(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephaga
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagia
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
adstipulating
aegopodium
agapetid
agapetidae
aglyphodont
aglyphodonta
aglyphodontia
agriotypidae
agrypnode
airdropping
airdropping
verb
present participle of airdrop
albedograph
amygdalopathy
amygdalothripsis
amygdophenin
androgametophore
andrographis
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
andropogon
andropogon
noun
(botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
androsphinges
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
aneroidograph
angiocardiographic
angiocardiographic
adj
Relating to angiocardiography.
angiocardiographies
angiocardiography
angiocardiography
noun
(medicine) A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays.
angiodiascopy
anglepod
anglepods
anguiped
anguiped
adj
Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs
noun
A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
antidumping
antidumping
adj
(economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes
antieavesdropping
antipodagric
antipodagric
adj
(medicine) That acts against gout
noun
A medicine for gout.
antipodagron
antiprestidigitation
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
antispreading
apanaged
apanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apanage
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
apogonid
apogonid
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of large-headed, marine, percoid fishes with oblong and compressed bodies.
apogonidae
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologized
apologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologize
appanaged
appanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appanage
appendage
appendage
noun
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
A part that is joined to something larger.
An external body part that projects from the body.
appendaged
appendaged
adj
Having appendages.
appendages
appendages
noun
plural of appendage
appendalgia
appendicalgia
appendicalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the appendix.
appending
appending
noun
The act by which something is appended.
verb
present participle of append
appendixing
appendorontgenography
applauding
applauding
noun
applause
verb
present participle of applaud
applaudingly
applaudingly
adv
in an applauding manner
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
apterygidae
argiopidae
argiopoidea
argyraspides
argyraspides
noun
plural of argyraspide
arpeggiando
arpeggiando
adv
(music) (To be played) in the style of a harp.
noun
(music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp.
arpeggiated
arpeggiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggiate
arpeggioed
arpeggioed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggio
aryepiglottidean
aspidoganoidei
astragaloscaphoid
astragaloscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone.
audiotaping
audiotaping
verb
present participle of audiotape
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bagpod
bagpudding
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
bandgap
bandgap
noun
(physics) A gap in a frequency range in which waves cannot propagate.
(physics) The energy difference between two allowed ranges of electron energy in a solid; especially the difference between the energies of the valence band and the conduction band.
bandspreading
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bediapering
bediapering
verb
present participle of bediaper
bedimpling
bedimpling
verb
present participle of bedimple
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
beperiwigged
beperiwigged
adj
(archaic) Wearing a periwig.
bespangled
bespangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespangle
bespreading
bespreading
verb
present participle of bespread
bloodspilling
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
bradysphygmia
bridegroomship
bridgehampton
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
bridgeport
bridgeport
Proper noun
a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a neighbourhood on Nova Scotia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA.
a CDP in and the county seat of California, USA.
an unincorporated community in California.
a seaport city in Connecticut, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
hamlet and CDP in and New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA.
a former community in Utah, USA.
a city in Washington, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
bridgepot
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
burglarproofed
cambridgeport
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campephagidae
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
caprimulgidae
cardiagraph
cardiagraph
noun
Dated form of cardiograph.
cardiagraphy
cardiaplegia
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiographic
cardiographic
adj
(physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
cardiographies
cardiographies
noun
plural of cardiography
cardiographs
cardiographs
noun
plural of cardiograph
cardiography
cardiography
noun
(medicine) The graphic recording of the movement, or other function of the heart as a means of diagnosis
cardioplegia
cardioplegia
noun
(surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery
cardiopneumograph
cardiosphygmogram
cardiosphygmograph
cardiosphygmograph
noun
A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.
cardophagus
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
cardsharping
cardsharping
noun
The trickery used by a cardsharp to cheat in card games.
carpetbagged
carpetbagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
cathodograph
cathodograph
noun
(physics, archaic) An X-ray image; a radiograph.
cathodography
celidographer
celidography
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
chandragupta
choledography
chondrography
chondrography
noun
A dissertation concerning cartilage
chondropharyngeal
chondropharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cartilaginous part (especially of the hyoid bone) of the pharynx