producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
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.
apolegamic
biophagism
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
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
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
diplomaing
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
esophagism
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
gamophagia
gamotropic
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gossampine
hemophagia
hypostigma
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
lageniporm
lampooning
lampooning
noun
A lampoon.
verb
present participle of lampoon
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
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
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
megapodius
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
mimeograph
mimeograph
noun
(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
verb
To make mimeograph copies.
mimography
mimography
noun
(archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.
mogigraphy
mogigraphy
noun
Alternative form of mogigraphia (“writer's cramp”)
mogiphonia
mogiphonia
noun
Difficulty in speaking, triggered by the effort of singing or speaking loudly.
monophagia
monoplegia
monoplegia
noun
(pathology) Complete paralysis of a single limb (or muscle)
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
paralogism
paralogism
noun
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
parmigiano
pedagogism
pedagogism
noun
The character, manner, occupation, or system of pedagogues.
phagomania
phagomania
noun
A compulsion to eat.
phragmosis
phragmosis
noun
Positioning behind a barrier (or down a hole, etc.) as a means of defense.
pigeongram
pigeongram
noun
A message sent by carrier pigeon.
pistolgram
pistolgram
noun
(historical) Synonym of pistolgraph
plowmaking
polyangium
polygamian
polygamian
adj
(botany) Polygamous.
polygamies
polygamies
noun
plural of polygamy
polygamist
polygamist
noun
One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
polygamize
polygamize
verb
(intransitive) To practice polygamy: to marry more than one wife or husband.
(rare, transitive) To marry (multiple spouses).
programing
programing
verb
Alternative spelling of programming
programist
programist
noun
Alternative form of programmist
pseudimago
pseudimago
noun
subimago
rampagious
rampagious
adj
Alternative form of rampageous
ropemaking
ropemaking
noun
The manufacture of rope.
shampooing
shampooing
noun
The act of cleaning something with shampoo.
verb
present participle of shampoo
siphonogam
slopmaking
soapmaking
soapmaking
noun
The business or process of producing soap
sporangium
sporangium
noun
(botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.