(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphorette
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
amphoterus
atmosphere
atmosphere
noun
(figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
(figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
(television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
The air in a particular place.
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
cetomorpha
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
haptometer
haptometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sensitivity to touch, by adding and removing weights that produce pressure.
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
heptameter
heptameter
noun
a line or verse containing seven metrical feet
heptatrema
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
hypaethrum
macrophyte
macrophyte
noun
(biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
mastership
mastership
noun
(obsolete) Chief work; masterpiece.
A title of respect, sometimes ironic.
Mastery: dominion, superiority, control.
Mastery: superior skill.
The state or office of a master.
mehtarship
mehtarship
noun
The role or status of a mehtar.
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
metamorphy
metamorphy
noun
The quality of being metamorphic.
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
metaphragm
metaphrase
metaphrase
noun
An answering phrase; repartee.
a literal, word-for-word translation.
verb
to make such a literal translation.
metaphrast
metaphrast
noun
A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
metatrophy
meteograph
metropathy
metropathy
noun
(medicine) Synonym of metropathia
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
pachometer
pachometer
noun
Alternative form of pachymeter
pachymeter
pachymeter
noun
Any of several instruments that are used to measure the thickness of something.
pamphleter
pamphleter
noun
Synonym of pamphleteer
papermouth
papermouth
Noun
A fish, the crappie.
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
parthenium
parthenium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
pathometer
pathometer
noun
A lie detector.
phacometer
phacometer
noun
A device for testing the refractive power of lenses.
pharmacite
phasemeter
phasemeter
noun
A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air