(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerophysics
aerophysics
noun
(physics) The physics of the design and construction of aerodynamic devices
amphichrome
amphierotic
aphrodesiac
archesporia
archesporia
noun
plural of archesporium
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
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
behypocrite
bimorphemic
bimorphemic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes
Relating to bimorphemes
brachiopode
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
cecomorphic
censorships
censorships
noun
plural of censorship
cerographic
cerographic
adj
Of or relating to cerography.
cerophilous
cetomorphic
chairperson
chairperson
noun
A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
chaperoning
chaperoning
noun
The act or process of a person being chaperoned.
verb
present participle of chaperone
cheiroptera
cheirosophy
cheirosophy
noun
Alternative form of chirosophy
cheirospasm
cheirospasm
noun
(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand
chemotropic
chemotropic
adj
(biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism
chiropodies
chiropteran
chiropteran
noun
(zoology) Any mammal, of the order Chiroptera, that has forelimbs modified to form wings; a bat
christopher
chromophile
chromophile
noun
(cytology) Any cell that can be easily stained.
chrysopidae
chrysopoeia
chrysopoeia
noun
(alchemy) Transmutation into gold.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
cobblership
cobblership
noun
The realm or sphere of cobblers (shoe repairers).
coeldership
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
coopersmith
coppersmith
coppersmith
noun
A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.
A person who forges things out of copper.
copublisher
copublisher
noun
A joint publisher; one of several publishers releasing a publication together.
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.
coronership
coronership
noun
The role or office of coroner.
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
craniophore
craniophore
noun
An apparatus for holding the skull during craniometry
creatorship
creatorship
noun
State or condition of a creator.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
cryospheric
cryospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryosphere.
ctenophoric
ctenophoric
Adjective
Of or relating to the ctenophores.
delomorphic
delomorphic
adj
delomorphous
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.
deplethoric
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
diaphoretic
diaphoretic
adj
(pharmacology) Generating sweat or perspiration.
noun
(pharmacology) A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration.
dichroscope
dichroscope
noun
An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.
echopractic
echopractic
adj
Having or relating to echopraxia.
ectomorphic
ectomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an ectomorph
ectotrophic
ectotrophic
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That obtains nourishment from outside of its host
electorship
electorship
noun
The position or term of an elector.
endomorphic
endomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an endomorph
endotrophic
endotrophic
adj
(biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism
epistrophic
epitrochlea
epitrochlea
noun
(anatomy) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.
epitrochoid
epitrochoid
noun
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
erotopathic
erotopathic
adj
Relating to erotopathy.
euthytropic
felsophyric
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
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.
helicograph
helicograph
noun
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
helicopters
helicopters
noun
plural of helicopter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of helicopter
heliotropic
heliotropic
adj
exhibiting heliotropism
hemeralopic
hemeralopic
adj
(medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
hemimorphic
hemimorphic
adj
(crystallography) Having the two ends (of an axis) modified with unlike planes.
hemoproctia
hemotrophic
hemotrophic
adj
That obtains nutrition from blood
heteroptics
heteroptics
noun
false optics
heterotopic
heterotopic
adj
(ecology) Occurring in different habitats.
(medicine) Occurring in an abnormal anatomical location.
heterotypic
heterotypic
adj
(genetics) Relating to the first nuclear division in meiosis.
Of or involving a different type or types.
hieropathic
hieropathic
adj
loving the clergy
hierophancy
hierophancy
noun
The role or the work of a hierophant.
hippocrases
hippocratea
hippocrates
hippocrates
Proper noun
name, notably borne by an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine."
hippometric
horoscopies
hyperaction
hyperaction
noun
excessive action, as of a biological system
hypercholia
hypercosmic
hypercosmic
adj
(rare) Extraordinarily cosmic; that which truly transcends the very cosmos; supercosmic.
hyperinotic
hyperinotic
adj
Relating to hyperinosis.
hyperphoric
hyperphoric
adj
Relating to hyperphoria.
noun
A person who has hyperphoria.
hypersonics
hypersonics
noun
The study and development of hypersonic propulsion, and hypersonic aerodynamics.
hypochaeris
hypocrisies
hypocrisies
noun
plural of hypocrisy
hypodermics
hypodermics
noun
plural of hypodermic
hypophrenic
hyporchesis
hypothermic
hypothermic
adj
Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
hypsometric
hypsometric
adj
Of or pertaining to hypsometry (measuring elevation relative to sea level)
ideographic
ideographic
adj
Pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.
ionospheric
ionospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
lichenopora
melographic
melographic
adj
(dated, of a musical instrument) Capable of producing a written transcription of any music played upon it.
meromorphic
meromorphic
adj
(complex analysis, of a function) That is the ratio of two holomorphic functions (and so possibly infinite at a discrete set of points).
mesomorphic
mesomorphic
adj
(chemistry, physics) Of or pertaining to phases of matter intermediate between solid and liquid; of or pertaining to liquid crystals.
Of or pertaining to a mesomorph.
mesonephric
mesonephric
adj
Of or pertaining to the mesonephros.
mesospheric
mesospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
mesotrophic
mesotrophic
adj
(biology) describing organisms that inhabit such water
(geography, of a body of water) providing intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor eutrophic (too high), nor oligotrophic (too low level).
metamorphic
metamorphic
adj
(geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).
(zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis.
Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.
Of or relating to the Metamorphic Technique, a form of massage influenced by reflexology.
noun
(mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
metatrophic
metatrophic
adj
Deriving sustenance from dead organic matter.
metropathic
metropathic
adj
Of or relating to metropathia.
microcephal
microphages
microphages
noun
plural of microphage
microphones
microphones
noun
plural of microphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microphone
microsphere
microsphere
noun
Any sphere whose size is measured in micrometres
morphogenic
morphogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to a morphogen, a morphogene or morphogenesis.
morphonemic
neanthropic
necrophagia
necrophagia
noun
the consumption of dead flesh or carrion
the practice of feeding on (eating) corpses
necrophilia
necrophilia
noun
(medicine) Pathological fascination with death.
(sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
necrophilic
necrophilic
adj
of or relating to necrophilia
necrophobia
necrophobia
noun
an abnormal fear of death or corpses
necrophobic
necrophobic
adj
Relating to necrophobia
neophrastic
nephrocolic
nephrocolic
adj
Synonym of nephrocolonic
nephrodinic
nephrogenic
nephrogenic
adj
(medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney
nephrolytic
nephrotoxic
nephrotoxic
adj
that is poisonous to kidney tissue
neuropathic
neuropathic
adj
Of or relating to neuropathy.
neurophilic
neurophilic
adj
(neuroscience, of a substance) Having an affinity for nervous tissue.
nonseraphic
officership
officership
noun
The position or role of an officer.
oleographic
oleographic
adj
Relating to oleography.
orchidopexy
orchidopexy
noun
(surgery) Alternative form of orchiopexy
orthoepical
orthoepical
adj
Synonym of orthoepic.
orthopaedic
orthopaedic
adj
Alternative spelling of orthopedic
orthopedics
orthopedics
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints
orthopnoeic
orthopnoeic
adj
(UK) Alternative form of orthopneic
overpitched
overpitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpitch
pathogermic
pedomorphic
pedomorphic
adj
Alternative spelling of paedomorphic
pedospheric
pedotrophic
pedotrophic
adj
Relating to pedotrophy
perchloride
perchloride
noun
(chemistry) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.