(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
cytopyge
cytopyge
noun
cytoproct; anal pore
dryprong
egophony
egophony
noun
(medicine) A bleating sound sometimes observed in patients with various lung conditions
epoxying
epoxying
verb
present participle of epoxy
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
genotype
genotype
noun
(genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.
(taxonomy, obsolete) The type species of a genus; generitype.
A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution.
verb
(transitive) To determine the genotype of.
geophagy
geophagy
noun
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
geophyte
geophyte
noun
(botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
geoscopy
geoscopy
noun
Knowledge of the earth or soil, obtained by inspection.
geotropy
geotropy
noun
geotropism
gipsydom
gipsydom
noun
Alternative form of gypsydom
gonotype
gospelly
gospelly
adj
Resembling gospel music
adv
(archaic, Christianity) In the manner of the Gospel
gossipry
gossipry
noun
Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
gossypin
gossypol
gossypol
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.
gryphons
gryphons
noun
plural of gryphon
gryposis
gynopara
gynopara
noun
A viviparous female aphid that is born in the autumn on a secondary host, then flies to the primary host where she produces new females that mate and deposit eggs.
gypseous
gypseous
adj
Containing gypsum
gypsydom
gypsydom
noun
The realm or sphere of gypsies.
hopingly
hopingly
Adverb
In a hopeful manner.
hypergol
hypergol
noun
(chemistry, aeronautics) Any hypergolic propellant.
hypergon
hypnogia
hypogamy
hypogamy
noun
The seeking of a spouse of lower socioeconomic status or caste than oneself.
hypogeal
hypogeal
adj
(botany, of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated
Existing or growing underground
hypogean
hypogean
adj
Existing or growing underground.
hypogeic
hypogene
hypogene
adj
(geology) Formed underground, often by ascending solutions.
hypogeum
hypogeum
noun
An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).
hypogyny
japygoid
japygoid
noun
(zoology) Any hexapod of the superfamily Japygoidea.
logotype
logotype
noun
(typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).
A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.
logotypy
logotypy
noun
(typography) The use of logotypes or ligatures.
mopingly
mopingly
adv
While moping; sulkily.
myograph
myograph
noun
(physiology) An instrument for determining and recording the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction
nongipsy
nongypsy
nongypsy
adj
Not a Gypsy.
noun
Someone who is not a Gypsy.
omophagy
omophagy
noun
The eating of raw flesh.
opsigamy
opsigamy
noun
(rare) marriage at an old age
optology
optology
noun
(rare) The study of sight.
pageboys
pageboys
noun
plural of pageboy
palilogy
palilogy
noun
(rhetoric) Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.
papagayo
paralogy
paralogy
noun
(biology) A paralogous relationship
(logic) paralogism, fallacy
pedagogy
pedagogy
noun
The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
The profession of teaching.
The strategies or methods of instruction; an educational philosophy.
pedology
pedology
noun
The study of the behaviour and development of children.
The sub-discipline of soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification or studies the soil profile or solum in its natural setting.
pegology
penology
penology
noun
Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
pettyfog
pettyfog
verb
Alternative form of pettifog
pettygod
phonying
phonying
verb
present participle of phony
pigeonry
pigeonry
noun
A place for pigeons; a dovecote.
playgoer
playgoer
noun
One who goes to plays; someone known to be a member of the audience at theatric productions.
a person who goes to the theater regularly.
podgorny
podogyne
podology
podology
noun
podiatry, chiropody
pokingly
pokingly
adv
(dated) In a drudging, servile manner.
So as to poke out or protrude.
pollywog
pollywog
noun
(New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent.
(sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
Alternative form of polliwog (“tadpole”)
polygala
polygala
noun
Any milkwort of the genus Polygala
polygamy
polygamy
noun
(botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)
(zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
polygene
polygene
noun
(genetics) A group of nonallelic genes that act together to produce phenotype variations
polygeny
polygeny
noun
Polygenesis.
The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes.
polyglot
polyglot
adj
Comprising various (native) linguistic groups; multilingual.
Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.
Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.
noun
(also figuratively) A mixture of languages or nomenclatures.
(also figuratively) One who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages.
(obsolete) A bird able to imitate the sounds of other birds.
(programming) A program written to be valid in multiple programming languages.
A file that can be interpreted validly as multiple formats.
A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages.
polygons
polygons
noun
plural of polygon
polygony
polygony
noun
Any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass.
polygram
polygram
noun
A figure consisting of many lines.
polygyny
polygyny
noun
The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.
The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.
polylogy
polylogy
noun
(rare) A set of two or more works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
(rare) Talkativeness.
polypage
pomology
pomology
noun
(botany) The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit.
(botany) The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
A work or treatise written on this subject.
poringly
poringly
adv
So as to pore; with intense study or focus.
porogamy
porogamy
noun
(botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle.
porridgy
porridgy
adj
Resembling porridge.
posingly
posingly
adv
So as to pose or puzzle.
posology
posology
noun
(countable, uncountable, pharmacy, pharmacology) The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages.
(uncountable, mathematics, historical, rare) In the works of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832): the study of quantity; mathematics.
potagery
poynting
poynting
verb
present participle of poynt
preagony
progypsy
proxying
proxying
verb
present participle of proxy
pygmydom
pygmydom
noun
The world or sphere of pygmies.
pylagore
pylagore
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A deputy of a state at the Amphictyonic council.
pyogenic
pyogenic
adj
referring to bacterial infections that make pus
pyogenin
pyrogens
pyrogens
noun
plural of pyrogen
pyrology
pyrology
noun
(dated) the scientific study of the effects of heat or flame, often in regards to explosives or chemical compounds.
spiggoty
spongily
spongily
adv
In a spongy manner.
topology
topology
noun
(computing) The arrangement of nodes in a communications network.
(dated) The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing).
(medicine) The anatomical structure of part of the body.
(technology) The properties of a particular technological embodiment that are not affected by differences in the physical layout or form of its application.
(topography) The topographical study of geographic locations or given places in relation to their history.
(topology) Any collection τ of subsets of a given set X that contains both the empty set and X, and which is closed under finitary intersections and arbitrary unions.
typology
typology
noun
(archaeology) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
(linguistics) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).
(religion) The doctrine of Scripture types or figures.
The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.