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
agamospore
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologizer
apologizer
noun
Agent noun of apologize: one who apologizes.
aporrhegma
appareling
appareling
noun
clothing
verb
present participle of apparel
appleringy
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
apterygota
apterygote
apterygote
noun
Any insect of the order Apterygota.
areography
areography
noun
(astronomy, geography) The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars.
areopagist
areopagite
argiopidae
arpeggioed
arpeggioed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggio
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
aspergilla
aspergilli
aspergilli
noun
plural of aspergillus
azygosperm
azygospore
azygospore
noun
A agametic zygospore
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bergaptene
bergaptene
noun
Archaic form of bergapten.
bewrapping
bewrapping
verb
present participle of bewrap
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.
bridgeport
bridgeport
Proper noun
a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a neighbourhood on Nova Scotia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA.
a CDP in and the county seat of California, USA.
an unincorporated community in California.
a seaport city in Connecticut, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
hamlet and CDP in and New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA.
a former community in Utah, USA.
a city in Washington, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
calipering
calipering
verb
present participle of caliper
cameograph
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.
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
carpogenic
carpogenic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.
cephalagra
cephalagra
noun
gout in the head
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.
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
chemigraph
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
clappering
clappering
verb
present participle of clapper
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
copperwing
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
crispening
crispening
verb
present participle of crispen
cruppering
cruppering
verb
present participle of crupper
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
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.
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
disparaged
disparaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disparage
disparager
disparager
noun
One who disparages.
disparages
disparages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disparage
dispergate
disperiwig
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
dropforged
dropforger
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
endophragm
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
entrapping
entrapping
verb
present participle of entrap
enwrapping
enwrapping
noun
That which enwraps; a wrapping.
verb
present participle of enwrap
epeirogeny
epeirogeny
noun
(geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
epigastria
epigastria
noun
plural of epigastrium
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
epigrapher
epigrapher
noun
epigraphist
epigraphic
epigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
epirogenic
ergophobia
ergophobia
noun
A fear or aversion to work
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
erpetology
erpetology
noun
Archaic form of herpetology.
espiglerie
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
expiringly
expiringly
adv
While expiring or dying.
expressage
expressage
noun
The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
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
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
fingerspin
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
fireplough
flappering
forepaling
forepoling
frangipane
frangipane
noun
(countable) A pastry filled with this cream
(uncountable) A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery
Alternative form of frangipani (“type of perfume”)
froghopper
froghopper
noun
Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gaspereaus
gaspergous
gaspergous
noun
plural of gaspergou
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gastropore
gastropore
noun
A pore, in a hydrozoan coral, containing a gastrozooid
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.
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gemmipares
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
geoprumnon
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
glareproof
glareproof
adj
Resistant to glare.
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
gobstopper
gobstopper
noun
A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
gonosphere
gopherroot
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gorgophone
gossipries
gossipries
noun
plural of gossipry
graecophil
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
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.
grapeville
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
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.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
gravipause
grieveship
grippelike
grippiness
grippiness
noun
(Scotland) Stinginess, miserliness.
The state, quality, or condition of being affected by or feeling as if one had the grippe (influenza).
The state, quality, or condition of being grippy.
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
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.
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.