The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
adiaphory
adiaphory
noun
(obsolete) indifference
aegophony
aegophony
noun
Alternative form of egophony
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
aglyphous
aglyphous
adj
(of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
allopathy
allopathy
noun
(countable) A conventional Western medical method or treatment.
(uncountable, originally) A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
allophyle
alphatype
amphiboly
amphiboly
noun
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
amphicyon
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amphitoky
amphogeny
ampholyte
ampholyte
noun
(chemistry) An amphoteric electrolyte
anaglyphs
anaglyphs
noun
plural of anaglyph
anaglyphy
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
antipathy
antipathy
noun
A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste often without any conscious reasoning.
Natural contrariety or incompatibility
antiphony
antiphony
noun
(music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
aphnology
aphyllies
aphyllose
aphyllose
adj
Alternative form of aphyllous
aphyllous
aphyllous
adj
(botany) Having no leaves; leafless.
apocrypha
apocrypha
noun
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
apophyges
apophyges
noun
plural of apophyge
apophyses
apophyses
noun
plural of apophyse
apophysis
apophysis
noun
(anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone.
(botany) The external part of a cone scale.
(geology) A branch of a dike or vein.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
ascyphous
asphyctic
asphyctic
adj
Pertaining to asphyxia.
asphyxial
asphyxial
adj
Of or relating to asphyxia.
asphyxias
asphyxias
noun
plural of asphyxia
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
asphyxies
asphyxies
noun
plural of asphyxy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxy
aulophyte
authotype
autopathy
autopathy
noun
(biology) An interaction where a species affects its own subsequent growth, especially negatively.
(homeopathy) The philosophy that the cause of sickness in one individual is the same as the cause in another person.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
autophony
autophony
noun
(medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
autophyte
autophyte
noun
Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
azophenyl
baryphony
batyphone
binapthyl
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
blasphemy
blasphemy
noun
(by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
bryophyta
cacopathy
cacophony
cacophony
noun
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
camphanyl
camphoryl
camphoryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from camphor
carpophyl
cataphyll
cataphyll
noun
(botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chaplanry
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippeway
chrysopal
chrysopal
noun
Synonym of chrysoberyl
chuprassy
colophany
colophany
noun
Alternative form of colophony
copygraph
copygraph
noun
(dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.
coryphaea
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
cryopathy
cryopathy
noun
(pathology) Any morbid condition caused by coldness
cryptarch
cumaphyte
cyanophil
cyanophil
noun
(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye
cymagraph
cymagraph
noun
An instrument for tracing the outlines of moldings.
cymaphyte
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
cymophane
cymophane
noun
(mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.
cyphellae
cytophaga
cytophagy
cytophagy
noun
(cytology) The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
dampishly
dampishly
adv
In a moderately damp or moist manner.
depthways
diaphyses
diaphyses
noun
plural of diaphysis
diaphysis
diaphysis
noun
(anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone.
(botany) An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.
dynagraph
dysphagia
dysphagia
noun
(pathology) Difficulty in swallowing.
dysphagic
dysphagic
adj
Having or relating to dysphagia.
noun
A person who has dysphagia.
dysphasia
dysphasia
noun
(pathology) Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain.
dysphasic
dysphasic
adj
Having or relating to dysphasia.
noun
A person who has dysphasia.
dysphemia
dysphemia
noun
(obsolete) The replacement of a word or phrase with a more vulgar or offensive substitute.
A speech impediment characterized by stammering or stuttering usually resulting from emotional or psychological causes.
dysphonia
dysphonia
noun
(medicine) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
dysphoria
dysphoria
noun
(LGBT) Ellipsis of gender dysphoria.
A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.
dysraphia
dysraphia
noun
dysraphism
elephancy
emphysema
emphysema
noun
(medicine) Pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
(pathology) An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
endophagy
endophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, within a group.
epharmony
ephoralty
ephoralty
noun
The body of ephors collectively.
The rank or office of an ephor.
ephydriad
ephydriad
noun
(rare) A dryad, a water nymph.
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epiphytal
epiphytal
adj
(botany) Pertaining to an epiphyte.
epochally
epochally
adv
In an epochal manner.
eucryphia
eucryphia
noun
Any tree of the genus Eucryphia
euryphage
euryphage
noun
(ecology) Any animal that eats a large variety of food.
fairyship
fairyship
noun
(with "your", "her", etc.) Title applied to a fairy.
gamophagy
geography
geography
noun
(archaic) an atlas or gazetteer.
(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
gephyrean
gephyrean
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the class Gephyrea of worms.
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Gephyrea.
gipsyhead
graphicly
graphicly
adv
Archaic form of graphically.
gypsyhead
gyrograph
gyrograph
noun
A recording of gyratory stability, used to determine optimal bitumen mixtures for paving etc.
gyrophora
hairspray
hairspray
noun
Alternative form of hair spray
halfpenny
halfpenny
adj
Costing or worth one halfpenny.
noun
(plural: halfpence) A quantity of money worth half a penny.
(plural: halfpennies) (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
halophyte
halophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content
handygrip
haplessly
haplessly
adv
In a hapless manner.
haplolaly
haplology
haplology
noun
(phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
(phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
haplotype
haplotype
noun
(genetics) A group of alleles that are transmitted together.
verb
(genetics) To characterize with respect to haplotype
harpalyce
harpingly
harpylike
harpylike
Adjective
Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish.
haruspicy
haruspicy
noun
The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
headpenny
hedyphane
hedyphane
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
hemopathy
hemopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood
hemophagy
hemophagy
noun
The condition of being hemophagous
heptapody
heptapody
noun
(poetry) A measure or series consisting of seven feet.
heptarchy
heptarchy
noun
A government of seven people.
A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
The realm so ruled.
hippiatry
hippiatry
noun
The branch of veterinary medicine dealing with horses.
hippolyta
hippolyta
Proper noun
An Amazonian queen who possessed a magic girdle given to her by her father, Ares.
hoddypeak
homopathy
homoplasy
homoplasy
noun
(evolutionary theory) A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
homotypal
homotypal
adj
(biology) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype.
hoppytoad
horseplay
horseplay
noun
Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.
verb
To engage in horseplay.
hyalotype
hyalotype
noun
A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass.
hydropath
hydropath
noun
A hydropathist.
hylopathy
hylopathy
noun
(obsolete) The ability of a spirit to penetrate and affect matter.
hypacusia
hypacusis
hypallage
hypallage
noun
(rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as a literary device.
hypanthia
hypanthia
noun
plural of hypanthium
hypantrum
hypantrum
noun
(zoology) The point on the neural arch at the anterior ends of the vertebrae of various reptiles where it articulates with the hyposphene
hypapante
hypaspist
hypaspist
noun
(historical, military, Ancient Greece) A type of lightly armoured foot soldier equipped with an aspis (shield) and spear.
hyperacid
hyperacid
adj
Highly acidic.
hyperbata
hyperbola
hyperbola
noun
(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
hyperemia
hyperemia
noun
(pathology) excess of blood in a body part.
hypergamy
hypergamy
noun
Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself.