A device which marks or records time or time intervals.
verb
(firearms) To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.
chylangioma
chylangioma
noun
(pathology) A tumor filled with chyle
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
noun
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
clubhauling
clubhauling
noun
(nautical) A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns into and through the wind) by dropping one of the front anchors, the intent being to turn the boat in a tighter space than would be possible using the rudder and sails alone, especially when difficult conditions such as light winds or heavy swell make tacking more difficult than usual.
verb
present participle of clubhaul
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
coanchoring
coanchoring
verb
present participle of coanchor
coathangers
coathangers
noun
plural of coathanger
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
conopophaga
copeognatha
coprophagan
coprophagan
noun
(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.
coronagraph
coronagraph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets
coronograph
coronograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope, fitted with an attachment that blocks out direct rays from the sun, used to study and photograph the corona of the sun.
(astronomy) The attachment used in such a telescope.
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
crapehanger
crapehanger
noun
A pessimist or doomsayer.
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
crepehanger
crepehanger
noun
Alternative form of crapehanger
cynognathus
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
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
demonograph
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
dethatching
dethatching
verb
present participle of dethatch
dihexagonal
dihexagonal
adj
Consisting of two hexagonal parts united.
Having twelve similar faces.
diphthongal
diphthongal
adj
Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
diphthongia
discharging
discharging
noun
The act or process by which something is discharged.
verb
present participle of discharge
disheathing
dishwashing
dishwashing
noun
The act of cleaning the dishware.
dispatching
dispatching
noun
(informal) burial
The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
verb
present participle of dispatch
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downhanging
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
dragonheads
dragonheads
noun
plural of dragonhead
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
earthmaking
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.
earthtongue
earthtongue
noun
Alternative form of earth tongue
emhpasizing
empathising
empathising
verb
present participle of empathise
empathizing
empathizing
verb
present participle of empathize
emphasising
emphasising
verb
present participle of emphasise
emphasizing
emphasizing
verb
present participle of emphasize
encroaching
encroaching
adj
That encroaches.
verb
present participle of encroach
endognathal
endognathal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the endognath.
endophagous
endophagous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
englishable
enravishing
enravishing
adj
That enravishes
verb
present participle of enravish
ensheathing
ensheathing
verb
present participle of ensheathe
enterograph
enterograph
noun
An instrument used in enterography
enthralling
enthralling
adj
exciting and absorbing
verb
present participle of enthrall
entomophaga
enwreathing
enwreathing
verb
present participle of enwreathe
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
ethnography
ethnography
noun
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.
An ethnographic work.
eurygnathic
euthanizing
euthanizing
verb
present participle of euthanize
eventognath
exognathion
exognathite
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
farthingale
farthingale
noun
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
featherings
featherings
noun
plural of feathering
featherwing
fishtailing
fishtailing
verb
present participle of fishtail
franchising
franchising
noun
The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.
verb
present participle of franchise
gaddishness
gaddishness
noun
(nonce word) Quality of being gaddish.
galeorhinus
ganderteeth
gangsterish
gangsterish
adj
(informal) Gangsterlike.
ganocephala
garnishable
garnishable
adj
Able to be garnished.
garnisheing
garnishment
garnishment
noun
(law) A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
gaslighting
gaslighting
noun
gerund of gaslight
verb
present participle of gaslight
gaultherine
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
gearchanges
gearchanges
noun
plural of gearchange
genarchship
generalship
generalship
noun
By extension, leadership, good management.
The position or office of a general.
The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy.
The term of office of a military general.
genethliacs
genethliacs
noun
plural of genethliac
geranomorph
gethsemanic
ghastliness
ghastliness
noun
A ghastly thing.
The state of being ghastly.
ghirlandaio
ghirlandajo
glassophone
glassophone
noun
(music) A set of glasses filled with differing amounts of liquid so that they produce different musical notes when struck.
glaucophane
glaucophane
noun
(mineralogy) A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.
glutathione
glutathione
noun
(biochemistry) A tripeptide formed from glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine, that is active in many biological redox reactions
gnaphalioid
gnatcatcher
gnatcatcher
noun
A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens.
gnathobasic
gnathobasic
adj
Related to, or characteristic of a gnathobase
gnathometer
gnathonical
gnathonical
adj
Alternative form of gnathonic
gnathostoma
gnathostome
gnathostome
noun
(zoology) Any vertebrate with jaws, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and most modern fish, in contrast with the Agnatha
gnathostomi
gnathotheca
gnathotheca
noun
The horny covering of the lower part of a bird's beak.
goatishness
goatishness
noun
The state or condition of being goatish.
gonorrhoeal
gonorrhoeal
adj
Alternative spelling of gonorrheal
goodmanship
gramophones
gramophones
noun
plural of gramophone
gramophonic
gramophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
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.)
grangemouth
granolithic
granolithic
adj
Of or pertaining to a granolith
granophyres
granophyres
noun
plural of granophyre
granophyric
granophyric
adj
(petrology) Having a texture resembling that of classic granophyre.
graphicness
graphicness
noun
The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness
graphomania
graphomania
noun
(art) Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots; see "Entoptic graphomania".
The compulsion to write.
graphophone
graphophone
noun
An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.
An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.
grayishness
grayishness
noun
The quality of being grayish.
greenheaded
greenhearts
greenhearts
noun
plural of greenheart
greenshanks
greenshanks
noun
plural of greenshank
greenwashes
greenwashes
noun
plural of greenwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greenwash
guachipilin
gymnanthous
gymnasiarch
gymnasiarch
noun
(historical) An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia and paid for the oil and other necessities.
gymnophiona
gymnophobia
gymnophobia
noun
An inordinate fear or hatred of nudity.
gymnorhinal
gymnothorax
gynecopathy
gynecopathy
noun
Any disease that only affects women
gynophagite
gyracanthus
habituating
habituating
adj
habit-forming
verb
present participle of habituate
haemangioma
haemangioma
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemangioma
haemoglobin
haemoglobin
noun
(British spelling, biochemistry) Alternative spelling of hemoglobin
haggardness
haggardness
noun
The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness.
haggishness
haggishness
noun
The quality of being haggish.
haircutting
haircutting
noun
The act or service of cutting hair.
hairsprings
hairsprings
noun
plural of hairspring
hairstyling
hairstyling
noun
The act or process of styling hair.
hairweaving
hairweaving
noun
The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness.