(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agropyron
agrypniai
agrypnias
agrypnode
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
apteryges
asparagyl
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.
carpingly
carpingly
adv
in a carping manner; with complaints.
carpogamy
carpology
carpology
noun
the study of the structure of seeds and fruit
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.
cymagraph
cymagraph
noun
An instrument for tracing the outlines of moldings.
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
dayspring
dayspring
noun
(archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
dynagraph
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epirogeny
euryphage
euryphage
noun
(ecology) Any animal that eats a large variety of food.
eurypygae
fagopyrum
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
gephyrean
gephyrean
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the class Gephyrea of worms.
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Gephyrea.
gipsywort
graphicly
graphicly
adv
Archaic form of graphically.
gripingly
gripingly
adv
In a griping or oppressive manner.
gropingly
gropingly
adv
In a groping manner; blindly.
grypanian
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.
handygrip
harpingly
hypergamy
hypergamy
noun
Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself.
hypergols
hypergols
noun
plural of hypergol
hypoergic
hyporight
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).
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.
leprology
leprology
noun
(sciences) The study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.
murphying
myographs
myographs
noun
plural of myograph
myography
myography
noun
The scientific description of muscles
orography
orography
noun
(geomorphology) the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
the orographic features of a region
otography
otography
noun
The scientific description of the ear.
outprying
pageantry
pageantry
noun
A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
panegyric
panegyric
adj
panegyrical
noun
A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.
panegyris
panegyris
noun
(obsolete) A festival; a public assembly.
In Ancient Greek religion, a religious festival on a fixed day in honor of a god, often including prayers, games, and panegyrics.
paraplegy
paraplegy
noun
Dated form of paraplegia.
pargyline
pargyline
noun
(pharmacology) the monoamine oxidase inhibitor N-benzyl-N-methyl-prop-2-yn-1-amine.
parlaying
parlaying
verb
present participle of parlay
parleying
parleying
noun
The act of one who parleys.
verb
present participle of parley
parodying
parodying
noun
An instance of parody.
verb
present participle of parody
patrology
patrology
noun
(theology) the study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers.
a handbook or published collection of patristic literature.
peeringly
peeringly
adv
While looking with difficulty.
perkingly
petralogy
petralogy
noun
Alternative form of petrology
petrogeny
petrogeny
noun
The science of the origin of rocks.
petrology
petrology
noun
(geology) The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.
pharology
pharology
noun
The study of lighthouses, or other forms of light-signalling.
pharyngal
pharyngal
adj
Alternative form of pharyngeal.
pharynges
pharynges
noun
plural of pharynx
pharyngic
pharyngic
adj
(archaic) pharyngeal
phorology
phryganea
physiurgy
physiurgy
noun
(obsolete) A mainly Scandinavian medical specialty that deals with musculoskeletal physiology and diseases.
playgirls
playgirls
noun
plural of playgirl
playgoers
playgoers
noun
plural of playgoer
plumagery
polyergic
polyergic
adj
Having multiple functions, or functioning in multiple ways.
polyergus
polygraph
polygraph
noun
(archaic) A collection of different works, either by one or several authors.
(dated) A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs.
(linguistics) A group of letters that represent a single phoneme.
(mathematics) A multidimensional directed graph; a computad.
A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being asked to a subject, in an attempt to detect lies.
An author who writes on many subjects.
Any group of letters treated as a single item.
verb
(transitive) To administer a polygraph test to.
polygyral
polygyria
polygyria
noun
micropolygyria
pouringly
pouringly
adv
In a manner that pours.
pratingly
pratingly
adv
With idle talk; with loquacity.
prayingly
prayingly
adv
With prayer.
predrying
pregnancy
pregnancy
noun
(countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
(uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.
The period of time this condition prevails.
preguilty
prelegacy
prepaying
prepaying
verb
present participle of prepay
presaying
pretrying
prettying
prettying
verb
present participle of pretty
preyingly
pridingly
pridingly
adv
(obsolete) With pride; proudly.
probuying
proclergy
proctalgy
progenity
prognathy
propargyl
propargyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical HC≡C-CH₂- derived from propyne
prosingly
prosingly
adv
prosily
protogyny
protogyny
noun
(biology) The condition in which an organism begins life as a female and then changes into a male.
(botany) The condition of flowers whose female parts mature before the male ones.
provingly
psychurgy
pterygial
pterygial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pterygium
pterygium
pterygium
noun
(pathology) An abnormal mass of tissue in the corner of the eye that obstructs vision
(zoology) A generalized limb of a vertebrate
pterygode
pterygoid
pterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
noun
(anatomy) A pterygoid part (such as a bone, muscle, or nerve).
pterygota
pterygote
pterygote
noun
Any insect of the order Pterygota.
purgatory
purgatory
adj
Tending to cleanse; expiatory.
noun
(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory
Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption.
purifying
purifying
noun
An act of purification.
verb
present participle of purify
purringly
purringly
adv
With a purring noise or tone.
purveying
purveying
verb
present participle of purvey
pyelogram
pyelogram
noun
An image produced by means of pyelography.
pyrgoidal
pyrgoidal
adj
tower-shaped
pyrogenic
pyrogenic
adj
(geology) of a mineral formed from magma at high temperature
(pathology, chemistry) generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever
pyrograph
pyrograph
noun
A hand-held tool, with a heated tip, used in pyrography.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make an image on wood (or other materials) by selectively burning the surface.
rampingly
rampingly
adv
With rage or violence.
raspingly
raspingly
adv
In a rasping way.
reapology
recopying
recopying
noun
The process of copying something again.
verb
present participle of recopy
replaying
replaying
noun
The act by which something is replayed.
verb
present participle of replay
rippingly
rippingly
adv
(dated, slang) splendidly; very well
rompingly
rompingly
adv
In a romping manner.
sarcogyps
spagyrics
spagyrics
noun
plural of spagyric
spagyrist
spagyrist
noun
(alchemy) An alchemist, especially one who tried to discover remedies for diseases.
sparingly
sparingly
adv
In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.
spirogyra
spirogyra
noun
Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.
splurgily
sporogeny
sporogeny
noun
sporogenesis
sporogony
sporogony
noun
The formation of sporozoites from spores or zygotes.
sprightly
sprightly
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.
Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry.
Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
adv
In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily.
springily
springily
adv
in a springy manner
supergyre
superugly
superugly
adj
(informal) Remarkably ugly; hideous.
syphering
syphering
verb
present participle of sypher
triglyphs
triglyphs
noun
plural of triglyph
trophying
trophying
verb
present participle of trophy
tropology
tropology
noun
(rhetoric) The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
(theology, philosophy) The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.
A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.
tryptogen
typograph
typograph
noun
(printing, historical) A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them.
verb
To prepare type in such a machine.
unpraying
unpraying
adj
Not praying; who does not pray.
unpreying
uprightly
uprightly
adv
In an upright manner.
urography
urography
noun
Radiography of the urinary tract.
uropygial
uropygial
adj
(ornithology) Of or pertaining to the uropygium; on the rump.
uropygium
uropygium
noun
The posterior part of a bird's body from which the tailfeathers grow.