(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinopterygious
acupuncturing
acupuncturing
verb
present participle of acupuncture
adstipulating
aegyptus
agapanthus
agapanthus
noun
Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agastrophus
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agitpunkt
agranuloplastic
agriotypus
alpetragius
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
ampulating
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
anapterygotous
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angustiseptal
angustiseptate
angustiseptate
adj
Having a narrow septum
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthropogenous
anthropogenous
adj
having its origin in the activities of mankind; particularly, referring to environmental alterations resulting from the presence or activities of humans
of or pertaining to anthropogeny
anthropophagous
anthropophagous
adj
Who practices anthropophagy; cannibal.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
anthropophagus
anthropophagus
noun
A man-eater; a cannibal.
anthropurgic
antidumping
antidumping
adj
(economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes
antiplague
antiplague
adj
Countering plague
apogalacteum
aponogetonaceous
aponogetonaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aponogetonaceae.
apoplastogamous
appoggiatura
appoggiatura
noun
(music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
appoggiaturas
appoggiaturas
noun
plural of appoggiatura
appoggiature
apterygotous
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
attapulgite
attapulgite
noun
(mineralogy) A clay mineral that is a constituent of fuller's earth and bentonite
attapulgus
audiotaping
audiotaping
verb
present participle of audiotape
augitophyre
auriphrygiate
auriphrygiate
adj
Embroidered or decorated with gold
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
ausgespielt
auspicating
auspicating
verb
present participle of auspicate
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.
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autoepigraph
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
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.
autographometer
autographometer
noun
(obsolete) An instrument on wheels for recording the topography and height changes of any route over which it is drawn or propelled.
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopic
autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
noun
laryngoscopy or one's own larynx
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)
automatograph
automatograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An instrument for recording involuntary movements of a human subject.
autopathography
autopathography
noun
A piece of writing about one's own illness.
autopelagic
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
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
autophotograph
autophyllogeny
autophytograph
autophytography
autoplagiarism
autoplagiarism
noun
The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.
autoprogressive
autopsychology
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
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.
autotelegraph
autotelegraph
noun
Synonym of telautograph
autotypography
autotypography
noun
(archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which further prints can be made.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bismutoplagionite
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
boltuprightness
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
burgomastership
burgomastership
noun
The role or status of a burgomaster.
buttstrapping
capitulating
capitulating
verb
present participle of capitulate
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
centuplicating
centuplicating
verb
present participle of centuplicate
centupling
centupling
verb
present participle of centuple
cephalothoracopagus
cephalothoracopagus
noun
A conjoined twin, or a pair of conjoined twins, exhibiting fusion of the head and chest.
chandragupta
cheiropatagium
cheiropterygium
cheiropterygium
noun
(anatomy) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
chiropatagium
chiropatagium
noun
The interdigital wing membrane of bats
chiropterygious
chiropterygium
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
chondropterygious
circumpentagon
compsognathus
compurgation
compurgation
noun
(now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
compurgator
compurgator
noun
(historical, law) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
(now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
compurgatorial
compurgatorial
adj
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
compurgators
compurgators
noun
plural of compurgator
compurgatory
compurgatory
adj
compurgatorial
computerizing
computerizing
verb
present participle of computerize
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
(literally) The process or act of calculation.
The study of computers and computer programming.
verb
present participle of compute
conceptualising
conceptualising
verb
present participle of conceptualise
conceptualizing
conceptualizing
verb
present participle of conceptualize
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
corrupting
corrupting
verb
present participle of corrupt
corruptingly
corruptingly
adv
In a corrupting manner.
countercampaign
countercampaign
noun
A campaign that opposes another campaign.
countercampaigns
countercampaigns
noun
plural of countercampaign
counterespionage
counterespionage
noun
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.
counteropening
counteropening
noun
(surgery) An aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place.
counterpleading
counterpleading
noun
A pleading against; a contrary pleading.
verb
present participle of counterplead
counterplotting
counterplotting
verb
present participle of counterplot
counterpointing
counterpointing
verb
present participle of counterpoint
counterpoising
counterpoising
verb
present participle of counterpoise
counterposting
counterprogramming
counterprogramming
noun
Psychological programming carried out to combat the effects of earlier programming.