(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
amphigaea
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphogeny
angelship
apophlegm
apophyges
apophyges
noun
plural of apophyge
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
champagne
champagne
adj
Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
champagne:
noun
(countable) A glass of champagne.
(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
verb
(intransitive) To drink champagne.
(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
chapeling
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
coliphage
coliphage
noun
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
dogeships
dogeships
noun
plural of dogeship
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
egophonic
egophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to egophony.
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
endophagy
endophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, within a group.
engraphia
engraphic
engraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an engram
epigraphs
epigraphs
noun
plural of epigraph
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epiphegus
epiphragm
epiphragm
noun
(botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses.
(zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
ergograph
ergograph
noun
A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
ergophile
ergophile
noun
A person who enjoys working.
esophagal
esophagus
esophagus
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of oesophagus
euryphage
euryphage
noun
(ecology) Any animal that eats a large variety of food.
gagership
galumphed
galumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galumph
geography
geography
noun
(archaic) an atlas or gazetteer.
(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
geomorphy
geomorphy
noun
geodesy
geomorphology
geophagia
geophagia
noun
Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
geophilid
geophilus
geophones
geophones
noun
plural of geophone
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
geosphere
geosphere
noun
the solid body of the Earth
gephyrean
gephyrean
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the class Gephyrea of worms.
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Gephyrea.
gipsyhead
gomphoses
gomphoses
noun
plural of gomphosis
gomphrena
gomphrena
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena, the globe amaranths.
gonophore
gonophore
noun
(botany) An elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels.
(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.
gopherman
grapeshot
grapeshot
noun
(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
graphemes
graphemes
noun
plural of grapheme
graphemic
graphemic
adj
Being or that is a grapheme; being or that is an irreducibly meaningful unit of written language.
Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
graphiter
graphites
graphites
noun
plural of graphite
graveship
grecophil
grumphies
grumphies
noun
plural of grumphie
plural of grumphy
guelphish
guelphism
guestship
guideship
guideship
noun
The role or status of guide.
gynophore
gynophore
noun
(botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.
gypsyhead
hampering
hampering
noun
That which hampers; an impediment.
verb
present participle of hamper
happening
happening
adj
(slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
(slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
noun
A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
Something that happens.
verb
present participle of happen
hauppauge
hedgehops
hedgehops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hedgehop
hedgepigs
hedgepigs
noun
plural of hedgepig
helpingly
helpingly
adv
In a way that helps.
hemiglyph
hemiglyph
noun
(architecture) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
hemiplegy
hemiplegy
noun
Dated form of hemiplegia.
hemophage
hemophagy
hemophagy
noun
The condition of being hemophagous
heptaglot
heptaglot
noun
(rare) A book in seven languages.
heptagons
heptagons
noun
plural of heptagon
heptagrid
heptagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
highspire
hiplength
hopfinger
hospitage
hospitage
noun
(obsolete) hospitality
hypallage
hypallage
noun
(rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as a literary device.
hypergamy
hypergamy
noun
Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself.
hypergols
hypergols
noun
plural of hypergol
hyphening
hyphening
verb
present participle of hyphen
hypoergic
hypogaeic
hypogenic
hypogenic
adj
Of or relating to a process that acts from below.
hypogeous
hypogeous
adj
(biology) Living or maturing underground; subterranean
hypophyge
ideoglyph
ideoglyph
noun
A symbol expressing an idea.
ideograph
ideograph
noun
An ideogram.
integraph
integraph
noun
(mathematics) A device that determines the value of an integral by measuring the area under a curve (and drawing the curve of its integral)
iphagenia
iphigenia
iphigenia
Proper noun
The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who narrowly escapes sacrifice by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.
iphlgenia
ishpeming
judgeship
judgeship
noun
The office or status of a judge
magpieish
magpieish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in having the desire to take and conceal attractive objects.
megaphone
megaphone
noun
(figuratively) Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
(organic chemistry) A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.
melograph
melograph
noun
A device designed for analysing and plotting the frequency characteristics of ethnic music.
mughopine
negrophil
negrophil
noun
Alternative form of negrophile
nephogram
nephogram
noun
(physics) A graphical depiction of a physical quantity that resembles a cloud.
A picture of a cloud.
nephology
nephology
noun
The branch of meteorology that studies clouds.
oesophagi
oesophagi
noun
plural of oesophagus
oleograph
oleograph
noun
(art) A type of chromolithograph, using oil paint on canvas, that attempts to imitate oil painting
opegrapha
orphanage
orphanage
noun
(obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.
A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
patchogue
pathogene
pathogene
noun
Dated form of pathogen.
pathogens
pathogens
noun
plural of pathogen
pathogeny
pathogeny
noun
(medicine) The generation and method of development of disease.
pathogerm
pedograph
pedograph
noun
An instrument carried by a pedestrian for automatically making a topographical record of the ground covered during a journey
pemphigus
pemphigus
noun
(pathology) A severe autoimmune skin disease characterized by pustules and painful blisters, and which can be fatal.
penghutao
penlights
penlights
noun
plural of penlight
pentrough
pentrough
noun
A penstock.
penwright
pergunnah
pergunnah
noun
Dated form of pargana.
perigraph
perigraph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring a person's ability to flex the neck and limbs.
(rare) A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.
perishing
perishing
adj
Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.
Extremely cold.
noun
The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
verb
present participle of perish
pezograph
pezograph
noun
(astronomy, geology) A regmaglypt.
phaenogam
phaenogam
noun
Alternative form of phenogam
phagedena
phagedena
noun
(medicine) Spreading, obstinate ulceration.
phagineae
phagocyte
phagocyte
noun
(cytology) A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.
verb
(transitive) To phagocytize
phagosome
phagosome
noun
A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.
phalanger
phalanger
noun
An arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.
phalanges
phalanges
noun
plural of phalange
plural of phalanx
pharynges
pharynges
noun
plural of pharynx
phellogen
phellogen
noun
(botany) The tissue of young cells that produces the phellem.
phenalgin
phenalgin
noun
An ammoniated compound of phenyl and acetamide, used as an analgesic and antipyretic, and resembling phenacetin in its therapeutic action.
phenology
phenology
noun
(biology) The study of the effect of climate on periodic biological phenomena.
philabegs
philabegs
noun
plural of philabeg
philibegs
philibegs
noun
plural of philibeg
phlegmier
phlegmier
adj
comparative form of phlegmy: more phlegmy
phlogosed
phosgenes
phosgenes
noun
plural of phosgene
phosgenic
photogene
photogene
noun
(archaic) An afterimage.
(genetics) A gene involved in photosynthesis.
photogeny
photogeny
noun
(obsolete) photography
phryganea
phylogeny
phylogeny
noun
(systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
(systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
The historical development of a human social or racial group.
The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
phytogeny
phytogeny
noun
(biology) phytogenesis
pigfishes
pigfishes
noun
plural of pigfish
pigheaded
pigheaded
adj
(derogatory) Obstinate and stubborn to the point of stupidity.
pithoegia
pleaching
pleaching
noun
(horticulture) A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
gerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving.