The base of a religious sect established in Sussex by the Rev. Henry James Prince in the mid-19th century, or a successor establishment in London, which were associated with free love and polygamy.
Any community characterised by mutual love or free love.
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amphogeny
apogamies
apogamous
apogamous
adj
Relating to apogamy
apophlegm
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
atmograph
bumpology
bumpology
noun
(archaic, derogatory) phrenology
campagnol
campagnol
noun
(archaic) A vole (US, Canada: field mouse), Microtus agrestis that often does great damage in fields and gardens by feeding on roots and seeds.
carpogamy
coempting
compagnie
companage
comparing
comparing
verb
present participle of compare
compering
compering
verb
present participle of compere
competing
competing
adj
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
verb
present participle of compete
compiegne
compiling
compiling
verb
present participle of compile
complying
complying
verb
present participle of comply
composing
composing
adj
Conducive of a composed state, relaxing.
verb
present participle of compose
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
(literally) The process or act of calculation.
The study of computers and computer programming.
verb
present participle of compute
cryptogam
cryptogam
noun
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
deprogram
deprogram
verb
(transitive) To counteract the effects of previous programming or brainwashing, especially in an attempt to persuade (a person) to abandon allegiance to a cult.
employing
employing
verb
present participle of employ
epigonism
epigonism
noun
An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
The product of an epigone.
epigonium
epilogism
epilogism
noun
(archaic) enumeration; computation
ergoplasm
fagopyrum
galempong
gamolepis
gamophagy
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
geomorphy
geomorphy
noun
geodesy
geomorphology
germproof
germproof
adj
Resistant to germs.
gomphoses
gomphoses
noun
plural of gomphosis
gomphosis
gomphosis
noun
(anatomy) a type of fibrous, immovable joint such as the one between the teeth and the alveolar bone
gomphrena
gomphrena
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena, the globe amaranths.
gonoplasm
gopherman
gossipdom
gossypium
groupment
groupment
noun
(military) A temporary, improvised grouping of forces.
gumptions
gumptions
noun
plural of gumption
gumptious
gumptious
adj
(colloquial) Having gumption.
gymnogyps
gymnosoph
gymnosoph
noun
A nudist; one who practises or promotes gymnosophy.
gypsydoms
hemophage
hemophagy
hemophagy
noun
The condition of being hemophagous
homograph
homograph
noun
(computing) A text character or string that looks identical to another when rendered.
A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.
impetigos
imploding
imploding
verb
present participle of implode
imploring
imploring
noun
The act of one who implores; imploration.
verb
present participle of implore
importing
importing
verb
present participle of import
imposting
improving
improving
adj
That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
verb
present participle of improve
kopagmiut
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
lagomorph
lagomorph
noun
A member of the mammalian taxonomic order, Lagomorpha, which includes hares, rabbits, and pikas.
maggotpie
manograph
manograph
noun
An optical device for making pressure volume diagrams for high-speed engines, involving a light-tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror reflecting a beam of light onto the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved so as to copy the motion of the engine piston on a smaller scale.
maypoling
maypoling
noun
The tradition of dancing around the maypole.
megalopia
megalopic
megalopic
adj
Having, or resembling large eyes
Relating to megalopses
megaphone
megaphone
noun
(figuratively) Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
(organic chemistry) A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.
megapodes
megapodes
noun
plural of megapode
megapolis
megapolis
noun
A very large city or urban complex; a metropolis.
megascope
megascope
noun
(photography) An enlarging camera.
A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
megaspore
megaspore
noun
(botany) The larger spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a female gametophyte
melograph
melograph
noun
A device designed for analysing and plotting the frequency characteristics of ethnic music.
minigroup
mogulship
mogulship
noun
The state or business of a mogul.
monograph
monograph
noun
A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.
verb
(transitive) To write a monograph on (a subject).
(transitive, US) Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance).
monophagy
monophagy
noun
The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
motograph
motograph
noun
(historical) A device used in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface.
mughopine
musophaga
musophagi
mycophagy
mycophagy
noun
(biology) The eating of fungus.
myographs
myographs
noun
plural of myograph
myography
myography
noun
The scientific description of muscles
nephogram
nephogram
noun
(physics) A graphical depiction of a physical quantity that resembles a cloud.
A picture of a cloud.
nomograph
nomograph
Noun
A nomogram.
omnigraph
omnigraph
noun
A pantograph.
An automatic telegraph code-sound producer used to learn telegraph code.
omophagia
omophagia
noun
The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh.
omophagic
omophagic
adj
Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food.
osmograph
osmograph
noun
An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures.
pagandoms
panegoism
panegoism
noun
solipsism
pangamous
panlogism
panlogism
noun
(philosophy) The Hegelian doctrine that the universe is the act or realization of Logos, and therefore logic and ontology are the same study.
pathogerm
pegmatoid
pegmatoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling pegmatite
noun
Such a mineral
pegomancy
pegomancy
noun
divination by fountains
petrogram
petrogram
noun
(archaeology) A painting on rock, especially one made in prehistoric times.
phaenogam
phaenogam
noun
Alternative form of phenogam
phagosome
phagosome
noun
A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.
phlogisma
phonogram
phonogram
noun
(law) An audio recording, regardless of physical format.
(linguistics) A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a sound, as opposed to logograms and determinatives.
photogram
photogram
noun
A photograph made without using a camera; normally by placing an object in contact with photosensitive paper and exposing it to light
phragmoid
phytogamy
picograms
picograms
noun
plural of picogram
pictogram
pictogram
noun
A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
pigeonman
plasmogen
plasmogen
noun
(biochemistry) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration.
ploughman
ploughman
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of plowman
ploughmen
ploughmen
noun
plural of ploughman
plumbagos
plumbagos
noun
plural of plumbago
pogonatum
pogroming
pogroming
verb
present participle of pogrom
pogromist
pogromist
noun
One who supports, or carries out, a pogrom.
pogromize
pogromize
verb
Synonym of pogrom (“to persecute or massacre”)
polygamia
polygamia
Noun
A Linnæan class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
A name given by Linnæus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.
polygamic
polygamic
Adjective
polygamous
polygonum
polygonum
noun
(botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
pommeling
porogamic
porogamic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting or relating to porogamy.
potmaking
potmaking
noun
The manufacture of pots.
progamete
programed
programed
verb
Alternative spelling of programmed
programer
programer
noun
(US) Alternative form of programmer
programma
programma
noun
(obsolete) A preface.
(obsolete) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
(obsolete, historical, Ancient Greece) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
programme
programme
noun
(Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”)
Britain and New Zealand standard spelling of program.
verb
Britain standard spelling of program.
promerger
promising
promising
adj
Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
a promising young apprentice
noun
The act of making a promise.
verb
present participle of promise
promoting
promoting
verb
present participle of promote
prompting
prompting
noun
The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.
verb
present participle of prompt
promulged
promulged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of promulge
promulger
promulger
noun
One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown.
promulges
promulges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of promulge
pyelogram
pyelogram
noun
An image produced by means of pyelography.
pygmalion
pygmalion
noun
One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he fell deeply in love with), as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character (Henry Higgins) as Pygmalion Higgins.
pygmyhood
pygmyhood
noun
The condition of being a pygmy.
rampoling
reprogram
reprogram
verb
(government) To shift funds appropriated for one government program to a different government program.
(transitive, by extension) To make a fundamental change to the behaviour or habits of.
(transitive, computing) To program anew or differently.
rompingly
rompingly
adv
In a romping manner.
semigroup
semigroup
noun
(mathematics) Any set for which there is a binary operation that is closed and associative.
septogerm
sphygmoid
sphygmoid
adj
pulse-like
spirogram
spirogram
noun
A graph of respiratory movement
tamponage
tamponage
noun
(medicine) The use of a tampon; a tamponade.
tamponing
tamponing
noun
The application of a tampon or plug.
verb
present participle of tampon
tomograph
tomograph
noun
A machine for making an X-ray of a single plane of the body.
topmaking
topmaking
noun
The processing of wool into "top" (bundles of combed slivers with the noils removed).
urogomphi
urogomphi
noun
plural of urogomphus
uropygium
uropygium
noun
The posterior part of a bird's body from which the tailfeathers grow.
wampanoag
zigamorph
zigamorph
noun
(computing, slang, dated, rare) The text character with hexadecimal value 0xff, when used as a string separator or terminator.
zygosperm
zygosperm
noun
(botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. They are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.