(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
aechmagoras
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aesthiology
afghanistan
agastrophus
agomphiasis
agomphiasis
noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
airgraphics
airgraphics
noun
(dated) aerography; meteorology
alchemising
alchemising
verb
present participle of alchemise
algesthesis
algesthesis
noun
(medicine) Perception or sensation of pain.
algophagous
algophagous
adj
That eats algae
algophilist
algophilist
noun
A person who is subject to algophilia; one who derives sexual pleasure from feeling pain.
alightments
alightments
noun
plural of alightment
alleghenies
alleghenies
Proper noun
The in south central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia.
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
altogethers
altogethers
adv
(obsolete) Alternative form of all together
(obsolete) Alternative form of altogether
noun
(obsolete) The way things are; circumstances.
plural of altogether (“nakedness”)
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.
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
amphilogism
amphogenous
anaglyphics
anaglyphics
noun
plural of anaglyphic
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
angelfishes
angelfishes
noun
plural of angelfish
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anthogenous
anthologies
anthologies
noun
plural of anthology
anthologise
anthologise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthologize.
anthologist
anthologist
noun
a person who anthologizes
aphasiology
aphasiology
noun
(speech therapy) The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
apophthegms
apophthegms
noun
plural of apophthegm
aragonspath
archigaster
argiphontes
argusfishes
argyllshire
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
arsenophagy
arsenophagy
noun
The practice of eating arsenic.
arthralgias
arthralgias
noun
plural of arthralgia
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
asthenology
asthmogenic
asthmogenic
adj
(pathology) That causes an asthmatic attack
astonishing
astonishing
adj
Causing astonishment.
verb
present participle of astonish
astrography
astrography
noun
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
athenagoras
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
balinghasay
balinghasay
noun
The tropical tree Buchanania arborescens.
bergamasche
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
blandishing
blandishing
verb
present participle of blandish
blaspheming
blaspheming
noun
An act of blasphemy.
verb
present participle of blaspheme
blastophaga
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
brattishing
brattishing
noun
(architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
A brattice.
verb
present participle of brattish
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckwashing
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
bushbashing
bushbashing
verb
present participle of bushbash
bushrangers
bushrangers
noun
plural of bushranger
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
cardophagus
carragheens
carragheens
noun
plural of carragheen
castlereagh
cataloguish
catechising
catechising
noun
catechism
verb
present participle of catechise
chainsawing
chainsawing
verb
present participle of chainsaw
challengers
challengers
noun
plural of challenger
champignons
champignons
noun
plural of champignon
changedness
changedness
noun
The quality of having been changed.
changelings
changelings
noun
plural of changeling
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
chargehouse
chargehouse
noun
(nonce word, obsolete) A schoolhouse.
chargfaires
charmingest
charmingest
adj
superlative form of charming: most charming
chasmogamic
chasmogamic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to chasmogamy.
chassignite
chassignite
noun
(mineralogy) An achondrite composed mostly of olivine
cholangitis
cholangitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the bile duct.
christogram
christogram
Noun
A monogram that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol, such as the chi-rho (
chronograms
chronograms
noun
plural of chronogram
chrysograph
chrysograph
noun
A document written or printed in gold ink.
coathangers
coathangers
noun
plural of coathanger
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.
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
creophagous
creophagous
adj
flesh-eating
crescograph
crescograph
noun
A device for measuring growth in plants.
crystograph
cynognathus
cytopahgous
cytophagous
cytophagous
adj
consuming cells
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
dichogamies
dichogamous
dichogamous
adj
(botany) Exhibiting dichogamy.
dischargees
dischargees
noun
plural of dischargee
dischargers
dischargers
noun
plural of discharger
discharging
discharging
noun
The act or process by which something is discharged.
verb
present participle of discharge
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.
disheathing
dishwashing
dishwashing
noun
The act of cleaning the dishware.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dispatching
dispatching
noun
(informal) burial
The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
verb
present participle of dispatch
dogcatchers
dogcatchers
noun
plural of dogcatcher
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
dragonheads
dragonheads
noun
plural of dragonhead
draughtiest
draughtiest
adj
superlative form of draughty: most draughty
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
dzugashvili
earthlights
earthlights
noun
plural of earthlight
emhpasizing
empathising
empathising
verb
present participle of empathise
emphasising
emphasising
verb
present participle of emphasise
emphasizing
emphasizing
verb
present participle of emphasize
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
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
epigraphers
epigraphers
noun
plural of epigrapher
epigraphies
epigraphies
noun
plural of epigraphy
epigraphist
epigraphist
noun
A person who studies epigraphy (inscriptions).
eschatology
eschatology
noun
(countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
(uncountable) The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.
esophagitis
esophagitis
noun
(American spelling) Inflammation of the oesophagus.