pleasure from experiencing pain, especially sexually.
algophobia
algophobia
noun
Fear of pain.
alongships
amphigonia
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphigoric
amphigoric
adj
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
amphigouri
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anaglypton
andropogon
andropogon
noun
(botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angiocarpy
angiograph
angiograph
noun
The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
angioplany
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
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.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophily
anglophobe
anglophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobe
anglophone
anglophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone
antapology
anthophagy
anthophagy
noun
(biology) feeding on flowers
apagogical
apagogical
adj
Alternative form of apagogic
aphorising
aphorising
verb
present participle of aphorise
aphorizing
aphorizing
verb
present participle of aphorize
aphthongal
aphthongal
adj
(phonology) Being or relating to an aphthong.
aphthongia
aphthongia
noun
(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
apiologies
apiologist
apiologist
noun
A person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
apogonidae
apographal
apographal
adj
Of or relating to the apograph of a manuscript.
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
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologists
apologists
noun
plural of apologist
apologized
apologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologize
apologizer
apologizer
noun
Agent noun of apologize: one who apologizes.
apologizes
apologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologize
aponogeton
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
aporrhegma
appointing
appointing
verb
present participle of appoint
apterygota
apterygote
apterygote
noun
Any insect of the order Apterygota.
areography
areography
noun
(astronomy, geography) The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars.
areopagist
areopagite
argiopidae
arpeggioed
arpeggioed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggio
astrograph
astrograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope designed and used for astronomical photography.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
azygosperm
azygospore
azygospore
noun
A agametic zygospore
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
barographs
barographs
noun
plural of barograph
belgophile
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bibliopegy
bibliopegy
noun
The art of bookbinding.
biographee
biographee
noun
One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography.
biographer
biographer
noun
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
bolography
bridgeport
bridgeport
Proper noun
a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a neighbourhood on Nova Scotia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA.
a CDP in and the county seat of California, USA.
an unincorporated community in California.
a seaport city in Connecticut, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
hamlet and CDP in and New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA.
a former community in Utah, USA.
a city in Washington, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
cacography
cacography
noun
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
calography
cameograph
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
caponising
caponising
verb
present participle of caponise
caponizing
caponizing
verb
present participle of caponize
caprioling
caprioling
verb
present participle of capriole
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
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
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.
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
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.
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
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
conspiring
conspiring
noun
conspiracy
verb
present participle of conspire
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.
coplotting
coplotting
verb
present participle of coplot
copperwing
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
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.
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptozygy
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cymbopogon
cynography
cyrtograph
cytophagic
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
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.
depeopling
depeopling
verb
present participle of depeople
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
developing
developing
adj
In the process of development.
Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.