(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
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
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.
argiphontes
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
bescorching
bescorching
verb
present participle of bescorch
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
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
chirognomic
chirognomic
adj
Relating to chirognomy.
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
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.
coanchoring
coanchoring
verb
present participle of coanchor
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
crotcheting
crotcheting
verb
present participle of crotchet
crouchingly
crouchingly
adv
In a crouching manner; while crouched down; in a crouch.
cuscohygrin
dishonoring
dishonoring
verb
present participle of dishonor
disthroning
disthroning
verb
present participle of disthrone
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
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
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
exhortingly
exhortingly
adv
So as to exhort.
fingerholds
fingerholds
noun
plural of fingerhold
fishmongers
fishmongers
noun
plural of fishmonger
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
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
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
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
fortnightly
fortnightly
adj
occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
adv
once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
noun
A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).
freeholding
freeholding
noun
property held in freehold
furloughing
furloughing
verb
present participle of furlough
galeorhinus
ghirlandaio
ghirlandajo
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.
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.
griffinhood
griffinhood
noun
(India, dated) The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
grouchiness
grouchiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
grouchingly
grouchingly
adv
In a grouchy manner; grouchily.
groupthinks
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
gymnorhinal
gyrohorizon
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
hectoringly
hectoringly
adv
So as to hector or bully.
hegemonizer
hegemonizer
noun
One who hegemonizes.
helsingborg
helsingborg
Proper noun
a city of western Sweden, in the province of Scania
helsingfors
herborizing
herborizing
noun
A botanical expedition for the purpose of finding and classifying plant species.
verb
present participle of herborize
hercegovina
hermogenian
hermogenian
Noun
A disciple of Hermogenes.
heroicizing
heroicizing
verb
present participle of heroicize
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.
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
hibernology
higginsport
hingecorner
hingeflower
hirmologion
hockingport
holdingford
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.
hooperating
hormogonium
hormogonium
noun
(biology) A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament
horseshoing
hotpressing
hotpressing
verb
present participle of hotpress
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
hydrolysing
hydrolysing
verb
present participle of hydrolyse
hydrolyzing
hydrolyzing
verb
present participle of hydrolyze
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.
intergrowth
intergrowth
noun
A growing together and through each other of two crystals.
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.
knightswort
lignography
longshoring
longshoring
noun
The work of a longshoreman, loading and unloading ships.
marathoning
marathoning
noun
The act of running a marathon
menorrhagia
menorrhagia
noun
(dated) The normal flow of the menses.
Excessive menstrual flow but regularly timed.
menorrhagic
menorrhagic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to menorrhagia.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
monographic
monographic
adj
Drawn in lines without colours.
Of or pertaining to a monograph or treatise.
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.
mushrooming
mushrooming
noun
Rapid or explosive growth.
The act of gathering mushrooms.
The formation of a mushroom-like shape.
verb
present participle of mushroom
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
nightworker
nomographic
nomographic
adj
Relating to nomograms
nonadhering
nonadhering
adj
Not adhering
northington
nosographic
nosographic
adj
of or pertaining to nosography
novelwright
novelwright
noun
A writer of novels.
organophile
ornithogaea
ornithology
ornithology
noun
The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.