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
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
aerographer
aerographer
noun
One versed in aerography; an aerologist.
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
agastrophus
aglyphodont
agomphiasis
agomphiasis
noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
albedograph
algophagous
algophagous
adj
That eats algae
algophilist
algophilist
noun
A person who is subject to algophilia; one who derives sexual pleasure from feeling pain.
allographic
allographic
adj
Relating to allographs or allography.
alogotrophy
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
amphilogism
amphogenous
amylophagia
amylophagia
noun
(pathology) the pathologic desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods
anapnograph
anapnograph
noun
A form of spirometer.
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
anemography
anemography
noun
A scientific description of the winds.
The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
angelophany
angelophany
noun
The appearance of an angel to a human being.
angiography
angiography
noun
(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anglophilia
anglophilia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilia
anglophilic
anglophilic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilic
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anglophobia
anglophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobia
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
anguimorpha
anthography
anthography
noun
(botany) The branch of botany that deals with the description of flowers.
aortography
aortography
noun
(medicine) an arteriography of the aorta
apathogenic
apathogenic
adj
(pathology) Not pathogenic.
aphasiology
aphasiology
noun
(speech therapy) The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
aphrogeneia
apophthegms
apophthegms
noun
plural of apophthegm
aporrhiegma
approaching
approaching
adj
That approaches or approach.
adv
Nearly.
noun
The act of coming closer; an approach.
verb
present participle of approach
aragonspath
archipelago
archipelago
noun
(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
(collective) A group of islands.
(now rare) The Aegean Sea.
areographer
areographer
noun
An astronomer whose speciality is areography
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
argiphontes
arsenophagy
arsenophagy
noun
The practice of eating arsenic.
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
astrography
astrography
noun
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
augitophyre
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
auxographic
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
bibliograph
bibliograph
noun
Archaic form of bibliographer.
bibliophage
bibliophage
noun
(figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biographize
biographize
Verb
To write a biography of.
blastophaga
bolographic
brontograph
brontograph
noun
A tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
An instrument for making such tracings, such as a recording brontometer.
bulgarophil
cacographer
cacographer
noun
A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
cacographic
cacographic
adj
Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
calcography
calcography
noun
(art) drawing with chalk
cameography
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
cartography
cartography
noun
(countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
catchpoling
cathography
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
cephalology
cerographer
cerographic
cerographic
adj
Of or relating to cerography.
chalcograph
chalcograph
noun
An artwork produced by chalcography.
An instrument for performing chalcography.
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.
chaperonage
chaperonage
noun
The protection offered by a chaperon.
The state of being a chaperon.
chaperoning
chaperoning
noun
The act or process of a person being chaperoned.
verb
present participle of chaperone
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.
choplogical
choplogical
adj
(rare) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
choregraphy
choregraphy
noun
Alternative form of choreography
choreograph
choreograph
verb
To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet
To direct the development of a project; to orchestrate
chorography
chorography
noun
The study of provinces, regions, cities, etc., as opposed to larger-scale geography.
chromograph
chromograph
noun
(obsolete) chromolithograph
chromophage
chronograph
chronograph
noun
(obsolete) A chronogram.
A combination of a watch and a stopwatch.
A device which marks or records time or time intervals.
verb
(firearms) To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.
chrysograph
chrysograph
noun
A document written or printed in gold ink.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
conopophaga
copeognatha
coprophagan
coprophagan
noun
(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.
coprophagia
coprophagia
noun
Alternative form of coprophagy
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
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.
cosmography
cosmography
noun
The creation of maps of the universe.
The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
craniograph
craniograph
noun
An instrument once used to make scale-drawings of the skull
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
creophagous
creophagous
adj
flesh-eating
crescograph
crescograph
noun
A device for measuring growth in plants.
cryptograph
cryptograph
noun
A cipher or cryptogram.
A device used for encrypting or decrypting text.
verb
(rare) To write text using a code or cipher.
crystograph
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
cytopahgous
cytophagous
cytophagous
adj
consuming cells
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
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
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.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dittography
dittography
noun
An error produced thereby.
The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
dynamograph
dynamograph
noun
A dynamometer that produces a graphical record; especially one used to record muscular power
endophagous
endophagous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
enterograph
enterograph
noun
An instrument used in enterography
entomophaga
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
ergatomorph
ergographic
ergographic
adj
Relating to the ergograph (measuring instrument).
ergophobiac
esophagitis
esophagitis
noun
(American spelling) Inflammation of the oesophagus.
ethnography
ethnography
noun
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.
An ethnographic work.
etymography
etymography
noun
A proposed subdiscipline of etymology, investigating the context in which words of transparent etymology underwent semantic development.
The etymology of characters and their structure, such as those in Chinese.
euryphagous
euryphagous
adj
(ecology) Feeding on a large variety of food.
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.