(astronomy) A telescope designed and used for astronomical photography.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
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.
bergaptene
bergaptene
noun
Archaic form of bergapten.
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.
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cathograph
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
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.
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
cyrtograph
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
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.
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispergate
disporting
disporting
noun
The act of one who disports.
verb
present participle of disport
disrupting
disrupting
adj
That disrupts; disruptive.
verb
present participle of disrupt
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
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.
erpetology
erpetology
noun
Archaic form of herpetology.
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
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.
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
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.
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
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.
gopherroot
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.
groundplot
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
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
hempstring
hogrophyte
hotsprings
hotsprings
noun
plural of hotspring
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.
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.
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinting
imprinting
noun
(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.
verb
present participle of imprint
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
intergroup
intergroup
adj
Taking place between groups, especially between social groups.
noun
(politics) A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
intragroup
intragroup
adj
Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
lastspring
lightproof
lightproof
adj
Sealed so that no light can enter.
lithograph
lithograph
noun
A printed image produced by lithography.
verb
To create a copy of an image through lithography.
logansport
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.
nonupright
nonupright
adj
Not upright.
oglethorpe
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.
orthograph
orthograph
noun
An orthographic projection.
outparagon
outpouring
outpouring
noun
The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
outpraying
outpraying
verb
present participle of outpray
outpricing
outpricing
verb
present participle of outprice
outprodigy
outrapping
outrapping
verb
present participle of outrap
outspruing
pageanteer
pageanteer
noun
A contestant in a beauty contest.
One who performs a role in a pageant.
One who produces a pageant.
palatogram
palatogram
noun
An image produced by palatography
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pantagraph
pantagraph
noun
Alternative form of pantograph
pantagruel
pantograph
pantograph
noun
(rail transport) A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.
A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid.
A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying.
By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift.
verb
To engrave by means of a pantograph (parallel linkage) system.
paragaster
paragaster
noun
(zoology) The cavity of the sac of a sponge.
paragnaths
paragnaths
noun
plural of paragnath
paragonite
paragonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral related to muscovite.
paralogist
paralogist
noun
One who makes fallacious arguments or draws illogical conclusions.
paramagnet
paramagnet
noun
(physics) Any paramagnetic material
parentages
parentages
noun
plural of parentage
pargetting
pargetting
noun
Alternative form of pargeting
verb
present participle of parget
parquetage
parquetage
noun
parquetry
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
parrington
partnering
partnering
noun
The formation of a partnership.
verb
present participle of partner
partridges
partridges
noun
plural of partridge
pastorling
patrolling
patrolling
noun
The act of going on patrol.
verb
present participle of patrol
patrologic
patrologic
adj
Alternative form of patrological
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
patterning
patterning
noun
(UK, slang, neologism, uncountable) An assault or act of humiliation that is deliberately filmed to be shared on social media.
A pattern; the production of a pattern; the process of forming a pattern.
Emulation, following as a model; frequently with after.
verb
present participle of pattern
peltmonger
peltmonger
noun
A dealer in pelts (animal skins).
pendergast
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
percentage
percentage
noun
(informal) Benefit or advantage.
A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
perfecting
perfecting
noun
(printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press.