Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
aegiochus
aegithognathous
aetheogamous
aetheogamous
adj
(botany) Of the nature of an aetheogam.
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
agastrophus
aglyphous
aglyphous
adj
(of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
agnathostomatous
agnathous
agnathous
adj
(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Jawless.
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agriochoerus
algophagous
algophagous
adj
That eats algae
allagophyllous
allothigenous
allothogenous
amphicarpogenous
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigouris
amphogenous
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
anepigraphous
angiophorous
anguishous
anguishous
adj
(obsolete) Full of anguish.
anguishously
anisognathous
anisognathous
adj
(pathology) Having different sizes to the upper and lower jaws
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
antherogenous
anthogenous
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthropogenous
anthropogenous
adj
having its origin in the activities of mankind; particularly, referring to environmental alterations resulting from the presence or activities of humans
of or pertaining to anthropogeny
anthropophagous
anthropophagous
adj
Who practices anthropophagy; cannibal.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
anthropophagus
anthropophagus
noun
A man-eater; a cannibal.
aphanozygous
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
arachnophagous
archegosaurus
archicleistogamous
archisynagogue
archisynagogue
noun
(historical) The head of a synagogue.
archmystagogue
archsynagogue
argyranthemous
argyranthous
argyrocephalous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
aswough
autarchoglossa
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
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.
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autopsychology
autosight
autothaumaturgist
autothaumaturgist
noun
One who pretends to be notable or mysterious.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
baragouinish
bargehouse
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
biologicohumanistic
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boltuprightness
boroughmaster
boroughmaster
noun
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
boroughship
borroughs
boughless
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
boughs
boughs
noun
plural of bough
brachigerous
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiogenous
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
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.
brighouse
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
broughams
broughams
noun
plural of brougham
broughtas
bughouse
bughouse
adj
(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
bughouses
bughouses
noun
plural of bughouse
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
bungholes
bungholes
noun
plural of bunghole
burgomastership
burgomastership
noun
The role or status of a burgomaster.
burroughs
burroughs
Proper noun
for someone who lived near a hill or a fort.
bushgoat
bushgoats
bushongo
cancrophagous
carcinophagous
cardophagus
carpophagous
carpophagous
adj
Living on fruits; fruit-eating.
cataloguish
cephalopagus
cephalopagus
noun
(medicine, of conjoined twins) Joined at the back of the head and fused in the upper portion of the body, with the bottom portions separate.
cephalothoracopagus
cephalothoracopagus
noun
A conjoined twin, or a pair of conjoined twins, exhibiting fusion of the head and chest.
chaetognathous
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chargehouse
chargehouse
noun
(nonce word, obsolete) A schoolhouse.
chasmogamous
chasmogamous
adj
Exhibiting chasmogamy.
chaulmoogras
chaulmoogras
noun
plural of chaulmoogra
cheirogaleus
chemosurgery
chemosurgery
noun
(medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances; used especially in the treatment of the skin.
chemosurgical
chemosurgical
adj
Of or pertaining to chemosurgery.
chilognathous
chilognathous
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of the chilognathans
chiropterygious
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
chitinogenous
chitinogenous
adj
(biology) That secretes chitin
chlorophylligenous
chlorophylligerous
cholerigenous
cholerigenous
adj
Causing cholera.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
chondrogenous
chondrogenous
adj
Alternative form of chondrogenetic
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygious
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choraguses
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
choreguses
chorusing
chorusing
verb
present participle of chorus
chorussing
choughs
choughs
noun
plural of chough
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.