(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allographic
allographic
adj
Relating to allographs or allography.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
angiography
angiography
noun
(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
anguimorpha
aphrogeneia
aporrhiegma
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.
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
argiphontes
arithmogram
arithmogram
noun
The number obtained by summing the numerical values of the letters of a word.
atheriogaea
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
augitophyre
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
auxographic
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
bolographic
bulgarophil
cacographic
cacographic
adj
Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
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
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 (
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
coachwright
coanchoring
coanchoring
verb
present participle of coanchor
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cologarithm
cologarithm
noun
(mathematics) The logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
coprophagia
coprophagia
noun
Alternative form of coprophagy
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
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.
dilogarithm
dilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The form of polylogarithm having a base of two
dioptograph
diplography
diplography
noun
double writing; the writing of something twice or in two forms
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.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dittography
dittography
noun
An error produced thereby.
The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
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
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fothergilla
galeorhinus
gastroliths
gastroliths
noun
plural of gastrolith
gastrophile
gastrotrich
gastrotrich
noun
A microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.
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.
ghirlandaio
ghirlandajo
gorillaship
gramophonic
gramophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
granolithic
granolithic
adj
Of or pertaining to a granolith
granophyric
granophyric
adj
(petrology) Having a texture resembling that of classic granophyre.
graphiology
graphiology
noun
The study of handwriting; graphology.
graphologic
graphologic
adj
graphological
graphomania
graphomania
noun
(art) Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots; see "Entoptic graphomania".
The compulsion to write.
graphotypic
graphotypic
adj
Of or relating to the graphotype process.
graptolitha
gristhorbia
gymnorhinal
hagiographa
hagiographa
Proper noun
the third division of the Hebrew scriptures; the Ketuvim
hagiography
hagiography
noun
(countable) A biography of a saint.
(countable, by extension) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
(derogatory) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
(uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
haliography
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harmonising
harmonising
verb
present participle of harmonise
harmonizing
harmonizing
verb
present participle of harmonize
harpagornis
harrowingly
harrowingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
headworking
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.
hemogastric
hemorrhagic
hemorrhagic
adj
Of, relating to, or producing hemorrhage.
hercegovina
hermogenian
hermogenian
Noun
A disciple of Hermogenes.
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.
heterophagi
hierography
hierography
noun
Sacred writing.
hippotragus
histography
histography
noun
(biology) The process of describing or creating pictures of biological tissues and cells.
holographic
holographic
adj
(uncommon) Handwritten by a single writer.
In the form of a hologram or holograph.
homographic
homographic
adj
(geometry) Having the same invariants.
Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound.
Spelled identically.
hooperating
horological
horological
Adjective
Of or relating to horology.
horologigia
hygeiolatry
hygrophobia
hygrostomia
hypogastria
hypogastria
noun
plural of hypogastrium
hypogastric
hypogastric
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.
ichnography
ichnography
noun
the art of constructing ground plans
the ground plan of a building
iconography
iconography
noun
A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
The study of representative art in general.
ideographic
ideographic
adj
Pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.
idiographic
idiographic
adj
(psychology) of or pertaining to individuals
Of or pertaining to idiography or to an idiograph
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.
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lagomorphic
lagomorphic
adj
Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha.
Shaped like a hare.
larghissimo
larghissimo
adj
As slowly as possible.
noun
The slowest tempo.
lignography
lipographic
lithographs
lithographs
noun
plural of lithograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lithograph
lithography
lithography
noun
The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it.
logarithmal
logarithmic
logarithmic
adj
(mathematics) Of or relating to logarithms.
logographic
logographic
adj
Of, related to, or composed of logographs.
loimography
macrophagic
macrophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to macrophages
marathoning
marathoning
noun
The act of running a marathon
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.
micrographs
micrographs
noun
plural of micrograph
micrography
micrography
noun
An ancient Jewish form of calligram, using tiny Hebrew letters to form designs.
Examination or study by means of the microscope, as of an etched surface of metal to determine its structure.