A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acromegaly
acromegaly
noun
(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anaglyphic
anaglyphic
adj
Relating to anaglyphs.
noun
Work with chased or embossed relief.
anaglyptic
anaglyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph
androgynic
angiocarpy
anglicanly
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
archeology
archeology
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of archaeology
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
asyzygetic
asyzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Not syzygetic
attingency
attingency
noun
Alternative form of attingence
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
bioecology
bioecology
noun
The specifically biological aspects of ecology
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
boycottage
boycotting
boycotting
noun
The act of something being boycotted.
verb
present participle of boycott
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
cacography
cacography
noun
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
cajolingly
cajolingly
adv
in a cajoling manner
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
calography
calystegia
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
cardiology
cardiology
noun
(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
caricology
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
carphology
carphology
noun
Alternative form of carphologia
catalyzing
catalyzing
verb
present participle of catalyze
catchingly
catchingly
adv
In a catchy or alluring manner.
cateringly
cavilingly
cavilingly
adv
With petty criticism.
cecidology
cecidology
noun
Study of plant galls.
cephalalgy
cephalalgy
noun
Dated form of cephalalgia.
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
changeably
changeably
adv
In a changeable manner.
chantingly
chantingly
adv
in a chanting manner
chargeably
chargeably
adv
(obsolete) At great cost; expensively.
charmingly
charmingly
adv
In a charming manner.
chartology
chasmogamy
chasmogamy
noun
(botany) The production of flowers that open and expose the stamens and styles.
chateaugay
chattingly
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
cheeringly
cheeringly
adv
In a way that cheers; hearteningly, encouragingly.
With cheering.
cheirology
cheirology
noun
The representation of words or letters by use of the fingers
chillingly
chillingly
adv
In a chilling manner.
chimneying
chimneying
verb
present participle of chimney
chirognomy
chirognomy
noun
The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chirurgery
chirurgery
noun
(archaic) Synonym of surgery.
choosingly
chronology
chronology
noun
(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.
(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
chrysology
chrysology
noun
(rare) The branch of political economy relating to the production of wealth, generally including precious metals.
chuckingly
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
chymifying
chymifying
verb
present participle of chymify
clangingly
clangingly
adv
With a loud, metallic or cymbal-like, clanging sound.
clankingly
clankingly
adv
With a clanking sound.
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
clashingly
clashingly
adv
in a clashing manner
cleavingly
cleavingly
adv
In a cleaving manner
clergyable
clergyable
adj
(dated) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clingingly
clingingly
adv
In a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.
clippingly
cloudology
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
codicology
codicology
noun
The study of codices (early handwritten books).
cogitantly
cognisably
cognisably
adv
Alternative form of cognizably
cognizably
cognizably
adv
In a cognizable manner.
cohomology
cohomology
noun
(mathematics) A method of contravariantly associating a family of invariant quotient groups to each algebraic or geometric object of a category, including categories of geometric and algebraic objects.
(mathematics) A system of quotient groups associated to a topological space.
cometology
cometology
noun
The branch of astronomy that deals with comets.
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
conchology
conchology
noun
the hobby of shell collecting
the study of molluscs and their shells
condignity
condignity
noun
The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness
congruency
congruency
noun
(mathematics) The state of being congruent
The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
conjugably
conjugally
conjugally
adv
In a conjugal manner; as husband and wife
consignify
consignify
verb
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
contiguity
contiguity
noun
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
coregnancy
corrigibly
corrigibly
adv
In a corrigible manner; such that it can be corrected.
covetingly
covetingly
adv
in a coveting way
coweringly
coweringly
adv
In a cowering manner.
cozeningly
crammingly
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
craniology
craniology
noun
The study of the physical characteristics of the human skull.
crashingly
crashingly
adv
Absolutely; terribly
While crashing, or as if crashing
crawlingly
crawlingly
adv
(figurative) In a humble or sycophantic manner.
With a crawling motion.
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
cringingly
cringingly
adv
In a cringing manner; while cringing.
So as to make one cringe.
crippingly
crooningly
crooningly
adv
With a crooning sound.
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
cruisingly
crushingly
crushingly
adv
So as to belittle; dishearteningly.
So as to defeat overwhelmingly.
crustalogy
cryalgesia
cryalgesia
noun
pain caused by cold
cryogenics
cryogenics
noun
The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures.
The scientific study of low-temperature phenomena.
cryogenies
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptozygy
crystaling
curtseying
curtseying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsey.
verb
present participle of curtsey
cyanogenic
cyanogenic
adj
Alternative form of cyanogenetic
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cyesiology
cymballing
cymbopogon
cynegetics
cynegetics
noun
(obsolete) hunting with dogs
cynghanedd
cynghanedd
noun
(prosody) The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry.
cynography
cynomolgus
cynomolgus
noun
(often attributive) A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
cynosarges
cyriologic
cyriologic
adj
Relating to capital letters.
cyrtograph
cytogenies
cytogenies
noun
plural of cytogeny
cytogenous
cytogenous
adj
(anatomy) Producing cells; applied especially to lymphatic or adenoid tissue.
cytoglobin
cytoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells
cytologies
cytologist
cytologist
noun
A biologist who studies cells.
A scientist who studies the physical characteristics of chromosomes.
cytophagic
decagynous
decagynous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
decidingly
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
degeneracy
degeneracy
noun
(neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
deglycerin
detergency
detergency
noun
The active property of a detergent
diaglyphic
diaglyphic
adj
Represented or formed by depressions in the surface.