(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cymbopogon
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.
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
graphonomy
graphonomy
noun
Synonym of graphonomics
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
gymnosophy
gymnosophy
noun
(historical) A philosophy and lifestyle based around the idea that nudity is a natural condition and should be widely acceptable in society.
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
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.
hypogynium
hypopygium
hypopygium
noun
A modified abdominal segment, in some insects, which supports the copulatory apparatus
hypostigma
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
impedingly
impedingly
adv
So as to impede or hinder.
imposingly
imposingly
adv
In an imposing manner.
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lemography
lymphology
lymphology
noun
The study of the lymphatic system.
macropygia
megalopyge
megaphyton
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
mightyship
mimography
mimography
noun
(archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.
miscopying
miscopying
verb
present participle of miscopy
misplaying
misplaying
verb
present participle of misplay
mistypings
mistypings
noun
plural of mistyping
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.
multipying
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
nomography
nomography
noun
A treatise on laws.
paromology
paromology
noun
(rhetoric) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
pathognomy
pathognomy
noun
The expression of the passions or emotions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.
pelycogram
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.
phytognomy
phytognomy
noun
(historical) The pseudoscientific study of the medical benefits of plants as determined by their shape (e.g. heart-shaped leaves suggesting a remedy for heart conditions).
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
plasmogamy
plasmogamy
noun
(mycology) Stage of sexual reproduction joining the cytoplasm of two parent mycelia without the fusion of nuclei.
plasmogeny
plasmology
plasmology
noun
(archaic) Minute or microscopic anatomy; histology.
The science of the creation, manipulation, and utilization of plasma.
plastogamy
plastogamy
noun
Synonym of plasmogamy
playmaking
playmaking
noun
(sports) The initiation of offensive play with the intent of scoring a goal (or the equivalent)
playmonger
pneumology
pneumology
noun
The study of the respiratory system and organs.
podogynium
podogynium
noun
A pedicel rising from the base of a flower with the ovary at the top.
pogonotomy
pogonotomy
noun
The cutting of beards; shaving.
polyangium
polygamian
polygamian
adj
(botany) Polygamous.
polygamies
polygamies
noun
plural of polygamy
polygamist
polygamist
noun
One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
polygamize
polygamize
verb
(intransitive) To practice polygamy: to marry more than one wife or husband.
(rare, transitive) To marry (multiple spouses).
polygamous
polygamous
adj
(botany) Exhibiting polygamy.
Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
polymagnet
potamology
potamology
noun
(geography) The study of rivers.
psammology
psammology
noun
(geology) The branch of geology concerned with the study of sand.
psomophagy
psomophagy
noun
(rare) The condition of not chewing food before swallowing it.
psychogram
psychogram
noun
(psychology, dated) A composite psychological measurement that attempts to integrate various interrelated elements of a person's thought processes.
(psychology, dated) A kind of visual diagram of an individual's personality.
pterygiums
pterygodum
pyramiding
pyramiding
noun
(finance) Synonym of pyramid trading
A form of tax evasion in which an employer that withholds payroll taxes from employees intentionally fails to remit those withholdings to the taxing authority, often then filing for bankruptcy to repeat the fraud under a new name.
A shell deformity in captive turtles, leading to a pyramid shape underlying each scute.
The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.
verb
present participle of pyramid
pyrognomic
pyrognomic
adj
(archaic) thermoluminescent
reimplying
rhegmatype
rhegmatypy
scampingly
scampingly
adv
Dated form of skimpingly.
skimpingly
skimpingly
adv
So as to skimp; stingily; insufficiently.
spermology
spermology
noun
(rare) The study of seeds.
sphygmodic
sphygmuses
stigmatypy
stigmatypy
noun
(printing, historical) A technique of printing with points, consisting of their arrangement in pictures.