producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
angiocarpy
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
apagogical
apagogical
adj
Alternative form of apagogic
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
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
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.
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
epilogical
epilogical
Adjective
Of or relating to an epilogue.
escaloping
gamotropic
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geoponical
geoponical
adj
Alternative form of geoponic
glycopexia
graecophil
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.
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.
iconograph
iconograph
noun
(dated) An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.
A picture formed by a word or words.
isographic
isographic
adj
Of or pertaining to isography.
lipophagic
lipophagic
adj
Relating to lipophagy.
machipongo
macropygia
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
micrograph
micrograph
noun
A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope
verb
To produce such an image by micrography.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
nongraphic
nongraphic
adj
Not graphic.
nonpelagic
nonpelagic
adj
Not pelagic.
olographic
opacifying
opacifying
verb
present participle of opacify
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
orographic
orographic
adj
(meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather
Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
osphyalgic
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
paedagogic
paedagogic
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of pedagogic
paedogenic
paedogenic
adj
Alternative form of pedogenic
panglossic
panlogical
panlogical
adj
Relating to panlogism
pantologic
pantologic
adj
Of or relating to pantology.
paregorics
paregorics
noun
plural of paregoric
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pathologic
pathologic
adj
(dated) Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
patrologic
patrologic
adj
Alternative form of patrological
peacocking
peacocking
noun
(seduction community) Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.
pedagogics
pedagogics
noun
The science or art of teaching; pedagogy.
pelargonic
pelargonic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to pelargonic acid or its derivatives
Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Pelargonium
phagocytic
phagocytic
adj
Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.
phagolytic
phagolytic
adj
Relating to, or causing phagolysis
pichiciago
pichiciago
noun
Alternative form of pichiciego
pictograph
pictograph
noun
A graph that represents numerical data using pictures.
A graphic character.
A picture that represents a word or an idea.
podagrical
podagrical
adj
podagric; gouty
polyphagic
polyphagic
adj
Relating to polyphagia
prelogical
prelogical
adj
Before the development of logical thought.
preorganic
proctalgia
proctalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the anal or rectal region.
profligacy
profligacy
noun
(countable) Careless wastefulness.
(uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour.
prognathic
prognathic
adj
prognathous
pugnacious
pugnacious
adj
Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
pyrogallic
pyrogallic
adj
(chemistry) Of, or relating to pyrogallol (pyrogallic acid).