producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
apolegamic
apophthegm
apophthegm
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm
aporrhegma
azygosperm
biophagism
cameograph
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
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
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compagnies
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
compelling
compelling
adj
Forceful.
Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention.
noun
An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.
verb
present participle of compel
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
complexing
complexing
noun
(chemistry) The formation of a complex; complexation
verb
present participle of complex
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
comprizing
comprizing
verb
present participle of comprize
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.
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.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
diplomaing
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
endophragm
epagomenae
epagomenal
epagomenal
adj
(in certain calendar systems) intercalary
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
esophagism
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
gamophagia
gamotropic
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geoprumnon
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gomphodont
gomphodont
noun
Any cynodont of the taxon Gomphodontia
gonopodium
gonopodium
noun
(anatomy) A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.
gossampine
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
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
hemophagia
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.
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.
imposingly
imposingly
adv
In an imposing manner.
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
impounding
impounding
noun
An act of impoundment.
verb
present participle of impound
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lageniporm
lagomorpha
lampooning
lampooning
noun
A lampoon.
verb
present participle of lampoon
lemography
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
lymphology
lymphology
noun
The study of the lymphatic system.
machipongo
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
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
mallophaga
mareograph
mareograph
noun
(oceanography) marigraph
margaropus
mastigopod
mastigopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
megalopine
megalopore
megalopore
noun
A relatively large pore in the shell of a chiton
megalopsia
megalopsia
noun
macropsia
megalopyge
megaphoned
megaphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of megaphone
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
megaphyton
megapodius
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mesophragm
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
miscopying
miscopying
verb
present participle of miscopy
mispoising
mogigraphy
mogigraphy
noun
Alternative form of mogigraphia (“writer's cramp”)
mogiphonia
mogiphonia
noun
Difficulty in speaking, triggered by the effort of singing or speaking loudly.
monographs
monographs
noun
plural of monograph
monography
monography
noun
A monograph.
Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing.
monophagia
monoplegia
monoplegia
noun
(pathology) Complete paralysis of a single limb (or muscle)
monoplegic
monoplegic
adj
Having or relating to monoplegia.
noun
A person who has monoplegia.
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.
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
nomography
nomography
noun
A treatise on laws.
nondumping
nondumping
adj
Not engaging in dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes.
Where the dumping of waste is not permitted.
ombrograph
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
omophagous
omophagous
Adjective
Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food.
optimising
optimising
verb
present participle of optimise
optimizing
optimizing
adj
Carrying out optimization.
verb
present participle of optimize
outjumping
outjumping
verb
present participle of outjump
palatogram
palatogram
noun
An image produced by palatography
pamphagous
pamphagous
adj
omnivorous; eating all kinds of things
paralogism
paralogism
noun
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
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".
parmigiano
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.
pearmonger
pedagogism
pedagogism
noun
The character, manner, occupation, or system of pedagogues.
peltmonger
peltmonger
noun
A dealer in pelts (animal skins).
pelycogram
pemphigoid
pemphigoid
noun
(pathology) Any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases that superficially resemble pemphigus.
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
performing
performing
noun
A performance.
verb
present participle of perform
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.
phagomania
phagomania
noun
A compulsion to eat.
phanerogam
phanerogam
noun
(botany) Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).