(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
aitiology
aitiology
noun
Alternative form of aetiology
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
anaglypta
anaglypta
noun
A thick, embossed wallpaper.
angiocyst
angiotomy
angiotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body
anthology
anthology
noun
(attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
(by extension) An assortment of things.
A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
The study of flowers.
anythings
anythings
noun
plural of anything
apteryges
aretalogy
aretalogy
noun
A form of sacred biography in which a deity's attributes are listed, in the form of poem or text, in the first person.
aroynting
aroynting
verb
present participle of aroynt
arterying
arylating
arylating
adj
(organic chemistry) That inserts aryl groups into molecules.
verb
present participle of arylate
astonying
astonying
verb
present participle of astony
astrogeny
astrogeny
noun
The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens.
astrogony
astrogony
noun
Alternative form of astrogeny.
astrology
astrology
noun
1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 274:
2012, The Guardian, (headline), 7 Feb 2012:
2018-01-18, Julie Beck, “The New Age of Astrology”, in The Atlantic:
Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
In some ways, astrology is perfectly suited for the internet age. There’s a low barrier to entry, and nearly endless depths to plumb if you feel like falling down a Google research hole.
atheology
atheology
noun
Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism.
atomology
atomology
noun
(dated) The doctrine of atoms.
atoningly
atoningly
adv
in an atoning manner
autogyros
autogyros
noun
plural of autogyro
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
bagataway
bagataway
noun
Alternative form of baggataway
battology
battology
noun
Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
benignity
benignity
noun
(countable) A benign act.
(uncountable) The state of being benign.
betraying
betraying
noun
betrayal
verb
present participle of betray
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
botryogen
botryogen
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral.
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
burgality
cantingly
cantingly
adv
In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
cognately
cognately
adv
In a way that is cognate.
congruity
congruity
noun
An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
cryptogam
cryptogam
noun
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
ctetology
ctetology
noun
The study of the origin of acquired characteristics.
curtsying
curtsying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsy.
verb
present participle of curtsy
cuttingly
cuttingly
adv
In a cutting manner.
cynegetic
cynegetic
adj
Of or relating to hunting.
cystalgia
cystalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the bladder.
cystogram
cystogram
noun
A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
cytogenic
cytogenic
adj
of or relating to cytogenesis
cytologic
cytologic
adj
Of or relating to cytology.
cytophaga
cytophagy
cytophagy
noun
(cytology) The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
dantology
dartingly
dartingly
adv
In a darting manner; rapidly.
daugherty
daylights
daylights
noun
(slang, chiefly fighting) Eyes.
mental soundness, wits, consciousness.
plural of daylight
dictyogen
dictyogen
noun
(botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae, Smilacaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
digestory
digestory
adj
Relating to a digestor
digitally
digitally
adv
In a digital manner.
dignitary
dignitary
adj
Relating to dignity.
noun
An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
dittology
dittology
noun
A double reading or interpretation of a text
dizygotic
dizygotic
adj
(biology) Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
dougherty
dougherty
Proper noun
of origin.
doughtily
doughtily
adv
In a doughty manner.
ectrogeny
egyptians
electragy
elegantly
elegantly
adv
Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
emetology
emetology
noun
(medicine) The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
encysting
encysting
verb
present participle of encyst
enzygotic
enzygotic
adj
(biology) That develops from a single zygote that divides at an early stage of development
erotology
erotology
noun
The study of sexual stimuli and behaviour.
erugatory
estraying
estraying
verb
present participle of estray
ethnogeny
ethnogeny
noun
a branch of ethnology concerned with ethnic origins
ethnogenesis
ethnology
ethnology
noun
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures.
etymology
etymology
noun
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
(countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
(countable) The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation.
(uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
exigently
exigently
adv
In an exigent manner.
eyebright
eyebright
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.
eyeleting
eyeleting
verb
present participle of eyelet
eyesights
eyesights
noun
plural of eyesight
eyestring
eyestring
noun
(obsolete, anatomy, chiefly in the plural) One of the fibres of the eye, such as a tendon, nerve or muscle.
fastingly
festilogy
festilogy
noun
A treatise on church festivals.
festology
festology
noun
A form of martyrology that lists the feast days.
fidgetily
fidgetily
adv
In a fidgety manner.
fittingly
fittingly
adv
In a fitting manner
flightily
flightily
adv
In a flighty manner.
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
fogramity
footingly
fragility
fragility
noun
(obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Weakness; feebleness.
frigidity
frigidity
noun
Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity.
Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
frugality
frugality
noun
A sparing use; sparingness.
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
fulgently
fulgently
adv
In a fulgent manner; so as to dazzle or glitter.
fulgidity
fulgidity
noun
(obsolete) splendour; resplendence; effulgence
fungosity
fungosity
noun
A fungal growth.
The quality of being fungous.
gallantly
gallantly
adv
In a brave or valiant manner.
In a gallant or gentlemanly manner; with social graces.
gallantry
gallantry
noun
an instance of gallant behaviour or speech
chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women
courage
galleypot
galleypot
noun
Alternative form of gallipot
gamostely
gantryman
gantryman
noun
A worker who carries ore from the gantry to the kiln to be calcined prior to smelting.
garrulity
garrulity
noun
The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
gaseosity
gaseosity
noun
The quality of being gaseous.
gasometry
gasometry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of gases; the determination of the relative proportion of gases in a mixture.
gastralgy
gastralgy
noun
Archaic form of gastralgia (“stomach ache”).
geneautry
generalty
generalty
noun
Archaic form of generality.
geniality
geniality
noun
The quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
genitally
genitally
adv
Concerning the genitals.
genotypes
genotypes
noun
plural of genotype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genotype
genotypic
genotypic
adj
Of or pertaining to a genotype
genteelly
genteelly
adv
In a genteel manner.
gentility
gentility
noun
(uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
The upper classes, the gentry.
geobotany
geobotany
noun
The branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species.
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
germanity
gestatory
gestatory
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being carried or worn.
Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.
geyserite
geyserite
noun
(mineralogy) A type of stone, a mixture of quartz and opal deposited by a geyser as it precipitates out of the boiling water.
ghastlily
ghastlily
Adverb
In a ghastly manner.
ghostlify
ghostlify
verb
To make ghostly; to haunt
ghostlily
ghostlily
adv
In a ghostly way.
gibbosity
gibbosity
noun
The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.
giddypate
gigabytes
gigabytes
noun
plural of gigabyte
gigmanity
gigmanity
noun
(derogatory, dated) Narrow concern about, and pride in, one's respectability; a petty sense of decorum.
gillotype
gipsywort
glabreity
glabriety
globality
globality
noun
The end-state of globalization – a hypothetical condition in which the process of globalization is complete or nearly so, barriers have fallen, and "a new global reality" is emerging.
globosity
globosity
noun
A spherical or globose shape.
glumosity
glycerate
glycerate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of glyceric acid
glycerite
glycerite
noun
(medicine) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerine.
glycolate
glycolate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a glycolic acid
verb
To react with glycolic acid
glyptical
glyptical
adj
Alternative form of glyptic
glyptodon
glyptodon
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of glyptodontid
(paleontology) A member of the genus Glyptodon of extinct giant armadillos.
goatishly
goatishly
adv
In a goatish way.
golightly
gonocytes
gonocytes
noun
plural of gonocyte
gonostyle
gonostyle
noun
Alternative form of gonostylus
gonytheca
gothicity
gothicity
Noun
Gothicness.
gracility
gracility
noun
(often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.
gradatory
gradatory
adj
(zoology) Suitable for walking; said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
Proceeding step by step; gradual.
noun
(architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
grantedly
grantedly
adv
as has been or must be granted or admitted
as is acknowledged to be true; by general admission
as is beyond question, as is not to be doubted
gratility
gratingly
gratingly
adv
So as to grate or jar; in a tiresome or irritating manner.
With a grating sound.
gravidity
gravidity
noun
pregnancy
graycourt
greedygut
greystone
greystone
noun
Alternative form of graystone
grundyist
grundyist
Noun
One who exhibits narrow and unintelligent conventionalism.
grundyite
grunitsky
gummosity
gummosity
noun
The quality of being gummy; a viscous or adhesive quality.