A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
dehydrogenisation
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dermographism
dermographism
Noun
dermatographia
discographer
discographer
noun
One who compiles a discography.
discographies
discographies
noun
plural of discography
dragonfishes
dragonfishes
noun
plural of dragonfish
dromaeognathism
dysmenorrhagia
electrocardiographs
electrocardiographs
noun
plural of electrocardiograph
electrosherardizing
epidemiographist
epidemiographist
noun
One who studies epidemiography.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
gastornithidae
gastrochaenidae
gerrhosaurid
gerrhosaurid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Gerrhosauridae of plated lizards.
gerrhosauridae
godfathership
godfathership
noun
The role or status of a godfather.
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
grandmotherliness
grandmotherliness
noun
The quality of being grandmotherly.
haloragidaceous
haloragidaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Haloragidaceae.
horsedrawing
hydrogenations
hydrogenations
noun
plural of hydrogenation
hydrogenisation
hydrogenisation
noun
Alternative form of hydrogenization
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
ideographies
ideographies
noun
plural of ideography
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
noun
(nautical, engineering) the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
(physics) the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core
neighborstained
oligosaccharide
oligosaccharide
noun
(biochemistry) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.
orthographised
orthographised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of orthographise
overdischarge
overdistraught
overshading
overshading
verb
present participle of overshade
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
pendragonish
pendragonship
pendragonship
noun
The role or status of pendragon.
photodisintegrate
photodisintegrate
verb
To cause or undergo photodisintegration.
photodisintegration
photodisintegration
noun
(nuclear physics) Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray.
pigeonheartedness
pseudepigraphous
pseudepigraphous
adj
Inscribed with a false name.
pseudoanthropological
pseudobiographic
pseudobiographical
pseudobiographical
adj
Apparently, but not truly, biographical.
pseudobiographically
pseudographia
pseudographize
pseudoparthenogenesis
radiographies
radiotelegraphs
radiotelegraphs
noun
plural of radiotelegraph
rhipidoglossate
saccopharyngidae
sarcophagidae
schizogregarinida
siderographer
siderographer
noun
Synonym of siderographist
siderographic
siderographic
adj
Of or relating to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel.
siderographical
siderographist
siderographist
noun
One skilled in siderography.
siderography
siderography
noun
(historical) A 19th-century process of reproducing steel-engraved designs for printing. The design is engraved on a steel block, then hardened and used to transfer a raised-image version to a steel roller under heavy pressure. The roller is then hardened and used as a die to impress duplicate images on printing plates for transferring to paper by the intaglio method.
stereoradiograph
stereoradiograph
noun
A stereoscopic radiograph
stereoradiography
stereoradiography
noun
stereoscopic radiography (using either two X-ray sources or two detectors)
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
trichoglossidae
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.