(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.
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
argiphontes
atheriogaea
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
augitophyre
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
borderlight
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
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
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
cheirognomy
chirologies
chiromegaly
chiromegaly
noun
Abnormal gigantism of the hands.
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
chlorogenic
chlorogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to chlorogenic acids or their derivatives
cholinergic
cholinergic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
noun
(biochemistry) Any drug or substance producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
chromogenic
chromogenic
adj
(biology) Containing or producing chromogen.
(photography) Describing a process in which a black-and-white image is replaced by a coloured one.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cofreighter
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
copyrighter
copyrighter
noun
One who obtains the copyright on a work.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
crotcheting
crotcheting
verb
present participle of crotchet
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.
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
encroaching
encroaching
adj
That encroaches.
verb
present participle of encroach
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
exhortingly
exhortingly
adv
So as to exhort.
fingerholds
fingerholds
noun
plural of fingerhold
fishmongers
fishmongers
noun
plural of fishmonger
forehinting
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foresighted
foresighted
adj
Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
fothergilla
freeholding
freeholding
noun
property held in freehold
galeorhinus
gastrophile
geissorhiza
geographics
geographics
noun
The graphical elements of geography
geographies
geographies
noun
plural of geography
geographism
geographism
noun
The theory that events are influenced by geographical conditions, rather than by people.
geographize
geographize
verb
(intransitive) To study geography.
(transitive) To make geographical; to bring into the realm of geography; to map.
geoisotherm
geoisotherm
noun
(geology) A line or surface joining points within the Earth that have the same temperature.
geomorphist
geostrophic
geostrophic
adj
(meteorology) Relating to or arising from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the rotation of the earth.
(meteorology) Relating to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal Coriolis forces and the horizontal pressure forces.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
godchildren
godchildren
noun
plural of godchild
gonorrhoeic
gonorrhoeic
adj
(pathology) Related to gonorrhoea; pertaining to gonorrhea.
grouchiness
grouchiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
headworking
hectoringly
hectoringly
adv
So as to hector or bully.
hegemonizer
hegemonizer
noun
One who hegemonizes.
helicograph
helicograph
noun
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
heliographs
heliographs
noun
plural of heliograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heliograph
heliography
heliography
noun
(obsolete) Photography.
The art of making a heliograph.
The scientific study of the sun.
The system of signalling by heliograph.
helsingborg
helsingborg
Proper noun
a city of western Sweden, in the province of Scania
helsingfors
hemogastric
hemorrhagic
hemorrhagic
adj
Of, relating to, or producing hemorrhage.
herbologies
herborizing
herborizing
noun
A botanical expedition for the purpose of finding and classifying plant species.
verb
present participle of herborize
hercegovina
heresiology
heresiology
noun
The study of heresy.
hermogenian
hermogenian
Noun
A disciple of Hermogenes.
heroicizing
heroicizing
verb
present participle of heroicize
heroologist
herringbone
herringbone
noun
(skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
A bone of a herring.
A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines.
verb
(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
herzegovina
herzegovina
Proper noun
Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Represents a geographic and historic entity, not an administrative unit.
heterogamic
heterogamic
adj
Of or relating to heterogamy.
heterogenic
heterogenic
adj
(genetics) Of or relating to the genes of different species.
(rare) Relating to or involving (people, animals, things, etc, of) different kinds (genera), for example different sexes..
Characteristic of a different sex (especially of hypertrichosis or facial hair typical of a man but found on a woman).
heterogonic
heterogonic
adj
(biology) Describing a parasite whose life cycle is alternated with that of free-living generation
(botany) Characterized by heterogony
heterologic
heterologic
adj
Alternative form of heterological
heterophagi
hibernology
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
noun
plural of hieroglyph
hieroglyphy
hieroglyphy
noun
The use of hieroglyphics.
hierography
hierography
noun
Sacred writing.
hierologies
hierologies
noun
plural of hierology
hierologist
hierologist
noun
One engaged in hierology, the comparative and historical study of religions.
hingecorner
hingeflower
homeporting
homeporting
verb
present participle of homeport
homogenizer
homogenizer
noun
Any piece of equipment used to homogenize mixtures, such as a kitchen blender, mortar and pestle, ultrasonic bath, etc.
homologiser
homologiser
noun
Alternative form of homologizer
homologizer
homologizer
noun
One who or that which homologizes.
hooperating
hormigueros
horseshoing
hotpressing
hotpressing
verb
present participle of hotpress
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
hydrogenide
hydrogenide
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A hydride.
hydrogenise
hydrogenise
verb
(transitive, British spelling, dated) Alternative spelling of hydrogenize
hydrogenium
hydrogenium
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) Hydrogen, especially when formerly considered as a metal.
hydrogenize
hydrogenize
verb
(transitive, chemistry, dated) to hydrogenate
hydroglider
hydroglider
noun
A kind of boat driven by an air propeller.
hydrologies
hydrologies
noun
plural of hydrology
hygeiolatry
hygrometric
hygrometric
adj
Measured using a hygrometer
Of or pertaining to hygrometry
ideographic
ideographic
adj
Pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.
intergrowth
intergrowth
noun
A growing together and through each other of two crystals.
isogeotherm
isogeotherm
Noun
A geoisotherm.
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
megatheroid
megatheroid
noun
(paleontology) One of a family of extinct edentates found in America, including the megatherium and the megalonyx, among others.
melographic
melographic
adj
(dated, of a musical instrument) Capable of producing a written transcription of any music played upon it.
menorrhagia
menorrhagia
noun
(dated) The normal flow of the menses.
Excessive menstrual flow but regularly timed.
menorrhagic
menorrhagic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to menorrhagia.
microphages
microphages
noun
plural of microphage
mimeographs
mimeographs
noun
plural of mimeograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mimeograph
mimeography
mimeography
noun
The creation of mimeographic copies.
mimographer
mimographer
noun
(archaic) One who writes down sign language according to the system of mimography.
A writer of mimes (farces).
moonlighter
moonlighter
noun
(Australia) A southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.
(Ireland, historical) One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.
(US, regional) One who serenades by moonlight.
A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
A person who moonlights, or works a second job on the side.
morphogenic
morphogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to a morphogen, a morphogene or morphogenesis.
necrophagia
necrophagia
noun
the consumption of dead flesh or carrion
the practice of feeding on (eating) corpses
negrophobia
negrophobia
Noun
Fear, hate, or dislike of black people of any descent, usually Africans.
neighboress
neighboress
noun
Alternative form of neighbouress
neighboring
neighboring
adj
(American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
verb
(American spelling) present participle of neighbor
neighboured
neighboured
noun
(obsolete) The state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of neighbour
neighbourer
neighbourly
neighbourly
adj
(Britain, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
nephrogenic
nephrogenic
adj
(medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney