(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.
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allographic
allographic
adj
Relating to allographs or allography.
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
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
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
bolographic
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
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
cheirognomy
chilogrammo
chirognomic
chirognomic
adj
Relating to chirognomy.
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.
chirologies
chirologist
chirologist
noun
A user of sign language.
One who engages in palm reading.
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.
chondralgia
chorologist
chorologist
noun
One who studies chorology.
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 (
christology
christology
Noun
A field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with the nature of Jesus Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person.
A particular theory or viewpoint within the field of Christology, e.g. Chalcedonian Christology, Arian Christology, etc.
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.
chronicling
chronicling
noun
The act by which something is chronicled.
verb
present participle of chronicle
chronologic
chronologic
adj
Synonym of chronological
churchgoing
churchgoing
adj
Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
noun
The practice of regularly attending church.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
coachwright
coanchoring
coanchoring
verb
present participle of coanchor
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cofreighter
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
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.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
crotcheting
crotcheting
verb
present participle of crotchet
crouchingly
crouchingly
adv
In a crouching manner; while crouched down; in a crouch.
cuscohygrin
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.
encroaching
encroaching
adj
That encroaches.
verb
present participle of encroach
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
forthcoming
forthcoming
adj
(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
Available when needed; in place, ready.
Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
noun
An act of coming forth.
Something that is yet to come.
verb
present participle of forthcome
gastrotrich
gastrotrich
noun
A microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.
geographics
geographics
noun
The graphical elements of geography
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.
godchildren
godchildren
noun
plural of godchild
gonochorism
gonochorism
noun
(biology) The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of at least two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.
gonorrhoeic
gonorrhoeic
adj
(pathology) Related to gonorrhoea; pertaining to gonorrhea.
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.
graphologic
graphologic
adj
graphological
graphotypic
graphotypic
adj
Of or relating to the graphotype process.
grouchiness
grouchiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
grouchingly
grouchingly
adv
In a grouchy manner; grouchily.
hectoringly
hectoringly
adv
So as to hector or bully.
helicograph
helicograph
noun
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
hemogastric
hemorrhagic
hemorrhagic
adj
Of, relating to, or producing hemorrhage.
hercegovina
heroicizing
heroicizing
verb
present participle of heroicize
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
hingecorner
hockingport
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.
horological
horological
Adjective
Of or relating to horology.
hygrometric
hygrometric
adj
Measured using a hygrometer
Of or pertaining to hygrometry
hygrophytic
hygrophytic
adj
Of or relating to hygrophytes.
hygroscopic
hygroscopic
adj
(physics, chemistry, botany) Readily taking up and retaining water, especially from the atmosphere.
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
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lagomorphic
lagomorphic
adj
Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha.
Shaped like a hare.
lipographic
logarithmic
logarithmic
adj
(mathematics) Of or relating to logarithms.
logographic
logographic
adj
Of, related to, or composed of logographs.
logogriphic
macrophagic
macrophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to macrophages
melographic
melographic
adj
(dated, of a musical instrument) Capable of producing a written transcription of any music played upon it.
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.
The description of microscopic objects.
microphages
microphages
noun
plural of microphage
mogigraphic
monographic
monographic
adj
Drawn in lines without colours.
Of or pertaining to a monograph or treatise.
morphogenic
morphogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to a morphogen, a morphogene or morphogenesis.
morphologic
morphologic
adj
Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological
motographic
motographic
adj
Relating to the motograph.
necrophagia
necrophagia
noun
the consumption of dead flesh or carrion
the practice of feeding on (eating) corpses
nephrogenic
nephrogenic
adj
(medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney
nomographic
nomographic
adj
Relating to nomograms
nosographic
nosographic
adj
of or pertaining to nosography
oleographic
oleographic
adj
Relating to oleography.
oligarchies
oligarchies
noun
plural of oligarchy
oligarchism
oligarchism
noun
The principles or spirit of an oligarchy.
oligarchist
oligarchist
noun
A proponent of oligarchism
oligarchize
oligarchize
verb
To make oligarchic.
oligochrome
oligochrome
adj
(art) Using only a few colours.
orchidalgia
orchidalgia
noun
Synonym of orchialgia
orchidology
orchidology
noun
The study of orchids.
ostrogothic
ostrogothic
Adjective
of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths
outcharging
outcharging
verb
present participle of outcharge
outcharming
outcharming
verb
present participle of outcharm
outmarching
outmarching
verb
present participle of outmarch
outreaching
outreaching
noun
An act of reaching out.
verb
present participle of outreach
overarching
overarching
adj
(by extension) all-embracing or overwhelming
That forms an overhead arch
noun
A structure that arches over something.
verb
present participle of overarch
overchafing
overchasing
overitching
pathogermic
philogarlic
phonogramic
phonogramic
adj
Alternative form of phonogrammic
phrenologic
phrenologic
adj
phrenological
pictographs
pictographs
noun
plural of pictograph.
pictography
pictography
noun
writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics
polygraphic
polygraphic
adj
Done or made with a polygraph
Pertaining to, relating to polygraphy
prechoosing
prechoosing
verb
present participle of prechoose
preclothing
pyrographic
pyrographic
adj
Relating to pyrography.
rachiglossa
recopyright
recopyright
verb
To copyright again; to obtain a new or extended term of copyright protection for.