DEMAGOGUE | • demagogue n. (Derogatory) A political orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and… • demagogue n. (Historical) A leader of the people. • demagogue v. (Intransitive and transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue)… |
HEMAGOGUE | • HEMAGOGUE n. a drug that promotes the flow of blood, also HAEMAGOGUE, HEMAGOG. |
PARAGOGUE | • PARAGOGUE n. the addition of a sound to the end of a word e.g. heighth for height, also PARAGOGE. |
PEDAGOGUE | • pedagogue n. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young. • pedagogue n. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the… • pedagogue n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master’s children to school, and had the charge of them generally. |
SYNAGOGUE | • synagogue n. A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans. • synagogue n. A congregation of Jews or Samaritans for the purpose of worship or religious study. • SYNAGOGUE n. (Greek) a Jewish church, also SYNAGOG. |
CHOLAGOGUE | • cholagogue n. (Obsolete, medicine) Any agent that promotes the discharge of bile. • CHOLAGOGUE n. an agent which increases the flow of bile and promotes its ejection. |
HAEMAGOGUE | • HAEMAGOGUE n. a drug that promotes the flow of blood, also HEMAGOG, HEMAGOGUE. |
HYDRAGOGUE | • hydragogue adj. (Medicine) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy. • hydragogue n. Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic. • HYDRAGOGUE adj. causing discharge of water. |
MYSTAGOGUE | • mystagogue n. A person who prepares an initiate for entry into a mystery cult, or who teaches mystical doctrines. • mystagogue n. One who keeps and shows church relics. • MYSTAGOGUE n. one who teaches mystical doctrines or one who initiates others into religious cults, also MYSTAGOG, MYSTAGOGUS. |
PAEDAGOGUE | • paedagogue n. Alternative spelling of pedagogue. • pædagogue n. Alternative spelling of pedagogue. • PAEDAGOGUE n. one who teaches; by extension, a pedant, also PEDAGOG, PEDAGOGUE. |
SIALAGOGUE | • sialagogue n. Alternative spelling of sialogogue. • SIALAGOGUE n. anything which promotes salivation, also SIALOGOGUE. |
SIALOGOGUE | • sialogogue n. (Pharmacology) Any drug that increases the flow of saliva. • SIALOGOGUE n. anything that stimulates the flow of saliva, also SIALAGOGUE. |
EMMENAGOGUE | • emmenagogue n. (Medicine) An herb that stimulates blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus, causing menstruation. • EMMENAGOGUE n. a drug aiding menstrual flow. |
PSYCHAGOGUE | • psychagogue n. A necromancer. • PSYCHAGOGUE n. a conductor of souls to the underworld. |
PTYALAGOGUE | • ptyalagogue n. Any sialogogue. • PTYALAGOGUE n. a substance promoting salivation. |
GALACTAGOGUE | • galactagogue n. A substance that induces lactation. • GALACTAGOGUE n. a medicine that promotes secretion of milk. |
PHLEGMAGOGUE | • phlegmagogue n. (Obsolete) Any medicine supposed to expel phlegm. • PHLEGMAGOGUE n. a phlegm-expelling drug. |
SECRETAGOGUE | • secretagogue n. (Physiology, medicine) A substance which promotes secretion of another, such as a hormone (e.g., insulin)… • SECRETAGOGUE n. a substance inducing or stimulating secretion. |