(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
agapornis
aggappora
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agropyron
agrypnode
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
allograph
allograph
noun
A signature made by one person for another.
A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
angiocarp
angiocarp
noun
(botany) An angiocarpous fruit
approving
approving
adj
Expressing approbation; commending
verb
present participle of approve
arcograph
arcograph
noun
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point.
areopagus
areopagus
Noun
The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens
arpeggios
arpeggios
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arpeggio
atmograph
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
auxograph
bargepole
bargepole
noun
Alternative spelling of barge pole
barograph
barograph
noun
A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
bolograph
bridgepot
carpogamy
carpognia
carpogone
carpology
carpology
noun
the study of the structure of seeds and fruit
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
comparing
comparing
verb
present participle of compare
compering
compering
verb
present participle of compere
cooperage
cooperage
noun
(countable) A cooper's workshop.
(uncountable) The art, trade, or products of a cooper (barrelmaker).
(uncountable) The price paid to a cooper for work carried out.
coopering
coopering
noun
The vocation of, or output of, a cooper (barrelmaker): synonym of cooperage.
verb
present participle of cooper
coppering
coppering
noun
An envelope or covering of copper.
The act of covering with copper.
verb
present participle of copper
coppinger
coprology
coprology
noun
scatology
copygraph
copygraph
noun
(dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
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.
deploring
deploring
verb
present participle of deplore
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
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.
dognapers
dognapers
noun
plural of dognaper
dognapper
dognapper
noun
agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
doppelger
dragropes
dragropes
noun
plural of dragrope
dropforge
droplight
droplight
noun
Alternative spelling of drop light
droppings
droppings
noun
plural of dropping
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
epirogeny
ergograph
ergograph
noun
A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
ergophile
ergophile
noun
A person who enjoys working.
ergoplasm
exploring
exploring
noun
The action of the verb explore.
verb
present participle of explore
exporting
exporting
verb
present participle and gerund of export
fagopyrum
forpining
forpining
verb
present participle of forpine
fringepod
fringepod
noun
Any of various herbs of the genus Thysanocarpus.
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
galeproof
galeproof
adj
Capable of resisting a gale.
gallopers
gallopers
noun
plural of galloper
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
gaspergou
gaspergou
noun
A fish, the freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens).
gasperoni
gastropod
gastropod
noun
Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.
geocarpic
geocarpic
adj
Relating to geocarpy.
geography
geography
noun
(archaic) an atlas or gazetteer.
(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
geomorphy
geomorphy
noun
geodesy
geomorphology
geosphere
geosphere
noun
the solid body of the Earth
geotropic
geotropic
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to geotropism.
germproof
germproof
adj
Resistant to germs.
gipsywort
glassport
glassrope
gnatproof
gnatproof
adj
Resistant to gnats.
godparent
godparent
noun
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
gomphrena
gomphrena
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena, the globe amaranths.
gonophore
gonophore
noun
(botany) An elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels.
(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.
gonopores
gonopores
noun
plural of gonopore
gopherman
gorakhpur
gospelers
gospelers
noun
plural of gospeler
gospeller
gospeller
noun
Alternative spelling of gospeler
gossipers
gossipers
noun
plural of gossiper
gossipper
gossipper
noun
Alternative spelling of gossiper
gossipred
gossipred
noun
Idle talk; gossip.
Relationship by baptismal rites; spiritual affinity or parentage; sponsorship.
graperoot
grapeshot
grapeshot
noun
(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
grapewort
graphiola
grassplot
grassplot
noun
(US and 19th century English) A lawn.
(US) An area of grass on which cars may be parked.
grecophil
greenport
grogshops
grogshops
noun
plural of grogshop
gropingly
gropingly
adv
In a groping manner; blindly.
groupable
groupable
adj
(sciences, by extension from the basic sense) Compatible mathematically or (more generally) scientifically.
Capable of being grouped together.
groupings
groupings
noun
plural of grouping
groupment
groupment
noun
(military) A temporary, improvised grouping of forces.
groupoids
groupoids
noun
plural of groupoid
groupwise
groupwise
adj
As a group
gruppetto
gruppetto
noun
(cycle racing) Synonym of autobus (“a large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race”)
(music) A trill or turn.
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
gynophore
gynophore
noun
(botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.
gynospore
gypsywort
gypsywort
noun
Lycopus europaeus, a labiate plant.
gyrograph
gyrograph
noun
A recording of gyratory stability, used to determine optimal bitumen mixtures for paving etc.
gyrophora
gyropilot
gyroplane
gyroplane
noun
Any aircraft that obtains lift from both rotating blades and small wings.
gyroscope
gyroscope
noun
An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.
hodograph
hodograph
noun
(physics, mathematics) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line whose other end is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; used in investigations respecting central forces.
holograph
holograph
noun
(law, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.
A hologram.
verb
To record by means of holography.
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.
hopfinger
horograph
hypergols
hypergols
noun
plural of hypergol
hypoergic
hyporight
ideograph
ideograph
noun
An ideogram.
idiograph
idiograph
noun
A mark or signature peculiar to an individual.
imploring
imploring
noun
The act of one who implores; imploration.
verb
present participle of implore
importing
importing
verb
present participle of import
improving
improving
adj
That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
verb
present participle of improve
inpouring
inpouring
noun
An inward flow
isographs
isographs
noun
plural of isograph
isography
isography
noun
(archaic) The imitation of another's handwriting.
(mathematics) An automorphism of transformation networks.
(music) The relationship between two pitch class sets that can be arranged into K-nets that are isographic (in the mathematical sense).
kingsport
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.
leapfrogs
leapfrogs
noun
plural of leapfrog.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leapfrog
leprology
leprology
noun
(sciences) The study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.
logograph
logograph
noun
a character or symbol that represents a word or phrase.
logogriph
logogriph
noun
A kind of puzzle where a series of verses give clues leading to a particular word.
longspurs
longspurs
noun
plural of longspur
loppering
loppering
verb
present participle of lopper
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.
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
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).
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.
myographs
myographs
noun
plural of myograph
myography
myography
noun
The scientific description of muscles
negrophil
negrophil
noun
Alternative form of negrophile
negropont
nephogram
nephogram
noun
(physics) A graphical depiction of a physical quantity that resembles a cloud.
A picture of a cloud.
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
nomograph
nomograph
Noun
A nomogram.
norrkping
odographs
odographs
noun
plural of odograph
offspring
offspring
noun
(computing) A process launched by another process.
(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.
All of a person's descendants, including further generations.