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
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
aglyphodont
albedograph
anhydrating
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backlighted
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
barehanding
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
billheading
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
boltheading
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
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
cardophagus
chandelling
chandelling
verb
present participle of chandelle
chandlering
chandlering
noun
The trade of a chandler
changedness
changedness
noun
The quality of having been changed.
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
chargrilled
chargrilled
adj
grilled on burning charcoal
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chargrill
chondralgia
chugalugged
chugalugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chugalug
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daylighting
daylighting
verb
present participle of daylight
deadheading
deadheading
noun
The driving of an unladen vehicle, such as a bus with no passengers, in order to take it from one place to another.
The removal of dead flowers from a plant in order to encourage the growth of new ones, and to prevent the production of seeds.
verb
present participle of deadhead
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
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.
dephlegmate
dephlegmate
verb
(chemistry, dated) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.
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
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
dethatching
dethatching
verb
present participle of dethatch
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
diaphragmal
diaphragmal
adj
Of or relating to the diaphragm.
diaphragmed
diaphragmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diaphragm
dichogamies
dichogamous
dichogamous
adj
(botany) Exhibiting dichogamy.
dihexagonal
dihexagonal
adj
Consisting of two hexagonal parts united.
Having twelve similar faces.
dilogarithm
dilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The form of polylogarithm having a base of two
dioptograph
diphthongal
diphthongal
adj
Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
diphthongia
diplography
diplography
noun
double writing; the writing of something twice or in two forms
dischargees
dischargees
noun
plural of dischargee
dischargers
dischargers
noun
plural of discharger
discharging
discharging
noun
The act or process by which something is discharged.
verb
present participle of discharge
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.
disheathing
dishwashing
dishwashing
noun
The act of cleaning the dishware.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dispatching
dispatching
noun
(informal) burial
The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
verb
present participle of dispatch
dittography
dittography
noun
An error produced thereby.
The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.
dogcatchers
dogcatchers
noun
plural of dogcatcher
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downhanging
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
dragonheads
dragonheads
noun
plural of dragonhead
draughtiest
draughtiest
adj
superlative form of draughty: most draughty
draughtsman
draughtsman
noun
(obsolete) A book illustrator.
(obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
dreadnaught
dreadnaught
noun
Alternative spelling of dreadnought
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.
dynamograph
dynamograph
noun
A dynamometer that produces a graphical record; especially one used to record muscular power
dzugashvili
echafaudage
endognathal
endognathal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the endognath.
endophagous
endophagous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
featheredge
featheredge
noun
Alternative form of feather edge
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
flaughtbred
forgathered
forgathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forgather
freightyard
freightyard
noun
A yard where goods to be transported are stored.
frogmarched
frogmarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch
gaddishness
gaddishness
noun
(nonce word) Quality of being gaddish.
ganderteeth
gatecrashed
gatecrashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash
gederathite
gelechiidae
geophilidae
gerhardtite
gerhardtite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
ghirlandaio
ghirlandajo
gladhearted
gladhearted
adj
cheerful
glochchidia
glochidiate
glochidiate
adj
(botany) Having barbs
gnaphalioid
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
goodmanship
grandeeship
grandeeship
noun
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.
grandfather
grandfather
noun
(by extension) A male forefather.
(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
A father of someone's parent.
verb
(transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.
(transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain discontinued laws or rules for (a thing, person or organization previously affected by them).
grandmother
grandmother
noun
A female ancestor or progenitor.
A mother of someone's parent.
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
graphitized
graphitized
adj
(chemistry, of carbon) Converted to graphite
verb
simple past tense and past participle of graphitize
greenheaded
grooverhead
guardhouses
guardhouses
noun
plural of guardhouse
haggadistic
haggadistic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Haggadah.
haggardness
haggardness
noun
The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness.
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
hamstringed
handcuffing
handcuffing
noun
The act by which somebody is handcuffed.
verb
present participle of handcuff
handfasting
handfasting
noun
The ceremony in which people handfast.
verb
present participle of handfast
handgravure
handgriping
handloading
handloading
noun
The loading of a firearm with cartridges assembled from the individual components.
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
handrailing
handrailing
noun
handrail
handreading
handselling
handsetting
handshaking
handshaking
noun
(computing) A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for communications.
A greeting by clasping hands.
verb
present participle of handshake
handsprings
handsprings
noun
plural of handspring
handweaving
handweaving
noun
the manufacture of handwoven goods
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
handwriting
handwriting
noun
(by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
Text that was written by hand.
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
verb
present participle of handwrite
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
harbingered
harbingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbinger
hardinsburg
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
harrodsburg
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
headhunting
headhunting
noun
(anthropology) The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one's enemy.
The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel.
verb
present participle of headhunt
headsprings
headsprings
noun
plural of headspring
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headspring
headworking
healthguard
hedgemaking
hedgemaking
noun
The construction of hedges.
hemorrhaged
hemorrhaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hemorrhage