| 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. |
| CHAMPAIGN | • champaign n. (Geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside. • champaign n. (Obsolete) A battlefield. • champaign adj. Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat. |
| DIAPHRAGM | • diaphragm n. (Anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed… • diaphragm n. (Anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another. • diaphragm n. A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse. |
| EPIPHRAGM | • epiphragm n. (Zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation. • epiphragm n. (Botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses. • EPIPHRAGM n. the disc with which certain molluscs close the aperture of their shell. |
| GRAPHEMIC | • graphemic adj. Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study. • graphemic adj. Being or that is a grapheme; being or that is an irreducibly meaningful unit of written language. • GRAPHEMIC adj. of or like a grapheme, a letter of the alphabet. |
| GRAPHIUMS | • graphiums n. Plural of graphium. • GRAPHIUM n. (Latin) a stylus. |
| HAMPERING | • hampering v. Present participle of hamper. • hampering n. That which hampers; an impediment. • HAMPER v. to hinder, obstruct. |
| LAMPLIGHT | • lamplight n. The light emitted by a lamp. • LAMPLIGHT n. the light cast by a lamp. |
| MAGESHIPS | • mageships n. Plural of mageship. • MAGESHIP n. the office of a sorcerer. |
| MALPIGHIA | • malpighia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs. • Malpighia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Malpighiaceae. • MALPIGHIA n. the Barbados cherry genus of tropical American trees, shrubs, and lianes. |
| MARIGRAPH | • marigraph n. (Oceanography) A device used to measure tidal levels. • MARIGRAPH n. an instrument for recording tide levels. |
| OMOPHAGIA | • omophagia n. The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh. • OMOPHAGIA n. the eating of raw flesh, also OMOPHAGY. |
| OMOPHAGIC | • omophagic adj. Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food. • OMOPHAGIC adj. relating to omophagia, the eating of raw flesh. |
| OOMPAHING | • oompahing v. Present participle of oompah. • OOMPAH v. to play a repeated rhythmic deep sound. |
| PHARMINGS | • PHARMING n. the production of pharmaceuticals from genetically altered plants or animals. |
| TEPHIGRAM | • tephigram n. (Meteorology) A graph that shows how dew point is dependent on temperature and entropy. • TEPHIGRAM n. a diagram on which information about vertical variation in the atmosphere is plotted. |