The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
amygdophenin
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
beneighbored
bleachground
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
celidography
chalcogenide
chalcogenide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element.
chandernagor
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
cobridgehead
crosslighted
daughterhood
daughterhood
noun
The condition of being a daughter.
declinograph
demihogshead
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.
desmognathae
diphthongise
diphthongise
verb
Alternative spelling of diphthongize
diphthongize
diphthongize
verb
(intransitive, phonetics) To become a diphthong.
(transitive, phonetics) To change to a diphthong, as by inserting or removing a vowel.
discographer
discographer
noun
One who compiles a discography.
doughbellies
doughfaceism
doughfaceism
noun
(derogatory) The character of a doughface; pliability.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
dragonfishes
dragonfishes
noun
plural of dragonfish
draughthouse
dreadnoughts
dreadnoughts
noun
plural of dreadnought
droughtiness
droughtiness
noun
Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
eighteenfold
eighteenfold
adj
By a factor of eighteen.
endognathion
endognathion
noun
A craniometric point in the inner segment of the premaxilla
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
floodlighted
floodlighted
adj
Lit by floodlights; floodlit.
foregathered
foregathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foregather
forthfigured
geadephagous
geographized
geographized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of geographize
geohydrology
geohydrology
noun
(geology) hydrogeology
gerrhosaurid
gerrhosaurid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Gerrhosauridae of plated lizards.
gnathopodite
gnathopodite
noun
(zoology) Any leg-like appendage of a crustacean that is modified to serve as a jaw.
goddaughters
goddaughters
noun
plural of goddaughter
godfathering
godfathering
verb
present participle of godfather
godmothering
godmothering
verb
present participle of godmother
goldsmithery
goldsmithery
noun
The work of a goldsmith.
gonidiophore
grandmothers
grandmothers
noun
plural of grandmother
greatmouthed
groundfishes
groundfishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of groundfish
groundsheets
groundsheets
noun
plural of groundsheet
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
haemorrhaged
haemorrhaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of haemorrhage
headlongness
headlongness
noun
Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
headlongwise
headstrongly
headstrongly
adv
In a headstrong manner.
hectographed
hectographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hectograph
hedgehoppers
hedgehoppers
noun
plural of hedgehopper
hedgehopping
hedgehopping
noun
The action or pastime of hedgehopping.
verb
present participle of hedgehop
heliographed
heliographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heliograph
hendecagonal
hendecagonal
adj
(geometry) Having eleven sides and angles; similar to a hendecagon
herringboned
herringboned
adj
Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of herringbone
heterodyning
heterodyning
verb
present participle of heterodyne
hexagrammoid
hollingshead
homebuilding
homebuilding
noun
The part of the construction industry concerned with building individual homes.
homesteading
homesteading
verb
present participle of homestead
hornswoggled
hornswoggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle
horsedrawing
householding
householding
adj
Having the role of householder; managing a household.
noun
Management of a household; housekeeping.
The fact of being a householder; ownership or occupation of a house
housemaiding
housemaiding
verb
present participle of housemaid
hydatigenous
hydatogenous
hydrogenases
hydrogenases
noun
plural of hydrogenase
hydrogenated
hydrogenated
adj
that has been treated, or reacted with hydrogen; especially describing a saturated fat so obtained from an unsaturated fat
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenate
hydrogenates
hydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate
hydrogenator
hydrogenator
noun
(chemistry) A device that hydrogenates.
hydrogenised
hydrogenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenise
hydrogenized
hydrogenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize
hydrogeology
hydrogeology
noun
The geology of groundwater, especially concerning the physical, biological and chemical properties of its occurrence and movement.
hydrographer
hydrographer
noun
A scientist whose speciality is hydrography.
hydromassage
hydromassage
noun
A therapeutic massage in which bubbles of air and jets of water are pumped through a bath in which the recipient lies.
verb
(transitive) To massage in this way.
hypergoddess
ideographies
ideographies
noun
plural of ideography
largemouthed
leaseholding
leaseholding
adj
Holding a lease; having the status of leaseholder.
noun
The holding of a lease.
lightmouthed
lithographed
lithographed
adj
Depicted in the form of a lithograph.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lithograph
lodginghouse
loggerheaded
loggerheaded
adj
dull; stupid
longheadedly
longheadedly
adv
In a longheaded manner.
lyndeborough
megatherioid
melodiograph
melodiograph
noun
A form of melograph.
micrographed
micrographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of micrograph
mimeographed
mimeographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph
monohydrogen
monohydrogen
noun
(chemistry, in combination) A single hydrogen atom in a compound
musophagidae
mythologized
mythologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mythologize
neighborhood
neighborhood
noun
(chiefly obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
(dated) Close proximity; nearness.
(graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
(obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
(topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
An approximate amount.
The inhabitants of a residential area.
The quality of physical proximity.
The residential area near one's home.
nonanguished
nonshredding
nonshredding
adj
Not shredding.
overfrighted
overhandling
overhandling
verb
present participle of overhandle
overslaughed
overslaughed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overslaugh
overweighted
overweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweight
parahydrogen
parahydrogen
noun
(physics) The form of the hydrogen molecule (H₂) in which the two nuclei have antiparallel spin; about 25% of hydrogen at room temperature.
pendragonish
periodograph
phagedaenous
phagedaenous
adj
Alternative form of phagedaenic
phagocytized
phagocytized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phagocytize
phagocytosed
phagocytosed
adj
engulfed and ingested as a result of phagocytosis
photographed
photographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of photograph
pledgeholder
pseudography
pseudography
noun
False writing; forgery.
Incorrect spelling.
puddinghouse
radiographed
radiographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of radiograph
radiographer
radiographer
noun
Someone who works with radiography. This term seems to be more common in British English.
roughhearted
schroedinger
shortchanged
shortchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shortchange
shortsighted
shortsighted
adj
Alternative spelling of short-sighted
siderography
siderography
noun
(historical) A 19th-century process of reproducing steel-engraved designs for printing. The design is engraved on a steel block, then hardened and used to transfer a raised-image version to a steel roller under heavy pressure. The roller is then hardened and used as a die to impress duplicate images on printing plates for transferring to paper by the intaglio method.
slaughterdom
slaughterdom
noun
Slaughter; carnage.
slaveholding
slaveholding
adj
Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
noun
(countable) An owning of one or more slaves.
(uncountable) The institution or practice of owning slaves.
stenographed
stenographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stenograph
strangerhood
strangerhood
noun
The quality of being a stranger.
stranglehold
stranglehold
noun
A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
verb
to hold a tight grip or control
stringholder
stronghanded
stronghanded
adj
Alternative form of strong-handed
strongheaded
thoroughbred
thoroughbred
adj
Bred from pure stock.
well-bred and properly educated.
noun
(loosely) Any purebred horse.
A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
A well-bred person.
Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”)
thoroughsped
thoroughsped
adj
(obsolete) Fully accomplished.
togetherhood
togetherhood
noun
The state, condition, or quality of being together; union; unity; togetherness.
torchlighted
torchlighted
adj
Synonym of torchlit
toughhearted
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge
undergrowths
undergrowths
noun
plural of undergrowth
underhorsing
undershoring
underthought
underthought
noun
An unexpressed thought that lies below or informs another thought; a subtext or ulterior motive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underthink
underwrought
underwrought
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of underwork
unneighbored
unneighbored
adj
Alternative form of unneighboured
videographer
videographer
noun
Any person involved in the production of video material, but especially a person who uses a video camera.