(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
geophagy
geophagy
noun
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
gynopara
gynopara
noun
A viviparous female aphid that is born in the autumn on a secondary host, then flies to the primary host where she produces new females that mate and deposit eggs.
hypnogia
hypogamy
hypogamy
noun
The seeking of a spouse of lower socioeconomic status or caste than oneself.
hypogeal
hypogeal
adj
(botany, of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated
Existing or growing underground
hypogean
hypogean
adj
Existing or growing underground.
japygoid
japygoid
noun
(zoology) Any hexapod of the superfamily Japygoidea.
myograph
myograph
noun
(physiology) An instrument for determining and recording the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction
omophagy
omophagy
noun
The eating of raw flesh.
opsigamy
opsigamy
noun
(rare) marriage at an old age
pageboys
pageboys
noun
plural of pageboy
palilogy
palilogy
noun
(rhetoric) Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.
papagayo
paralogy
paralogy
noun
(biology) A paralogous relationship
(logic) paralogism, fallacy
pedagogy
pedagogy
noun
The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
The profession of teaching.
The strategies or methods of instruction; an educational philosophy.
playgoer
playgoer
noun
One who goes to plays; someone known to be a member of the audience at theatric productions.
a person who goes to the theater regularly.
polygala
polygala
noun
Any milkwort of the genus Polygala
polygamy
polygamy
noun
(botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)
(zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
polygram
polygram
noun
A figure consisting of many lines.
polypage
porogamy
porogamy
noun
(botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle.
potagery
preagony
pylagore
pylagore
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A deputy of a state at the Amphictyonic council.
