(astronomy, geography) The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars.
aspiringly
aspiringly
adv
In an aspiring manner.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
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.
azygosperm
azygospore
azygospore
noun
A agametic zygospore
bolography
cacography
cacography
noun
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
calography
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
carphology
carphology
noun
Alternative form of carphologia
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.
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
crippingly
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.
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptozygy
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cynography
cyrtograph
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.
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
droopingly
droopingly
adv
In a drooping manner.
droppingly
droppingly
adv
In drops; one drop at a time.
bit by bit; one at a time
dysgraphia
dysgraphia
noun
A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
epeirogeny
epeirogeny
noun
(geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents
erpetology
erpetology
noun
Archaic form of herpetology.
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
expiringly
expiringly
adv
While expiring or dying.
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
fetography
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
grandpappy
grandpappy
noun
(informal) grandfather.
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
graphalloy
graphology
graphology
noun
(uncountable) The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character.
A system of handwriting.
graphonomy
graphonomy
noun
Synonym of graphonomics
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.
graspingly
graspingly
adv
In a grasping manner.
grippingly
grippingly
adv
In a gripping manner.
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.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
gynophoric
gyrophoric
gyropigeon
gyroscopes
gyroscopes
noun
plural of gyroscope
gyroscopic
gyroscopic
adj
Pertaining to, by means of, or in the manner of a gyroscope.
handygripe
hieroglyph
hieroglyph
noun
(informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.
An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system.
verb
To represent by hieroglyphs.
hippogryph
hippogryph
noun
Alternative spelling of hippogriff
hogrophyte
holography
holography
noun
(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms
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.
horography
horography
noun
(historical) local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events
The art of constructing dials or instruments for indicating the hours.
hurrygraph
hyalograph
hyalograph
noun
An instrument for tracing designs on glass.
hydrograph
hydrograph
noun
A graph of flow past a point in a river versus time.
A graph of water table versus time.
hyetograph
hyetograph
noun
A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
hygrograph
hygrograph
noun
Any of several forms of automated hygrometer that record humidity.
hygrophyte
hygrophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
hygroplasm
hygroplasm
noun
(biology, archaic) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hygroscopy
hygroscopy
noun
The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
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.
hypnograph
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lemography
lepargylic
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.
lipography
lipography
noun
A scribal or typographical error where a letter or group of letters that should be written twice is written once.
logography
logography
noun
(obsolete) A method of longhand reporting.
The use of logographs in writing.
The use of logotypes in design and printing.
macropygia
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
mimography
mimography
noun
(archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.
mogigraphy
mogigraphy
noun
Alternative form of mogigraphia (“writer's cramp”)
monography
monography
noun
A monograph.
Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing.
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.
morphology
morphology
noun
(biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
(countable) A description of the form and structure of something.
(countable) The form and structure of something.
(geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
(linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
(mathematics) Mathematical morphology.
mugwumpery
mugwumpery
noun
(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
nephrology
nephrology
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
neurophagy
nomography
nomography
noun
A treatise on laws.
nosography
nosography
noun
(pathology, medicine, countable) A treatise on diseases.
(pathology, medicine, uncountable) The systematic naming and description of diseases.
oleography
oleography
noun
The art or process of producing the pictures known as oleographs.
The process of identifying oils by their oleographs.
oncography
ontography
ontography
noun
The study of how living creatures react to the physiographic environment.
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.
oreography
oreography
noun
Alternative form of orography
outpraying
outpraying
verb
present participle of outpray
outprodigy
overpaying
overpaying
verb
present participle of overpay
overplying
overplying
verb
present participle of overply
panegyrica
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
panegyrize
panegyrize
verb
(transitive) To praise, especially in an eloquent speech or in writing.
pangyrical
panhygrous
papyrology
papyrology
noun
The study of ancient texts written on papyrus.
paradingly
paradingly
adv
Like a parade; ostentatiously; triumphantly.
paraguayan
paralysing
paralysing
adj
Alternative spelling of paralyzing
verb
present participle of paralyse
paralyzing
paralyzing
adj
That paralyzes.
verb
present participle of paralyze
parchingly
parchingly
adv
So as to parch or dry out.
parisology
parisology
noun
The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
paromology
paromology
noun
(rhetoric) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
pasigraphy
pasigraphy
noun
(linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
pedagogery
pedagogery
noun
Alternative form of pedagoguery
pelycogram
penguinery
penguinery
noun
(zoology) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.
perigynial
perigynies
perigynium
perigynium
noun
(botany) Any unusual appendage around the pistil, such as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, or the bristles and scales in some other genera of the sedge family.
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
perrysburg
petrifying
petrifying
adj
Causing immense fear; extremely scary
verb
present participle of petrify
petroglyph
petroglyph
noun
(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
phagocyter
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..
photogyric
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.
physiurgic
physiurgic
adj
(archaic) Produced by natural causes, without human intervention.