(Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
The act or process of augmenting.
autoallogamy
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
automatizing
automatizing
verb
present participle of automatize
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autotomising
autotomising
verb
present participle of autotomise
autotomizing
autotomizing
verb
present participle of autotomize
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
burgomasters
burgomasters
noun
plural of burgomaster
camouflagers
camouflagers
noun
plural of camouflager
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
chasmogamous
chasmogamous
adj
Exhibiting chasmogamy.
chaulmoogras
chaulmoogras
noun
plural of chaulmoogra
chaulmoogric
chaulmoogric
adj
Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
coagulometer
coagulometer
noun
(medicine) A device used to measure the ability of the blood to coagulate (and the time taken to do so).
commeasuring
commeasuring
verb
present participle of commeasure
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
compurgators
compurgators
noun
plural of compurgator
compurgatory
compurgatory
adj
compurgatorial
consummating
consummating
verb
present participle of consummate
counterimage
counterimage
noun
An image that counters or contradicts another.
cryptogamous
cryptogamous
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams
daemonurgist
demodulating
demodulating
verb
present participle of demodulate
doughfaceism
doughfaceism
noun
(derogatory) The character of a doughface; pliability.
dynamogenous
ectopatagium
emmenagogues
emmenagogues
noun
plural of emmenagogue
esophagismus
esophagismus
noun
Alternative form of oesophagismus
fagopyrismus
fagopyrismus
noun
Dated form of fagopyrism.
flammigerous
fumigatories
fumigatorium
gametogenous
gametogenous
Adjective
Of or pertaining to gametogenesis.
gametogonium
gametogonium
noun
A germ cell that divides into gametocytes during gametogenesis.
gamopetalous
gamopetalous
adj
(botany) Having petals wholly or partially fused in such a way that the corolla takes the form of a tube, trumpet, channel, or similarly nearly-rigid structure.
gamophyllous
gamophyllous
adj
(botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments).
gamosepalous
gamosepalous
adj
(botany, of a calyx) Having united sepals.
gastrolobium
gastrostomus
glamourizing
glamourizing
verb
present participle of glamourize
glamourously
glanduliform
glaucomatous
glaucomatous
adj
Having the nature of glaucoma.
glenohumeral
glenohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
glucosamines
glucosamines
noun
plural of glucosamine
gomphocarpus
gourmanderie
gourmandises
gourmandises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gourmandise
gourmandisms
gourmandized
gourmandized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gourmandize
gourmandizer
gourmandizer
noun
One who gourmandizes.
gourmandizes
gourmandizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gourmandize
graminaceous
graminaceous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
greatmouthed
grimmiaceous
grimmiaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Grimmiaceae.
groundmasses
groundmasses
noun
plural of groundmass
gymnocarpous
gymnocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit that is either smooth or not adherent to the perianth
(fungi) Having the hymenium exposed while the spores are forming.
gynoeciumcia
hematogenous
hematogenous
Adjective
Producing blood
Spread by blood
hemautograph
hemignathous
hemignathous
adj
Having one mandible much shorter than the other
heterogamous
heterogamous
adj
(biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
(biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
(botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
in the daisy family Asteraceae, having two types of flowers in a flower head (such as some sterile, some hermaphrodite, or some female, some hermaphrodite)
homologumena
houghmagandy
housemaiding
housemaiding
verb
present participle of housemaid
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
hypogastrium
hypogastrium
noun
An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
integumation
integumation
noun
The branch of physiology that deals with the integuments of animals and plants.
lagomorphous
lagomorphous
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the lagomorphs.
largemouthed
macrotolagus
magnetopause
magnetopause
noun
The boundary between the Earth's magnetosphere and the sun's plasma.
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
mallophagous
mallophagous
adj
Feeding on feathers.
manoeuvering
manoeuvering
noun
gerund of manoeuver; an act in which something or someone manoeuvers
verb
present participle of manoeuver
manoeuvreing
maxillojugal
maxillojugal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the maxilla and the zygoma.
megalosaurus
megaloureter
megaloureter
noun
megaureter
meganthropus
megaphyllous
megaphyllous
adj
(Phytotomy) Of or having megaphyll leaves
megasclerous
menognathous
merogastrula
mesiolingual
mesiolingual
adj
(dentistry) Of, pertaining to or connecting the mesial and lingual surfaces of a tooth.
mesogastrium
mesogastrium
noun
(anatomy) The part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach
mesognathous
mesognathous
adj
(anatomy) having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous
metagnathous
metagnathous
adj
(zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill
microphagous
microphagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on small particles.
misconjugate
misconjugate
verb
(transitive) To conjugate incorrectly.
misencourage
modularizing
modularizing
verb
present participle of modularize
monadigerous
monogamously
monogamously
adv
In a monogamous manner.
monolinguals
monolinguals
noun
plural of monolingual
moringaceous
moringaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Moringaceae of moringa trees.
mucilaginous
mucilaginous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.
muggletonian
muggletonian
Noun
A member of a small Protestant Christian sect most prominent in 17th- and 18th-century England.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers.
multangulous
multimegaton
multimegaton
adj
Of several megatons.
multiprogram
multiprogram
adj
(programming) Having or employing multiple programs simultaneously
muscological
museographer
museographer
noun
One who engages in museography; a person who catalogues museum collections.
museological
museological
adj
Pertaining to museology.
musicography
musicography
noun
(obsolete) The art or science of writing music and of musical notation.
Writing on the subject of music.
musophagidae
myoneuralgia
myxogastrous
nematogenous
nematogonous
neuralgiform
neuralgiform
adj
Resembling neuralgia.
neurogrammic
nonambiguity
nonambiguous
nonambiguous
adj
Not ambiguous.
nonarguments
nonarguments
noun
plural of nonargument
nonglamorous
nonglamorous
adj
Not glamorous.
oberammergau
omphalopagus
omphalopagus
noun
(medicine, of conjoined twins) Joined at the umbilicus.
oosporangium
oosporangium
noun
(botany) A case containing oval or rounded spores of some other kind than oospores.
(botany) An oogonium.
organosodium
organosodium
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to sodium bond.
ornithogalum
outmastering
outmastering
verb
present participle of outmaster
outmeasuring
outmeasuring
verb
present participle of outmeasure
outromancing
outromancing
verb
present participle of outromance
outscreaming
outscreaming
verb
present participle of outscream
overassuming
pelargoniums
pelargoniums
noun
plural of pelargonium
pergameneous
pergameneous
adj
parchment-like
phaenogamous
phaenogamous
adj
(botany) Having true flowers with distinct floral organs; flowering.
phlegmagogue
phlegmagogue
noun
(obsolete) Any medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
phonautogram
phonautogram
noun
A recording made with a phonautograph.
pleurostigma
plumbaginous
plumbaginous
adj
Alternative spelling of plumbagineous
pneumatogram
pneumatogram
noun
(physiology) A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph.
pneumatology
pneumatology
noun
(Christianity, theology) The study of the Holy Spirit as revealed in Scripture.
The science dealing with air or gases, their physical and chemical properties, therapeutic applications, etc.
The study of spiritual beings and phenomena, especially the interactions between humans and God.
pneumographs
pneumographs
noun
plural of pneumograph
pneumography
pneumography
noun
scientific description of the lungs.
pneumonalgia
polygamously
polygamously
adv
In a polygamous manner.
praecognitum
progymnasium
progymnasium
noun
In Germany, a classical school without the higher classes; a school preparatory to a gymnasium.
promulgating
promulgating
verb
present participle of promulgate
promulgation
promulgation
noun
The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
promulgators
promulgators
noun
plural of promulgator
promulgatory
promulgatory
adj
Pertaining to promulgation.
That proclaims; declaratory.
protargentum
psammogenous
pseudoglioma
pseudoglioma
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the eye that resembles glioma of the retina
pseudostigma
pseudostigma
noun
A pit, in the integument of some mites, which acts as the socket of a sensillum