(biology, of a marine organism) That lives at a variety of depths
anaglyphics
anaglyphics
noun
plural of anaglyphic
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
angiectopia
angiocarpic
anglophilic
anglophilic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilic
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
apathogenic
apathogenic
adj
(pathology) Not pathogenic.
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
apocopating
apocopating
verb
present participle of apocopate
apologetics
apologetics
noun
The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
approaching
approaching
adj
That approaches or approach.
adv
Nearly.
noun
The act of coming closer; an approach.
verb
present participle of approach
archipelago
archipelago
noun
(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
(collective) A group of islands.
(now rare) The Aegean Sea.
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
areopagitic
areopagitic
Adjective
Relating to the Areopagus.
asparaginic
asparaginic
adj
Synonym of aspartic
asporogenic
asporogenic
adj
Not producing (or produced by) spores
auspicating
auspicating
verb
present participle of auspicate
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autopelagic
auxographic
backpacking
backpacking
noun
hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
verb
present participle of backpack
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
becarpeting
becarpeting
verb
present participle of becarpet
bolographic
cacographic
cacographic
adj
Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
calcisponge
calcisponge
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of marine sponges containing calcareous spicules.
caligrapher
caligrapher
noun
Alternative form of calligrapher
calligrapha
calligraphy
calligraphy
noun
(countable) A document written in decorative style.
(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
callipering
callipering
verb
present participle of calliper
callipygian
callipygian
adj
Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
callipygous
callipygous
adj
Having shapely, beautiful buttocks.
callityping
campaigners
campaigners
noun
plural of campaigner
campaigning
campaigning
noun
gerund of campaign: the act of taking part in a campaign.
verb
present participle of campaign
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
caprimulgus
capsulizing
capsulizing
verb
present participle of capsulize
captivating
captivating
adj
Showing great beauty; beautiful.
That captivates; fascinating.
verb
present participle of captivate
cardiagraph
cardiagraph
noun
Dated form of cardiograph.
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
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
carpogonial
carpogonial
adj
Relating to a carpogonium.
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
carpologies
carpologist
carpologist
noun
One who studies carpology.
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
catchpoling
cephalalgia
cephalalgia
noun
(medicine) A pain in the head; headache.
cephalalgic
cephalalgic
adj
(medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache.
noun
A remedy for the headache.
cerographic
cerographic
adj
Of or relating to cerography.
champagning
champagning
verb
present participle of champagne
champagnize
champagnize
verb
(transitive) To turn (wine) into champagne.
champignons
champignons
noun
plural of champignon
championing
championing
noun
The act of one who champions something; fervent support.
verb
present participle of champion
chapelgoing
chapelgoing
adj
Regularly attending chapel.
chaperoning
chaperoning
noun
The act or process of a person being chaperoned.
verb
present participle of chaperone
chemigraphy
chemigraphy
noun
Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.
chirography
chirography
noun
Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
choplogical
choplogical
adj
(rare) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
coappearing
coappearing
verb
present participle of coappear
compaginate
compaginate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unite or hold together.
complaining
complaining
noun
The act by which someone complains; a complaint.
verb
present participle of complain
cooperating
cooperating
verb
present participle of cooperate
coparenting
coparenting
verb
present participle of coparent
coprolagnia
coprolagnia
noun
coprophilia
coprophagia
coprophagia
noun
Alternative form of coprophagy
copycatting
copycatting
verb
present participle of copycat
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
crepitating
crepitating
verb
present participle of crepitate
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cycloplegia
cycloplegia
noun
paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
cystoplegia
cystoplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of the bladder
decoupaging
decoupaging
verb
present participle of decoupage
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.
deprecating
deprecating
adj
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
verb
present participle of deprecate
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
discography
discography
noun
(medicine) radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.
dispatching
dispatching
noun
(informal) burial
The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
verb
present participle of dispatch
duplicating
duplicating
verb
present participle of duplicate
ectopatagia
encapsuling
encapsuling
verb
present participle of encapsule
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
escalloping
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
explicating
explicating
verb
present participle of explicate
facioplegia
facioplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of the muscles of the face
fuciphagous
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
genarchship
genotypical
genotypical
adj
Of or relating to a genotype.
geographics
geographics
noun
The graphical elements of geography
geophysical
geophysical
adj
Of or pertaining to geophysics.
gonycampsis
gramophonic
gramophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
granophyric
granophyric
adj
(petrology) Having a texture resembling that of classic granophyre.
graphically
graphically
adv
In a graphic manner
graphicness
graphicness
noun
The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness
graphologic
graphologic
adj
graphological
graphotypic
graphotypic
adj
Of or relating to the graphotype process.
graptolitic
graptolitic
adj
Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites.
guachipilin
gymnocarpic
gymnopaedic
gymnopaedic
adj
(zoology) Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopaedic.
hagioscopes
hagioscopes
noun
plural of hagioscope
hagioscopic
hagioscopic
adj
Relating to a hagioscope.
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
helicograph
helicograph
noun
An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
hepatogenic
hepatogenic
adj
(medicine) Arising from the liver; caused by a condition of the liver.
holographic
holographic
adj
(uncommon) Handwritten by a single writer.
In the form of a hologram or holograph.
homographic
homographic
adj
(geometry) Having the same invariants.
Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound.
Spelled identically.
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
hyperphagic
hyperphagic
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to hyperphagia
hypertragic
hypogastric
hypogastric
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.
ichnography
ichnography
noun
the art of constructing ground plans
the ground plan of a building
iconography
iconography
noun
A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
The study of representative art in general.
ideographic
ideographic
adj
Pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.
idiographic
idiographic
adj
(psychology) of or pertaining to individuals
Of or pertaining to idiography or to an idiograph
implicating
implicating
verb
present participle of implicate
imprecating
imprecating
verb
present participle of imprecate
incgrporate
inculpating
inculpating
verb
present participle of inculpate
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
knapsacking
knapsacking
verb
present participle of knapsack
kneecapping
kneecapping
noun
(gerund) The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
(gerund, figurative, by extension) An excessively and needlessly damaging attack or disparagement.
verb
present participle of kneecap
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lagomorphic
lagomorphic
adj
Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha.
Shaped like a hare.
landscaping
landscaping
noun
Improved land (trees, gardens, leveled ground, etc).