producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anaglyphic
anaglyphic
adj
Relating to anaglyphs.
noun
Work with chased or embossed relief.
anaglyptic
anaglyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph
angiocarpy
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
apagogical
apagogical
adj
Alternative form of apagogic
apographic
apographic
adj
(geology) Fine-grained.
apolegamic
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apological
apological
adj
(literature) Relating to an apologue
beclasping
beclasping
verb
present participle of beclasp
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
cacography
cacography
noun
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
calligraph
calligraph
verb
To write using calligraphy.
calography
cameograph
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
campignian
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
capitaling
caponising
caponising
verb
present participle of caponise
caponizing
caponizing
verb
present participle of caponize
caprimulgi
caprioling
caprioling
verb
present participle of capriole
captaining
captaining
verb
present participle of captain
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
carphology
carphology
noun
Alternative form of carphologia
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
carpogonia
carpogonia
noun
plural of carpogonium
carpophaga
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cathograph
catnapping
catnapping
noun
The kidnapping or theft of a cat.
verb
present participle of catnap
cephalagra
cephalagra
noun
gout in the head
cephalalgy
cephalalgy
noun
Dated form of cephalalgia.
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champaigne
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chapellage
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
chemigraph
chinagraph
chinagraph
noun
A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
chirograph
chirograph
noun
(law, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
(law, historical) A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others.
(obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
chorograph
chorograph
noun
An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
climograph
climograph
noun
A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
clinograph
clinograph
noun
An measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
collapsing
collapsing
verb
present participle of collapse
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compagnies
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
crotophaga
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cynography
cyrtograph
cytophagic
diaglyphic
diaglyphic
adj
Represented or formed by depressions in the surface.
diaglyptic
diagraphic
diagraphic
adj
descriptive
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
displacing
displacing
verb
present participle of displace
eigenspace
eigenspace
noun
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
enclasping
enclasping
verb
present participle of enclasp
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
epigraphic
epigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
epilogical
epilogical
Adjective
Of or relating to an epilogue.
epipelagic
epipelagic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres.
escaloping
escapingly
escapology
escapology
noun
(figurative) Escape from a difficult situation.
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.
gamotropic
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geoponical
geoponical
adj
Alternative form of geoponic
gloeocapsa
glycopexia
glyptician
graecophil
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
haplologic
haplologic
Adjective
Of or relating to haplology.
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hypnagogic
hypnagogic
adj
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.
That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
iconograph
iconograph
noun
(dated) An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.
A picture formed by a word or words.
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
inclasping
inclasping
verb
present participle of inclasp
isographic
isographic
adj
Of or pertaining to isography.
jackpiling
lepargylic
lipophagic
lipophagic
adj
Relating to lipophagy.
machipongo
macrograph
macrograph
noun
An image of an object as seen by the naked eye, without magnification.
An image of an object that is at least as large as the object.
macrophage
macrophage
noun
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
macropygia
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
megaparsec
megaparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
micrograph
micrograph
noun
A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope
verb
To produce such an image by micrography.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
misplacing
misplacing
noun
Incorrect placement.
verb
present participle of misplace
misspacing
misspacing
verb
present participle of misspace
mudcapping
mudcapping
verb
present participle of mudcap
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
necrophaga
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
nephralgic
nephralgic
adj
Relating to nephralgia.
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
nongraphic
nongraphic
adj
Not graphic.
nonpelagic
nonpelagic
adj
Not pelagic.
olographic
oncography
opacifying
opacifying
verb
present participle of opacify
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
oppugnance
oppugnance
noun
(obsolete) Dislike, aversion, animus; opposition: the fact, condition, or instance of being at variance, opposed, hostile, or adverse.
oppugnancy
oppugnancy
noun
The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance
orographic
orographic
adj
(meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather
Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography