(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
aegiochus
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aegithognathous
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agriochoerus
aguish
aguish
adj
Characteristic of ague
aguishly
aguishly
adv
(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
aguishness
aguishness
noun
The state or quality of being aguish.
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
allothigenous
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
amphicarpogenous
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigouri
amphigouris
anatomicochirurgical
anepigraphous
angiophorous
anguimorpha
anguish
anguish
noun
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer pain.
(transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anguishes
anguishes
noun
plural of anguish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anguish
anguishful
anguishful
adj
Full of anguish.
anguishing
anguishing
noun
A feeling or expression of anguish.
verb
present participle of anguish
anguishous
anguishous
adj
(obsolete) Full of anguish.
anguishously
anisognathous
anisognathous
adj
(pathology) Having different sizes to the upper and lower jaws
anthropurgic
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
anticholagogue
anticholagogue
noun
(medicine) An agent that inhibits bile secretion.
antihemagglutinin
antihemagglutinin
adj
(immunology) That reacts with hemagglutinin
antihumbuggist
antihunting
antihunting
adj
Opposed to the practice of hunting animals for sport.
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archicleistogamous
archigastrula
archimagus
archimagus
noun
Alternative form of archimage
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
archisynagogue
archisynagogue
noun
(historical) The head of a synagogue.
argusfish
argusfishes
arthroneuralgia
aughtlins
augitophyre
augurship
augurship
noun
(historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
auriphrygia
auriphrygia
Noun
Properly, gold embroidery; ecclesiastically, an ornamental band on various vestments; an orphrey: used especially of the orphrey of a miter, which is a richly adorned band around its lower edge.
auriphrygiate
auriphrygiate
adj
Embroidered or decorated with gold
ausgleich
ausgleiche
authenticating
authenticating
verb
present participle of authenticate
authigene
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographers
autobiographers
noun
plural of autobiographer
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiographies
autobiographies
noun
plural of autobiography
autobiographist
autobiographist
noun
An autobiographer.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autoepigraph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
autolithograph
autolithograph
noun
A drawing produced by autolithography
verb
To print by means of autolithography
autolithographer
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
autolithography
autolithography
noun
autography (form of lithography)
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
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.
autosight
autothaumaturgist
autothaumaturgist
noun
One who pretends to be notable or mysterious.
auxographic
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
baragouinish
benzophloroglucinol
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bhungi
bhungini
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
biologicohumanistic
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
blushingly
blushingly
adv
In an blushing manner; in a manner that evokes a blush.
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boghazkeui
boguechitto
boltuprightness
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
boroughship
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
brachigerous
brachiofaciolingual
branchiogenous
branchiostegous
branchiostegous
adj
branchiostegal
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brighouse
bringhurst
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
brunching
brunching
verb
present participle of brunch
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
budgerigah
bugbearish
bugbearish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bugbear; terrifying; frightful.