| AMPHIGORY | • amphigory n. A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. • AMPHIGORY n. a nonsensical piece of writing, usually in verse form, typically composed as a parody, also AMPHIGOURI. |
| CRYPTOGAM | • cryptogam n. Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae… • CRYPTOGAM n. a plant reproducing by spores and not seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, fungi etc. |
| CYMAGRAPH | • cymagraph n. An instrument for tracing the outlines of moldings. • CYMAGRAPH n. an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings, also CYMOGRAPH. |
| CYMOGRAPH | • cymograph n. An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture. • CYMOGRAPH n. an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings, also CYMAGRAPH. |
| EMPAYRING | • empayring v. Present participle of empayre. • EMPAYRE v. (Spenser) to impair, also EMPAIRE, EMPARE. |
| GAMEPLAYS | • gameplays n. Plural of gameplay. • game-plays n. Plural of game-play. • GAMEPLAY n. the plan of action of a computer game. |
| 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. |
| HYPOGAEUM | • hypogaeum n. Alternative form of hypogeum. • HYPOGAEUM n. (Greek) an underground chamber, also HYPOGEUM. |
| KYMOGRAPH | • kymograph n. A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure… • KYMOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording fluid pressure. |
| MEGAPHYLL | • megaphyll n. (Botany) A leaf having an internally branching system of veins, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf. • MEGAPHYLL n. a relatively large type of leaf produced by e.g. ferns. |
| MONOPHAGY | • monophagy n. The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species). • MONOPHAGY n. the eating of one kind of food only. |
| MYCOPHAGY | • mycophagy n. (Biology) The eating of fungus. • MYCOPHAGY n. the eating of mushrooms. |
| MYOGRAPHS | • myographs n. Plural of myograph. • MYOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording muscular contractions. |
| MYOGRAPHY | • myography n. The scientific description of muscles. • MYOGRAPHY n. the recording of muscle traces by use of a myograph. |
| MYSPACING | • myspacing v. Present participle of myspace. • MYSPACE v. to search for a person's space on the MySpace website. |
| PANTAGAMY | • pantagamy n. (Historical) A system of communistic marriage, once practised in the Oneida community. • PANTAGAMY n. marriage in which all spouses are held in common. |
| POLYGAMIC | • polygamic adj. Polygamous. • POLYGAMIC adj. of or like a polygam, a flower having male, female and hermaphrodite flowers. |
| PYELOGRAM | • pyelogram n. An image produced by means of pyelography. • PYELOGRAM n. an X-ray picture of the renal pelvis. |