(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
alcelaphus
asphodelus
audiophile
audiophile
noun
A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
boselaphus
bucephalus
bucephalus
Proper noun
The warhorse of
Noun
Any horse used for riding.
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
cephalotus
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
delphinium
delphinium
noun
(countable and uncountable) A shade of blue, named for the flowers.
(countable) A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers.
delphinius
dicephalus
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide
disulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of disulfide
disulphone
elaphurine
epichilium
epiphloeum
epiphloeum
noun
(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
epiphyllum
epiphyllum
noun
A cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
epithelium
epithelium
noun
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
euomphalus
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
euphorbial
euphorbial
adj
(botany) Synonym of euphorbiaceous.
euphyllite
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
fireplough
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
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.
helipterum
hemophilus
herophilus
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
hyperbulia
hyperbulia
noun
(psychology) Excessive will or drive to do things.
hyperdulia
hyperdulia
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
hyperdulic
hyperdulic
adj
(religion) Relating to hyperdulia.
hypoconule
launchplex
laurelship
leprechaun
leprechaun
noun
(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.
leucophane
leucophane
noun
Alternative form of leucophanite
leucophore
leucophore
noun
(histology) Any chromatophore that shows white in reflected light.
leucophyre
lumpfishes
lumpfishes
noun
plural of lumpfish
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
muspelheim
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
neurophile
neutrophil
neutrophil
adj
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
noun
(biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
nonplushed
nonplushed
adj
(dated, pronunciation spelling) nonplussed
pajahuello
pajahuello
noun
The tick Ornithodoros coriaceus.
perihelium
perihelium
noun
(astronomy, obsolete) Synonym of perihelion
phaleucian
phaseolous
philoetius
philologue
philologue
Noun
A philologist.
phlebodium
phocomelus
phocomelus
noun
(dated) Phocomelia.
A person with phocomelia.
phyllaurea
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
pitcherful
pitcherful
noun
The quantity that a pitcher can hold.
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
plethorous
pleurolith
pleurolith
noun
A concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
ploughgate
ploughgate
noun
(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
ploughhead
ploughhead
noun
The clevis or draught iron of a plough.
ploughline
ploughmell
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.
plushiness
plushiness
noun
The quality of being plushy.
pneumolith
polatouche
polatouche
noun
A Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans, syn. Sciuropterus volans), native to much of boreal Eurasia, from Finland east.
polyphemus
polyphemus
noun
Synonym of polyphemus moth
praehallux
praehallux
noun
Alternative form of prehallux
prepublish
prepublish
verb
To issue or release in advance of publication, or in advance of a date scheduled for publication.
pseudhemal
publishers
publishers
noun
plural of publisher
pullshovel
pumphandle
punishable
punishable
adj
Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
puzzlehead
puzzlehead
noun
(slang) A person who enjoys solving puzzles.
A puzzleheaded person, one having a mind full of confused notions.
rudolphine
rudolphine
Adjective
Pertaining to, or designating, the a set of astronomical tables computed by in 1627, using data collected by
russophile
russophile
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
sepulchers
sepulchers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sepulcher
sepulchral
sepulchral
adj
Having a hollow and deep sound.
Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.
sepulchred
sepulchred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sepulchre
sepulchres
sepulchres
noun
plural of sepulchre
shoupeltin
shufflecap
siphuncled
siphuncled
adj
(zoology) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
spathulate
spathulate
adj
Alternative spelling of spatulate
sphacelous
spherulate
spherulate
adj
Covered or set with spherules.
spherulite
spherulite
noun
a minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
sprauchled
sprauchled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sprauchle
sulphamate
sulphamate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfamate
sulphamide
sulphamide
noun
(chemistry) Any of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.
sulphamine
sulphatase
sulphatase
noun
(biochemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfatase
sulphatize
sulphazide
sulphidize
sulphimide
sulphimide
noun
Alternative form of sulfimide
sulphinate
sulphinate
noun
Alternative form of sulfinate
sulphinide
sulphinide
noun
Alternative form of sulfinide
sulpholeic
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
sulphourea
sulphoxide
sulphoxide
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxide
sulphurage
sulphurate
sulphurate
adj
(poetic, rare, obsolete) sulphurous
verb
Alternative spelling of sulfurate
sulphurean
sulphurize
sulphurize
verb
Alternative spelling of sulfurize
supercloth
superhelix
superhelix
noun
(molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix
sutlership
sutlership
noun
The condition or occupation of a sutler.
taurophile
tersulphid
teutophile
theophilus
theophilus
Proper noun
The addressee of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
name; rare in English.
turcophile
turcophile
Adjective
Favouring or sympathetic to Turkey.
turkophile
uncephalic
unhelpable
unhelpable
adj
Incapable of being helped.
unhoopable
unpleached
unpleached
adj
Not pleached.
unplighted
unplighted
adj
Not plighted or pledged.
unploughed
unploughed
adj
(figuratively) Unexplored or unknown.
(of a field or land) Unturned with a plough, and thus retaining its original vegetation (usually grass).
unpolished
unpolished
adj
Deprived of polish.
Not polished; not brought to a polish.
Not refined in manners or style
unshapable
unshapable
adj
Not shapable.
unshapenly
unshiplike
unshiplike
adj
Not resembling or characteristic of a ship.
unsplashed
unsplashed
adj
Not splashed.
upholsters
upholsters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upholster