(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anthophore
anthophore
noun
(botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
antrophore
antrophose
aphronitre
chapournet
ctenophora
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
hainesport
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
hierophant
hierophant
noun
(Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge.
One who explains or makes a commentary.
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
hypaethron
hypaethron
noun
An open court.
hyperbaton
hyperbaton
noun
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
hypertonia
hypertonia
noun
(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
hypothenar
hypothenar
adj
(anatomy) Of the muscles of the little finger.
(anatomy) Of the ulnar fleshy side of the palm.
noun
(technical) Ulnar fleshy side of the palm, formed by the underlying three muscles of the little finger.
Any of those muscles: the abductor, flexor, or opponens digiti minimi.
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
necropathy
neuropathy
neuropathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).
(medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
orthopnoea
orthopnoea
noun
Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.
outsharpen
pantothere
pantothere
noun
(zoology) Any of the Pantotheria, a (now abandoned) taxon of Mesozoic mammals.
parenthood
parenthood
noun
The state of being a parent
parthenope
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
phanariote
potcherman
potcherman
noun
One who operates a potcher.
promethean
promethean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to
Daringly original; boldly inventive or creative.
Of enormous size or strength; extraordinarily strong.
Rebelling (or being a rebel) against a larger order; defying traditional moral categories; persecuted but dauntless.
Noun
one who acts in a Promethean manner
rhinoptera
spheration
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.
tenography
tenography
noun
The diagnostic imaging of tendons.
tetraphony
theropodan
theropodan
noun
theropod
trophonema
trophonema
noun
Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos
waterphone
waterphone
noun
An acoustic percussion instrument consisting of a resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck, surrounded by rods of different lengths and diameters. Water may be added to the bowl to modify the sound.
An instrument for detecting leaks in pipes by their sound, consisting of a rod attached to an earpiece.