pleasure from experiencing pain, especially sexually.
algophobia
algophobia
noun
Fear of pain.
alongships
amphigaean
amphigamae
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
anaglyphic
anaglyphic
adj
Relating to anaglyphs.
noun
Work with chased or embossed relief.
angiograph
angiograph
noun
The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophily
antigraphy
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.
apographic
apographic
adj
(geology) Fine-grained.
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
belgophile
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
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.
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
calligraph
calligraph
verb
To write using calligraphy.
champaigne
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
chemigraph
chinagraph
chinagraph
noun
A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
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".
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chirruping
chirruping
noun
The act of producing a chirrup sound.
verb
present participle of chirrup
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.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
cytophagic
diaglyphic
diaglyphic
adj
Represented or formed by depressions in the surface.
diagraphic
diagraphic
adj
descriptive
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
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.
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
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.
dishwiping
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
dysgraphia
dysgraphia
noun
A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
eightpenny
eightpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
ensignship
ensignship
noun
The state or rank of an ensign.
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
epigrapher
epigrapher
noun
epigraphist
epigraphic
epigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
ergophobia
ergophobia
noun
A fear or aversion to work
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
esophagism
euphuizing
euphuizing
verb
present participle of euphuize
fireplough
gallophile
gallophile
Noun
One who loves France or the French.
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
gamophagia
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
genophobia
genophobia
noun
The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geoglyphic
geoglyphic
adj
Of or relating to geoglyphs.
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
geophysics
geophysics
noun
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
geothlypis
glyptolith
gnaphalium
gnaphalium
noun
Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
godsonship
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gonophoric
gossiphood
graecophil
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
graphitoid
graphitoid
adj
Resembling graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
grieveship
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
guidership
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
gynophoric
gypsophila
gypsophila
noun
Any of the many flowering plants of the genus Gypsophila, which have a profusion of small pink or white flowers.
gypsophily
gypsophily
noun
A plant's preference for growing in the presence of gypsum.
gyrophoric
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hairspring
hairspring
noun
A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
handspring
handspring
noun
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
handygripe
haplologic
haplologic
Adjective
Of or relating to haplology.
happenings
happenings
noun
plural of happening
harpooning
harpooning
noun
The act of shooting with a harpoon
verb
present participle of harpoon
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
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.
hemiplegia
hemiplegia
noun
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
hemiplegic
hemiplegic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia
noun
One who has hemiplegia.
hemophagia
hempstring
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
heptagynia
herpangina
herpangina
noun
(medicine) mouth blisters; a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses
hiccupping
hiccupping
verb
present participle of hiccup
hieroglyph
hieroglyph
noun
(informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.
An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system.
verb
To represent by hieroglyphs.
hierograph
hierograph
noun
A sacred symbol.
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
hippogriff
hippogriff
noun
a mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly.
hippogryph
hippogryph
noun
Alternative spelling of hippogriff
hippophagi
hippophagi
noun
Eaters of horseflesh.
hippophagy
hippophagy
noun
The eating of horsemeat.
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hotsprings
hotsprings
noun
plural of hotspring
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hyperalgia
hyperalgia
noun
Synonym of hyperalgesia
hypergolic
hypergolic
adj
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reactant, fuel, or propellant) Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidiser.
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reaction) Involving such a hypergolic agent.
hypnagogic
hypnagogic
adj
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.