(zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
asthenopia
asthenopia
noun
An ophthalmological condition that manifests itself through nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, red eyes, eye strain, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache and occasional double vision.
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
deiphontes
dentiphone
dentiphone
noun
(dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
docentship
endopathic
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
endotrophi
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
entotrophi
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
epityphlon
ethiopians
euphonetic
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
heptatonic
heptatonic
adj
(music) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave
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.
housepaint
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.
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotized
hypnotized
adj
Under hypnosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotize
hypnotizer
hypnotizer
noun
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
hypnotizes
hypnotizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize
hypoditone
hyponoetic
hypothenic
interphone
interphone
noun
intercom
isoheptane
lanthopine
lanthopine
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) An alkaloid found in opium.
leptorrhin
lithophane
lithophane
noun
A style of European porcelain in which the figures are seen by transmitted light
lithophone
lithophone
noun
(medicine, dated) A device by which the presence of bladder stones can be audibly detected.
Alternative form of lithopone
Any musical instrument in which sound is produced by percussion of a stone.
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
neophytish
neophytish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a neophyte.
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
nephrolith
nephrolith
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of kidney stone
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.
nonaphetic
nonhepatic
nonhepatic
adj
Not hepatic
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.
pachnolite
pachnolite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
pantheonic
pantheonic
adj
Of the nature of a pantheon; having the characteristics of a pantheon
pantophile
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
periphyton
periphyton
noun
(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
phaethonic
phanariote
phantomize
phantomize
verb
(transitive, dated, derogatory) To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.
(transitive, sciences) To remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.
phenotypic
phenotypic
adj
Of, or relating to a phenotype.
pheophytin
pheophytin
noun
(biochemistry) A chlorophyll from which the central magnesium atom has been removed
philogeant
phoenicite
phoenixity
phonematic
phonematic
adj
Pertaining to phonemes.
phonetical
phonetical
adj
of, or pertaining to phonetics.
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
photogenic
photogenic
adj
Generated or caused by light.
Looking good when photographed.
Producing or emitting light, luminescent.
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
pinnothere
pinnothere
noun
(obsolete) A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs.
pistonhead
pitchstone
pitchstone
noun
(geology) a natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma
pneumolith
pochettino
polianthes
polishment
polishment
noun
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
polyethnic
polyethnic
adj
(of a group or society) That contains people who together represent multiple ethnicities, especially such that they coexist and interact harmoniously.
(of a person) Who identifies as being of multiple ethnicities.
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
pyrrhotine
pyrrhotine
noun
(mineralogy) pyrrhotite
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
pythonidae
pythoninae
rhinoptera
sextonship
sextonship
noun
The office or position of a sexton.
shoupeltin
siphonated
sphenolith
spheration
stenophile
stephanion
stephanion
noun
(anatomy) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
telephonic
telephonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
tensorship
theophania
theophanic
theophanic
adj
Of or relating to theophany.
thiopental
thiopental
noun
(pharmacology) A barbiturate C₁₁H₁₈N₂O₂S (trademark Pentothal) used in the form of its sodium salt especially as an intravenous anesthetic; and as a supposed truth serum.
thiophenic
thiophenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to, or derived from a thiophene
thiophenol
thiophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aromatic thiol equivalent to a phenol