A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
amygdophenin
androgametophore
bridegroomship
bridgehampton
campephagidae
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
cardiopneumograph
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
comprehending
comprehending
verb
present participle of comprehend
comprehendingly
comprehendingly
adv
In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
deemphasizing
deemphasizing
verb
present participle of deemphasize
demigoddessship
demographer
demographer
noun
a person who studies demography
demographers
demographers
noun
plural of demographer
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
demographical
demographical
adj
Of or relating to demography; demographic.
demographically
demographically
adv
In a demographic manner.
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
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.
demonograph
demonographer
demonographer
noun
Synonym of demonologist
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
dephlegmate
dephlegmate
verb
(chemistry, dated) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.
dephlegmated
dephlegmated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlegmate
dephlegmation
dephlegmation
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; concentration.
dephlegmatize
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
dephlegmatory
dephlegmatory
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
dephlegmedness
dephlegmedness
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A state of being freed from water.
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
dermatographia
dermatographia
noun
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.
dermatographic
dermatographic
adj
Relating to dermatography
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dermatography
dermatography
noun
The anatomical description of the skin.
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
dermatophagus
dermographia
dermographia
Noun
dermatographia
dermographic
dermographic
adj
Relating to dermography.
dermographism
dermographism
Noun
dermatographia
dermography
dermography
noun
A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
desmopathologist
desmopathology
diaphragmed
diaphragmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diaphragm
endolymphangial
endolymphangial
adj
(anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
endophragm
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
epidemiographist
epidemiographist
noun
One who studies epidemiography.
epidemiography
epidemiography
noun
The scientific description of epidemic diseases.
ergatandromorph
ergatandromorph
noun
(biology) An andromorph ant that is also a worker
ergatandromorphic
galumphed
galumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galumph
godmothership
godmothership
noun
The role or status of a godmother.
grasshopperdom
grasshopperdom
noun
(rare) The state or essence of being a grasshopper.
gumpoldskirchner
hemadromograph
hemodromograph
hyperpigmented
hyperpigmented
adj
Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
incomprehending
incomprehendingly
lamplighted
lamplighted
adj
Synonym of lamplit
lymphangiectodes
lymphangioendothelioma
lymphangioendothelioma
noun
(pathology) acquired progressive lymphangioma (in which endothelial cells are the main component)
lymphangitides
lymphangitides
noun
plural of lymphangitis
mandibulopharyngeal
mandibulopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the mandible and the pharynx.
medicopsychological
medicopsychological
adj
Relating to medicine and psychology.
medicopsychology
medicotopographic
megaphoned
megaphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of megaphone
meliphagidae
meliphagidan
melodiograph
melodiograph
noun
A form of melograph.
meningotyphoid
micrographed
micrographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of micrograph
microphotographed
microphotographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of microphotograph
mimeographed
mimeographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph
misapprehending
misapprehending
verb
present participle of misapprehend
misapprehendingly
monographed
monographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of monograph
monophthongized
monophthongized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of monophthongize
musophagidae
mycetophagidae
myrmecophagidae
myrmecophagoid
noncomprehending
noncomprehending
Adjective
uncomprehending
noncomprehendingly
parathyroidectomizing
parathyroidectomizing
verb
present participle of parathyroidectomize
parthenogonidium
pemphigoid
pemphigoid
noun
(pathology) Any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases that superficially resemble pemphigus.
phagodynamometer
phagodynamometer
noun
An instrument that measures the force required to crush a given food in masticating.
pharmacoendocrinology
phlegmatized
phlegmatized
adj
(of an explosive) desensitized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phlegmatize
phlegmonoid
phlegmonoid
adj
Resembling a phlegmon.
premidnight
premidnight
adj
Before midnight.
pseudographeme
radiocinematograph
radiocinematograph
noun
(medicine, historical) An X-ray machine with a camera, able to record moving pictures of the internal organs.
radiometallography
radiometallography
noun
the determination of the structure of metals and alloys by means of X-rays
radiometeorograph
radiometeorograph
noun
A remote meteorograph that transmits its readings by radio
semiphlogisticated
semiphlogisticated
adj
(chemistry, obsolete, rare) Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
stepgrandmother
stepgrandmother
noun
The mother of one's stepmother or stepfather.
The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
syndesmography
syndesmography
noun
The scientific description of the ligaments.
uncomprehending
uncomprehending
adj
Lacking comprehension or understanding.
uncomprehendingly
uncomprehendingly
adv
In an uncomprehending manner.
uncomprehendingness
uncomprehendingness
noun
The quality of being uncomprehending.
undephlegmated
undephlegmated
adj
Not dephlegmated.
underemphasizing
underemphasizing
verb
present participle of underemphasize
unmimeographed
zygomaticosphenoid
zygomaticosphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the zygomatic bone and sphenoid bone.