(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
apiologist
apiologist
noun
A person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apologists
apologists
noun
plural of apologist
aponogeton
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
appanagist
appanagist
noun
A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
appetising
appetising
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing.
verb
present participle of appetise
appetizing
appetizing
adj
(by extension) Appealing or enticing.
That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.
noun
any food traditionally eaten with a bagel, as an accompaniment, topping or filling; including dairy products and pareve but not meat
verb
present participle of appetize
appointing
appointing
verb
present participle of appoint
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
apterygota
apterygote
apterygote
noun
Any insect of the order Apterygota.
areopagist
areopagite
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
aspirating
aspirating
verb
present participle of aspirate
astrograph
astrograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope designed and used for astronomical photography.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
attapulgus
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
bepainting
bepainting
verb
present participle of bepaint
bergaptene
bergaptene
noun
Archaic form of bergapten.
capitaling
captaining
captaining
verb
present participle of captain
captioning
captioning
noun
The act of assigning a caption.
verb
present participle of caption
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cathograph
catnapping
catnapping
noun
The kidnapping or theft of a cat.
verb
present participle of catnap
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
crotophaga
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.
cyrtograph
cytophagic
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
diaglyptic
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
diplotegia
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispergate
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
entrapping
entrapping
verb
present participle of entrap
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
epigastria
epigastria
noun
plural of epigastrium
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
epiglottal
epiglottal
adj
(phonetics) Produced using the epiglottis.
Pertaining to the epiglottis.
noun
(phonetics) An epiglottal consonant.
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
explanting
explanting
verb
present participle of explant
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
fetography
gamotropic
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gastropoda
gastropods
gastropods
noun
plural of gastropod
gastropore
gastropore
noun
A pore, in a hydrozoan coral, containing a gastrozooid
gastrosoph
gastrosoph
noun
Synonym of gastrosopher
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
genyplasty
genyplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the cheek
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
glyptician
gnathopoda
gnathopoda
noun
(obsolete) plural of gnathopod
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
graftproof
graftproof
adj
(US politics) Bribeproof.
grapefruit
grapefruit
noun
The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
grapestalk
grapestone
grapestone
noun
(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
A seed of the grape.
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
graphitoid
graphitoid
adj
Resembling graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graphotype
graphotype
noun
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
verb
To produce a design by this process.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
guptavidya
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
gypsoplast
gypsoplast
noun
A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hedgetaper
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
hepatology
hepatology
noun
(medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
heptagonal
heptagonal
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5n²-3n)/2.
Having seven angles and sides.
heptagynia
hyetograph
hyetograph
noun
A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
hypostigma
impainting
impainting
verb
present participle of impaint
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
implanting
implanting
verb
present participle of implant
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.
intragroup
intragroup
adj
Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
lapidating
lapidating
verb
present participle of lapidate
lastspring
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
lithograph
lithograph
noun
A printed image produced by lithography.
verb
To create a copy of an image through lithography.
logansport
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
mastigopod
mastigopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
matagalpan
megaphyton
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
metaphragm
meteograph
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
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.
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
ontography
ontography
noun
The study of how living creatures react to the physiographic environment.
oppilating
oppilating
verb
present participle of oppilate
optography
optography
noun
The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye.