A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.
phlebotome
phlebotome
noun
An instrument used for phlebotomy; a fleam.
phlebotomy
phlebotomy
noun
The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
phonematic
phonematic
adj
Pertaining to phonemes.
phonometer
phonometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sounds.
phonometry
phonometry
noun
The measurement of sound.
phorometer
phorometer
noun
(historical) A device for examining the equilibrium of the ocular muscles.
phorometry
photodrome
photodrome
noun
(dated) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes, the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
photomappe
photometer
photometer
noun
(physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
verb
(astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.
photometry
photometry
noun
(astronomy) The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars.
(physics) The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
phototimer
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phymatidae
phymatodes
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air
physostome
physostome
noun
(marine biology) A fish with a bladder open to its esophagus.
phytometer
phytometer
noun
Any plant used as a phytometric standard
phytometry
phytometry
noun
The measurement of physiological responses of plants
pitcherman
planchment
pneumolith
polishment
polishment
noun
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
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
prometheus
prometheus
Proper noun
The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
promethium
promethium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.
prophetism
prophetism
noun
The work of prophets; prophecy.
prototheme
prototheme
noun
(onomastics) The first element of a name composed of two traditional name roots.
punishment
punishment
noun
(figuratively) Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
reshipment
reshipment
noun
(countable) A second or subsequent shipment.
(uncountable) The condition of being reshipped.
rhegmatype
rhegmatypy
schumpeter
shapesmith
shapometer
shapometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the shape of something.
shipmaster
shipmaster
noun
The master of a ship; a captain; a commander.
shrimpiest
shrimpiest
adj
superlative form of shrimpy: most shrimpy
smoothpate
speechment
steamships
steamships
noun
plural of steamship
stephanome
stepmother
stepmother
noun
(botany, rare) A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease.
The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
sulphamate
sulphamate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfamate
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).
symphynote
symphynote
adj
(biology) Soldered together at the hinge, like the valves of some unios.
symphytize
taiwanhemp
telpherman
telphermen
tetramorph
tetramorph
noun
(art) The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure or a group of four figures.
A symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit.
thermopair
thermophil
thermopile
thermopile
noun
(electronics) An electronic device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy. Usually constructed using a series-combination of thermocouples
thermopsis
thermotype
thermotype
noun
A type of climate that has a specifies temperature range
An image (as for example of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with an acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression
thermotypy
thermotypy
noun
The art or process of obtaining thermotypes.
theromorph
theromorph
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Theromorpha.
thumbpiece
thumbpiece
noun
Part of an object to accommodate a person's thumb, such as on the ornamental handle of a tankard.
triphammer
triphammer
noun
Alternative spelling of trip hammer
trophedema
trophoderm
trophoderm
noun
A trophoblast together with the vascular mesodermal layer underlying it
trophonema
trophonema
noun
Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos
trophosome
trophosome
noun
(anatomy) An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.
(biology) The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.
(biology) The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.
typhoaemia
unemphatic
unemphatic
adj
Not emphatic
unshipment
unshipment
noun
The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.