(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
argiphontes
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
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
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
boroughship
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
chirologies
chirologist
chirologist
noun
A user of sign language.
One who engages in palm reading.
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
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.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
cuscohygrin
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.
dishonoring
dishonoring
verb
present participle of dishonor
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
disthroning
disthroning
verb
present participle of disthrone
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
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
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.
forthrights
forthrights
noun
plural of forthright
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.
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
goldsmithry
goldsmithry
noun
Archaic form of goldsmithery.
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.
gorillaship
gristhorbia
grouchiness
grouchiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
groupthinks
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
harmonising
harmonising
verb
present participle of harmonise
harpagornis
heliographs
heliographs
noun
plural of heliograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heliograph
helsingborg
helsingborg
Proper noun
a city of western Sweden, in the province of Scania
helsingfors
hemogastric
herbologies
heresiology
heresiology
noun
The study of heresy.
heroologist
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
noun
plural of hieroglyph
hierologies
hierologies
noun
plural of hierology
hierologist
hierologist
noun
One engaged in hierology, the comparative and historical study of religions.
higginsport
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
hippogriffs
hippogriffs
noun
plural of hippogriff
hippotigris
hippotragus
histography
histography
noun
(biology) The process of describing or creating pictures of biological tissues and cells.
homologiser
homologiser
noun
Alternative form of homologizer
horismology
hormigueros
horologists
horologists
noun
plural of horologist
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).
hydrogenise
hydrogenise
verb
(transitive, British spelling, dated) Alternative spelling of hydrogenize
hydrologies
hydrologies
noun
plural of hydrology
hydrologist
hydrologist
noun
Someone who is skilled in or practises hydrology.
hydrolysing
hydrolysing
verb
present participle of hydrolyse
hygroscopic
hygroscopic
adj
(physics, chemistry, botany) Readily taking up and retaining water, especially from the atmosphere.
hygrostomia
hypogastria
hypogastria
noun
plural of hypogastrium
hypogastric
hypogastric
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.
isogeotherm
isogeotherm
Noun
A geoisotherm.
knightswort
larghissimo
larghissimo
adj
As slowly as possible.
noun
The slowest tempo.
lithographs
lithographs
noun
plural of lithograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lithograph
longshoring
longshoring
noun
The work of a longshoreman, loading and unloading ships.
micrographs
micrographs
noun
plural of micrograph
microphages
microphages
noun
plural of microphage
mimeographs
mimeographs
noun
plural of mimeograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mimeograph
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
mushrooming
mushrooming
noun
Rapid or explosive growth.
The act of gathering mushrooms.
The formation of a mushroom-like shape.
verb
present participle of mushroom
myographist
neighboress
neighboress
noun
Alternative form of neighbouress
nosographic
nosographic
adj
of or pertaining to nosography
oligarchies
oligarchies
noun
plural of oligarchy
oligarchism
oligarchism
noun
The principles or spirit of an oligarchy.
oligarchist
oligarchist
noun
A proponent of oligarchism
orographies
orographies
noun
plural of orography
orthogneiss
orthogneiss
noun
(geology) A gneiss derived from an igneous rock.
ostrogothic
ostrogothic
Adjective
of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths
overchasing
overfishing
overfishing
noun
Fishing that reduces the stock of remaining fish in an area to below that which is acceptable.
verb
present participle of overfish
overflights
overflights
noun
plural of overflight
overgarnish
overshading
overshading
verb
present participle of overshade
overshining
overshining
verb
present participle of overshine
overweights
overweights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overweight
phegopteris
physiologer
physiologer
noun
(archaic) A physiologist.
pictographs
pictographs
noun
plural of pictograph.
pistolgraph
pistolgraph
noun
(historical) A photograph taken by means of pistolgraphy.
poligarship
poligarship
noun
The state or business of a poligar.
prechoosing
prechoosing
verb
present participle of prechoose
prodigalish
prognathism
prognathism
noun
An abnormal projection of the jaws.
prophesying
prophesying
noun
(historical) A religious meeting to discuss parts of Scripture and their possible use in sermons.
A prophecy.
verb
present participle of prophesy
pythagorism
pythagorism
Proper noun
The doctrines taught by Pythagoras.
pythagorist
rachiglossa
radiographs
radiographs
noun
plural of radiograph
repolishing
repolishing
noun
A second or subsequent polishing.
verb
present participle of repolish
reschooling
reschooling
verb
present participle of reschool
reshowering
resmoothing
resmoothing
verb
present participle of resmooth
rheologists
rheologists
noun
plural of rheologist
rhinogenous
rhinologies
rhinologist
rhinologist
noun
One skilled in rhinology.
rhizogenous
righteously
righteously
adv
In a righteous manner.
rigmarolish
rigmarolish
adj
Of or pertaining to a rigmarole; excessively elaborate, protracted, or diffuse.
roguishness
roguishness
noun
The property of being or appearing roguish.
roughriders
roughriders
noun
plural of roughrider
roughstring
sarcophagic
sarcophagic
adj
Meat-eating.
sarcophagid
sarcophagid
noun
(zoology) Any fly in the family Sarcophagidae, the flesh flies.
schoolgirls
schoolgirls
noun
plural of schoolgirl
schoolgirly
schoolgirly
adj
(informal) schoolgirlish
schrodinger
sciographic
scorchingly
scorchingly
adv
In a way or to a degree that scorches
scouthering
scrootching
scrootching
verb
present participle of scrootch
seborrhagia
seborrhagia
noun
(dated, uncommon) Synonym of seborrhea
seismograph
seismograph
noun
An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.