The comparative study of primitive, illiterate or "savage" cultures.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agromyzid
agromyzid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.
agrypniai
agrypnias
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
anagyrine
anargyroi
anargyroi
noun
plural of anargyros
archigony
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
argyrosis
argyrosis
noun
Synonym of argyria
aroynting
aroynting
verb
present participle of aroynt
arterying
arylating
arylating
adj
(organic chemistry) That inserts aryl groups into molecules.
verb
present participle of arylate
asynergia
asynergia
noun
(pathology) A lack of muscular coordination
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
betraying
betraying
noun
betrayal
verb
present participle of betray
bewraying
bewraying
noun
The act or process of divulging or revealing information
verb
present participle of bewray
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
bracingly
bracingly
adv
In a bracing manner
brandying
brandying
verb
present participle of brandy
bridgeway
bryogenin
burgality
burningly
burningly
adv
in a burning manner
cardialgy
cardialgy
noun
(medicine) Heartburn.
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carpingly
carpingly
adv
in a carping manner; with complaints.
carryings
carryings
noun
plural of carrying
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
coglorify
congruity
congruity
noun
An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
crannying
crannying
verb
present participle of cranny
cravingly
cravingly
adv
With longing or craving.
crayoning
crayoning
noun
A drawing done in crayon.
verb
present participle of crayon
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
cryogenic
cryogenic
adj
Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
curiology
curlingly
curlingly
adv
With a curl or curls.
curtsying
curtsying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsy.
verb
present participle of curtsy
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
dairyings
darlingly
darlingly
adv
In a darling way.
dartingly
dartingly
adv
In a darting manner; rapidly.
dayspring
dayspring
noun
(archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
defraying
defraying
verb
present participle of defray
descrying
descrying
verb
present participle of descry
digestory
digestory
adj
Relating to a digestor
dignitary
dignitary
adj
Relating to dignity.
noun
An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
drivingly
drivingly
adv
(engineering) So as to drive.
So as to drive or motivate.
With forceful, inexorable motion.
droningly
droningly
adv
With a droning sound.
drygalski
engineery
englishry
englishry
Noun
the state or privilege of being an Englishman.
a body of English people, especially in Ireland.
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epirogeny
estraying
estraying
verb
present participle of estray
eyebright
eyebright
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.
eyestring
eyestring
noun
(obsolete, anatomy, chiefly in the plural) One of the fibres of the eye, such as a tendon, nerve or muscle.
fearingly
fearingly
adv
With fear; fearfully.
figurally
figurally
adv
in a figural manner
figuredly
flaringly
flaringly
adv
In a flaring manner.
flerrying
flurrying
flurrying
noun
A brief blast or shower, as of snow.
verb
present participle of flurry
fogramity
forcingly
forcingly
adv
In a forcing manner.
foreignly
foreignly
adv
In a foreign manner.
fragilely
fragilely
adv
In a fragile way or manner.
fragility
fragility
noun
(obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Weakness; feebleness.
frenzying
frenzying
verb
present participle of frenzy
frigidity
frigidity
noun
Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity.
Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
frigorify
frugality
frugality
noun
A sparing use; sparingness.
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
gainsayer
gainsayer
noun
A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person.
One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
garnishry
garnishry
noun
(archaic, rare) adornment
garrulity
garrulity
noun
The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
garyville
gasoliery
germanify
germanify
Verb
To make German.
germanity
geyserine
geyserish
geyserite
geyserite
noun
(mineralogy) A type of stone, a mixture of quartz and opal deposited by a geyser as it precipitates out of the boiling water.
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
gimmickry
gimmickry
noun
Gimmicks collectively.
The use of gimmicks.
gipsywort
girdingly
girlfully
girlishly
girlishly
adv
In a girlish manner.
glabreity
glabriety
glaringly
glaringly
adv
(figurative) So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention.
(literally) With intense light.
glyceride
glyceride
noun
(organic chemistry) An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids.
glycerine
glycerine
noun
(organic chemistry) The common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422.
glycerins
glycerins
noun
plural of glycerin
glycerite
glycerite
noun
(medicine) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerine.
glycerize
glycyrize
gorblimey
gorblimey
intj
(Britain) Expressing surprise, anger, etc.
gracility
gracility
noun
(often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.
grainways
graphicly
graphicly
adv
Archaic form of graphically.
gratility
gratingly
gratingly
adv
So as to grate or jar; in a tiresome or irritating manner.
With a grating sound.
gravidity
gravidity
noun
pregnancy
graylings
graylings
noun
plural of grayling
graysbies
grayville
grazingly
grazingly
adv
So as to graze, or brush closely against.
greycliff
greyflies
grievedly
gripingly
gripingly
adv
In a griping or oppressive manner.
gropingly
gropingly
adv
In a groping manner; blindly.
grouchily
grouchily
adv
In a grouchy manner
growingly
growingly
adv
To a growing or increasing degree
grundyism
grundyism
Noun
narrow and unintelligent conventionalism
grundyist
grundyist
Noun
One who exhibits narrow and unintelligent conventionalism.
grundyite
grunitsky
gryllidae
grypanian
guberniya
guberniya
noun
(historical) A major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire; a governorate or province.
gurneyite
gymnurine
gynandria
gynarchic
gynarchic
adj
Of or pertaining to gynarchy.
gyrations
gyrations
noun
plural of gyration
gyrinidae
gyromitra
gyropilot
hagiarchy
hagiarchy
noun
A sacred government run by holy people.
handygrip
harpingly
hierogamy
hierogamy
noun
The ritual enactment of sexual relations between gods and goddesses in order to guarantee fertility of crops
hierology
hierology
noun
The comparative and historical study of religions.
highflyer
highflyer
noun
Alternative form of highflier
hooraying
hooraying
verb
present participle of hooray
hurraying
hurraying
verb
present participle of hurray
hydrating
hydrating
verb
present participle of hydrate
hygristor
hygristor
noun
A humidity sensor that works by measuring electrical resistance.
hygrodeik
hygrodeik
noun
A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
hypoergic
hyporight
iatrology
iatrology
noun
Medical science.
imaginary
imaginary
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of √ (called imaginary unit).
Existing only in the imagination.
noun
(mathematics) An imaginary quantity.
(sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.