Word
|
Definition
|
abasement
| action of humbling or degrading
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aboulomania
| pathological indecisiveness
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acipenser
| sturgeon
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acrography
| the art of making wood blocks in relief
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adelaster
| provisional name for a plant whose flowers are unknown
|
adenography
| descriptive work on the glandular system
|
aerography
| descriptive work on the atmosphere
|
aerolith
| stone that falls from the sky; meteorite
|
aerophane
| thin crinkled semi-transparent fabric
|
aestival
| of, like or pertaining to summer
|
aeviternal
| everlasting; endless
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aeviternity
| eternal existence
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affray
| an attack or assault; an alarm or fright
|
agromania
| intense desire to be in open spaces
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albocracy
| government by white people
|
albolith
| white cement formed from magnesia and silica
|
alfet
| cauldron of boiling water used during trials by ordeal
|
algraphy
| art of printing from aluminum plates
|
amaranth
| imaginary flower reputed never to fade
|
amaranthine
| immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour
|
ampelography
| scientific description of the vine
|
amphibiolith
| fossilized amphibian
|
amplivagant
| stretching far; having a great scope
|
anaglyptography
| art of engraving so as to give the subject an embossed appearance
|
andromania
| nymphomania
|
anemography
| treatise on the winds
|
angora
| silk-like fabric made from wool of angora goats
|
annihilationism
| doctrine that the wicked are utterly destroyed after death
|
anomie
| condition of lacking accepted social values or standards
|
anopheline
| of, like or pertaining to malarial mosquitoes
|
antarchy
| opposition to government; anarchy
|
antejentacular
| before breakfast
|
anteloquy
| a preface
|
antepone
| to put before; to prefer
|
antichthon
| hypothetical second Earth on the opposite side of the sun
|
aphesis
| loss of initial unaccented vowel from beginning of a word
|
aphrodisiomania
| abnormal sexual interest
|
apiarian
| of, like or pertaining to bees or beekeeping
|
araba
| wheeled Middle Eastern carriage
|
arctician
| one skilled in navigating arctic regions
|
arctogaeal
| of the arctic regions of the earth
|
argentocracy
| government by money
|
arietine
| of, like or pertaining to rams
|
arithmocracy
| government by simple majority
|
armure
| twilled woollen or silk fabric
|
arreptitious
| ecstatic; frantic; hasty or hurried
|
arundiferous
| bearing or producing reeds
|
asceticism
| doctrine that self-denial of the body permits spiritual enlightenment
|
astrologaster
| a foolish or petty astrologer
|
astronomical unit
| unit of distance equal to the distance from the earth to the sun
|
atrabiliary
| melancholy; hypochondriac
|
auncel
| crude balance for weighing
|
baft
| cheap coarse cotton fabric
|
bagging
| coarse fabric for making bags or sacks
|
bahuvrihi
| compound word whose second part is a noun but that acts as an adjective
|
ballaster
| one who supplies ships with ballast
|
barbarocracy
| government by barbarians
|
bargemaster
| owner of a barge
|
barmaster
| local judge among miners
|
barn
| unit of area measurement of particles equal to 100 square femtometres
|
barracan
| fine silk cloth
|
barras
| coarse linen fabric
|
barrateen
| some kind of fabric
|
Beatlemania
| obsession with the Beatles
|
beaupers
| linen fabric used for flags
|
belonephilia
| sexual obsession with sharp objects
|
bestiocracy
| rule by beasts
|
betwixt
| between
|
bezesteen
| Eastern marketplace
|
bibliopoly
| bookselling
|
binarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
|
blackmaster
| undertaker
|
bloviate
| to write or speak windily
|
bombaster
| one who stuffs or pads things
|
bombycine
| of, like or pertaining to silk or cotton
|
borato
| thin fabric
|
borborygmus
| rumbling noise in the intestines
|
bosun
| boatswain
|
broma
| food; aliment
|
bubaline
| of, like or pertaining to buffalo or antelopes
|
bufotenine
| hallucinogen found in certain tropical toads
|
bump
| coarse cotton fabric
|
burdet
| cotton fabric
|
buteonine
| of, like or pertaining to buzzards
|
butt
| unit of volume equal to two hogsheads or 126 gallons
|
calamist
| piper; one who plays using a reed
|
calque
| word or expression introduced into a language by literally translating it
|
cambresine
| fine linen fabric
|
cameline
| of, like or pertaining to camels
|
cancrine
| of, like or pertaining to crabs; palindromic
|
caneva
| fancy woollen fabric made to resemble canvas
|
cannonarchy
| government by superior firepower or by cannons
|
canque
| Chinese cotton fabric
|
capelocracy
| government by shopkeepers
|
capilotade
| stewed meat dish
|
capitalism
| doctrine that private ownership and free markets should govern economies
|
cardinal
| deep scarlet red colour
|
careen
| to turn a ship on its side in order to clean or repair it
|
cashmerette
| soft imitation of cashmere
|
catarrhine
| of, like or pertaining to Old World Monkeys
|
charientism
| expression of an unpleasant thing in an agreeable manner; euphemism
|
Charleston
| fast-paced 1920s dance characterized by energetic kicking
|
charmante
| silk fabric with a crepe back
|
charmeuse
| soft and satiny silk fabric
|
chartreuse
| yellow-green colour
|
chernozem
| black earth typically found in cool grassland climates
|
chevaster
| double bandage for supporting chin in case of broken jaw
|
chilgoza
| edible pine seed
|
chiliarchy
| government by one thousand people
|
chinamania
| obsession with collecting china
|
chine
| backbone and adjoining flesh of an animal
|
chirocracy
| government by physical force
|
chiropractic
| treatment of disorders of the locomotor system and spinal column
|
chirosophy
| knowledge of palm-reading
|
choliamb
| verse with an iambus in the fifth place and a spondee in the sixth
|
chromatocracy
| government by rulers of a particular skin colour
|
cimeliarch
| church vestry or treasury
|
cnemial
| of, like, or pertaining to the tibia (shin-bone)
|
cnicnode
| point where tangents form a cone of the second order
|
cnidarian
| of, like, or pertaining to invertebrates such as jellyfish and anemones
|
cockamamie
| ridiculous; incredible
|
colleger
| mortar-board
|
comper
| one who habitually enters many competitions
|
constructivism
| belief that knowledge and reality do not have an objective value
|
copacetic
| very satisfactory; fine
|
copromania
| obsession with feces
|
corpocracy
| government by corporate bureaucrats
|
cosmosophy
| knowledge of the cosmos
|
cottonocracy
| government by those involved in the cotton trade
|
cremaster
| muscle by which the testicles are suspended
|
crenel
| open space on a parapet used for launching projectiles at enemies
|
crin
| horsehair fabric
|
crwth
| Welsh six-stringed instrument played with a bow
|
cuniculous
| full of holes and tunnels; full of rabbits
|
cynoclept
| one who steals dogs
|
cynography
| writing or treatise on dogs
|
cynology
| scientific study of dogs
|
cynophilist
| one who loves dogs
|
dash
| non-specific very small unit of measurement used in cooking
|
decadarchy
| government by ten individuals; decarchy
|
deipnosophy
| learned dinner-conversation
|
delaine
| light fabric of wool or mixed wool and cotton
|
delphically
| enigmatically; obscurely
|
delphine
| pertaining to the Dauphin of France
|
delphinine
| of, like or pertaining to dolphins
|
demonarchy
| government by a demon
|
demonomania
| pathological belief that one is possessed by demons
|
demonosopher
| one who is inspired by a demon or devil
|
deonerate
| to disburden
|
deontic
| of or relating to duty or obligation
|
diabolocracy
| government by the Devil
|
didelphine
| of, like or pertaining to opossums
|
dinarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
|
discomania
| obsession for disco music
|
discombobulate
| to disconcert; to upset
|
dodecarchy
| government by twelve people
|
dolee
| one who receives a government benefit, especially unemployment benefits
|
doromania
| obsession with giving gifts
|
duarchy
| government by two people; diarchy
|
ducape
| plain-woven stout silk fabric
|
dulocracy
| government by slaves; doulocracy
|
duncical
| stupid; dim-witted
|
duniwassal
| a Scottish gentleman
|
eau-de-nil
| pale green colour
|
ecdemomania
| abnormal compulsion for wandering
|
eclaircise
| to clear up
|
eclat
| to make notorious
|
eclegme
| ancient syrupy medicine that is licked off a spoon
|
eclipsareon
| astronomical toy used to show phenomena of solar and lunar eclipses
|
ecmnesia
| loss of memory of the events of a specific period
|
economacy
| position of controller of ecclesiastical affairs
|
ecophene
| range of phenotypes produced by a genotype in a given environment
|
ecphrasis
| plain interpretation of a thing
|
eirenarch
| officer in charge of keeping the public peace; justice of the peace
|
elapid
| of, like or pertaining to cobras
|
elephant
| large unit of paper measurement equal to 28 by 23 inches
|
email
| type of dark ink
|
emergicenter
| urban clinic offering emergency outpatient services
|
enosimania
| pathological belief that one has sinned
|
ensign
| large naval flag
|
entheomania
| abnormal belief that one is divinely inspired
|
epileptology
| study of epilepsy
|
epomania
| craze for writing epics
|
epopoean
| befitting an epic poet
|
epopoeist
| one who writes epic poetry
|
ergasiomania
| excessive desire to work; ergomania
|
estival
| of, like or pertaining to summer
|
estuosity
| heated state or condition
|
etheromania
| craving for ether
|
ethnarchy
| government over an ethnic group
|
eulogomania
| obsessive craze for eulogies
|
eusuchian
| of, like or pertaining to alligators and crocodiles
|
exlex
| outside the law
|
exocentric
| of a linguistic compound, having a different grammatical function than its parts
|
eyelet
| small hole in fabric to allow passage of a cord; cotton fabric with small holes
|
face-cord
| unit of wood measurement equal to a stack four by eight feet in volume
|
falconine
| of, like or pertaining to falcons or hawks
|
famicide
| one who destroys another's reputation; slanderer
|
familic
| pertaining to a family; domestic
|
fane
| flag or banner; weather-cock
|
fane
| temple
|
figurehead
| ornament or (usually female) bust attached to the bow of a ship
|
flagellomania
| abnormal enthusiasm for flogging
|
flivver
| cheap car or airplane
|
florimania
| craze for flowers
|
folkloristics
| study of folklore and fables
|
foolocracy
| government by fools
|
forecome
| to come early; to come before
|
formicine
| of, like or pertaining to ants
|
fringilline
| of, like or pertaining to finches
|
frostwork
| delicate figures and patterns in which frost forms on surfaces
|
fuliguline
| of, like or pertaining to sea ducks
|
gement
| groaning, lamenting
|
geta
| wooden-soled Japanese shoe
|
giaour
| one who does not follow the Islamic faith; unbeliever
|
Graecomania
| obsession with Greece and the Greeks
|
gumnivorous
| feeding on tree saps
|
gunarchy
| government by women; gynarchy
|
guttatim
| drop by drop
|
gymnasiarchy
| government over a school or academy
|
gynaecomania
| abnormal sexual obsession with women
|
haemataulics
| study of movement of blood through blood vessels
|
hagiomania
| mania for sainthood
|
halcyonine
| of, like or pertaining to kingfishers
|
haligraphy
| treatise on salt
|
hamarchy
| government by a cooperative body of parts
|
hambo
| Swedish folk dance in three-four time
|
hanaster
| one who paid the entrance fee for Oxford's medieval merchant's guild
|
hecatarchy
| government by one hundred people; hecatontarchy
|
helicosophy
| geometry that deals with spirals
|
helioseismology
| study of sun's interior by observing its surface oscillations
|
heliotrope
| purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
|
Hellenomania
| obsession with Greece and the Greeks; Graecomania
|
helm
| ship's steering wheel
|
hendecarchy
| government by eleven people
|
hereticaster
| a petty or contemptible heretic
|
heretofore
| until now
|
heroarchy
| government by heroes
|
heterarchy
| government by a foreign ruler
|
hexametromania
| mania for writing in hexameter
|
hieromania
| pathological religious visions or delusions
|
hipparchy
| rule or control of horses
|
hirudine
| of, like or pertaining to leeches
|
histopathology
| study of changes in tissue due to disease
|
hoary
| pale silver-grey colour; grey with age
|
hoggaster
| young sheep, hog, or boar
|
homarine
| of, like or pertaining to lobsters
|
hoplarchy
| government by the military
|
houndstooth
| fabric with an irregular checked pattern
|
howdah
| seat with a canopy erected on an elephant's back
|
humanitarianism
| doctrine that the highest moral obligation is to improve human welfare
|
hustle
| lively disco dance derived from swing elements with a plus-like pattern
|
hylobatine
| of, like or pertaining to gibbons
|
hylomania
| excessive tendency towards materialism
|
hyperanarchy
| condition of extreme anarchy
|
hyperarchy
| excessive government
|
hypermania
| severe mania
|
hypnosophy
| knowledge of phenomena relating to sleep
|
hypomania
| minor mania
|
hysteromania
| nymphomania
|
iatrarchy
| government by physicians
|
iconomania
| obsession with icons or portraits
|
icterine
| of, like or pertaining to orioles and related birds
|
idolomania
| obsession or devotion to idols
|
idoneous
| suitable; appropriate
|
illeist
| one who refers to oneself in the third person
|
incunabulist
| one who collects early books
|
indigo
| deep blue-violet colour; a blue-violet dye
|
infantocracy
| government by an infant
|
infomania
| excessive devotion to accumulating facts
|
interpilaster
| space between two pilasters
|
isabnormal
| line connecting points of equal deviation from mean temperature
|
isacoustic
| line connecting points of equal acoustic quality
|
isapostolic
| equal to or contemporary with the apostles
|
isatis
| Arctic fox
|
ischaemia
| lack of blood in a part of the body due to an obstruction
|
ischiatic
| of or pertaining to the ischium or hip
|
ischiorrhogic
| of an iambic line, having spondees in the second, fourth or sixth place
|
ischuretic
| diuretic
|
iseidomal
| line connecting points of equal visibility of a spectacle
|
isentropic
| line connecting points of equal entropy
|
ishan
| prehistoric Iraqi mound
|
ishies
| hip-joints
|
ising
| meat sausage
|
isinglass
| firm semitransparent substance used to make jellies
|
islandic
| of or pertaining to an island
|
islesman
| inhabitant of a group of islands
|
islomania
| craze or obsession for islands
|
isness
| the fact of being; essence
|
isobathytherm
| line connecting points of equal temperature and depth underground
|
isochar
| line connecting points of similar distinguishing characteristics of plant life
|
isochlor
| line connecting points of equal chlorine concentration
|
isochor
| line connecting points of varying conditions under constant volume
|
isoflor
| line connecting points of equal number of plant species
|
isogam
| line connecting points of equal acceleration due to gravity
|
isogen
| line connecting points of equal birthrates
|
isograd
| line connecting points of similar conditions during geological metamorphism
|
isograph
| line connecting points of same linguistic usage in some respect
|
isohaline
| line connecting points of equal salinity
|
isohalsine
| line connecting points of equal ocean salinity
|
isolex
| line connecting points of same vocabulary usage
|
isomorph
| line connecting points of same linguistic morphological forms
|
isonephelic
| line connecting points of equal cloud cover
|
isopach
| line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata
|
isophene
| line connecting points of the same phenotype or seasonal variation
|
isopiestic
| line connecting points of equal pressure but varying temperature and volume
|
isopiptesis
| line connecting points of same arrival date of migratory species
|
isopor
| line connecting points of equal annual change in magnetic field
|
isostere
| line connecting points of equal specific volume of a substance
|
isotac
| line joining points where the ice melts at the same time of year
|
isotach
| line connecting points of the same wind speed
|
isothermobath
| line connecting points of equal temperature at a given ocean depth
|
isotherombrose
| line connecting points of equal ratio of summer rainfall to annual rainfall
|
isovol
| line connecting points of equal ratio of fixed to volatile carbon in coal
|
issles
| sparks; embers
|
issuant
| issuing from; in heraldry, emerging from the bottom of a chief
|
ist
| one who holds to an 'ism'
|
isthmian
| living on or situated on an isthmus
|
isthmoid
| resembling an isthmus
|
istle
| coarse tough Central American fibre used to make cords and nets
|
itacism
| pronunciation of the Greek letter eta as 'ee'
|
itai-itai
| disease caused by cadmium poisoning and resulting in back pain
|
Italiot
| person of Greek descent dwelling in ancient Italy
|
Italomania
| obsession with Italy or Italians
|
item
| likewise; also
|
iter
| circuit; path; road or line of travel
|
iterant
| repeating; echoing
|
iteration
| repetition
|
ithomiid
| tropical South American butterfly
|
itinerarian
| traveller
|
itinerarily
| in the course of wandering
|
ition
| the action of going
|
itis
| bodily condition or disease
|
iulus
| millipede
|
ivi
| Tahitian chestnut tree
|
ivoride
| imitation ivory
|
ivorine
| white and smooth like ivory
|
ivorist
| one who carves ivory professionally
|
ixia
| South African beautiful flowering plant
|
ixora
| tropical evergreen shrub with white flowers
|
izard
| goatlike antelope found in the Pyrenees
|
izzard
| archaic name for the letter Z
|
jack
| ship's flag flown from jack-staff at bow of vessel
|
jack-cross-tree
| single iron cross-tree at head of a topgallant mast
|
jackstaff
| short staff at ship's bow from which the jack is hoisted
|
jackyard
| spar used to spread the foot of a gaff-topsail
|
jesuitocracy
| government by Jesuits
|
jiffy
| unit of time used in computing equal to 1/100 second; any small unit of time
|
jota
| fast Spanish folk dance in triple time
|
jow
| to ring a bell; a stroke of a bell
|
juntocracy
| government by a junta
|
kapnography
| means of producing designs on smoked glass surfaces
|
kermes
| brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects
|
klopemania
| kleptomania
|
labidometer
| instrument for measuring size of the head of a fetus
|
larine
| of, like or pertaining to gulls
|
larrigan
| high oil-tanned leather boot or moccasin
|
latinitaster
| a petty scholar of Latin
|
latrocinate
| to engage in highway robbery
|
lauriferous
| bearing laurels
|
lautitious
| sumptuous
|
lavadero
| place for washing gold ore
|
lavic
| of, like or pertaining to lava
|
lavolta
| lively bouncy dance for two persons
|
leonine
| of, like or pertaining to lions
|
leontiasis
| form of leprosy in which the face becomes wrinkly and somewhat lion-like
|
leopon
| crossbreed between a leopard and a lion
|
lepadoid
| resembling a barnacle
|
lepid
| pleasant; charming; amusing
|
lepidine
| composed of scales
|
loan-word
| word borrowed from another language
|
loden
| heavy waterproof woollen fabric
|
logicaster
| a petty logician
|
logocracy
| government of words
|
logomania
| pathological loquacity
|
lutrine
| of, like or pertaining to otters
|
lycanthropy
| mythical ability of humans to turn into wolves; werewolfism
|
macilent
| lean; excessively thin
|
macrocephalic
| having an abnormally large head
|
macropodine
| of, like or pertaining to kangaroos
|
mahout
| one who rides or drives elephants
|
mainstay
| stay that extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast
|
mantelletta
| knee-length sleeveless garment worn by Catholic cardinals and bishops
|
materteral
| of or resembling an aunt
|
mathematicaster
| minor or inferior mathematician
|
matriotism
| love for country or other institution when regarded as a mother
|
mazology
| mammalogy; study of mammals
|
mazopathia
| any disease of the placenta
|
mazy
| dizzy; confused; labyrinthine; convoluted
|
mazzebah
| ancient Jewish sacred stone pillar
|
mbalax
| West African popular music
|
mbaqanga
| jazz-influenced southern African popular music style
|
melopepon
| any of various kinds of squash
|
merocracy
| government by a part of the citizenry
|
mesocracy
| government by the middle classes
|
methinks
| I believe; I think
|
metrocracy
| government by mothers or women; matriarchy
|
microscopy
| study of minute objects
|
millionocracy
| government by millionaires
|
milvine
| of, like or pertaining to kites and similar birds
|
miniaturist
| one who paints miniature pictures
|
moneyocracy
| government by the monied classes
|
mull
| to moisten leather to make it more supple
|
murine
| of, like or pertaining to mice and rats
|
muscicapine
| of, like or pertaining to flycatchers and related birds
|
musicaster
| a mediocre musician
|
musomania
| obsession with music
|
musteline
| of, like or pertaining to weasels, martens and badgers
|
mvule
| kind of African tree like a mulberry; hard wood of that tree
|
myriarchy
| government by ten thousand individuals
|
myrmecophagid
| of, like or pertaining to anteaters
|
myrmicine
| of, like or pertaining to ants
|
mysteriosophy
| system of knowledge concerning secrets and mysteries
|
narcomania
| uncontrollable craving for narcotics
|
nary
| not a one; not at all
|
necromania
| sexual obsession with dead bodies; necrophilia
|
nembutsu
| Buddhist invocation chanted to achieve enlightenment
|
neocracy
| government by new or inexperienced rulers
|
neonaticide
| killing or killer of a newborn infant
|
neutrosophy
| study of the origin and nature of philosophical neutralities
|
niff
| an unpleasant smell
|
noddy
| plain two-wheeled horse-drawn cart
|
obfuscate
| to obscure; to darken; to confuse
|
oligomania
| obsession with a few thoughts or ideas
|
olivaster
| having an olive complexion
|
onomamania
| mania for names
|
ontosophy
| knowledge of being or existence
|
onychotillomania
| compulsive picking at the fingernails
|
opiniaster
| one who obstinately holds to an opinion
|
opiomania
| craving for opium
|
orchidometer
| instrument for measuring the size of the testicles
|
ostracean
| of, like or pertaining to oysters
|
outmaster
| to overcome in a contest for mastery
|
ouzel
| blackbird; a dark-haired person
|
paedocracy
| government by children; paedarchy
|
palimbacchius
| metrical foot of two long and one short syllable
|
pantosophy
| universal knowledge; pansophy
|
papyrocracy
| government by newspapers or literature
|
parabolaster
| a parabola of a higher degree
|
paranatellon
| a star that rises at the same time as another star
|
parasitaster
| a mean or sorry parasite
|
pardine
| of, like or pertaining to leopards
|
parine
| of, like or pertaining to titmouses
|
parousiamania
| obsession with the second coming of Christ
|
parsonarchy
| government by parsons
|
partocracy
| government by a single unopposed political party
|
paso-doble
| quick Spanish one-step dance
|
pasquin
| to lampoon
|
pavonine
| of, like or pertaining to peacocks
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pecuniary
| of, like or pertaining to money; consisting of money
|
penectomy
| surgical removal of the penis
|
peotillomania
| abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis
|
peotomy
| surgical removal of the penis
|
perdicine
| of, like or pertaining to partridges
|
periaster
| point in orbit of a body in which it is nearest to a specified star
|
periwinkle
| a bluish or azure colour; a plant with bluish flowers
|
petrichor
| pleasant smell accompanying the first rain after a dry spell
|
phallocracy
| government by men
|
pharmacomania
| abnormal obsession with trying drugs
|
phengite
| bright and beautiful kind of alabaster
|
philologaster
| petty or contemptible philologist
|
philomelian
| of, like or pertaining to nightingales
|
philosophocracy
| government by philosophers
|
phonomania
| pathological tendency to murder
|
photomania
| pathological desire for light
|
phylarchy
| government by a specific class or tribe
|
phyllomania
| excessive or abnormal production of leaves
|
physiophilosophy
| system of knowledge concerning principles of natural history
|
physiosophy
| assumption of knowledge of nature
|
phytomania
| obsession with collecting plants
|
phytosophy
| knowledge of plants
|
piebald
| of an animal, consisting of two or more colours
|
pitchometer
| instrument for measuring angles of ship's propeller blades
|
planomania
| abnormal desire to wander and disobey social norms
|
plousiocracy
| government by the wealthy; plutocracy
|
plutarchy
| government by the wealthy; plutocracy
|
pneumatophilosophy
| philosophy of spirits or the spirit world
|
poecilomere
| part of an animal's body where colour variations first appear
|
polarchy
| government by many people; polyarchy
|
polemomania
| mania for war
|
policeocracy
| government by police
|
politicomania
| mania for politics
|
polkamania
| craze for polka dancing
|
pollarchy
| government by the multitude or a mob; ochlocracy
|
polycracy
| government by many rulers; polyarchy
|
polymania
| mania affecting several different mental faculties
|
popocracy
| government by populists
|
poriomania
| abnormal compulsion to wander
|
pornomania
| obsession with pornography
|
pottle
| unit of liquid measurement of two quarts, or one-half gallon
|
poudrin
| small ice crystals
|
procyonine
| of, like or pertaining to raccoons
|
proeguminal
| predisposing; preceding
|
prophetocracy
| government by a prophet
|
psephocracy
| government resulting from election by ballot
|
pseudosophy
| pretension to wisdom
|
psilosophy
| shallow philosophy; limited knowledge
|
psittacine
| of, like or pertaining to macaws, parakeets or parrots
|
psychosomatic
| of a physical disorder, having a psychological cause
|
pteropine
| of, like or pertaining to flying foxes
|
pterygium
| abnormal mass of tissue obstructing vision in the eye
|
pullastrine
| of, like or pertaining to pigeons
|
punditocracy
| government by political pundits
|
pyrosophy
| knowledge of the properties of fire
|
pyrrhuline
| of, like or pertaining to bullfinches
|
qasida
| Arabic or Persian elegiac poem
|
quab
| to throb; to quiver
|
quacksalver
| one who falsely pretends to knowledge of medicine
|
quadrable
| capable of being expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms
|
quadragenarian
| a person between 40 and 49 years of age
|
quadragesimarian
| one who observes Lent
|
quadragintesimal
| forty-fold; having forty parts
|
quadraphonic
| produced by a sound system that employs four signal sources
|
quadrel
| square block of brick
|
quadrennium
| period of four years
|
quadripole
| device having one pair of output terminals and one pair of input terminals
|
quadrupedation
| stamping with four feet
|
quaedam
| disparaging term for a woman
|
quaere
| to introduce a question or issue
|
quagswag
| to shake to and fro
|
quain
| angle; wedge-like corner
|
qualimeter
| apparatus for measuring penetrating power of X-ray beams
|
qually
| of wine, cloudy or turbid
|
quamoclit
| tropical climbing plant with brilliant flowers
|
quangocracy
| rule of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations
|
quantile
| any of a set of equal fractions of a given population
|
quantimeter
| apparatus for measuring quantity of X-rays
|
quantivalence
| chemical valence; ability of atoms to hold other atoms in combination
|
quantulate
| to calculate the magnitude of
|
quantuplicity
| relative magnitude of a quantity
|
quaquadrate
| a sixteenth power
|
quarion
| candle
|
quarl
| large curved brick or tile used to support melting pot
|
quarred
| soured; clotted
|
quarrelet
| small square
|
quarrenden
| variety of apple
|
quarrion
| Australian parrot like the cockatiel
|
quarter
| unit of weight equal to 28 pounds
|
quarterland
| ancient land division on the Isle of Man
|
quartic
| a curve or equation of the fourth degree
|
quartinvariant
| an invariant of the fourth degree
|
quassia
| tropical tree whose bark is used to make a bitter medicinal product
|
quatch
| a word; a sound
|
quatern
| arranged in fours
|
quaternion
| any set of four things; quotient of two vectors expressed quadrinomially
|
quaternitarian
| one who believes that God consists of four parts
|
quatorzain
| piece of verse having fourteen lines; a sonnet
|
quatrain
| stanza of four lines of verse
|
quatridual
| lasting for four days
|
quattrocento
| the fifteenth century; Italian art and architecture of that period
|
quatuorvirate
| a body of four men
|
quaviver
| fish otherwise known as the sea-dragon or dragonet
|
quawk
| black-crowned night heron
|
queem
| protected from the wind
|
queenright
| of a colony of social insects, having a queen
|
quelea
| an African weaver-bird
|
quellio
| a Spanish ruff
|
quercitron
| yellowish pigment derived from bark of a variety of oak
|
querencia
| part of a bullfighting arena where the bull makes his stand
|
querical
| of the nature of queries
|
querimonious
| full of complaints
|
querken
| to stifle; to suffocate
|
querl
| to twist; to curl
|
querquedule
| pin-tail duck; a teal
|
querulist
| one who complains
|
questmonger
| one whose occupation is to conduct inquests
|
quetsch
| dark-skinned oval plum; liqueur made from such plums
|
quevée
| in heraldry, having a tail
|
queyock
| heifer
|
quicken
| mountain ash tree
|
quickhatch
| wolverine
|
quicklime
| calcium oxide
|
quicquidlibet
| whatever one pleases; anything whatsoever
|
quidditative
| quirky; eccentric
|
quiddle
| a fastidious person
|
quidsworth
| able to be bought for one pound
|
quietation
| the action of quieting a person or persons
|
quiff
| puff or gust of wind
|
quillaia
| South American tree whose bark is used to make soap
|
quinary
| based on the number five
|
quincurion
| leader of five men
|
quindecagon
| plane figure having fifteen sides
|
quindecasyllabic
| having fifteen syllables
|
quingentenary
| five-hundredth anniversary
|
quiniferous
| yielding quinine
|
quinimetry
| measurement of amount of quinine in bark
|
quinism
| pathological state resulting from excessive use of quinine
|
quinnat
| the king salmon
|
quinnet
| wedge
|
quinquagenarian
| person between the ages of 50 and 59
|
quinquagesimal
| belonging to a set of fifty
|
quinquiplicate
| to multiply by five
|
quinternion
| set of five sheets of paper
|
quintessence
| the most essential part or embodiment of something
|
quintic
| of the fifth order or degree
|
quire
| unit of 24 sheets of paper
|
quiritian
| a Roman citizen
|
quirt
| short-handled riding whip
|
quisby
| an idler; suspicious or odd
|
quitch
| a kind of wild grass
|
quiteron
| superconducting device similar to a transistor
|
quittance
| release from a debt or obligation; a document expressing such a release
|
quitter
| pus; suppurating discharge
|
quoad
| with respect to; as regards
|
quod
| prison
|
quoddamodotative
| existing in a certain manner
|
quodlibetificate
| to quibble with
|
quokka
| short-tailed wallaby
|
quoll
| native cat-like marsupial of Australia
|
quotennial
| yearly
|
quotum
| a number considered in its proportion to a larger number
|
quotuple
| what multiple
|
quoz
| absurd person or thing
|
raad
| electric catfish
|
raster
| pattern of parallel lines or grid used in certain scanning devices
|
rationalism
| belief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge
|
resistentialism
| humorous theory that inanimate objects display malice towards humans
|
reticella
| old Venetian lace-like fabric
|
reticello
| glass formed with decorative network of fine glass threads
|
reticle
| set of intersecting wires used to facilitate accurate observations
|
reticule
| small woven lady's handbag
|
reticulose
| of the nature of a network
|
rhabdology
| knowledge or learning concerning divining rods
|
rhetoricaster
| petty rhetorician
|
rhinotillexomania
| compulsive nose picking
|
rinkomania
| obsession with skating
|
roche
| rock or cliff; a rocky height
|
rotameter
| instrument consisting of glass tube with free float for measuring liquid flow
|
rotocracy
| government by those who control rotten boroughs
|
rupicaprine
| of, like or pertaining to chamoises
|
salsa
| fast Latin American jazz-influenced dance
|
salsipotent
| ruling the salt seas
|
salsitude
| saltiness; brackishness
|
satyromania
| abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis
|
scaffmaster
| steward
|
scientaster
| petty scientist
|
sciurine
| of, like or pertaining to squirrels
|
scolopacine
| of, like or pertaining to snipes
|
scribbleomania
| obsession with scribbling
|
scrumpy
| strong apple cider as made in western England
|
scuttlebutt
| cask of drinking water aboard a ship; rumour, idle gossip
|
scuttlebutt
| cask with hole in it used for holding drinking water on a ship
|
sebastomania
| religious insanity
|
semolina
| hard grains of wheat that resist grinding
|
semon
| sub-element of a grammatical unit of meaning
|
semovedly
| separately
|
sempect
| extremely elderly Benedictine monk
|
septarchy
| government by seven rulers; heptarchy
|
sferics
| study of storms using electronic detectors
|
shake
| unit of one hundred millionth of a second used to measure nuclear processes
|
shopocracy
| government by shopkeepers
|
siskin
| small finch-like songbird
|
sitiomania
| morbid aversion to food
|
skep
| straw beehive
|
slugabed
| one who spends much time in bed due to laziness
|
snallygaster
| mythical monster of Maryland
|
somnambulate
| to walk in one's sleep
|
sophomania
| delusion that one is incredibly intelligent
|
soricine
| of, like or pertaining to shrews
|
sottoportico
| covered passage or alley under the overhanging first floor of a building
|
spar
| any ship's mast, boom, yard, or gaff
|
spectroscopy
| study of spectra
|
spuddle
| to work feebly or ineffectively; to perform shallow agricultural ploughing
|
squarsonocracy
| government by landholding clergymen
|
squatterarchy
| government by squatters; squattocracy
|
squattocracy
| government by squatters
|
squirocracy
| government by squires; squirearchy
|
stampomania
| obsession with stamp-collecting
|
standpipe
| vertical pipe for conveying gas or water to a higher level
|
stay
| large rope used to support a mast
|
stephane
| diadem or coronet worn by soldiers or statues of ancient deities
|
stratarchy
| rulership over an army
|
strumpetocracy
| government by strumpets
|
succubus
| female devil who seduces men and copulates with them in their sleep
|
suilline
| of, like or pertaining to hogs
|
sulky
| light two-wheeled, one-person horse-drawn carriage
|
suretyship
| responsibility assumed by one person on another's behalf
|
sussultatory
| characterized by large up-and-down vibrations
|
syntomy
| brevity; conciseness
|
syphilomania
| pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis
|
tabloidese
| language typical of tabloid journalism
|
taurine
| of, like or pertaining to bulls
|
technomania
| craze for technology
|
tetradarchy
| government by four people; tetrarchy
|
Teutomania
| obsession with Teutonic or German things
|
thalassiarchy
| sovereignty of the seas; thalassocracy
|
thanatomania
| belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness
|
theanthroposophy
| system of belief concerning Christ as god and man
|
theatrocracy
| goverment by gathered assemblies of citizens
|
throat-pit
| depression between collarbones where they meet the breastbone
|
tigrine
| of, like or pertaining to tigers
|
tilleul
| pale yellowish-green
|
timarchy
| government by the propertied class; timocracy
|
tolypeutine
| of, like or pertaining to armadillos
|
tomomania
| irrational predilection for performing surgery
|
trancey
| creating a trance-like effect; hypnotic
|
tremissis
| late Roman and early Byzantine gold coin
|
tremogram
| irregularity in a person's handwriting
|
tremolist
| one who employs tremolo
|
tremolo
| vibrating effect of certain musical instruments or the singing voice
|
tricoaster
| combination of three-speed gear and coaster brake on a cycle
|
tritarchy
| government by three people; triarchy
|
tritheocracy
| government by three gods
|
trochilidine
| of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds
|
troglodytine
| of, like or pertaining to wrens
|
turdine
| of, like or pertaining to thrushes
|
twee
| affectedly dainty; sentimentally sweet
|
twixt
| between
|
typhomania
| delirious state resulting from typhus fever
|
uranomania
| obsession with the idea of divinity
|
uraster
| starfish
|
vaccine
| of, like or pertaining to cows; preparation conferring immunity to disease
|
verbomania
| craze for words
|
viperine
| of, like or pertaining to vipers
|
viperous
| of, like, or pertaining to vipers; treacherous; venomous
|
vitta
| band or stripe of colour on an animal or plant
|
viverrine
| of, like or pertaining to civets and mongoose
|
volcanology
| study of volcanoes
|
vorpal
| keen; deadly
|
vulvar
| of, like or pertaining to or resembling the vulva
|
webcast
| live broadcast transmitted on the World Wide Web
|
whiggarchy
| government by Whigs
|
wye
| a Y-branching pipe or railroad track arrangement
|
xanthocarpous
| having yellow fruit
|
xanthochroic
| having yellow skin
|
xanthocomic
| yellow-haired
|
xanthocyanopsy
| form of colour-blindness in which only blue and yellow can be distinguished
|
xanthoderm
| yellow-skinned person
|
xanthoma
| disease characterized by yellow patches on the skin
|
xanthometer
| instrument for measuring colour of sea or lake water
|
xanthophyll
| substance causing yellow colour of autumn leaves
|
xanthospermous
| having yellow seeds
|
xeme
| fork-tailed gull
|
xenocracy
| government by a body of foreigners
|
xenodiagnosis
| diagnosis of disease by allowing laboratory-bred diseases to affect material
|
xenogeneic
| of a disease, derived from an individual of a different species
|
xenolalia
| person's knowledge of a language never studied
|
xenops
| a small tropical rainforest bird
|
xenurine
| species of armadillo
|
xerocopy
| photocopy
|
xerography
| photocopying
|
xerophthalmia
| dryness and soreness of the eyes
|
xeroradiography
| process for taking permanent pictures of X-ray images
|
xerostomia
| excessive dryness of the mouth
|
xerothermic
| dry and hot
|
xesturgy
| process of polishing
|
xiphosuran
| horseshoe crab
|
xu
| former monetary unit of Vietnam
|
xylan
| gelatinous compound found in wood
|
xylary
| of, like or pertaining to xylem
|
xylem
| woody portion of a plant
|
xylopolist
| one who sells wood
|
xylotherapy
| use of certain sorts of wood in treating disease
|
xylotypographic
| printed from wooden blocks
|
yabba
| large Jamaican earthenware or wooden vessel
|
yabby
| small edible freshwater crayfish
|
yachty
| relating to yachts
|
yaffingale
| green woodpecker
|
yag
| synthetic diamond made of yttrium aluminum garnet
|
yager
| nineteenth-century rifle
|
yahrzeit
| Jewish remembrance of the first anniversary of someone's death
|
yair
| tidal enclosure for catching fish
|
yam
| posting-house along a road
|
yantra
| geometrical diagram designed as a meditation aid
|
yapness
| hunger
|
yarak
| of a hawk, in good condition for hunting
|
yardage
| charge for use of a yard
|
yarder
| donkey-engine used in logging
|
yarling
| wailing; howling
|
yarmulke
| skullcap worn by Orthodox Jewish men
|
yarrow
| flowering herb growing in moist areas; milfoil
|
yashiki
| residence of a feudal Japanese nobleman
|
yate
| species of eucalyptus tree with strong wood
|
yautia
| root crop of the West Indies like a yam
|
yaw
| to move unsteadily side to side; to rotate about a vertical axis
|
yawny
| prone to yawning; characterized by yawning
|
zabra
| small Spanish sailing vessel
|
zaitech
| investment in financial markets by a company in order to boost profits
|
zamarra
| sheepskin jacket
|
zander
| a variety of European perch
|
zanyism
| buffoonery
|
zappy
| lively; entertaining
|
zari
| Indian gold and silver brocade
|
zariba
| square fence of thorn-bushes; fortified camp
|
zatch
| female genitalia
|
zayat
| Burmese public meeting-hall or house of worship
|
zebrine
| of, like or pertaining to zebras
|
zebroid
| like or resembling a zebra
|
zedoary
| aromatic root resembling ginger
|
zegedine
| silver drinking-cup
|
zeitgeber
| rhythmically occurring event that cues organisms' biological rhythms
|
zelator
| sister in a convent in charge of checking on conduct of other nuns
|
zelotic
| of the nature of a zealot
|
zeme
| Caribbean idol or totem
|
zemindar
| in colonial India, an indigenous revenue collector or landholder
|
zemirah
| Hebrew religious song sung at Sabbath meals
|
zemni
| blind mole-rat
|
zenocentric
| measured with reference to the planet Jupiter
|
zeppole
| a variety of doughnut
|
zeugmatography
| imaging using nuclear magnetic resonance to study soft tissue
|
zibib
| colourless alcoholic drink made from raisins
|
zincic
| of, pertaining to or containing zinc
|
zincography
| process of engraving or etching on zinc
|
zineb
| white powder used as fungicide
|
zingiber
| ginger
|
zinnia
| brightly coloured annual flower
|
ziraleet
| expression of joy among Arab women
|
zirconic
| of or pertaining to zirconium
|
zizyphus
| spiny fruit-bearing shrub
|
zoarium
| supporting structure for a polyp colony
|
zodiographer
| one who writes about animals
|
zonal
| of or like a zone; arranged in zones
|
zonarious
| of or pertaining to a girdle or purse
|
zonelet
| a little zone
|
zonure
| small South African lizard
|
zooarchaeology
| study of animal remains of archaeological sites
|
zoocentric
| centred on the animal world
|
zoochemistry
| chemistry of animals
|
zoochory
| spread of plant seeds or spores by animals
|
zoodynamics
| dynamics of animal bodies
|
zoogeology
| study of fossil animal remains
|
zoomania
| insane fondness for animals
|
zoomorphic
| having the form or shape of an animal
|
zoonosology
| study of animal diseases
|
zoophilia
| loving or caring for animals; bestiality
|
zoophysics
| physics of animal bodies
|
zoosemiotics
| study of animal communication
|
zoosophy
| knowledge or learning concerning animals
|
zosterops
| small tropical bird with a ring of white feathers around the eyes
|
zoysia
| perennial subtropical grass
|
zucca
| gourd
|
zuche
| tree stump
|
zule
| in heraldry, a chess rook
|
zumbador
| South American hummingbird
|
zwieback
| sweet toasted biscuit
|
zydeco
| Louisiana Creole dance music
|
zygnomic
| legally supported constraint on human freedom
|
zygoma
| bony arch on the side of the skull
|
zymotechnics
| the art of fermentation
|
zythum
| ancient Egyptian beer
|
zyzzyva
| South American weevil
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