A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphilogism
amylophagia
amylophagia
noun
(pathology) the pathologic desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
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.
diaphragmal
diaphragmal
adj
Of or relating to the diaphragm.
epephragmal
epiphragmal
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
gametophyll
hemiplegias
hemiplegias
noun
plural of hemiplegia
hemiplegics
hemiplegics
noun
plural of hemiplegic
hygroplasma
lagomorphic
lagomorphic
adj
Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha.
Shaped like a hare.
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.
loimography
lymphagogue
lymphagogue
noun
Any agent that promotes the production of lymph.
lymphangial
lymphangial
adj
(anatomy) lymphatic
lymphogenic
lymphogenic
adj
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands
lymphograms
lymphograms
noun
plural of lymphogram
mallophagan
mallophagan
noun
A chewing louse, any louse of the now obsolete suborder Mallophaga, any true louse that is not a sucking louse.
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.
morphologic
morphologic
adj
Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological
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.
pamphletage
parhomology
phlebograms
phlebograms
noun
plural of phlebogram
phlegmatism
phlegmatist
phlegmatous
phlegmonoid
phlegmonoid
adj
Resembling a phlegmon.
phlegmonous
phlegmonous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing phlegmon.
plasmophagy
psalmograph
psalmograph
noun
(obsolete) A writer of psalms.
sphygmology
sphygmology
noun
(medicine, usually historical) The study of the pulse.