Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
anisoptera
anisotrope
anisotrope
adj
(dated) anisotropic
appointers
appointers
noun
plural of appointer
areopagist
aristotype
aristotype
noun
(historical) A print made by such a process.
(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
asperation
asperation
noun
The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
a harshness, an unpleasantness
ceratopsia
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
diastrophe
epistolary
epistolary
adj
Carried on by written correspondence.
In the manner of written correspondence.
Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
noun
(Christianity) A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
fetiparous
fetiparous
adj
(of a marsupial) bearing offspring born not fully developed
hainesport
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
interposal
interposal
noun
(dated) interposure
leptospira
mariposite
mariposite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium-rich variety of mica, giving a green color to the generally white dolomitic marble in which it is commonly found.
operations
operations
noun
plural of operation
operatives
operatives
noun
plural of operative
opiniaster
opiniaster
noun
(obsolete) An opinionated person.
opiniastre
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
paroptesis
parrotwise
parrotwise
adv
In parrot fashion; with thoughtless repetition.
parsonsite
parsonsite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
pastorised
pastorlike
pastorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
patriotess
patriotess
noun
(rare) A female patriot.
patronised
patronised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronise
patroniser
patroniser
noun
Alternative spelling of patronizer
patronizes
patronizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronize
pectoralis
pectoralis
noun
(anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight
pentosuria
pentosuria
noun
(pathology) the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose in the urine
periastron
periastron
noun
(astronomy) That point of the orbit of a celestial body which is closest to the star around which the body is orbiting.
periosteal
periosteal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the periosteum
periostoma
peristomal
peristomal
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a peristome.
peronistas
platoniser
platoniser
noun
Alternative form of platonizer
podiatries
poetastric
polarities
polarities
noun
plural of polarity
portlaoise
praetorius
praseolite
praseolite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of altered iolite with a green colour and greasy lustre.
predations
predations
noun
plural of predation
prestation
prestation
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A payment of money; a toll or duty.
(UK, law, obsolete) The rendering of a service
prestomial
proatheism
proatheist
prorealist
proteinase
proteinase
noun
(biochemistry) protease
psalterion
psalterion
noun
(now historical, rare) Synonym of psaltery
pteropsida
pterosauri
reappoints
reappoints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reappoint
repositary
respirator
respirator
noun
A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.
separation
separation
noun
(law) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.
(military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
An object that separates two spaces.
The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
The place at which a division occurs.
setiparous
setiparous
adj
(zoology) Producing setae.
sextipolar
sextipolar
adj
Having six poles.
spermation
spermatoid
spermatoid
adj
(biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
spheration
sporangite
stereopair
stereopair
noun
(chemistry) A pair of stereoisomers
temporalis
temporalis
noun
(anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
tetrapolis
tetrapolis
noun
A group of four cities.
thesprotia
thesprotia
Proper noun
a prefecture in Greece
toparchies
toparchies
noun
plural of toparchy
trapezoids
trapezoids
noun
plural of trapezoid
trophesial
trophesial
adj
Pertaining to regulation of nourishment by the nervous system.