(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
noun
A branchiostegal ray.
branchiostegan
carcinophagous
chromdiagnosis
clearinghouses
clearinghouses
noun
plural of clearinghouse
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
disharmonising
disharmonising
verb
present participle of disharmonise
disharmonizing
disharmonizing
verb
present participle of disharmonize
dysmenorrhagia
gasterotrichan
gastornithidae
germanophilist
germanophobist
glamorganshire
glamorganshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Brecknockshire, and Carmarthenshire.
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
hydrogenations
hydrogenations
noun
plural of hydrogenation
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
hypnosporangia
johannisberger
johannisberger
Noun
A fine white wine produced on the estate of Castle Johannisberg, on the Rhine.
lipsanographer
magnetospheric
magnetospheric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
mariengroschen
mariengroschen
noun
An obsolete coin from Germany, higher in value than a pfennig.
metamorphosing
metamorphosing
verb
present participle of metamorphose
misauthorizing
misauthorizing
verb
present participle of misauthorize
nasoprognathic
nondischarging
nondischarging
adj
Not discharging.
nosogeographic
oceanographies
oceanographist
oceanographist
noun
(rare) An oceanographer.
organographies
organographist
organographist
noun
One versed in organography.
overexhausting
overharvesting
overharvesting
noun
Excessive harvesting
verb
present participle of overharvest
overpurchasing
overpurchasing
verb
present participle of overpurchase
overstraighten
parochialising
parochialising
verb
present participle of parochialise
phantasmagoria
phantasmagoria
noun
(historical) A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.
A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.
A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
phantasmagoric
phantasmagoric
adj
Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.
Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
pharmacognosia
pharmacognosia
noun
Alternative form of pharmacognosy
pharmacognosis
pharmacognosis
noun
The branch of pharmacology that deals with unprepared medicines or simples.
pythagoreanism
pythagoreanism
Noun
the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
vegetarianism
scenographical
scenographical
adj
Alternative form of scenographic
selenographist
selenographist
noun
One who studies selenography; a selenographer.
sharpshootings
sharpshootings
noun
plural of sharpshooting
shrinkageproof
smokefarthings
sphenographist
spirographidin
sporangiophore
sporangiophore
noun
(botany) A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails).
(mycology) A special type of hypha that bears sporangia on the tip.