(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
aggadoth
aglyphodont
aglyphodonta
aglyphodontia
agriochoeridae
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
albedograph
amygdalolith
amygdalopathy
amygdalothripsis
amygdophenin
androgametophore
andrographis
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androsphinges
aneroidograph
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angiocardiographic
angiocardiographic
adj
Relating to angiocardiography.
angiocardiographies
angiocardiography
angiocardiography
noun
(medicine) A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays.
angiochondroma
angiohydrotomy
angrbodha
anhydroglocose
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
appendorontgenography
archdogmatist
archgod
archvagabond
astragaloscaphoid
astragaloscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone.
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedlingtonshire
beggarhood
beggarhood
noun
The class of beggars generally.
The condition of being a beggar.
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
beholdingness
beholdingness
noun
The state or quality of being beholden.
beneighbored
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bhadgaon
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bleachground
bloodshedding
bloodshedding
noun
The act of shedding blood.
bloodthirsting
bloodthirsting
adj
Alternative form of bloodthirsty
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boddagh
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
boltheading
bondholding
bondholding
adj
(finance) Holding bonds.
borderlight
borghild
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
boughed
boughed
adj
Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
brachioganoid
brachioganoidei
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
branchiostegidae
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
bridegroomship
bridgehampton
brightwood
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
buddhology
buddhology
Noun
The study of the Buddha or Buddhahood.
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
burgherdom
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
carbohydrogen
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiographic
cardiographic
adj
(physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
cardiographies
cardiographies
noun
plural of cardiography
cardiographs
cardiographs
noun
plural of cardiograph
cardiography
cardiography
noun
(medicine) The graphic recording of the movement, or other function of the heart as a means of diagnosis
cardiopneumograph
cardiosphygmogram
cardiosphygmograph
cardiosphygmograph
noun
A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.
cardophagus
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
cathodograph
cathodograph
noun
(physics, archaic) An X-ray image; a radiograph.
cathodography
celidographer
celidography
chalcogenide
chalcogenide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element.
chandernagor
chandernagore
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
childcrowing
chilidog
chilidog
noun
A hot dog made with chili con carne
chilidogs
chilidogs
noun
plural of chilidog
chlodwig
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloridizing
chloridizing
verb
present participle of chloridize
chlorodizing
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
choledography
chondralgia
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondrigenous
chondrigenous
adj
(physiology) Yielding chondrin.
chondroangioma
chondroganoidei
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
chondrogenesis
chondrogenesis
noun
(biology) The formation and development of cartilage.
chondrogenetic
chondrogenetic
adj
Relating to chondrogenesis.
chondrogenous
chondrogenous
adj
Alternative form of chondrogenetic
chondrogeny
chondroglossal
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondrography
chondrography
noun
A dissertation concerning cartilage
chondrology
chondrology
noun
The branch of anatomy that deals with cartilage.
chondropharyngeal
chondropharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cartilaginous part (especially of the hyoid bone) of the pharynx
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
chondropterygii
chondropterygious
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
choreographed
choreographed
adj
made to work together; orchestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of choreograph