Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
accelerograph
accelerograph
noun
(geology) An instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake.
(military) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
acceptilating
acceptilating
verb
present participle of acceptilate
acceptingness
acceptingness
noun
The ability or desire to accept.
accomplishing
accomplishing
verb
present participle of accomplish
acropathology
acropathology
noun
(pathology, rare) The study of diseases of the limbs or the extremities.
actinographic
acupuncturing
acupuncturing
verb
present participle of acupuncture
addressograph
addressograph
noun
(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adstipulating
aerogeography
aerographical
aerographical
adj
Synonym of aerographic
afterplanting
afterripening
aglyphodontia
agrammaphasia
agrammaphasia
noun
(medicine, rare) A speech disorder in which a person is unable to produce a grammatical or intelligible sentence.
agrostography
agrostography
noun
The scientific description of grasses.
allotriophagy
allotriophagy
noun
(rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
alphabetology
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amygdalopathy
anatripsology
anatripsology
noun
(medicine) The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
androsphinges
anemobiagraph
anepigraphous
aneroidograph
angelographer
angelographer
noun
One who writes an angelography.
angiemphraxis
angiodiascopy
angiolymphoma
angioneoplasm
angioplerosis
angiopressure
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
angiothlipsis
angustiseptal
anisopogonous
anorthography
anthropogenic
anthropogenic
adj
Having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature.
Pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny.
anthropologic
anthropologic
adj
anthropological; pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man.
anthropophagi
anthropophagi
noun
plural of anthropophagus
anthropophagy
anthropophagy
noun
The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
antiexporting
antiexporting
adj
Synonym of antiexport (“opposing exports”)
antipathogene
antipellagric
antipellagric
adj
Preventing or countering pellagra.
antipragmatic
antipragmatic
adj
(philosophy) Opposing or rejecting pragmatism.
antisplitting
antisplitting
adj
Preventing splitting.
antispreading
aortographies
aortographies
noun
plural of aortography
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
apogeotropism
apogeotropism
noun
(botany) An apogeotropic tendency.
apophlegmatic
apophlegmatic
adj
(medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
noun
(medicine) Any apophlegmatic medicine.
apothegmatist
apothegmatist
noun
A collector or maker of apothegms.
apothegmatize
apothegmatize
verb
(intransitive) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
apotheosising
apotheosising
verb
present participle of apotheosise
apotheosizing
apotheosizing
verb
present participle of apotheosize
appallingness
appallingness
noun
The quality of being appalling.
appealingness
appealingness
noun
The state or quality of being appealing.
appendicalgia
appendicalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the appendix.
appoggiaturas
appoggiaturas
noun
plural of appoggiatura
appropriating
appropriating
verb
present participle of appropriate
approximating
approximating
verb
present participle of approximate
apterygogenea
archaeography
archaeography
noun
Discipline for publishing treatises of any antiquity or antiquities.
archangelship
archangelship
noun
The role or status of archangel.
archipelagian
archipelagoes
archipelagoes
noun
plural of archipelago
areographical
areographical
adj
Synonym of areographic
argyropelecus
arithmography
arithmography
noun
(linguistics) The encoding of words as numbers
A formal presentation of the properties of numbers.
arsenicophagy
arsenicophagy
noun
The eating of arsenic, formerly practiced for supposed health benefits.
arteriography
arteriography
noun
(medicine, dated) description of the arteries
radiography of an artery
aryepiglottic
aryepiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Referring to a group of tissues between the epiglottis and the arytenoid cartilage, or the use of these folds during vocalization.
aspergillales
aspergilloses
aspergilloses
noun
plural of aspergillosis
aspergillosis
aspergillosis
noun
Any of various infections by fungi of the genus Aspergillus that cause granulomatous lesions.
astylospongia
auriphrygiate
auriphrygiate
adj
Embroidered or decorated with gold
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
automatograph
automatograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An instrument for recording involuntary movements of a human subject.
autotelegraph
autotelegraph
noun
Synonym of telautograph
backspringing
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bactetiophage
balneographer
balneographer
noun
One who writes descriptions of therapeutic baths.
bandspreading
basipterygial
basipterygial
adj
Of or pertaining to a basipterygium
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
beglerbegship
beglerbegship
noun
The role or status of a beglerbeg.
benthopelagic
benthopelagic
adj
Both benthic and pelagic.
noun
Any such organism.
bibliographer
bibliographer
noun
A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
bibliographic
bibliographic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliography.
bibliophagist
bibliophagist
noun
(rare) A bibliophage; one who loves to read books.
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
biogeographer
biogeographer
noun
A person engaged in biogeography.
biogeographic
biogeographic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography, the study of the geographical arrangement of plants and animals
biophysiology
biophysiology
noun
(biology, physiology) biological physiology
biopsychology
biopsychology
noun
biological psychology
biospeleology
biospeleology
noun
(biology) The biology of organisms that live in caves
bloodspilling
bootstrapping
bootstrapping
noun
The process by which something is bootstrapped.
verb
present participle of bootstrap
brachygrapher
brachygrapher
noun
(obsolete) A writer who uses shorthand; a stenographer.
brachygraphic
brachygraphic
adj
Relating to brachygraphy.
bradysphygmia
bridgehampton
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
bronchography
bronchography
noun
radiography of the bronchus, involving the use of contrast
bronchoplegia
burglarproofs
buttstrapping
cacographical
cacographical
adj
Synonym of cacographic
cacopharyngia
calcispongiae
calligraphers
calligraphers
noun
plural of calligrapher
calligraphist
calligraphist
noun
calligrapher
cambridgeport
campanologist
campanologist
noun
A person who studies campanology.
campbellsburg
campephagidae
cancrophagous
caprimulgidae
capsuligerous
capsulogenous
captivatingly
captivatingly
adv
In a captivating manner.
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiographic
cardiographic
adj
(physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
caricographer
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers
noun
plural of carpetbagger
carpetbaggery
carpetbaggery
noun
(derogatory) The practice of a person coming to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection, with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
carpetbagging
carpetbagging
verb
present participle of carpetbag
carpetbaggism
carpetbaggism
noun
The practices of a carpetbagger
cartographers
cartographers
noun
plural of cartographer
cartographies
cartographies
noun
plural of cartography
cathodography
celidographer
cephaloplegia
cephaloplegic
ceramographic
cerographical
cerographical
adj
Synonym of cerographic
chalcographer
chalcographer
noun
An engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper.