(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
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
endotrophi
entosphere
entotrophi
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
hainesport
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
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.
homopteron
hymenopter
hymenopter
noun
(archaic) hymenopteran
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.
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotizer
hypnotizer
noun
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
hypocenter
hypocenter
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hypocentre
hypocentre
hypocentre
noun
(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
hypopteron
hypopteron
noun
(biology) the tuft of axillary feathers of a bird's wing
hypotensor
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.
interphone
interphone
noun
intercom
leptorrhin
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
necropathy
nectophore
nectophore
noun
(biology) The swimming bell of a siphonophore
nephometer
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
nephrolith
nephrolith
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of kidney stone
nephrotome
nephrotome
noun
(biology, dated) A section of the mesoderm formerly believed to give rise to the pronephros and eventually to the rest of the kidney.
nephrotomy
nephrotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
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.
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.
nitrophile
nitrophile
noun
Any nitrophilous organism.
nitrophyte
nitrophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.
northupite
northupite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
orpheonist
orthopneic
orthopneic
adj
Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
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
pennyworth
pennyworth
noun
(dated) A good bargain.
A small value or quantity.
The amount that can be bought for a penny.
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
periphyton
periphyton
noun
(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
phanariote
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
phonometer
phonometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sounds.
phonometry
phonometry
noun
The measurement of sound.
phonotyper
pinnothere
pinnothere
noun
(obsolete) A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs.
potcherman
potcherman
noun
One who operates a potcher.
potchermen
potchermen
noun
plural of potcherman
potherment
preshorten
preshorten
verb
(transitive) To shorten in advance.
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
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
prothoenor
pyrotechny
pyrotechny
noun
(figuratively) Impressive, dazzling or virtuosic display.
(obsolete) The manufacture and use of gunpowder, bombs etc.
The manufacture and use of fireworks.
The use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy.
pyrrhotine
pyrrhotine
noun
(mineralogy) pyrrhotite
rhinoptera
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
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.
telephoner
telephoner
noun
A person who telephones, especially one who does so for a commercial organization.
tenography
tenography
noun
The diagnostic imaging of tendons.
tensorship
tetraphony
theropodan
theropodan
noun
theropod
topnotcher
topnotcher
noun
(Philippines) Alternative form of top-notcher
trophogeny
trophonema
trophonema
noun
Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos
untrophied
untrophied
adj
Not awarded a trophy.
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.