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
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champaigne
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
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.
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.
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
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
euphuizing
euphuizing
verb
present participle of euphuize
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.
gonosphere
gorgophone
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
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.
hempstring
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
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
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogynies
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
iphigeniah
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
lineograph
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
morphogeny
morphogeny
noun
(biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny.
necrophaga
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
negrophile
negrophile
noun
(dated, offensive) One who takes an interest in the black (negro) race.
negrophobe
negrophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Negrophobe
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
nephograph
nephograph
noun
A device for taking photographs of clouds.
nephralgia
nephralgia
noun
Neuralgia (i.e. pain) of the kidneys.
nephralgic
nephralgic
adj
Relating to nephralgia.
nephrology
nephrology
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
neurophagy
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
overhoping
overhoping
verb
present participle of overhope
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
perhalogen
phaenology
phagedaena
phagedaena
noun
Alternative form of phagedena
phagedenic
phagedenic
adj
Relating to phagedena.
phalangeal
phalangeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a phalange
Relating to a phalanx
noun
(anatomy) A phalange (bone of a finger or toe)
phalangean
phalangite
phalangite
noun
(historical) Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis.
(obsolete) A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
phanerogam
phanerogam
noun
(botany) Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
pharyngeal
pharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
(phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.
noun
(phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant..
phenologic
phenologic
adj
phenological
philogeant
philtering
philtering
verb
present participle of philter
phlegethon
phlegmonic
phonologer
phonologer
noun
A phonologist.
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phosphagen
phosphagen
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues.
photogenic
photogenic
adj
Generated or caused by light.
Looking good when photographed.
Producing or emitting light, luminescent.
phrenogram
phrenology
phrenology
noun
(medicine, biology) The pseudo-science, now discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.
phrensying
phrensying
verb
present participle of phrensy
phryganeid
phryganeid
noun
(zoology) Any caddis fly belonging to the family Phryganeidae.
phylogenic
phylogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to phylogeny
phylogenetic
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
pigeonhole
pigeonhole
noun
(by extension) One of an array of compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.
(figurative) A category.
A similar compartment in a desk, used for sorting and storing papers.
One of an array of compartments for housing pigeons.
One of an array of compartments for storing scrolls at a library.
verb
To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
To put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
plenishing
plenishing
noun
(Scotland) household furniture; stock
verb
present participle of plenish
ploughline
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
prehearing
prehearing
adj
Before a legal hearing.
preheating
preheating
verb
present participle of preheat
preholding
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
renography
renography
noun
imaging of the kidney
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
reshipping
reshipping
noun
Act of shipping something again.
verb
present participle of reship
scenograph
scenograph
noun
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
schlepping
schlepping
verb
present participle of schlep
present participle of schlepp
sharpening
sharpening
noun
(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
The act by which something is sharpened.
verb
present participle of sharpen
sphagnales
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
sphingidae
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
springhope
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
telphering
telphering
verb
present participle of telpher
tenography
tenography
noun
The diagnostic imaging of tendons.
trephining
trephining
noun
The use of a trephine.
verb
present participle of trephine
trophogeny
typhogenic
typhogenic
adj
causing typhus
unplighted
unplighted
adj
Not plighted or pledged.
unploughed
unploughed
adj
(figuratively) Unexplored or unknown.
(of a field or land) Unturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass).
unsphering
unsphering
verb
present participle of unsphere
upbrighten
upbrighten
verb
(transitive, intransitive, poetic) To make or become brighter.
upreaching
upreaching
verb
present participle of upreach
venography
venography
noun
(medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which an X-ray of the veins, a venogram, is taken after a special dye is injected into the bone marrow or veins.
whimpering
whimpering
noun
The sound of one who whimpers; a whimper; a feeble complaint.
verb
present participle of whimper
whispering
whispering
adj
associated with whispers
that whispers
noun
Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
verb
present participle of whisper
zenography
zenography
noun
The study of the planet Jupiter.
zygosphene
zygosphene
noun
(anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa called the zygantrum on the back part of the arch in front