The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerographies
aghorapanthi
aglyphodonta
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amygdophenin
andrographis
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
angelophanic
anginophobia
anginophobia
noun
A fear of angina; The irrational fear of choking, angina or narrowing of the throat. This is mainly caused by experience or being a witness to someone choking.
angiographic
angiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to angiography
angiophorous
angiorrhaphy
angiorrhaphy
noun
(surgery) suture of a blood vessel
angiostrophy
angiotrophic
angiotrophic
adj
vasotrophic
anglophiliac
anglophiliac
Adjective
Anglophilic
Noun
Anglophile
anglophilism
anglophobiac
anglophobist
animatograph
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthropogeny
anthropogeny
noun
The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.
anthropoglot
anthropoglot
noun
An animal (such as a parrot) with tongue similar to humans allowing human-like speech.
anthropogony
anthropogony
noun
Synonym of anthropogenesis
anthropology
anthropology
noun
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
anthropurgic
antipathogen
antipathogen
noun
(medicine) Any drug that counters the effects of a pathogen
antipoaching
antipoaching
adj
Seeking to prevent or prohibit poaching
aortographic
aortographic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to aortography.
aphanozygous
aphengescope
aphengoscope
apographical
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
archipelagos
argeiphontes
arithmograph
arteriograph
arteriograph
noun
An instrument used in arteriography to measure the severity of arteriosclerosis
arthrography
arthrography
noun
(dated, uncountable, medicine) The scientific description of joints
(medicine) An arthrogram
asiphonogama
astrographer
astrographic
astrographic
adj
astrometric
autoepigraph
autographies
autographies
noun
plural of autography
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographist
autographist
noun
(dated, pathology) A person who has autographism.
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
bibliophagic
bibliophagic
adj
devouring books (literally or figuratively)
biogeography
biogeography
noun
(biology, geography, countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
(biology, geography, uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
borghalpenny
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
cacographies
cacographies
noun
plural of cacography
calcographer
calcographer
noun
A person who draws using chalk
calcographic
calcographic
adj
Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.
camphorating
camphorating
verb
present participle of camphorate
cardiographs
cardiographs
noun
plural of cardiograph
cardiography
cardiography
noun
(medicine) The graphic recording of the movement, or other function of the heart as a means of diagnosis
caricography
carpophagous
carpophagous
adj
Living on fruits; fruit-eating.
cartographer
cartographer
noun
One who makes maps or charts.
cartographic
cartographic
adj
Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
catchpolling
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
cathodograph
cathodograph
noun
(physics, archaic) An X-ray image; a radiograph.
celidography
cephalograph
cephalograph
noun
The instrument used in cephalography to produce cephalograms
cephalopagus
cephalopagus
noun
(medicine, of conjoined twins) Joined at the back of the head and fused in the upper portion of the body, with the bottom portions separate.
ceramography
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
cerographies
cerographies
noun
plural of cerography
cerographist
cerographist
noun
A person who carries out cerography.
chalcography
chalcography
noun
engraving on copper or brass
chalkography
changepocket
chaperonages
chaperonages
noun
plural of chaperonage
chartography
cheirography
chilpancingo
chilpancingo
Proper noun
The capital of the state of Guerrero in Mexico.
chimopelagic
chimopelagic
adj
(biology) That is normally pelagic but rises to surface waters in winter
chirographer
chirographer
noun
Alternative form of chirographist
chirographic
chirographic
adj
Of or relating to chirography
choregrapher
choregrapher
noun
Alternative form of choreographer
choregraphic
choregraphic
adj
Alternative form of choreographic
choreographs
choreographs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choreograph
choreography
choreography
noun
(by extension) The art of creating and arranging sequences of movement for performances of any kind, such as in fight choreography.
(uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
(uncountable) The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution.
The notation used to construct this record.
The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.
chorographer
chorographer
noun
Someone who describes a particular region or country.
chorographic
chorographic
adj
Relating to chorography.
chronographs
chronographs
noun
plural of chronograph
chronography
chronography
noun
A description or record of past time; history.
Measurement with a chronograph.
chrysography
chrysography
noun
The use of gold lettering in manuscripts
chthonophagy
chthonophagy
noun
(pathology) Alternative form of chthonophagia
clinographic
clinographic
adj
Relating to a mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.
colporrhagia
colporrhagia
noun
(pathology) vaginal hemorrhage
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
comicography
comicography
noun
A comprehensive list of comic books to which a particular person has contributed.
comparograph
composograph
composograph
noun
(dated) A retouched photographic collage formerly used in sensationalist journalism.
coprophagies
coprophagist
coprophagist
noun
Synonym of coprophage
coprophagous
coprophagous
adj
Feeding on excrement
coronagraphs
coronagraphs
noun
plural of coronagraph
coronographs
coronographs
noun
plural of coronograph
cosmographer
cosmographer
noun
(astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
(obsolete) Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist.
cosmographic
cosmographic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to cosmography.
craniography
craniography
noun
The analysis of the shape and proportion of the skull, especially by means of craniometrics
crapshooting
cryptographs
cryptographs
noun
plural of cryptograph
cryptography
cryptography
noun
The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.
cyclographer
dactylograph
dactylograph
noun
(archaic) A typewriter.
(archaic) A typist.
declinograph
demographers
demographers
noun
plural of demographer
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
dendrography
dendrography
noun
The scientific description of trees
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
dermatograph
dermatograph
noun
(pathology) A wheal made by dermatographia.
A kind of pencil for making marks on a person's skin.
dermographia
dermographia
Noun
dermatographia
dermographic
dermographic
adj
Relating to dermography.
diplographic
diplographic
Adjective
Relating to diplography or the diplograph.
discographer
discographer
noun
One who compiles a discography.
discographic
discographic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to discography.
dittographic
dittographic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting dittography.
ectypography
ectypography
noun
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
electrograph
electrograph
noun
(historical) A cinematograph using the arclight.
(historical) A sciagraph.
(historical) An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity.
A machine used in gravure printing
A recording electrometer; also, the graph produced by such a device.
ellipsograph
ellipsograph
noun
A mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse.
elliptograph
elliptograph
noun
Alternative form of ellipsograph
embryography
embryography
noun
The scientific description of embryos.
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
enterography
enterography
noun
(anatomy, archaic) The scientific description of the intestines; enterology.
(medicine) Radiography of the intestines, usually contrast radiography.
entomophagan
entomophagan
noun
Any member of the Entomophaga.
erythrophage
erythrophage
noun
A phage / phagocyte that ingests erythrocytes
esophagalgia
esophagalgia
noun
Alternative form of oesophagalgia
esophagismus
esophagismus
noun
Alternative form of oesophagismus
esophagocele
esophagotome
esophagotomy
esophagotomy
noun
(surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.