producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amplifying
amplifying
verb
present participle of amplify
ampulating
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
apolegamic
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
aporrhegma
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
azygosperm
biophagism
cameograph
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
campignian
caprimulgi
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
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compagnies
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
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.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
diplomaing
dromograph
dromograph
noun
A flowmeter used to record the circulation of the blood
empaneling
empennages
empennages
noun
plural of empennage
endophragm
epagomenae
epagomenal
epagomenal
adj
(in certain calendar systems) intercalary
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
esophagism
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gamophagia
gamotropic
gemmipares
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.
gossampine
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.
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
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.
impainting
impainting
verb
present participle of impaint
impaneling
impaneling
verb
present participle of impanel
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
impearling
impearling
verb
present participle of impearl
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
implanting
implanting
verb
present participle of implant
impleading
impleading
verb
present participle of implead
impleasing
impleasing
adj
(obsolete) unpleasing; displeasing
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
impregable
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
impugnable
impugnable
adj
That can be impugned; open to (verbal) attack, open to question.
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lageniporm
lagomorpha
lampmaking
lampmaking
noun
The manufacture of lamps.
lampooning
lampooning
noun
A lampoon.
verb
present participle of lampoon
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.
macropygia
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
mainspring
mainspring
noun
(figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.
(horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
mallophaga
malpighian
malpighian
Adjective
Of, relating to, or discovered by an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
mareograph
mareograph
noun
(oceanography) marigraph
margaropus
mastigopod
mastigopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
matagalpan
megalopine
megalopore
megalopore
noun
A relatively large pore in the shell of a chiton
megalopsia
megalopsia
noun
macropsia
megalopyge
megaparsec
megaparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
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
megapodius
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
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.
misparsing
misparsing
noun
An instance of incorrect parsing.
verb
present participle of misparse
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
misplacing
misplacing
noun
Incorrect placement.
verb
present participle of misplace
misplaying
misplaying
verb
present participle of misplay
misshaping
misshaping
verb
present participle of misshape
misspacing
misspacing
verb
present participle of misspace
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
monoplegia
monoplegia
noun
(pathology) Complete paralysis of a single limb (or muscle)
mudcapping
mudcapping
verb
present participle of mudcap
mugwumpian
mugwumpian
adj
Of or relating to a mugwump.
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.