Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agomphosis
agomphosis
Noun
Looseness of the teeth.
alongships
aphorising
aphorising
verb
present participle of aphorise
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
astrograph
astrograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope designed and used for astronomical photography.
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
barographs
barographs
noun
plural of barograph
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
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
dishwiping
drosograph
dysgraphia
dysgraphia
noun
A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
ensignship
ensignship
noun
The state or rank of an ensign.
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
esophageal
esophageal
adj
Of or pertaining to the esophagus.
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
esophagism
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
gastrosoph
gastrosoph
noun
Synonym of gastrosopher
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geophagous
geophagous
adj
Eating earth.
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
godsonship
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gonosphere
gossiphood
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
grieveship
guidership
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
gymnosophy
gymnosophy
noun
(historical) A philosophy and lifestyle based around the idea that nudity is a natural condition and should be widely acceptable in society.
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.
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.
happenings
happenings
noun
plural of happening
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.
hempstring
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
holographs
holographs
noun
plural of holograph
homographs
homographs
noun
plural of homograph
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
hygroplasm
hygroplasm
noun
(biology, archaic) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hygroscopy
hygroscopy
noun
The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypogynies
hypogynous
hypogynous
adj
(botany) Of a flower, having a superior ovary, attached directly to the receptacle like other floral parts.
hypostigma
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
isographic
isographic
adj
Of or pertaining to isography.
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
lightships
lightships
noun
plural of lightship
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
mesophragm
mightyship
misshaping
misshaping
verb
present participle of misshape
monographs
monographs
noun
plural of monograph
mugwumpish
mugwumpish
adj
(US, politics, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a mugwump.
nightspots
nightspots
noun
plural of nightspot
nosography
nosography
noun
(pathology, medicine, countable) A treatise on diseases.
(pathology, medicine, uncountable) The systematic naming and description of diseases.
oesophagal
oesophagal
adj
Alternative form of esophageal
oesophagus
oesophagus
noun
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
omophagous
omophagous
Adjective
Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food.
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
osphyalgia
osphyalgic
osteophage
outpushing
outpushing
noun
A part that pushes outward; a protuberance.
verb
present participle of outpush
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
paganishly
paganishly
adv
In a paganish manner.
pamphagous
pamphagous
adj
omnivorous; eating all kinds of things
panhygrous
paragnaths
paragnaths
noun
plural of paragnath
paragraphs
paragraphs
noun
plural of paragraph
pasigraphy
pasigraphy
noun
(linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
pedagogish
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
phagolysis
phagolysis
noun
The destruction of phagocytes
phalangist
phalangist
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Phalangist
phantasmag
phascogale
phascogale
noun
Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating
phippsburg
phlegmasia
phlegmasia
noun
(medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
phlegmless
phlegmless
adj
Without phlegm.
phlogistic
phlogistic
adj
(chemistry, physics, now historical) Pertaining to or containing phlogiston.
(medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
(obsolete) Burning, fiery.
phlogiston
phlogiston
noun
(chemistry, historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phosphagen
phosphagen
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phragmosis
phragmosis
noun
Positioning behind a barrier (or down a hole, etc.) as a means of defense.
phrensying
phrensying
verb
present participle of phrensy
physagogue
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
physiogony
physiogony
noun
The production or generation of nature.
physiology
physiology
noun
(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
physiurgic
physiurgic
adj
(archaic) Produced by natural causes, without human intervention.
pittsburgh
pittsburgh
Proper noun
A city in Pennsylvania, USA, and the county seat of Allegheny County.
planishing
planishing
noun
(countable) The action of the verb "to planish".
(uncountable) A metalworking technique for smoothly finishing a surface.
verb
present participle of planish
plashingly
plashingly
adv
With a plashing sound.
playthings
playthings
noun
plural of plaything
pledgeshop
plenishing
plenishing
noun
(Scotland) household furniture; stock
verb
present participle of plenish
ploughfish
ploughshoe
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
poephagous
poephagous
adj
grass-eating
polishings
polishings
noun
plural of polishing
polygraphs
polygraphs
noun
plural of polygraph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polygraph
postflight
postflight
adj
After a flight.
prasophagy
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
priggishly
priggishly
adv
In a priggish way.
pronghorns
pronghorns
noun
plural of pronghorn
psephology
psephology
noun
An ancient Greek method of numerology, similar to gematria.
The predictive or statistical study of elections.
psomophagy
psomophagy
noun
(rare) The condition of not chewing food before swallowing it.
psychagogy
psychagogy
noun
(psychology) A psychotherapeutic method of influencing behaviour by suggesting desirable life goals.
(religion, philosophy) Guidance of the soul.
psychalgia
psychalgia
noun
psychogenic pain, physical pain of psychological origin
psychological pain, any non-physical pain
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
psychogony
psychogony
noun
(archaic) The doctrine of the development of mind.