The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
aglyphodonta
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amygdalolith
anaglyphical
anaglyphical
adj
Alternative form of anaglyphic
anguishously
anthobiology
anthoecology
anthropology
anthropology
noun
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
antilynching
antilynching
adj
(law) Prohibiting the practice of lynching
Opposed to the practice of lynching
antitheology
antitheology
noun
A belief system that runs counter to theology.
archplagiary
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bellyflaught
beseechingly
beseechingly
adv
In a beseeching manner.
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
borghalpenny
brachylogies
brigandishly
brigandishly
adv
In a brigandish manner.
burghalpenny
celidography
chalcography
chalcography
noun
engraving on copper or brass
chalkography
changelessly
changelessly
adv
In a changeless manner.
chasteningly
chasteningly
adv
In a chastening manner.
chatteringly
chatteringly
adv
In a chattering manner.
cheiromegaly
cheiromegaly
noun
Alternative form of chiromegaly
cherishingly
cherishingly
adv
in a cherishing manner
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)
chromatology
chromatology
Noun
The scientific study of colour.
cinchonology
cinchonology
noun
The pharmacology of cinchona and its derivatives
craunchingly
craunchingly
adv
Archaic form of crunchingly.
cyclographer
dactylograph
dactylograph
noun
(archaic) A typewriter.
(archaic) A typist.
daylightings
delightfully
delightfully
adv
In a delightful manner.
delightingly
delightingly
adv
So as to cause delight; delightfully.
distraughtly
distraughtly
adv
In a distraught manner.
dithioglycol
ditriglyphic
ditriglyphic
adj
(architecture) Relating to ditriglyphs.
eighteenthly
eighteenthly
adv
In the eighteenth place; eighteenth in a row.
elytrorhagia
enchantingly
enchantingly
adv
In an enchanting manner
epiphytology
epiphytology
noun
Study of epiphytes and their ecology.
esthesiology
esthesiology
noun
Alternative form of aesthesiology
ethnobiology
ethnobiology
noun
(biology) The study of the relationships between plants and animals and human cultures
ethnozoology
ethnozoology
noun
The study of past and present interrelationships between human cultures and animals.
exchangeably
exchangeably
adv
By way of exchange.
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
fluorography
fluorography
noun
photofluorography
visualisation of radiolabelled material
forthrightly
forthrightly
adv
In a forthright manner
frightenedly
frightenedly
adv
In a frightened manner.
galactopathy
galvanoglyph
gamophyllous
gamophyllous
adj
(botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments).
ganophyllite
ganophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
gargoylishly
gargoylishly
adv
In a gargoylish manner.
geohydrology
geohydrology
noun
(geology) hydrogeology
geothermally
geothermally
adv
By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy
glossography
glossography
noun
The study of ancient words or languages
The writing of glossaries or glosses
glossophytia
glycocholate
glycocholate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of glycocholic acid.
glycyphyllin
glycyrrhizin
glycyrrhizin
noun
(biochemistry) A crystalline glycosidic acid, the main sweet-tasting compound from liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, thirty to fifty times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar).
glyphography
glyphography
noun
A process similar to etching in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.
glyptography
glyptography
noun
(art) carving or engraving on precious stone
gnathoplasty
gnathoplasty
noun
(surgery) reconstructive surgery to the jaw
goldsmithery
goldsmithery
noun
The work of a goldsmith.
gonapophysal
gonapophysal
adj
Relating to the gonapophysis.
gypsophilous
gyrencephala
hairstylings
hairstylings
noun
plural of hairstyling
hamartiology
hamartiology
noun
(Christianity) The theology or study of sin.
headstrongly
headstrongly
adv
In a headstrong manner.
hearteningly
hearteningly
adv
In a heartening way; cheeringly.
helicogyrate
hemilethargy
hemitriglyph
hemitriglyph
noun
(architecture) A portion of a triglyph, made incomplete by the sudden breaking off of the frieze.
hepaticology
hepaticology
noun
The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
hepatomegaly
hepatomegaly
noun
(pathology) An abnormal enlargement of the liver.
hermoglyphic
hesitatingly
hesitatingly
adv
In a hesitating manner.
hexangularly
hexangularly
adv
In a hexangular manner.
hieroglypher
hieroglypher
noun
A writer of hieroglyphics.
hieroglyphic
hieroglyphic
adj
difficult to decipher
of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
noun
(by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
(chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
highhandedly
highhandedly
adv
In a high-handed manner.
historiology
historiology
noun
(obsolete) a discourse on history.
homogonously
homolography
homozygously
homozygously
adv
In a homozygous manner
horrifyingly
horrifyingly
adv
In a horrifying manner
hyalographer
hyalospongia
hydrobiology
hydrobiology
noun
(biology) The study of the biology of the organisms that inhabit bodies of water.
hydrogeology
hydrogeology
noun
The geology of groundwater, especially concerning the physical, biological and chemical properties of its occurrence and movement.
hydrological
hydrological
Adjective
Of or pertaining to hydrology.
hydrologists
hydrologists
noun
plural of hydrologist
hydroplaning
hydroplaning
noun
(automotive, US, Canada) The loss of contact with the road because of surface water. The act of aquaplaning.
verb
present participle of hydroplane
hyetological
hyetological
adj
Relating to hyetology.
hygienically
hygienically
adv
In a hygienic manner.
In relation to hygiene.
hygrophilous
hygrophilous
adj
(botany, of a plant) adapted for growth in a damp or wet environment.
hygrothermal
hygrothermal
adj
(physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
hymnological
hyperalgebra
hyperalgebra
noun
(mathematics) The formal group ring of a formal group law.
hyperalgesia
hyperalgesia
noun
(medicine) An increased sensitivity to pain, which in one form is caused by damage to nociceptors in the body's soft tissues.
hyperalgesic
hyperalgesic
adj
Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
hyperalgesis
hyperalgetic
hyperangelic
hyperelegant
hyperelegant
adj
Extremely elegant.
hyperlinking
hyperlinking
verb
present participle of hyperlink
hyperlogical
hypermagical
hypermagical
adj
Extremely magical.
hypnological
hypnological
adj
Relating to hypnology.
hypoglobulia
hypoglobulia
noun
The presence of an abnormally low count of red blood cells in the blood.
hypoglossals
hypoglossals
noun
plural of hypoglossal
hypoglycemia
hypoglycemia
noun
(pathology) A too low level of blood glucose.
hypoglycemic
hypoglycemic
adj
(pathology) Suffering from hypoglycemia.
Causing hypoglycemia.
noun
A sufferer of hypoglycemia.
ichthyologic
ichthyologic
adj
Of or belonging to ichthyology or ichthyic.
The ichthyological attributes or characteristics (of an area), the fishes (of a region) as the objects of scientific study.
insightfully
insightfully
adv
In an insightful manner; with insight.
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
laryngograph
laryngograph
noun
electroglottograph
laryngopathy
laryngopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the larynx
laryngophony
laryngophony
noun
The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed upon the larynx.
laryngorrhea
laughability
laughability
noun
laughableness
lexicography
lexicography
noun
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
lithoglypher
lithoglyphic
lithoglyphic
adj
Synonym of lithoglyptic
lithoglyptic
lithoglyptic
adj
Relating to lithoglyptics.
longheadedly
longheadedly
adv
In a longheaded manner.
lymphangioma
lymphangioma
noun
(medicine) A benign tumour of the lymph vessel.
lymphangitic
lymphangitic
adj
Relating to lymphangitis.
lymphangitis
lymphangitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.
lymphogenous
lymphogenous
adj
Characterised by the production or spread of lymphocytes or lymphatic vessels
lymphography
lymphography
noun
(dated) A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.
A medical imaging technique using a radiocontrast agent to visualize structures of the lymphatic system.
lymphorrhage
lyndeborough
lyophilising
lyophilising
verb
present participle of lyophilise
lyophilizing
lyophilizing
verb
present participle of lyophilize
megalichthys
megalography
megalography
noun
(art) The depiction of great or grand things, such as heroes and gods; painting on a large scale
megalopsychy
megalopsychy
noun
(obsolete, rare) Excessive self-confidence
megaphyllous
megaphyllous
adj
(Phytotomy) Of or having megaphyll leaves
metatheology
metatheology
noun
The study of theology itself
monotriglyph
monotriglyph
noun
(architecture) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced