The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
fetography
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geothlypis
gopherroot
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graphotype
graphotype
noun
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
verb
To produce a design by this process.
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hedgetaper
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
hempstring
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
hepatology
hepatology
noun
(medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
heptagonal
heptagonal
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5n²-3n)/2.
Having seven angles and sides.
heptagynia
hogrophyte
hyetograph
hyetograph
noun
A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
hygrophyte
hygrophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
megaphyton
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
metaphragm
meteograph
oglethorpe
osteophage
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
petroglyph
petroglyph
noun
(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
petrograph
petrograph
noun
Drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.
phagocyter
phalangite
phalangite
noun
(historical) Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis.
(obsolete) A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
philogeant
philtering
philtering
verb
present participle of philter
phlegethon
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
phlogopite
phlogopite
noun
(mineralogy) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(F,OH)₂, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
photogenic
photogenic
adj
Generated or caused by light.
Looking good when photographed.
Producing or emitting light, luminescent.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
phytophage
phytophage
noun
(biology) herbivore
ploughgate
ploughgate
noun
(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
preheating
preheating
verb
present participle of preheat
prizefight
prizefight
noun
A professional boxing match, in which two boxers compete for a prize (usually money).
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
rectigraph
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
rhegmatype
rhegmatypy
spaewright
spaghettis
spaghettis
noun
plural of spaghetti
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spaghetti
speedlight
speedlight
noun
(photography) A flashgun that is not fixed to a camera
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
supertight
supertight
adj
Extremely tight.
supertough
supertough
adj
Exceptionally tough.
telegraphs
telegraphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of telegraph
telegraphy
telegraphy
noun
Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.
The devices and networks used to enact this process.
The science and techniques used to enact this process.
telligraph
telpherage
telpherage
noun
An automated transportation system powered by electricity, especially a cable car used to transport minerals or other goods.
telphering
telphering
verb
present participle of telpher
tenography
tenography
noun
The diagnostic imaging of tendons.
theophagic
tightroped
tightropes
tightropes
noun
plural of tightrope
toplighted
toplighted
adj
Synonym of toplit (“illuminated from above”)
trephining
trephining
noun
The use of a trephine.
verb
present participle of trephine
triglyphed
trophogeny
typhogenic
typhogenic
adj
causing typhus
unplighted
unplighted
adj
Not plighted or pledged.
upbrighten
upbrighten
verb
(transitive, intransitive, poetic) To make or become brighter.
upgathered
upgathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upgather
vectograph
vectograph
noun
A kind of stereoscopic print or transparency to be viewed with polarized 3D glasses.