A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
amphigaean
amphigamae
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophobe
anglophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobe
anglophone
anglophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
aporrhegma
areography
areography
noun
(astronomy, geography) The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars.
belgophile
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
biographee
biographee
noun
One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography.
biographer
biographer
noun
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
cameograph
cephalagra
cephalagra
noun
gout in the head
cephalalgy
cephalalgy
noun
Dated form of cephalalgia.
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champaigne
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chapellage
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
chemigraph
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
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.
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
edaphology
edaphology
noun
The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
eightpenny
eightpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
endophragm
ensignship
ensignship
noun
The state or rank of an ensign.
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
epigrapher
epigrapher
noun
epigraphist
epigraphic
epigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
ergophobia
ergophobia
noun
A fear or aversion to work
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
esophageal
esophageal
adj
Of or pertaining to the esophagus.
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
esophagism
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
euphuizing
euphuizing
verb
present participle of euphuize
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
fetography
fireplough
froghopper
froghopper
noun
Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
gallophile
gallophile
Noun
One who loves France or the French.
gallophobe
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
geadephaga
genophobia
genophobia
noun
The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geoglyphic
geoglyphic
adj
Of or relating to geoglyphs.
geographer
geographer
noun
A specialist in geography.
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geophagous
geophagous
adj
Eating earth.
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
geophysics
geophysics
noun
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
geothlypis
gonosphere
gopherroot
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gorgophone
graecophil
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
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
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to 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.
grieveship
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
guidership
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
handygripe
happenings
happenings
noun
plural of happening
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
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.
hedgehoppe
hedgetaper
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
heliograph
heliograph
noun
(obsolete) A photograph.
A device for photographing the sun.
A heliogram.
An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight.
verb
(intransitive) To send a heliograph.
(transitive) To send a message by heliograph.
(transitive, dated) To photograph by sunlight.
hemiplegia
hemiplegia
noun
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
hemiplegic
hemiplegic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia
noun
One who has hemiplegia.
hemophagia
hempstring
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
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
herpangina
herpangina
noun
(medicine) mouth blisters; a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses
hieroglyph
hieroglyph
noun
(informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.
An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system.
verb
To represent by hieroglyphs.
hierograph
hierograph
noun
A sacred symbol.
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
hodgepodge
hodgepodge
noun
A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To move or position in an erratic, disorganised manner.
hogrophyte
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hyetograph
hyetograph
noun
A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
hygrophyte
hygrophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hyperalgia
hyperalgia
noun
Synonym of hyperalgesia
hypergolic
hypergolic
adj
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reactant, fuel, or propellant) Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidiser.
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reaction) Involving such a hypergolic agent.
hypogeally
hypogeiody
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogeugea
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypogynies
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
iphigeniah
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
lemography
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
noun
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
lineograph
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
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.
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.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)