(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
argiphontes
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
chaperoning
chaperoning
noun
The act or process of a person being chaperoned.
verb
present participle of chaperone
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
encroaching
encroaching
adj
That encroaches.
verb
present participle of encroach
galeorhinus
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
headworking
hercegovina
hermogenian
hermogenian
Noun
A disciple of Hermogenes.
herzegovina
herzegovina
Proper noun
Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Represents a geographic and historic entity, not an administrative unit.
hooperating
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
menorrhagia
menorrhagia
noun
(dated) The normal flow of the menses.
Excessive menstrual flow but regularly timed.
menorrhagic
menorrhagic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to menorrhagia.
necrophagia
necrophagia
noun
the consumption of dead flesh or carrion
the practice of feeding on (eating) corpses
negrophobia
negrophobia
Noun
Fear, hate, or dislike of black people of any descent, usually Africans.
nonadhering
nonadhering
adj
Not adhering
organophile
ornithogaea
outreaching
outreaching
noun
An act of reaching out.
verb
present participle of outreach
overarching
overarching
adj
(by extension) all-embracing or overwhelming
That forms an overhead arch
noun
A structure that arches over something.
verb
present participle of overarch
overchafing
overchasing
overgarnish
overhanding
overhanding
verb
present participle of overhand
overhanging
overhanging
noun
(architecture) Synonym of overhang
verb
present participle of overhang
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overheaping
overheaping
verb
present participle of overheap
overhearing
overhearing
noun
The act by which something is overheard.
verb
present participle of overhear
overheating
overheating
noun
A situation where something is overheated.
verb
present participle of overheat
overshading
overshading
verb
present participle of overshade
phrenograih
phryganeoid
renographic
renographic
adj
Relating to renography.
reproaching
reproaching
noun
The act of showing reproach.
verb
present participle of reproach
rhagionidae
semaphoring
semaphoring
verb
present participle of semaphore
warehousing
warehousing
noun
The act of storing goods in a warehouse.
verb
present participle of warehouse
zenographic
zenographic
adj
(astronomy) Measured with reference to the surface of the planet Jupiter.