| ANAGLYPHY | • ANAGLYPHY n. (Greek) the art of carving in low relief. |
| ANDROGYNY | • androgyny n. Hermaphroditism. • androgyny n. The state of having traits of both male and female genders. • androgyny n. The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine. |
| AZYGOUSLY | • AZYGOUS adv. not being one of a pair. |
| GYNOCRACY | • gynocracy n. (Government, sociology) Synonym of gynecocracy. • GYNOCRACY n. government by women. |
| GYROMANCY | • gyromancy n. Divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant… • gyromancy n. Divination by whirling a coin on a circle of letters. • GYROMANCY n. divination by walking in a circle until dizzy; the fortune is determined by where the person falls. |
| HYPERGAMY | • hypergamy n. Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself. • HYPERGAMY n. the marriage of a man to a woman of lower status. |
| KARYOGAMY | • karyogamy n. (Biology) The fusion of two nuclei within a cell, especially as the second stage of syngamy. • KARYOGAMY n. a process of fusion of the nuclei of two cells; the second step in syngamy. |
| KARYOLOGY | • karyology n. (Biology, medicine) The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain. • karyology n. (Biology, medicine) The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the… • KARYOLOGY n. the study of cell nuclei. |
| LADYFYING | • ladyfying v. Present participle of ladyfy. • LADYFY v. to make a lady of, also LADIFY. |
| MYCOPHAGY | • mycophagy n. (Biology) The eating of fungus. • MYCOPHAGY n. the eating of mushrooms. |
| MYOGRAPHY | • myography n. The scientific description of muscles. • MYOGRAPHY n. the recording of muscle traces by use of a myograph. |
| MYSTAGOGY | • mystagogy n. The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries. • MYSTAGOGY n. the doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue. |
| NAYSAYING | • naysaying v. Present participle of naysay. • naysaying n. A refusal, denial, or negation. • nay-saying v. Present participle of nay-say. |
| POLYPHAGY | • polyphagy n. (Biology) The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants). • POLYPHAGY n. the practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food. |
| PRAYINGLY | • prayingly adv. With prayer. • PRAYING adv. in prayer. |
| VARYINGLY | • varyingly adv. In a manner that varies. • VARYINGLY adv. VARYING. |
| WAYLAYING | • waylaying v. Present participle of waylay. • waylaying n. The act by which somebody is waylaid; an ambush. • WAYLAY v. to ambush. |
| YAPPINGLY | • yappingly adv. With yapping sounds. • YAPPINGLY adv. YAPPING. |
| YAWNINGLY | • yawningly adv. In a yawning way; accompanied by yawns. • yawningly adv. So as to open wide; gapingly. • YAWNING adv. gaping. |
| YINGYANGS | • ying-yangs n. Plural of ying-yang. • YINGYANG n. (Chinese) (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things. |