(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
ensignship
ensignship
noun
The state or rank of an ensign.
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
esophageal
esophageal
adj
Of or pertaining to the esophagus.
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
esophagism
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geophagous
geophagous
adj
Eating earth.
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
geophysics
geophysics
noun
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
geothlypis
gonosphere
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
grieveship
guidership
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
happenings
happenings
noun
plural of happening
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
hempstring
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypogynies
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
mesophragm
oesophagal
oesophagal
adj
Alternative form of esophageal
oesophagus
oesophagus
noun
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
osteophage
pedagogish
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
phascogale
phascogale
noun
Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating
phlegmasia
phlegmasia
noun
(medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
phlegmless
phlegmless
adj
Without phlegm.
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phosphagen
phosphagen
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phrensying
phrensying
verb
present participle of phrensy
physagogue
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
pledgeshop
plenishing
plenishing
noun
(Scotland) household furniture; stock
verb
present participle of plenish
ploughshoe
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
poephagous
poephagous
adj
grass-eating
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
psephology
psephology
noun
An ancient Greek method of numerology, similar to gematria.
The predictive or statistical study of elections.
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
reshipping
reshipping
noun
Act of shipping something again.
verb
present participle of reship
scenograph
scenograph
noun
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
The act by which something is sharpened.
verb
present participle of sharpen
spaewright
spaghettis
spaghettis
noun
plural of spaghetti
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spaghetti
speedlight
speedlight
noun
(photography) A flashgun that is not fixed to a camera
sphagnales
sphegoidea
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
sphingidae
sphygmuses
spreaghery
spridhogue
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
springhope
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
sulphurage
supertight
supertight
adj
Extremely tight.
supertough
supertough
adj
Exceptionally tough.
telegraphs
telegraphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of telegraph
tightropes
tightropes
noun
plural of tightrope
unsphering
unsphering
verb
present participle of unsphere
vergership
vergership
noun
An appointment as verger.
whispering
whispering
adj
associated with whispers
that whispers
noun
Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
verb
present participle of whisper
zygosphene
zygosphene
noun
(anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa called the zygantrum on the back part of the arch in front
zygosphere
zygosphere
noun
(botany) A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.