producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
aporrhegma
biophagism
cameograph
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champaigne
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
chemigraph
climograph
climograph
noun
A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
dromograph
dromograph
noun
A flowmeter used to record the circulation of the blood
endophragm
esophagism
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
gamophagia
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
gnaphalium
gnaphalium
noun
Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
graphonomy
graphonomy
noun
Synonym of graphonomics
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
hemiplegia
hemiplegia
noun
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
hemophagia
homographs
homographs
noun
plural of homograph
homography
homography
noun
(geometry) An isomorphism between projective spaces that maps straight lines to straight lines.
The state or quality of being written in the same way, especially when spelled with the same letters (as with a pair of homonyms), or also as represented with similar or identical glyphs (as with homoglyphs); the state or quality of existing as homographs.
hygroplasm
hygroplasm
noun
(biology, archaic) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion.
hypostigma
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lagomorpha
lemography
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
machipongo
macrograph
macrograph
noun
An image of an object as seen by the naked eye, without magnification.
An image of an object that is at least as large as the object.
macrophage
macrophage
noun
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
mallophaga
malpighian
malpighian
Adjective
Of, relating to, or discovered by an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
mareograph
mareograph
noun
(oceanography) marigraph
megaphoned
megaphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of megaphone
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
megaphyton
meliphagan
mesophragm
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
metaphragm
meteograph
mezzograph
mezzograph
noun
(historical) A multicolored picture having the colors printed via photolithography and then overprinted in black or blue collotype for the outlines.
micrograph
micrograph
noun
A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope
verb
To produce such an image by micrography.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
mimeograph
mimeograph
noun
(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
verb
To make mimeograph copies.
mimography
mimography
noun
(archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.
misshaping
misshaping
verb
present participle of misshape
mogigraphy
mogigraphy
noun
Alternative form of mogigraphia (“writer's cramp”)
mogiphonia
mogiphonia
noun
Difficulty in speaking, triggered by the effort of singing or speaking loudly.
monographs
monographs
noun
plural of monograph
monography
monography
noun
A monograph.
Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing.
monophagia
multigraph
multigraph
noun
(graph theory) A set V (whose elements are called vertices or nodes), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an edge or line) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
(graph theory, less commonly) A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
(historical, printing) A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
(linguistics) A specific sequence of letters treated as a (phonemic) unit.
verb
(historical, transitive) To print using a multigraph machine.
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
nomography
nomography
noun
A treatise on laws.
ombrograph
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
omophagous
omophagous
Adjective
Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food.
pamphagous
pamphagous
adj
omnivorous; eating all kinds of things
paraphragm
paraphragm
noun
A kind of lateral diaphragm in crustaceans.
pathognomy
pathognomy
noun
The expression of the passions or emotions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.
phagomania
phagomania
noun
A compulsion to eat.
phalangium
phanerogam
phanerogam
noun
(botany) Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
phantasmag
phlebogram
phlebogram
noun
a venogram
phlegmasia
phlegmasia
noun
(medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phragmosis
phragmosis
noun
Positioning behind a barrier (or down a hole, etc.) as a means of defense.
phrenogram
prephragma
psomophagy
psomophagy
noun
(rare) The condition of not chewing food before swallowing it.
psychogram
psychogram
noun
(psychology, dated) A composite psychological measurement that attempts to integrate various interrelated elements of a person's thought processes.
(psychology, dated) A kind of visual diagram of an individual's personality.