A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
albedograph
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
angelophany
angelophany
noun
The appearance of an angel to a human being.
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
archipelago
archipelago
noun
(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
(collective) A group of islands.
(now rare) The Aegean Sea.
bibliophage
bibliophage
noun
(figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
caligrapher
caligrapher
noun
Alternative form of calligrapher
cephalalgia
cephalalgia
noun
(medicine) A pain in the head; headache.
cephalalgic
cephalalgic
adj
(medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache.
noun
A remedy for the headache.
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
cephalology
chapelgoing
chapelgoing
adj
Regularly attending chapel.
dephlegmate
dephlegmate
verb
(chemistry, dated) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.
depolishing
depolishing
verb
present participle of depolish
epephragmal
epiphragmal
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
gametophyll
ganocephala
gastrophile
gelotherapy
generalship
generalship
noun
By extension, leadership, good management.
The position or office of a general.
The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy.
The term of office of a military general.
geophilidae
geophysical
geophysical
adj
Of or pertaining to geophysics.
glassophone
glassophone
noun
(music) A set of glasses filled with differing amounts of liquid so that they produce different musical notes when struck.
glaucophane
glaucophane
noun
(mineralogy) A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.
glyptotheca
glyptotheca
noun
A room or building devoted to works of sculpture.
grapholects
grapholects
noun
plural of grapholect
haplologies
haplologies
noun
plural of haplology
helicograph
helicograph
noun
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
helicopting
helicopting
verb
present participle of helicopt
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.
heliotyping
heliotyping
verb
present participle of heliotype
hemiplegias
hemiplegias
noun
plural of hemiplegia
hemiplegics
hemiplegics
noun
plural of hemiplegic
heptangular
heptangular
adj
Having seven angles.
herpetology
herpetology
noun
The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians.
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
noun
plural of hieroglyph
hieroglyphy
hieroglyphy
noun
The use of hieroglyphics.
holographed
holographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of holograph
holographer
holographer
noun
One who creates holograms.
hypnologies
interplight
lamplighted
lamplighted
adj
Synonym of lamplit
lamplighter
lamplighter
noun
(historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
(historical) Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end.
A kind of tall bicycle.
legateships
legateships
noun
plural of legateship
lexigraphic
lexigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
lightkeeper
lightkeeper
noun
The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
lightplanes
lightplanes
noun
plural of lightplane
logographer
logographer
noun
a chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences
one skilled in logography
lymphagogue
lymphagogue
noun
Any agent that promotes the production of lymph.
lymphogenic
lymphogenic
adj
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands
megacephaly
megacephaly
noun
macrencephaly
megalograph
megalograph
noun
A camera lucida used in megalography
meliphagous
meliphagous
adj
Of an animal, that feeds on honey or nectar.
melographic
melographic
adj
(dated, of a musical instrument) Capable of producing a written transcription of any music played upon it.
myelography
myelography
noun
(medicine) A type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the spinal cord, including the location of a spinal cord injury, cysts, and tumors.
nephologies
nephologist
nephologist
noun
One who studies nephology.
oesophageal
oesophageal
adj
Alternative spelling of esophageal
oleographer
oleographic
oleographic
adj
Relating to oleography.
openglopish
ophiologies
organophile
palaeoglyph
palaeograph
palaeograph
noun
Alternative spelling of paleograph
paleography
paleography
noun
(obsolete) Paleogeography.
Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls.
The study of old or ancient forms of writing.
pamphletage
pantheology
pantheology
noun
A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
pathologies
pathologies
noun
plural of pathology
pelvigraphy
perishingly
perishingly
adv
(colloquial) extremely
petroglyphs
petroglyphs
noun
plural of petroglyph
petroglyphy
petroglyphy
noun
The art or process of carving figures or inscriptions on stone.
phalangette
phalangidea
phalangides
phellogenic
phellogenic
adj
Relating to, or composed of phellogen
phengitical
phenolating
phenologies
phenologies
noun
plural of phenology
phenologist
phenologist
noun
One who studies phenology.
philogynies
philologies
philologies
noun
plural of philology
philologize
philologize
verb
To do the work of a philologist, to study words and their origins.
phlebograms
phlebograms
noun
plural of phlebogram
phlebograph
phlegmatism
phlegmatist
phlegmatous
phlegmonoid
phlegmonoid
adj
Resembling a phlegmon.
phlegmonous
phlegmonous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing phlegmon.
phlogogenic
phlogopites
phlogopites
noun
plural of phlogopite
phonologies
phonologies
noun
plural of phonology
phraseology
phraseology
noun
A collection of phrases; a phrasebook.
A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.
Study of set or fixed expressions.
The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech.
phrenologer
phrenologer
noun
A phrenologist.
phrenologic
phrenologic
adj
phrenological
phrenoplegy
phycologies
phylogenies
phylogenies
noun
plural of phylogeny
phylogenist
phylogenist
noun
One who studies phylogeny.
physiologer
physiologer
noun
(archaic) A physiologist.
physiologue
phytologies
phytologies
noun
plural of phytology
pigeonholed
pigeonholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pigeonhole
pigeonholer
pigeonholer
noun
One who pigeonholes.
pigeonholes
pigeonholes
noun
plural of pigeonhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigeonhole
pigheadedly
pigheadedly
adv
In a pigheaded manner.
pinwheeling
pinwheeling
verb
present participle of pinwheel
pithecology
pithecology
noun
(zoology, rare) The scientific study of apes.
plagihedral
plagihedral
adj
(crystallography) Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.
plagiophyre
plectognath
plectognath
noun
Any fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.
plegaphonia
pleophagous
plessigraph
ploughshare
ploughshare
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of plowshare
polygraphed
polygraphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of polygraph
polygrapher
polygrapher
noun
A person skilled in the operation of a polygraph.
polyhalogen
polyphagies
preachingly
preachingly
adv
In a way that preaches.
prechilling
prechilling
verb
present participle of prechill
preclothing
predaylight
predaylight
adj
Before daylight.
preflighted
preflighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preflight
prefurlough
prefurlough
adj
Before a furlough.
pregirlhood
prehandling
psychologer
psychologer
noun
(archaic) A psychologist.
psychologue
psychologue
noun
(dated) A psychologist.
pyelography
pyelography
noun
(medicine) radiography of the kidney, ureter and bladder following injection of a radiopaque substance
repolishing
repolishing
noun
A second or subsequent polishing.
verb
present participle of repolish
retelegraph
retelegraph
verb
To telegraph again.
selenograph
selenograph
noun
(dated) A picture or delineation of the Moon's surface.
sepulchring
sepulchring
verb
present participle of sepulchre
solenoglyph
solenoglyph
noun
Any of the solenoglyphous snakes.
spaceflight
spaceflight
noun
Alternative spelling of space flight
splathering
splathering
verb
present participle of splather
spotlighted
spotlighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spotlight
spotlighter
spotlighter
noun
Synonym of jacklighter (“a hunter who jacklights”)
sprightlier
sprightlier
adj
comparative form of sprightly: more sprightly
stelography
stelography
noun
The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
syphilogeny
telegraphed
telegraphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of telegraph
telegraphee
telegrapher
telegrapher
noun
(historical) A telegraph operator, one who sent telegrams.
telegraphic
telegraphic
adj
Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax.