(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.
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
beautyship
cineplasty
cityscapes
cityscapes
noun
plural of cityscape
dasypeltis
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.
depository
depository
noun
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
diophysite
dispersity
dispersity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is dispersed.
(uncountable) The state of being dispersed, of being a dispersion.
dryopteris
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
dyspeptics
dyspeptics
noun
plural of dyspeptic
epiphytism
epiphytism
noun
(botany) The quality or condition of being an epiphyte.
epiphytous
episiotomy
episiotomy
noun
(medicine) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
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.
epistrophy
expository
expository
adj
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
geothlypis
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
hyalopsite
hyperstoic
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotizes
hypnotizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypothesis
hypothesis
noun
(general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
(grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
(sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
ideoplasty
interplays
interplays
noun
plural of interplay
kineplasty
logotypies
mesophytic
mesophytic
adj
Relating to a mesophyte.
metaphysic
metaphysic
adj
(philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical.
noun
(philosophy, countable) A fundamental principle or key concept.
(philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
(philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics.
metaphysis
metaphysis
noun
(anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development
change of form; transformation
myopathies
myopathies
noun
plural of myopathy
mythopeist
neophytish
neophytish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a neophyte.
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
oppositely
oppositely
adv
In an opposite manner.
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
peptolysis
peptolysis
noun
The hydrolysis of peptones.
pericystic
pericystic
adj
Relating to a pericyst
Surrounding a cyst
peristylar
peristylar
adj
Having the form of a peristyle.
peristyles
peristyles
noun
plural of peristyle
peristylos
peristylum
perpensity
perpensity
noun
(obsolete) Perpension.
personeity
personeity
noun
(obsolete) personality
perversity
perversity
noun
A perverse act.
The quality of being perverse.
physiotype
physiotype
noun
Any of a set of people or organisms that have a particular set of physical features
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
pithlessly
pithlessly
adv
In a pithless manner.
pitilessly
pitilessly
adv
In a pitiless manner.
plesiotype
polybasite
polybasite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polystelic
polystelic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting polystely; being a polystele.
polytenies
polytheism
polytheism
noun
The belief in the existence of multiple gods.
polytheist
polytheist
noun
a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism
polytomies
polytomies
noun
plural of polytomy
positively
positively
adv
(manner) In a positive manner.
(modal) With certainty.
Absolutely; utterly.
preciosity
preciosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) Something of high value or worth.
(obsolete, uncountable) The quality of being precious (of high value or worth).
(usually derogatory, countable) An instance of preciosity; something that is overly refined in an affected way.
(usually derogatory, uncountable) The quality of being overly refined in an affected way (often used to describe speech or writing, but also visual art and dress).
predestiny
predestiny
noun
(obsolete) Predestination.
prehistory
prehistory
noun
(humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
(often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.
The study of those times.
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
prejustify
presatisfy
presatisfy
verb
(transitive) To satisfy (requirements) in advance.
presbytism
presbytism
noun
Presbyopia.
pretestify
pristinely
pristinely
adv
In a way that is pristine
propensity
propensity
noun
An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
prosperity
prosperity
noun
The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune
protensity
protensity
noun
Synonym of protension
psilophyte
psilophyte
noun
Any plant of the former taxon Psilophyta
Any plant that is adapted to live in a savannah
psychiater
psychiater
noun
(archaic) A psychiatrist.
pterygiums
pterylosis
pterylosis
noun
(ornithology) The particular arrangement of feathers on a bird.
puseyistic
puseyistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Puseyism.
pyelitises
pyrolusite
pyrolusite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.
repositary
repository
repository
noun
(computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.
(dated) A place where things are kept for sale; a shop.
(figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.
A burial vault.
septically
septically
adv
In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
simplexity
simplexity
noun
(chemistry) disorder
(mathematics) The number of simplexes into which a structure can be divided
The act of establishing a simple interface for something that is complex.
The tendency of a simple system to generate complex forms
sixtypenny
speciality
speciality
noun
Britain standard form of specialty.
speciosity
speciosity
noun
(countable, rare, chiefly in the plural) A specious action, promise, ideology, etc.
sperrylite
sperrylite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic and platinum.
spherality
spherality
noun
The property of being spheral.
sphericity
sphericity
noun
(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
(geometry, countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
spinsterly
spinsterly
adj
of or relating to a spinster or spinsterhood
spiritedly
spiritedly
adv
In a spirited manner; with spirit; enthusiastically.
spirometry
spirometry
noun
(medicine) The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.
spitefully
spitefully
adv
In a spiteful manner.
sportively
sportively
adv
In a sportive way
spurtively
staphyline
staphyline
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
stenotypic
stenotypic
adj
Alternative form of stenotypical
stipendary
stipendary
adj
(of a job or employment) Paid (sometimes at a low level, but not voluntary).
(of a person) In receipt of a regular payment; salaried
Of or pertaining to a stipend.
stupefying
stupefying
adj
That causes stupefaction.
verb
present participle of stupefy
stylopidae
stylopized
subtepidly
superdeity
supernuity
superpiety
superunity
suretyship
suretyship
noun
(law) An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.
sympathies
sympathies
noun
plural of sympathy
sympathise
sympathise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathize.
sympathize
sympathize
verb
(intransitive) To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.
(intransitive) To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
(intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
(intransitive) To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action).
(transitive, obsolete) To share (a feeling or experience).
sympatries
sympatries
noun
plural of sympatry
symphytize
symplectic
symplectic
adj
(group theory, of a group) Whose characteristic abelian subgroups are cyclic.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to (the geometry of) a differentiable manifold equipped with a closed nondegenerate bilinear form.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a bilinear form) That is alternating and nondegenerate.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a vector space) That is equipped with an alternating nondegenerate bilinear form.
(petrology, mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a symplectite; symplectitic.
Placed in or among, as if woven together.
That moves in the same direction as a system of synchronized waves.
noun
(ichthyology) A bone in the teleostean fishes that forms the lower ossification of the suspensorium, and which articulates below with the quadrate bone by which it is firmly held.
(mathematics) A symplectic bilinear form, manifold, geometry, etc.
symplesite
symplesite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
symptomize
symptomize
verb
To symptomatize
teletypist
teletypist
noun
A teletype operator.
toponymies
toponymies
noun
plural of toponymy
triphysite
tripsomely
trypsinize
trypsinize
verb
(transitive, biochemistry) To treat (a protein) with trypsin.
tympanites
tympanites
noun
(medicine) A distended abdomen as a result of an accumulation of gas.
typescript
typescript
noun
typewritten material, especially such a copy of a manuscript
verb
(transitive) To transcribe into typewritten form.
typeseting
typewrites
typewrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of typewrite