(rare, lexicography) The explanation of technical terms.
osphyalgia
osphyalgic
outstaying
outstaying
verb
present participle of outstay
overgreasy
overgreasy
adj
Excessively greasy.
oxygenates
oxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxygenate
oxygenless
oxygenless
adj
(of mountain climbing) not assisted with oxygen
lacking oxygen
oysterings
oysterling
oysterling
noun
(rare) A young oyster.
panhygrous
parisology
parisology
noun
The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
phagolysis
phagolysis
noun
The destruction of phagocytes
physagogue
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
physiogony
physiogony
noun
The production or generation of nature.
physiology
physiology
noun
(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
pistiology
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
polygamies
polygamies
noun
plural of polygamy
polygamist
polygamist
noun
One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
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.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polygenous
polygenous
adj
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres
of or pertaining to polygenesis
polygnotus
polygonies
polygonies
noun
plural of polygony
polygonous
polygonous
adj
polygonal
polygraphs
polygraphs
noun
plural of polygraph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polygraph
polygynies
polygynies
noun
plural of polygyny
polygynist
polygynist
noun
One who practices or advocates polygyny
polygynous
polygynous
adj
(botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian.
Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.
prasophagy
proslyting
psammology
psammology
noun
(geology) The branch of geology concerned with the study of sand.
psephology
psephology
noun
An ancient Greek method of numerology, similar to gematria.
The predictive or statistical study of elections.
pseudogyne
pseudogyne
noun
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.
pseudogyny
pseudogyny
noun
The property of being pseudogynous.
pseudology
pseudology
noun
falsehood of speech
psomophagy
psomophagy
noun
(rare) The condition of not chewing food before swallowing it.
psychagogy
psychagogy
noun
(psychology) A psychotherapeutic method of influencing behaviour by suggesting desirable life goals.
(religion, philosophy) Guidance of the soul.
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
psychogony
psychogony
noun
(archaic) The doctrine of the development of mind.
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.
psychology
psychology
noun
(countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
(uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
(uncountable) The study of human behavior.
(uncountable) The study of the human mind.
pterygotus
pyatigorsk
pyatigorsk
Proper noun
spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the of Russia
pygopodous
pygopodous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the former Pygopodes genus of aquatic birds that have the legs placed far back on the body.
pygostyled
pygostyled
adj
Having a pygostyle.
pyogenesis
pyogenesis
noun
(medicine) formation of pus
pyrogenous
pyrogenous
adj
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenetic
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenic
pyrologies
pyrologist
pyrologist
noun
(dated) someone who studies the effects of heat or flame, often in regards to explosives or chemical compounds.
pythagoras
rigorously
rigorously
adv
In a rigorous manner.
roastingly
roughhousy
roughishly
roughishly
adv
In a roughish manner; somewhat roughly.
royalising
royalising
verb
present participle of royalise
roystering
roystering
noun
Obsolete form of roistering.
verb
present participle of royster
saintology
saintology
noun
hagiology
sanctilogy
sanctology
sarcophagy
sarcophagy
noun
The practice of eating flesh.
satanology
satanology
noun
The study of the devil.
savoringly
savoringly
adv
Alternative form of savouringly
scatophagy
scatophagy
noun
Synonym of coprophagy
schizogamy
schizogamy
noun
(biology) reproduction involving the splitting of an organism into a sexual and an asexual individual
schizogony
schizogony
noun
(biology) Asexual reproduction of protozoans etc characterized by multiple divisions of the nucleus and cell.
sciography
sciography
noun
Alternative form of sciagraphy
scoffingly
scoffingly
adv
In a scoffing manner; scornfully.
scoldingly
scoldingly
adv
In a scolding manner.
scoopingly
scoopingly
adv
With a scooping motion or action.
scorifying
scorifying
verb
present participle of scorify
scorningly
scorningly
adv
With scorn.
scoutingly
scoutingly
adv
scornfully; jeeringly
scowlingly
scowlingly
adv
With a scowl.
seismology
seismology
noun
The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.
selenology
selenology
noun
(chiefly) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies.
(occasionally) The scientific study of the formation and composition of the Moon’s crust.
sematology
sematology
noun
The science of signs, particularly of verbal signs, in the operation of thinking and reasoning; the science of language as expressed by signs.
semeiology
semeiology
noun
Alternative form of semiology
sergedesoy
sergedesoy
noun
Alternative form of sergedusoy
sergedusoy
sergedusoy
noun
(historical) Silk serge.
shockingly
shockingly
adv
In a shocking manner.
To a shocking degree.
shoutingly
shoutingly
adv
In a shouting manner.
shylocking
shylocking
verb
present participle of shylock
siderology
sloggingly
sloggingly
adv
With exhausting repetitive effort; laboredly.
snakeology
snortingly
snortingly
adv
With a snorting sound.
soberingly
soberingly
adv
In a sobering way.
somatology
somatology
noun
The study of the physical nature of human beings.
songlessly
songlessly
adv
Without a song.
songworthy
songworthy
adj
Worthy of being sung about.
Worthy of song or of being sung.
sonography
sonography
noun
night writing
ultrasonography
soothingly
soothingly
adv
In a soothing manner.
sophiology
sophiology
noun
(Christianity) A controversial school of thought in Russian Orthodoxy, holding that divine wisdom is to be identified with God's essence, and that this divine wisdom is in some way expressed in the world as 'creaturely' wisdom.
soughfully
soundingly
soundingly
adv
With a loud sound.
speciology
speciology
noun
The study of taxonomic species.
speleology
speleology
noun
The recreational activity of exploring caves.
The scientific study of caves.
spermology
spermology
noun
(rare) The study of seeds.
sphygmodic
splenology
splenology
noun
The study of the spleen.
spongingly
spongology
spongology
noun
(zoology) The study of sponges.
spookology
spookology
noun
(informal) The study of ghosts.
sportingly
sportingly
adv
In a sporting manner, demonstrating good sportsmanship.
stagnatory
stagnatory
adj
Causing or relating to a state of stagnation.
staurology
steatopyga
steatopyga
noun
(archaic) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially Khoekhoe women.
steatopygy
stereology
stereology
noun
Any technique used to obtain three-dimensional information from two-dimensional images