(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.
aporrhegma
azygosperm
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.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
caprimulgi
chemigraph
climograph
climograph
noun
A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
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.
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.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
dromograph
dromograph
noun
A flowmeter used to record the circulation of the blood
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
endophragm
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gamotropic
gemmipares
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).
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
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
graphonomy
graphonomy
noun
Synonym of graphonomics
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
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
hempstring
homographs
homographs
noun
plural of homograph
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.
hygroplasm
hygroplasm
noun
(biology, archaic) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion.
impearling
impearling
verb
present participle of impearl
imperiling
imperiling
verb
present participle of imperil
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
impregable
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.
impregning
impregning
verb
present participle of impregn
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
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
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lageniporm
lagomorpha
lemography
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
macrograph
macrograph
noun
An image of an object as seen by the naked eye, without magnification.
An image of an object that is at least as large as the object.
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.
macropygia
mainspring
mainspring
noun
(figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.
(horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
mareograph
mareograph
noun
(oceanography) marigraph
margaropus
megalopore
megalopore
noun
A relatively large pore in the shell of a chiton
megaparsec
megaparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
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.
micrograph
micrograph
noun
A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope
verb
To produce such an image by micrography.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
mimeograph
mimeograph
noun
(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
verb
To make mimeograph copies.
mimography
mimography
noun
(archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.
minigroups
misparsing
misparsing
noun
An instance of incorrect parsing.
verb
present participle of misparse
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
misprising
misprising
verb
present participle of misprise
misprizing
misprizing
verb
present participle of misprize
mogigraphy
mogigraphy
noun
Alternative form of mogigraphia (“writer's cramp”)
monographs
monographs
noun
plural of monograph
monography
monography
noun
A monograph.
Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing.
morphizing
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.
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.
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
nomography
nomography
noun
A treatise on laws.
ombrograph
palatogram
palatogram
noun
An image produced by palatography
palmigrade
palmigrade
adj
(zoology) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals do.
paralogism
paralogism
noun
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
paramagnet
paramagnet
noun
(physics) Any paramagnetic material
paraphragm
paraphragm
noun
A kind of lateral diaphragm in crustaceans.
paregmenon
paregmenon
noun
(rhetoric) The juxtaposition of words that have the same roots; using cognate words together, such as "curvaceous curves", "my loving and beloved wife", or "he's a manly man".
parmigiana
parmigiana
adj
(cooking) Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
noun
(in combination) Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
parmigiano
paromology
paromology
noun
(rhetoric) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
pearmonger
peltmonger
peltmonger
noun
A dealer in pelts (animal skins).
pelycogram
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
performing
performing
noun
A performance.
verb
present participle of perform
perigemmal
perigemmal
adj
(botany) Surrounding a bud
perigonium
perigonium
noun
(botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
(dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
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.
permeating
permeating
verb
present participle of permeate
permillage
permillage
noun
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 1000.
permitting
permitting
noun
An act or instance of permitting something.
verb
present participle of permit
phanerogam
phanerogam
noun
(botany) Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
phlebogram
phlebogram
noun
a venogram
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phragmosis
phragmosis
noun
Positioning behind a barrier (or down a hole, etc.) as a means of defense.
phrenogram
pigeongram
pigeongram
noun
A message sent by carrier pigeon.
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
pikemonger
pilgrimage
pilgrimage
noun
(by extension) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
verb
To go on a pilgrimage.
pilgrimdom
pilgrimess
pilgrimess
noun
A female pilgrim.
pilgrimism
pilgrimize
pilgrimize
verb
(obsolete) To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage.
pillmonger
pistolgram
pistolgram
noun
(historical) Synonym of pistolgraph
plagiarism
plagiarism
noun
(countable) The instance of plagiarism.
(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
(uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
playmonger
plegometer
plegometer
noun
(historical) A device for measuring the force of a blow or stroke.
pneumogram
pneumogram
noun
(medicine) A record (often overnight) of the respiratory movements of a subject by the use of pneumography.
polarogram
polarogram
noun
A plot of current against potential produced by polarography.
porogamous
pragmarize
pragmatica
pragmatics
pragmatics
noun
(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language in a social context.
plural of pragmatic
pragmatism
pragmatism
noun
(philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
(politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness.
The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
pragmatist
pragmatist
adj
(politics) Advocating pragmatism.
noun
(linguistics) one who studies pragmatics.
(politics) An advocate of pragmatism.
One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.
One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals.
One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consist in the actions they entail successfully leading a believer to their goals.
pragmatize
pragmatize
verb
(intransitive) To behave in a pragmatic manner; to focus on the material or practical rather than abstractions.
(intransitive) To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize.