A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
albedograph
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
boltheading
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
demographer
demographer
noun
a person who studies demography
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.
demonograph
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
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
dichogamies
dihexagonal
dihexagonal
adj
Consisting of two hexagonal parts united.
Having twelve similar faces.
dogcatchers
dogcatchers
noun
plural of dogcatcher
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
dragonheads
dragonheads
noun
plural of dragonhead
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
endognathal
endognathal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the endognath.
endophagous
endophagous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
forgathered
forgathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forgather
frogmarched
frogmarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch
geophilidae
glochidiate
glochidiate
adj
(botany) Having barbs
goatherdess
goatherdess
noun
A female goatherd.
goddaughter
goddaughter
noun
A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
godfathered
godfathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of godfather
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
goodhearted
goodhearted
adj
kind, generous and altruistic
grandmother
grandmother
noun
A female ancestor or progenitor.
A mother of someone's parent.
grooverhead
guardhouses
guardhouses
noun
plural of guardhouse
halogenated
halogenated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with a halogen.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with a halogen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halogenate
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
headworking
hemorrhaged
hemorrhaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hemorrhage
holographed
holographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of holograph
homologated
homologated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of homologate
hydatogenic
hydrogenase
hydrogenase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.
hydrogenate
hydrogenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat
ideographic
ideographic
adj
Pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.
loggerheads
loggerheads
noun
(dialect) The knapweed.
Fisticuffs; fighting.
plural of loggerhead
megatheroid
megatheroid
noun
(paleontology) One of a family of extinct edentates found in America, including the megatherium and the megalonyx, among others.
monographed
monographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of monograph
nonadhering
nonadhering
adj
Not adhering
overcharged
overcharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcharge
overdraught
overdraught
noun
(chiefly Britain) An overdraft.
overhanding
overhanding
verb
present participle of overhand
overshading
overshading
verb
present participle of overshade
pedagoguish
phagedenous
phagedenous
adj
(medicine) phagedenic
phrenogrady
phryganeoid
polygraphed
polygraphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of polygraph
pseudograph
pseudograph
noun
(graph theory) A graph that contains loops as well as multiple edges between vertices
A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
rhagionidae
roughtailed
typographed
typographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of typograph
videography
videography
noun
The art and technology of producing moving (video) images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
The list of music videos a singer has appeared or sung in.
The occupation of making videos.
villagehood
villagehood
noun
The people and culture of a village.
The state of being a village.
watchdogged
watchdogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of watchdog
whangdoodle
whangdoodle
noun
(obsolete) Term of disparagement
(often humorous) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
(poker) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
wrongheaded
wrongheaded
adj
Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.
xylographed
xylographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of xylograph