A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
acarologies
acarologist
acarologist
noun
A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
accordingly
accordingly
adv
(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accroaching
accroaching
verb
present participle of accroach
achroglobin
acromegalia
acromegalia
noun
(pathology) Alternative form of acromegaly.
acromegalic
acromegalic
adj
(pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly.
noun
(pathology) A person affected by acromegaly.
acrospiring
acrospiring
verb
present participle of acrospire
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerological
aerological
adj
Relating to aerology.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
agariciform
agariciform
adj
Having the form of an agaric
aglycosuric
aglycosuric
adj
Having, or relating to, the condition of aglycosuria.
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agrological
agrological
adj
Relating to agrology.
agronomical
agronomical
adj
agronomic
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allegorical
allegorical
adj
of, relating to, or containing allegory
allographic
allographic
adj
Relating to allographs or allography.
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
angiocarpic
approaching
approaching
adj
That approaches or approach.
adv
Nearly.
noun
The act of coming closer; an approach.
verb
present participle of approach
archegonial
archegonial
adj
(botany) Relating to the archegonium.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archeologic
archeologic
adj
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of archaeologic
archipelago
archipelago
noun
(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
(collective) A group of islands.
(now rare) The Aegean Sea.
arcticology
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
areological
areological
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to the planet Mars.
areopagitic
areopagitic
Adjective
Relating to the Areopagus.
aristogenic
aristogenic
adj
(biology, historical) Relating to an aristogene.
Relating or adapting to producing the very best offspring; eugenic with an aim towards an optimal state.
arrogancies
arrogancies
noun
plural of arrogancy
asporogenic
asporogenic
adj
Not producing (or produced by) spores
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
auxographic
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
beclamoring
beclamoring
verb
present participle of beclamor
becowarding
bolographic
braggadocio
braggadocio
noun
A braggart.
Empty boasting.
bryological
bryological
adj
Of or pertaining to bryology.
cacogastric
cacogastric
adj
(rare) Troubled with bad digestion.
cacographic
cacographic
adj
Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
calcigerous
calcigerous
adj
Containing lime.
calorigenic
calorigenic
adj
That produces heat, especially by the metabolism of food.
camerlingos
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
caracolling
caracolling
verb
present participle of caracol
caramboling
caramboling
verb
present participle of carambole
carbolating
carbolising
carbolising
verb
present participle of carbolise
carbolizing
carbolizing
verb
present participle of carbolize
carbonating
carbonating
verb
present participle of carbonate
carbonising
carbonising
verb
present participle of carbonise
carbonizing
carbonizing
verb
present participle of carbonize
carcinogens
carcinogens
noun
plural of carcinogen
carcinology
carcinology
noun
(zoology) The study of crustaceans.
cardiogenic
cardiogenic
adj
Originating in the heart.
Resulting from a disorder of the heart.
cardiograms
cardiograms
noun
plural of cardiogram
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardiologic
cardiologic
adj
Synonym of cardiological
carloadings
carloadings
noun
plural of carloading
carolingian
carolingian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the dynasty that ruled parts of western Europe from the 7th to the 9th centuries.
A style of script: Carolingian minuscule
Noun
Any member of a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the seventh century.
carousingly
carousingly
adv
in a carousing manner
carpogonial
carpogonial
adj
Relating to a carpogonium.
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
carpologies
carpologist
carpologist
noun
One who studies carpology.
cartoonings
cartoonings
noun
plural of cartooning
casseroling
casseroling
verb
present participle of casserole
castigators
castigators
noun
plural of castigator
castigatory
castigatory
adj
Serving or tending to castigate.
noun
(obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket.
categorical
categorical
adj
Absolute; having no exception.
Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.
noun
(logic) A categorical proposition.
categorised
categorised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of categorise
categorises
categorises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of categorise
categorized
categorized
adj
The characteristic of having been placed or sorted in a category or categories.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of categorize
categorizer
categorizer
noun
One who, or that which, categorizes.
categorizes
categorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of categorize
centimorgan
centimorgan
noun
(biology) A length of chromosome in which an average of 0.01 crossover occurs per generation.
cerographic
cerographic
adj
Of or relating to cerography.
chaperoning
chaperoning
noun
The act or process of a person being chaperoned.
verb
present participle of chaperone
charcoaling
charcoaling
verb
present participle of charcoal
chilogrammo
chirography
chirography
noun
Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.
chiromegaly
chiromegaly
noun
Abnormal gigantism of the hands.
chondralgia
christogram
christogram
Noun
A monogram that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol, such as the chi-rho (
cinemagoers
cinemagoers
noun
plural of cinemagoer
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
clangouring
clangouring
verb
present participle of clangour
clarigation
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
coachwright
coanchoring
coanchoring
verb
present participle of coanchor
coappearing
coappearing
verb
present participle of coappear
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
coenamoring
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coleridgian
collegianer
collegianer
noun
(archaic, largely Scotland) A college student.
cologarithm
cologarithm
noun
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
comitragedy
comitragedy
noun
Alternative form of tragicomedy
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
coniogramme
contracting
contracting
adj
Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
noun
The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
Work done on a contract basis.
verb
present participle of contract
contrasting
contrasting
adj
Set in opposition; markedly different.
verb
present participle of contrast
cooperating
cooperating
verb
present participle of cooperate
coparenting
coparenting
verb
present participle of coparent
coprolagnia
coprolagnia
noun
coprophilia
coprophagia
coprophagia
noun
Alternative form of coprophagy
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
coralligena
coregonidae
correlating
correlating
verb
present participle of correlate
corrugating
corrugating
verb
present participle of corrugate
corrugation
corrugation
noun
The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
corticating
coruscating
coruscating
verb
present participle of coruscate
cosignatory
cosignatory
adj
signed or signing jointly
noun
Any of several people who sign a document together (especially a treaty)
cosignitary
cosmorganic
craniognomy
craniognomy
noun
(dated) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.
craniognosy
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
crowbarring
crowbarring
verb
present participle of crowbar
cryological
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
discography
discography
noun
(medicine) radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.
discouraged
discouraged
adj
Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
unrecommended; unprescribed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discourage
discourager
discourager
noun
One who discourages.
discourages
discourages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage
disgracious
disgracious
adj
Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
ectorganism
embrocating
embrocating
verb
present participle of embrocate
encouraging
encouraging
adj
auspicious, or bringing good luck
giving courage, confidence or hope
supporting by giving encouragement
noun
encouragement
verb
present participle of encourage
encroaching
encroaching
adj
That encroaches.
verb
present participle of encroach
endogastric
endogastric
adj
Of the shell of a mollusc, curving backwards away from the head.
entogastric
entogastric
adj
(zoology) Relating to the interior of the stomach; applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.