiness.
dreadnoughts
dreadnoughts
noun
plural of dreadnought
earthgrubber
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
eurygnathism
eurygnathism
noun
(anatomy) The condition of having a wide jaw.
eurygnathous
eurygnathous
adj
Having a broad jaw
extraburghal
extraburghal
adj
(UK) Outside of a burgh or borough.
feuchtwanger
fluorography
fluorography
noun
photofluorography
visualisation of radiolabelled material
gainsborough
gainsborough
Proper noun
A town in Lincolnshire, England.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
gaithersburg
gastrophilus
gerrhosaurid
gerrhosaurid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Gerrhosauridae of plated lizards.
gibbergunyah
glenohumeral
glenohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
goddaughters
goddaughters
noun
plural of goddaughter
gomphocarpus
graduateship
graduateship
noun
The state of being a graduate.
greatmouthed
griphosaurus
gryphosaurus
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
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.
heliogravure
heliogravure
noun
An engraving of this kind.
The process of photographic engraving.
hemautograph
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.
hologastrula
horselaugher
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.
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.
johannesburg
johannesburg
Proper noun
The largest city of South Africa.
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.
lagomorphous
lagomorphous
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the lagomorphs.
largemouthed
laughterless
laughterless
adj
Not laughing; without laughter.
lithangiuria
lithogravure
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.
(obsolete) The slaying of a human being.
meganthropus
microphagous
microphagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on small particles.
muhlenbergia
multigrapher
multigrapher
noun
One who uses a multigraph (combined rotary typesetting and printing machine).
museographer
museographer
noun
One who engages in museography; a person who catalogues museum collections.
musicography
musicography
noun
(obsolete) The art or science of writing music and of musical notation.
Writing on the subject of music.
necrophagous
necrophagous
adj
That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
neurographic
neurographic
adj
Relating to neurography
neuronophagy
neuronophagy
noun
neuronophagia
ornithogalum
orthognathus
outbranching
outbranching
noun
An outbranch.
verb
present participle of outbranch
outbreathing
outbreathing
noun
A breathing out; an exhalation.
verb
present participle of outbreathe
outpreaching
outpreaching
verb
present participle of outpreach
overslaughed
overslaughed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overslaugh
paragnathous
paragnathous
adj
(zoology) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds
pelagothuria
pharyngismus
pharyngismus
noun
spasm of the pharynx
phonautogram
phonautogram
noun
A recording made with a phonautograph.
photogravure
photogravure
noun
(countable) A print so made.
(uncountable) An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.
verb
To print by this process.
pluviography
pluviography
noun
The graphic presentation of precipitation data.
The use of a pluviograph; the automatic recording of precipitation.
pneumographs
pneumographs
noun
plural of pneumograph
pneumography
pneumography
noun
scientific description of the lungs.
prasophagous
prelaunching
preslaughter
preslaughter
adj
Before slaughter.
pseudography
pseudography
noun
False writing; forgery.
Incorrect spelling.
quarterlight
quarterlight
noun
A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent
quarternight
rauschenburg
rehumanizing
rehumanizing
verb
present participle of rehumanize
repurchasing
repurchasing
verb
present participle of repurchase
rheumatalgia
rheumatalgia
noun
(pathology) chronic rheumatic pain
rheumatology
rheumatology
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.
rhizophagous
rhizophagous
adj
Feeding on roots.
roughcasting
roughcasting
verb
present participle of roughcast
roughhearted
saprophagous
saprophagous
adj
Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
sarcophagous
sarcophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on flesh; carnivorous.
saurognathae
saurophagous
saurophagous
adj
lizard-eating
schaumberger
schomburgkia
sculptograph
slaughterdom
slaughterdom
noun
Slaughter; carnage.
slaughterers
slaughterers
noun
plural of slaughterer
slaughtering
slaughtering
noun
An act of slaughter; a killing.
verb
present participle of slaughter
slaughterman
slaughterman
noun
A man employed to slaughter animals in a slaughterhouse.
slaughterous
slaughterous
adj
prone to slaughtering
sphingurinae
sprachgefuhl
stepdaughter
stepdaughter
noun
The daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself.
subparagraph
subparagraph
noun
Part of a longer paragraph that can be considered alone, as in a legal document.
verb
To divide a document into subparagraphs.
subpharyngal
sulphurating
sulphurating
verb
present participle of sulphurate
supercharged
supercharged
adj
(figurative) Boosted.
Equipped with a supercharger.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of supercharge
supercharger
supercharger
noun
(automotive, internal combustion engines) An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle).
(electrics, electronics) A device that can rapidly recharge a battery cell/pack.
(most commonly) Such a compressor which is specifically powered from the crankshaft.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see super, charger.
supercharges
supercharges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supercharge
superheating
superheating
noun
The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially the heating of a liquid above its boiling point
verb
present participle of superheat
superhighway
superhighway
noun
(US) An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds.
(by extension) A major route that carries most of the traffic going in a given direction by a specified mode of transportation.
(metaphoric) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway.
telautograph
telautograph
noun
(historical) An analogue precursor to the fax machine, transmitting electrical impulses recorded by potentiometers to servomechanisms attached to a pen at the receiving station, thus reproducing a drawing or signature made by the sender.