(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephaga
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagia
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
aegopodium
agapetid
agapetidae
agriotypidae
agrypnode
albedograph
amygdophenin
androgametophore
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androsphinges
aneroidograph
angiocardiographies
anglepod
anglepods
anguiped
anguiped
adj
Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs
noun
A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
antieavesdropping
antiprestidigitation
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
antispreading
apanaged
apanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apanage
apogonidae
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologized
apologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologize
appanaged
appanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appanage
appendage
appendage
noun
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
A part that is joined to something larger.
An external body part that projects from the body.
appendaged
appendaged
adj
Having appendages.
appendages
appendages
noun
plural of appendage
appendalgia
appendicalgia
appendicalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the appendix.
appending
appending
noun
The act by which something is appended.
verb
present participle of append
appendixing
appendorontgenography
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
apterygidae
argiopidae
argiopoidea
argyraspides
argyraspides
noun
plural of argyraspide
arpeggiando
arpeggiando
adv
(music) (To be played) in the style of a harp.
noun
(music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp.
arpeggiated
arpeggiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggiate
arpeggioed
arpeggioed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggio
aryepiglottidean
aspidoganoidei
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bandspreading
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bediapering
bediapering
verb
present participle of bediaper
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bespangled
bespangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespangle
bespreading
bespreading
verb
present participle of bespread
bridgehampton
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
burglarproofed
cambridgeport
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campephagidae
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
caprimulgidae
cardiaplegia
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiographies
cardiographies
noun
plural of cardiography
cardioplegia
cardioplegia
noun
(surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery
cardiopneumograph
carpetbagged
carpetbagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
celidographer
celidography
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
choledography
chondropharyngeal
chondropharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cartilaginous part (especially of the hyoid bone) of the pharynx
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
choreographed
choreographed
adj
made to work together; orchestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of choreograph
cineangiocardiographic
cineangiocardiography
cineangiocardiography
noun
cinematographic angiocardiography
cineradiography
cineradiography
noun
(medicine) cinematography of working internal organs, normally using X-rays
clapperdudgeon
clapperdudgeon
noun
A beggar who would apply blood or sores to his body in order to gain attention and attract more alms
coniopterygidae
conopophagidae
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
counterpleading
counterpleading
noun
A pleading against; a contrary pleading.
verb
present participle of counterplead
counterpropaganda
counterpropaganda
noun
Propaganda disseminated as a response and opposition to other propaganda.
counterpropagandize
counterpropagandize
verb
(intransitive) To engage in counterpropaganda.
cryptophagidae
cuproiodargyrite
dactyliographer
dactylographer
daggerproof
daggerproof
adj
Resistant to being stabbed through with a dagger.
daguerreotype
daguerreotype
noun
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
daguerreotyped
daguerreotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotyper
daguerreotyper
noun
One who takes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypes
daguerreotypes
noun
plural of daguerreotype
daguerreotypic
daguerreotyping
daguerreotyping
verb
present participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotypist
daguerreotypist
noun
A person who makes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypy
daguerreotypy
noun
The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
dampening
dampening
noun
The act of making or becoming damp.
verb
present participle of dampen
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
deadpanning
deadpanning
verb
present participle of deadpan
deappetizing
decamping
decamping
verb
present participle of decamp
decapitating
decapitating
verb
present participle of decapitate
declinograph
decompensating
decompensating
verb
present participle of decompensate
decoupage
decoupage
noun
An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated
An artwork made by this technique
verb
To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.
decoupaging
decoupaging
verb
present participle of decoupage
decrepitating
decrepitating
verb
present participle of decrepitate
decryptograph
deemphasizing
deemphasizing
verb
present participle of deemphasize
delegateship
demipagan
demographer
demographer
noun
a person who studies demography
demographers
demographers
noun
plural of demographer
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
demographical
demographical
adj
Of or relating to demography; demographic.
demographically
demographically
adv
In a demographic manner.
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
demonograph
demonographer
demonographer
noun
Synonym of demonologist
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.