The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.
anthropoglot
anthropoglot
noun
An animal (such as a parrot) with tongue similar to humans allowing human-like speech.
anthropogony
anthropogony
noun
Synonym of anthropogenesis
anthropology
anthropology
noun
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
anthropurgic
anticipating
anticipating
verb
present participle of anticipate
anticreeping
antigropelos
antigropelos
noun
(dated) Waterproof leggings.
antipathogen
antipathogen
noun
(medicine) Any drug that counters the effects of a pathogen
antipoaching
antipoaching
adj
Seeking to prevent or prohibit poaching
antipodagric
antipodagric
adj
(medicine) That acts against gout
noun
A medicine for gout.
antipodagron
antipolygamy
antipolygamy
adj
Opposing polygamy.
antishipping
antishipping
adj
(chiefly military) Countering shipping.
(fandom slang) The activities of anti-shippers
verb
(fandom slang) present participle of antiship
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
aortographic
aortographic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to aortography.
aplanogamete
aplanogamete
noun
A non-motile gamete found in certain lower algae.
apogalacteum
apogeotropic
apogeotropic
adj
(botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.
(medicine) Tending skyward, as with apogeotropic nystagmus.
apologetical
apologetical
adj
apologetic
apostatising
apostatising
verb
present participle of apostatise
apostatizing
apostatizing
verb
present participle of apostatize
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
appertaining
appertaining
verb
present participle of appertain
appetizingly
appetizingly
adv
In an appetizing manner.
appoggiatura
appoggiatura
noun
(music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
appoggiature
apportioning
apportioning
noun
apportionment
verb
present participle of apportion
appreciating
appreciating
adj
Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.
noun
appreciation
verb
present participle of appreciate
apprenticing
apprenticing
verb
present participle of apprentice
apterygotous
areopagitica
argeiphontes
arithmograph
arpeggiating
arpeggiating
verb
present participle of arpeggiate
arpeggiation
arpeggiation
noun
(music) The act of arpeggiating, of spreading a chord out instead of playing the notes simultaneously.
arteriograph
arteriograph
noun
An instrument used in arteriography to measure the severity of arteriosclerosis
arthrography
arthrography
noun
(dated, uncountable, medicine) The scientific description of joints
(medicine) An arthrogram
asepticizing
asepticizing
verb
present participle of asepticize
asphyxiating
asphyxiating
verb
present participle of asphyxiate
astigmoscope
astrographer
astrographic
astrographic
adj
astrometric
autoepigraph
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
bathygraphic
bathygraphic
adj
Relating to bathygraphy.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bespattering
bespattering
noun
The action or result of something being bespattered.
verb
present participle of bespatter
bibliopegist
bibliopegist
noun
Synonym of bookbinder
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
calyptrogyne
camphorating
camphorating
verb
present participle of camphorate
campsheeting
campsheeting
noun
Alternative form of campshedding
capacitating
capacitating
verb
present participle of capacitate
capitalising
capitalising
verb
present participle of capitalise
capitalizing
capitalizing
verb
present participle of capitalize
capitulating
capitulating
verb
present participle of capitulate
carpentering
carpentering
noun
carpentry
carpetbagged
carpetbagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag
carpetbagger
carpetbagger
noun
(derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
(politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
carpetmonger
carpetmonger
noun
(obsolete) One fond of pleasure; a gallant.
One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
cartographer
cartographer
noun
One who makes maps or charts.
cartographic
cartographic
adj
Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
cataphrygian
catchpolling
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
cathodograph
cathodograph
noun
(physics, archaic) An X-ray image; a radiograph.
cerographist
cerographist
noun
A person who carries out cerography.
chandragupta
changepocket
chaptalizing
chaptalizing
verb
present participle of chaptalize
chartography
chthonophagy
chthonophagy
noun
(pathology) Alternative form of chthonophagia
cocaptaining
cocaptaining
verb
present participle of cocaptain
codpitchings
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
compensating
compensating
verb
present participle of compensate
complicating
complicating
verb
present participle of complicate
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
compurgators
compurgators
noun
plural of compurgator
compurgatory
compurgatory
adj
compurgatorial
conscripting
conscripting
verb
present participle of conscript
constipating
constipating
verb
present participle of constipate
contraposing
contraposing
verb
present participle of contrapose
copartnering
copartnering
verb
present participle of copartner
copingstones
copingstones
noun
plural of copingstone
copresenting
copresenting
verb
present participle of copresent
coprolagnist
coprophagist
coprophagist
noun
Synonym of coprophage
copyrighting
copyrighting
verb
present participle of copyright
corruptingly
corruptingly
adv
In a corrupting manner.
crapshooting
cryptogamian
cryptogamian
adj
Of or relating to the cryptogams.
cryptogamist
cryptogamist
noun
(dated) One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
cryptogamous
cryptogamous
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams
cryptogenous
cryptogenous
adj
cryptogenic
cryptoglioma
cryptogramma
cryptographs
cryptographs
noun
plural of cryptograph
cryptography
cryptography
noun
The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.
cryptologies
cryptologies
noun
plural of cryptology
cryptologist
cryptologist
noun
one who studies cryptology
cryptostegia
cryptozygous
cryptozygous
adj
(anatomy) Having a face that is narrower than the cranium (such that the zygomatic arches are not always visible)
dactylograph
dactylograph
noun
(archaic) A typewriter.
(archaic) A typist.
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
deappetizing
decapitating
decapitating
verb
present participle of decapitate
delegateship
demographist
dephlegmated
dephlegmated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlegmate
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
depigmentate
depigmentize
depopulating
depopulating
verb
present participle of depopulate
depreciating
depreciating
adj
That degrades the value of something; deprecating.
That is declining in value.
verb
present participle of depreciate
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
diageotropic
diageotropic
adj
(botany) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.
dilapidating
dilapidating
verb
present participle of dilapidate
diphthonging
diphthongise
diphthongise
verb
Alternative spelling of diphthongize
diphthongize
diphthongize
verb
(intransitive, phonetics) To become a diphthong.
(transitive, phonetics) To change to a diphthong, as by inserting or removing a vowel.