A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amphitoky
anonychia
anonychia
noun
(medicine) The absence of nails.
anthomyia
antiphony
antiphony
noun
(music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
apophysis
apophysis
noun
(anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone.
(botany) The external part of a cone scale.
(geology) A branch of a dike or vein.
archigony
athyrosis
athyrosis
noun
Synonym of athyroidism
authority
authority
noun
(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
(uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
basihyoid
basihyoid
noun
(anatomy) The central tongue bone.
billyhood
bimonthly
bimonthly
adj
Occurring once every two months; bimestrial
Twice every month; semimonthly.
adv
once every two months; bimestrially
noun
A publication that is published on a bimonthly basis.
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.
biophysic
biorhythm
biorhythm
noun
(biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
(pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person's birthdate as origin, that are claimed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.
blotchily
blotchily
adv
In a blotchy manner.
boarishly
boarishly
adv
in a boarish manner
bobbishly
bobbishly
adv
In a bobbish manner.
bodyshirt
bookishly
bookishly
adv
In a bookish manner.
boorishly
boorishly
adv
In a boorish manner; uncultured.
boweryish
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
brythonic
brythonic
Proper noun
A Celtic language.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup, a set of Celtic languages.
chariotry
cherimoya
cherimoya
noun
A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
chicayote
chilotomy
chirimoya
chirimoya
noun
Alternative form of cherimoya
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
chironomy
chironomy
noun
(music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.
(rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
chiropody
chiropody
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)
chirotony
chirotony
noun
(religion) The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite
chirotype
choirboys
choirboys
noun
plural of choirboy
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
choristry
chrysopid
chrysopid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
chrysorin
chrysotis
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
chymosins
chymosins
noun
plural of chymosin
cockishly
coltishly
coltishly
adv
In a coltish manner.
conchylia
conhydrin
cookishly
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.
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
cryophile
cryophile
noun
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
cyanophil
cyanophil
noun
(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye
cyclolith
cynophile
cynophile
noun
A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
cystolith
cystolith
noun
(botany) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
(medicine) A urinary calculus.
diachrony
diachrony
noun
The study of change over time, especially changes to language
diachylon
diachylon
noun
(medicine) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.
dichogamy
dichogamy
noun
(biology) The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
dichotomy
dichotomy
noun
(astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
(biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
(botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
dihydroxy
dihydroxy
adj
(chemistry) containing two hydroxy functional groups
dimethoxy
dimethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two methoxy groups in a molecule
diptychon
doggishly
doggishly
adv
In a doggish manner.
dollishly
dollishly
adv
In a dollish manner.
doltishly
doltishly
adv
In a doltish manner
donkeyish
donkeyish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a donkey; asinine.
donnishly
donnishly
adv
In a donnish manner.
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
doohinkey
doughtily
doughtily
adv
In a doughty manner.
dronishly
dronishly
adv
In a dronish manner.
dyotheism
dyschroia
dysphonia
dysphonia
noun
(medicine) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
dysphonic
dysphonic
adj
Having or relating to dysphonia.
noun
A person who has dysphonia.
dysphoria
dysphoria
noun
(LGBT) Ellipsis of gender dysphoria.
A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.
dysphoric
dysphoric
adj
Causing dysphoria
Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria.
noun
Such a person
dysphotic
dysphotic
adj
Alternative spelling of disphotic
echinomys
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
epitrophy
eriophyes
eriophyid
eriophyid
noun
(zoology) Any mite in the family Eriophyidae.
erythroid
erythroid
adj
Having a red colour; reddish
Of or pertaining to the erythrocytes, especially to their development
noun
Synonym of normoblast
ethnodicy
euthycomi
euthyroid
euthyroid
adj
Having normal thyroid function.
noun
A person with a normally functioning thyroid.
fairyhood
fairyhood
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
fisherboy
fisherboy
noun
A boy employed in catching fish; a young fisherman.
flourishy
flourishy
adj
flourishing; characterised by flourishes
foolishly
foolishly
adv
In a foolish manner.
Without good judgment.
foppishly
foppishly
adv
In a foppish way.
forsythia
forsythia
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
ghostlify
ghostlify
verb
To make ghostly; to haunt
ghostlily
ghostlily
adv
In a ghostly way.
gipsyhood
goatishly
goatishly
adv
In a goatish way.
golightly
goodyship
goodyship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife.
goosishly
gothicity
gothicity
Noun
Gothicness.
grouchily
grouchily
adv
In a grouchy manner
hagiology
hagiology
noun
literature dealing with the lives of saints
halcyonic
haloxylin
heinously
heinously
adv
In a heinous manner.
heliology
heliology
noun
(dated) heliophysics
heliotype
heliotype
noun
A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
verb
To produce pictures by heliotypy.
heliotypy
heliotypy
noun
A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.
hemitropy
hemitropy
noun
(crystallography) Twin composition in crystals.
hemolysin
hemolysin
noun
(medicine) Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin
hemolysis
hemolysis
noun
(medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.
hemolytic
hemolytic
adj
Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.
herbosity
heroicity
heroicity
noun
The quality of being heroic.
hexiology
hexiology
noun
(obsolete) The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
hideosity
hideosity
noun
(countable) Something hideous.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being hideous; extreme ugliness.
hideously
hideously
adv
(degree) To an extreme degree
In a hideous manner.
hideyoshi
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.
hippology
hippology
noun
The study of horses.
hippolyta
hippolyta
Proper noun
An Amazonian queen who possessed a magic girdle given to her by her father, Ares.
hippolyte
hippotomy
hippotomy
noun
The branch of anatomy that deals with horses.
hircosity
hircosity
noun
(rare) The quality of being hircose, or goatish.
histocyte
histocyte
noun
Alternative form of histiocyte (uncommon variant)
histogeny
histogeny
noun
histogenesis
histology
histology
noun
(biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
histonomy
histonomy
noun
The science that deals with organic tissues and their formation, development, and functions.
historify
historify
verb
To record in or as history.
histotomy
histotomy
noun
The dissection of organic tissues.
histozyme
histozyme
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, supposed to be responsible for many normal decompositions and synthetic processes.
hittology
hobbyists
hobbyists
noun
plural of hobbyist
hoggishly
hoggishly
adv
In a hoggish manner.
hoistaway
hoistaway
noun
A kind of mechanical lift, or elevator.
holdingly
holidayed
holidayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of holiday
holidayer
holidayer
noun
(Britain) Someone who is taking a holiday (recreational trip away from home).
hologynic
holotypic
holotypic
adj
Relating to a holotype
holytides
holytides
noun
plural of holytide
homiliary
homolysin
homolysin
noun
Synonym of isolysin
homolysis
homolysis
noun
(chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances