pleasure from experiencing pain, especially sexually.
algophobia
algophobia
noun
Fear of pain.
alongships
amphigonia
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphigoric
amphigoric
adj
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
amphigouri
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
angiocarpy
angiograph
angiograph
noun
The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
angioplany
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophily
apagogical
apagogical
adj
Alternative form of apagogic
aphorising
aphorising
verb
present participle of aphorise
aphorizing
aphorizing
verb
present participle of aphorize
aphthongia
aphthongia
noun
(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
apiologies
apiologist
apiologist
noun
A person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
apogonidae
apographic
apographic
adj
(geology) Fine-grained.
apolegamic
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apological
apological
adj
(literature) Relating to an apologue
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologists
apologists
noun
plural of apologist
apologized
apologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologize
apologizer
apologizer
noun
Agent noun of apologize: one who apologizes.
apologizes
apologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologize
appointing
appointing
verb
present participle of appoint
areopagist
areopagite
argiopidae
arpeggioed
arpeggioed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggio
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
biographee
biographee
noun
One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography.
biographer
biographer
noun
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
caponising
caponising
verb
present participle of caponise
caponizing
caponizing
verb
present participle of caponize
caprioling
caprioling
verb
present participle of capriole
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
carpogonia
carpogonia
noun
plural of carpogonium
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
chirograph
chirograph
noun
(law, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
(law, historical) A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others.
(obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
climograph
climograph
noun
A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
clinograph
clinograph
noun
An measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
collapsing
collapsing
verb
present participle of collapse
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compagnies
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
cytophagic
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
diplograph
diplograph
noun
(historical) An instrument used for double writing, such as one for producing embossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time.
diplomaing
diplotegia
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
dognapping
dognapping
noun
Kidnapping or stealing of a dog owned by someone else.
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
epiglottal
epiglottal
adj
(phonetics) Produced using the epiglottis.
Pertaining to the epiglottis.
noun
(phonetics) An epiglottal consonant.
epilogical
epilogical
Adjective
Of or relating to an epilogue.
ergophobia
ergophobia
noun
A fear or aversion to work
escaloping
esophagism
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
forepaling
galipoidin
galipoipin
gallipolis
gallipolis
Proper noun
a chartered village in Ohio, USA
gallophile
gallophile
Noun
One who loves France or the French.
gamophagia
gamotropic
gasparillo
genophobia
genophobia
noun
The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geoponical
geoponical
adj
Alternative form of geoponic
glycopexia
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gonopodial
gonopodial
adj
Relating to a gonopodium
gossampine
graecophil
graphitoid
graphitoid
adj
Resembling graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
gypsophila
gypsophila
noun
Any of the many flowering plants of the genus Gypsophila, which have a profusion of small pink or white flowers.
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
haplologic
haplologic
Adjective
Of or relating to haplology.
harpooning
harpooning
noun
The act of shooting with a harpoon
verb
present participle of harpoon
heliograph
heliograph
noun
(obsolete) A photograph.
A device for photographing the sun.
A heliogram.
An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight.
verb
(intransitive) To send a heliograph.
(transitive) To send a message by heliograph.
(transitive, dated) To photograph by sunlight.
hemophagia
hierograph
hierograph
noun
A sacred symbol.
hippophagi
hippophagi
noun
Eaters of horseflesh.
hippophagy
hippophagy
noun
The eating of horsemeat.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hypnagogic
hypnagogic
adj
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.
That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypopygial
hypopygial
adj
Relating to a hypopygium
hypostigma
iconograph
iconograph
noun
(dated) An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.
A picture formed by a word or words.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
intragroup
intragroup
adj
Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
isographic
isographic
adj
Of or pertaining to isography.
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
labiograph
lageniporm
laloplegia
laloplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of the organs of speech
lampooning
lampooning
noun
A lampoon.
verb
present participle of lampoon
landloping
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
lineograph
lipography
lipography
noun
A scribal or typographical error where a letter or group of letters that should be written twice is written once.
lipophagic
lipophagic
adj
Relating to lipophagy.
lithograph
lithograph
noun
A printed image produced by lithography.
verb
To create a copy of an image through lithography.
logophobia
logophobia
noun
Fear of words.
machipongo
macropygia
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
mastigopod
mastigopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
megalopine
megalopsia
megalopsia
noun
macropsia
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone