producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amplifying
amplifying
verb
present participle of amplify
ampulating
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
apolegamic
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
aporrhegma
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
azygosperm
bedimpling
bedimpling
verb
present participle of bedimple
bepimpling
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
biophagism
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
caprimulgi
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.
chemigraph
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
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
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
compelling
compelling
adj
Forceful.
Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention.
noun
An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.
verb
present participle of compel
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
complexing
complexing
noun
(chemistry) The formation of a complex; complexation
verb
present participle of complex
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
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.
cymbopogon
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
diplomaing
displuming
displuming
verb
present participle of displume
dromograph
dromograph
noun
A flowmeter used to record the circulation of the blood
empaneling
empennages
empennages
noun
plural of empennage
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
endophragm
epagomenae
epagomenal
epagomenal
adj
(in certain calendar systems) intercalary
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
esophagism
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gamophagia
gamotropic
gemmipares
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geoprumnon
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
glumpiness
glumpiness
noun
The quality of being glumpy.
gnaphalium
gnaphalium
noun
Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gomphodont
gomphodont
noun
Any cynodont of the taxon Gomphodontia
gonopodium
gonopodium
noun
(anatomy) A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.
gossampine
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
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
graphonomy
graphonomy
noun
Synonym of graphonomics
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
gymnosophy
gymnosophy
noun
(historical) A philosophy and lifestyle based around the idea that nudity is a natural condition and should be widely acceptable in society.
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
hemiplegia
hemiplegia
noun
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
hemiplegic
hemiplegic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia
noun
One who has hemiplegia.
hemophagia
hempstring
homographs
homographs
noun
plural of homograph
homography
homography
noun
(geometry) An isomorphism between projective spaces that maps straight lines to straight lines.
The state or quality of being written in the same way, especially when spelled with the same letters (as with a pair of homonyms), or also as represented with similar or identical glyphs (as with homoglyphs); the state or quality of existing as homographs.
hygroplasm
hygroplasm
noun
(biology, archaic) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion.
hypogynium
hypopygium
hypopygium
noun
A modified abdominal segment, in some insects, which supports the copulatory apparatus
hypostigma
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
impainting
impainting
verb
present participle of impaint
impaneling
impaneling
verb
present participle of impanel
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
impearling
impearling
verb
present participle of impearl
impedingly
impedingly
adv
So as to impede or hinder.
imperiling
imperiling
verb
present participle of imperil
impingence
impingence
noun
The quality of being impingent.
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
implanting
implanting
verb
present participle of implant
impleading
impleading
verb
present participle of implead
impleasing
impleasing
adj
(obsolete) unpleasing; displeasing
impledging
impledging
verb
present participle of impledge
imposingly
imposingly
adv
In an imposing manner.
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
impounding
impounding
noun
An act of impoundment.
verb
present participle of impound
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
impregable
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
impregning
impregning
verb
present participle of impregn
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinting
imprinting
noun
(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.
verb
present participle of imprint
impugnable
impugnable
adj
That can be impugned; open to (verbal) attack, open to question.
impugnment
impugnment
noun
The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned.
kiplingism
kiplingism
Noun
An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lageniporm
lagomorpha
lampmaking
lampmaking
noun
The manufacture of lamps.
lampooning
lampooning
noun
A lampoon.
verb
present participle of lampoon
lemography
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
lymphology
lymphology
noun
The study of the lymphatic system.
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
mainspring
mainspring
noun
(figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.
(horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
mallophaga
malpighian
malpighian
Adjective
Of, relating to, or discovered by an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
mareograph
mareograph
noun
(oceanography) marigraph
margaropus
mastigopod
mastigopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).