| AEROPHAGY | • aerophagy n. (Medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria. • AEROPHAGY n. spasmodic swallowing of air. |
| APOPHYGES | • apophyges n. Plural of apophyge. • APOPHYGE n. (Greek) the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. |
| CREOPHAGY | • creophagy n. Alternative spelling of kreophagy. • CREOPHAGY n. the act of eating meat. |
| ENDOPHAGY | • endophagy n. (Rare) Cannibalism, within a group. • ENDOPHAGY n. cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from within. |
| EPIGRAPHY | • epigraphy n. Inscriptions collectively. • epigraphy n. The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones. • EPIGRAPHY n. the study of ancient inscriptions; inscriptions collectively. |
| GEOGRAPHY | • geography n. A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography. • geography n. (Archaic) an atlas or gazetteer. • geography n. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them. |
| HYPALLAGE | • hypallage n. (Rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears… • HYPALLAGE n. a rhetorical figure in which relations between words are changed. |
| 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. |
| HYPOGAEAL | • hypogaeal adj. Alternative form of hypogeal. • HYPOGAEAL adj. germinating with cotyledons underground, also HYPOGAEAN, HYPOGAEOUS, HYPOGEAL, HYPOGEAN, HYPOGEOUS. |
| HYPOGAEAN | • hypogaean adj. Alternative form of hypogean. • HYPOGAEAN adj. germinating with cotyledons underground, also HYPOGAEAL, HYPOGAEOUS, HYPOGEAL, HYPOGEAN, HYPOGEOUS. |
| HYPOGAEUM | • hypogaeum n. Alternative form of hypogeum. • HYPOGAEUM n. (Greek) an underground chamber, also HYPOGEUM. |
| 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. |
| NEPHRALGY | • nephralgy n. Archaic form of nephralgia. • NEPHRALGY n. pain in the kidneys, also NEPHRALGIA. |
| PATHOGENY | • pathogeny n. (Medicine) The generation and method of development of disease. • PATHOGENY n. the production and development of disease, also PATHOGENESIS. |
| PHAGOCYTE | • phagocyte n. (Cytology) A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs… • phagocyte v. (Transitive) To phagocytize. • PHAGOCYTE n. a white blood corpuscle that engulfs bacteria and other harmful particles. |
| PHARYNGES | • pharynges n. Plural of pharynx. • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| SYPHONAGE | • syphonage n. Alternative form of siphonage. • SYPHONAGE n. the action of a syphon, also SIPHONAGE. |
| THEOPHAGY | • theophagy n. (Rare) The eating or consumption of a god, in a sacramental context. • THEOPHAGY n. the sacramental consumption of a god. |
| XEROPHAGY | • xerophagy n. A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline. • XEROPHAGY n. the eating of dry food, esp. food cooked without oil. |
| XYLOPHAGE | • xylophage n. (Biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |