| AMBAGITORY | • ambagitory adj. (Obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory. • AMBAGITORY adj. (Scott) ambagious, circuitous. |
| CRYPTOGAMS | • cryptogams n. Plural of cryptogam. • CRYPTOGAM n. a plant reproducing by spores and not seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, fungi etc. |
| CRYPTOGAMY | • cryptogamy n. The condition of being a cryptogam. • cryptogamy n. Cryptogamic botany. • CRYPTOGAMY n. the state of being a cryptogam, reproducing by spores and not seeds. |
| CRYPTOGRAM | • cryptogram n. Encrypted text. • cryptogram n. (Games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded. • CRYPTOGRAM n. anything written in cipher, also CRYPTOGRAPH. |
| EMIGRATORY | • emigratory adj. Synonym of migratory. • EMIGRATORY adj. relating to emigration. |
| FUMIGATORY | • fumigatory adj. Having the quality of purifying by smoke. • FUMIGATORY adj. having the quality of purifying by smoke. |
| GASTRONOMY | • gastronomy n. The art of preparing and eating good food. • gastronomy n. The study of the relationship between food and culture. • gastronomy n. The cooking of a particular area. |
| GASTROTOMY | • gastrotomy n. (Surgery) Any form of incision into the stomach. • GASTROTOMY n. a cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach, also GASTROSTOMY. |
| GONIOMETRY | • goniometry n. Measurement of angles. • GONIOMETRY n. the art of measuring angles; trigonometry. |
| GYMNATORIA | • gymnatoria n. Plural of gymnatorium. |
| HETEROGAMY | • heterogamy n. (Biology) The state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function. • heterogamy n. (Sociology) Marriage or similar union between people of different sexes, or social strata, such as races. • HETEROGAMY n. the process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method. |
| HYGROMETER | • hygrometer n. (Meteorology) An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity. • HYGROMETER n. an instrument for measuring air moisture. |
| HYGROMETRY | • hygrometry n. The measurement of the moisture content of gases, but especially of the humidity of the atmosphere. • HYGROMETRY n. the science of humidity. |
| MITIGATORY | • mitigatory adj. Reducing, lessening the effects of something, generally something painful or uncomfortable. • MITIGATORY adj. tending to mitigate. |
| MORTIFYING | • mortifying v. Present participle of mortify. • mortifying adj. Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing. • mortifying n. Mortification; abstinence. |
| MYTHOLOGER | • mythologer n. A mythologist. • MYTHOLOGER n. a mythologist. |
| OVERMIGHTY | • overmighty adj. Excessively mighty. • OVERMIGHTY adj. too powerful. |
| THERMOLOGY | • thermology n. The scientific study of heat. • thermology n. Imaging of the body by means of infrared radiation. • THERMOLOGY n. the study of heat. |
| TIMBROLOGY | • timbrology n. (Rare, obsolete) philately (the study or collection of stamps). • TIMBROLOGY n. the study of postage stamps. |
| TOMOGRAPHY | • tomography n. Imaging by sections or sectioning. • TOMOGRAPHY n. X-ray photography in which parts of body in front of, or behind, the part under examination are not shown. |