(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agrypnode
amphogeny
apophyges
apophyges
noun
plural of apophyge
apteryges
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
deploying
deploying
verb
present participle of deploy
egyptians
employing
employing
verb
present participle of employ
endophagy
endophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, within a group.
engyscope
engyscope
noun
Alternative form of engiscope
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epigynies
epigynous
epigynous
adj
(botany) Having an inferior ovary that is completely buried within the receptacle.
epirogeny
euryphage
euryphage
noun
(ecology) Any animal that eats a large variety of food.
eurypygae
galleypot
galleypot
noun
Alternative form of gallipot
geloscopy
geloscopy
noun
(rare) Divination by means of laughter.
genotypes
genotypes
noun
plural of genotype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genotype
genotypic
genotypic
adj
Of or pertaining to a genotype
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
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
gephyrean
gephyrean
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the class Gephyrea of worms.
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Gephyrea.
giddypate
gillotype
gipsyhead
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
gipsyweed
gipsyweed
noun
Alternative form of gypsyweed
gossypine
gossypose
gossypose
Noun
raffinose
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.
gynospore
gypsyhead
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
gypsyweed
gypsyweed
noun
Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
gypsywise
gyroplane
gyroplane
noun
Any aircraft that obtains lift from both rotating blades and small wings.
gyroscope
gyroscope
noun
An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.
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.
hemophagy
hemophagy
noun
The condition of being hemophagous
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.
japygidae
leapingly
leapingly
adv
With a leaping motion; in bounds.
leprology
leprology
noun
(sciences) The study of leprosy, particularly (medicine) its diagnosis and treatment.
leptology
leptology
noun
A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
crystallography
logotypes
logotypes
noun
plural of logotype
nephology
nephology
noun
The branch of meteorology that studies clouds.
paedagogy
paedagogy
noun
Alternative form of pedagogy
paedology
paedology
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of pedology
pageantry
pageantry
noun
A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
paleology
paleology
noun
The study of antiquities or of the ancient past
palingeny
palingeny
noun
palingenesis; regeneration
panegyric
panegyric
adj
panegyrical
noun
A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.
panegyris
panegyris
noun
(obsolete) A festival; a public assembly.
In Ancient Greek religion, a religious festival on a fixed day in honor of a god, often including prayers, games, and panegyrics.
paraplegy
paraplegy
noun
Dated form of paraplegia.
pargyline
pargyline
noun
(pharmacology) the monoamine oxidase inhibitor N-benzyl-N-methyl-prop-2-yn-1-amine.
parleying
parleying
noun
The act of one who parleys.
verb
present participle of parley
pathogeny
pathogeny
noun
(medicine) The generation and method of development of disease.
peeringly
peeringly
adv
While looking with difficulty.
peggymast
pegomancy
pegomancy
noun
divination by fountains
peltingly
peltingly
adv
So as to pelt or bombard.
pentalogy
pentalogy
noun
A set of five works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as five individual works.
peptogeny
perkingly
pestology
pestology
noun
The science of pests and pest control.
petralogy
petralogy
noun
Alternative form of petrology
petrogeny
petrogeny
noun
The science of the origin of rocks.
petrology
petrology
noun
(geology) The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.
pettingly
pettingly
adv
So as to pet or cajole.
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
pharynges
pharynges
noun
plural of pharynx
phenology
phenology
noun
(biology) The study of the effect of climate on periodic biological phenomena.
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
plangency
plangency
noun
The state of being plangent.
playgoers
playgoers
noun
plural of playgoer
plumagery
poenology
poenology
noun
Obsolete form of penology.
polyergic
polyergic
adj
Having multiple functions, or functioning in multiple ways.
polyergus
polygenes
polygenes
noun
plural of polygene
polygenic
polygenic
adj
(genetics) controlled by the interaction of more than one gene
(mathematics, of a function) having an infinite number of derivatives at a point (otherwise it is monogenic)
polypaged
polyphage
polyphage
noun
A person who eats to excess
Any animal which can eat a variety of food; an omnivore
predrying
pregnancy
pregnancy
noun
(countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
(uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.
The period of time this condition prevails.
preguilty
prelegacy
prepaying
prepaying
verb
present participle of prepay
presaying
pretrying
prettying
prettying
verb
present participle of pretty
preyingly
proclergy
progenity
pterygial
pterygial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pterygium
pterygium
pterygium
noun
(pathology) An abnormal mass of tissue in the corner of the eye that obstructs vision
(zoology) A generalized limb of a vertebrate
pterygode
pterygoid
pterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
noun
(anatomy) A pterygoid part (such as a bone, muscle, or nerve).
pterygota
pterygote
pterygote
noun
Any insect of the order Pterygota.
pungently
pungently
adv
In a pungent manner.
purveying
purveying
verb
present participle of purvey
pyelogram
pyelogram
noun
An image produced by means of pyelography.
pygididae
pygmyweed
pygopodes
pygostyle
pygostyle
noun
The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae.
pyogenous
pyrogenic
pyrogenic
adj
(geology) of a mineral formed from magma at high temperature
(pathology, chemistry) generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever
reapology
recopying
recopying
noun
The process of copying something again.
verb
present participle of recopy
replaying
replaying
noun
The act by which something is replayed.
verb
present participle of replay
splenalgy
spongefly
sporogeny
sporogeny
noun
sporogenesis
supergyre
superugly
superugly
adj
(informal) Remarkably ugly; hideous.
syphering
syphering
verb
present participle of sypher
tepefying
tepefying
verb
present participle of tepefy
theophagy
theophagy
noun
(rare) The eating or consumption of a god, in a sacramental context.
tryptogen
unpreying
weepingly
weepingly
adv
In a weeping manner.
xerophagy
xerophagy
noun
A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
xylophage
xylophage
noun
(biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood.
zygophore
zygophore
noun
(mycology) A specialized hyphal branch giving rise to isogametes that unite to produce a zygospore
zygophyte
zygophyte
noun
(botany, obsolete) Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.
zygoptera
zygosperm
zygosperm
noun
(botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. They are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.
zygospore
zygospore
noun
(botany) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores.