(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.
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blastophaga
bolographic
bradyphagia
bradyphagia
noun
Unusual slowness in eating
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.
calcisponge
calcisponge
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of marine sponges containing calcareous spicules.
calcography
calcography
noun
(art) drawing with chalk
caligrapher
caligrapher
noun
Alternative form of calligrapher
calligrapha
calligraphy
calligraphy
noun
(countable) A document written in decorative style.
(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
callipering
callipering
verb
present participle of calliper
callipygian
callipygian
adj
Having beautifully shaped buttocks.
callipygous
callipygous
adj
Having shapely, beautiful buttocks.
callityping
calyptrogen
calyptrogen
noun
rootcap
cameography
campaigners
campaigners
noun
plural of campaigner
campaigning
campaigning
noun
gerund of campaign: the act of taking part in a campaign.
verb
present participle of campaign
campanology
campanology
noun
The study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
caprimulgus
capsulizing
capsulizing
verb
present participle of capsulize
captivating
captivating
adj
Showing great beauty; beautiful.
That captivates; fascinating.
verb
present participle of captivate
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
cardplaying
cardplaying
noun
The playing of card games.
carpogenous
carpogonial
carpogonial
adj
Relating to a carpogonium.
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
carpologies
carpologist
carpologist
noun
One who studies carpology.
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.
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
catchpoling
cathography
cephalalgia
cephalalgia
noun
(medicine) A pain in the head; headache.
cephalalgic
cephalalgic
adj
(medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache.
noun
A remedy for the headache.
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.
champagning
champagning
verb
present participle of champagne
champagnize
champagnize
verb
(transitive) To turn (wine) into champagne.
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
chemigraphy
chemigraphy
noun
Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.
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.
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
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.
coappearing
coappearing
verb
present participle of coappear
colportages
colportages
noun
plural of colportage
compaginate
compaginate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unite or hold together.
complaining
complaining
noun
The act by which someone complains; a complaint.
verb
present participle of complain
compregnate
compurgator
compurgator
noun
(historical, law) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
(now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
conopophaga
cooperating
cooperating
verb
present participle of cooperate
coparenting
coparenting
verb
present participle of coparent
copeognatha
coprolagnia
coprolagnia
noun
coprophilia
coprophagan
coprophagan
noun
(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.
coprophagia
coprophagia
noun
Alternative form of coprophagy
copycatting
copycatting
verb
present participle of copycat
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyreading
copyreading
verb
present participle of copyread
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
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
crapehanger
crapehanger
noun
A pessimist or doomsayer.
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
creophagous
creophagous
adj
flesh-eating
crepehanger
crepehanger
noun
Alternative form of crapehanger
crepitating
crepitating
verb
present participle of crepitate
crescograph
crescograph
noun
A device for measuring growth in plants.
cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
cryptoglaux
cryptograms
cryptograms
noun
plural of cryptogram
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
cycloplegia
cycloplegia
noun
paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
cystoplegia
cystoplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of the bladder
cytopahgous
cytophagous
cytophagous
adj
consuming cells
daggerproof
daggerproof
adj
Resistant to being stabbed through with a dagger.
deadpanning
deadpanning
verb
present participle of deadpan
decoupaging
decoupaging
verb
present participle of decoupage
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.
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
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.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
deprecating
deprecating
adj
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
verb
present participle of deprecate
depredating
depredating
verb
present participle of depredate
deprogramed
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
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
diageotropy
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
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
dipropargyl
dipropargyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent volatile liquid, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives and isomeric with benzene.
dipterygian
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
disparagers
disparagers
noun
plural of disparager
disparaging
disparaging
adj
Insulting, ridiculing.
noun
disparagement
verb
present participle of disparage
disparpling
disparpling
verb
present participle of disparple
dispatching
dispatching
noun
(informal) burial
The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.