(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenophora
adenophore
adenophyma
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alphonsine
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
androphore
androphore
noun
(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anemopathy
anemophile
anemophile
noun
Any anemophilous plant.
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophobe
anglophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobe
anglophone
anglophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone
anopheline
anopheline
adj
Of or pertaining to the anopheles mosquitoes.
noun
Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
anthophore
anthophore
noun
(botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.
anthophyte
anthophyte
noun
(botany) Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
antrophore
antrophose
aphronitre
aphthonite
apoharmine
apoharmine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₈H₈N₂, derived from harmic acid, that behaves similarly to harmine, but that has greater solubility in water.
apophonies
apophonies
noun
plural of apophony
apothesine
archipenko
arsenophen
asiphonate
asiphonate
adj
(zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
noun
(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.
azophenine
bisphenoid
borophenol
brehonship
bromphenol
camphanone
camphorone
canephorae
canephoroe
canephoroi
canephoros
canephorus
cellophane
cellophane
noun
Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
cephalonia
cephalonia
Proper noun
A Greek island in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
champenois
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chaperones
chaperones
noun
plural of chaperone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperone
chapournet
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.
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chlidanope
cholophein
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
choppiness
choppiness
noun
the state of being choppy
chronopher
chronopher
noun
(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to distant points by means of electricity.
cinchophen
cinchophen
noun
An analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).
clomiphene
clomiphene
noun
(pharmacology) UK and US spelling of clomifene.
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.
cnibophore
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
collophane
colophenic
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
coryphaena
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyanophose
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
deiphontes
delphinoid
delphinoid
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin
noun
Any cetacean of the superfamily Delphinoidea
dendrophil
dentaphone
dentiphone
dentiphone
noun
(dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
dinophilea
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
disphenoid
disphenoid
adj
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
noun
(geometry) A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
disulphone
docentship
ecphonesis
ecphonesis
noun
(Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
(rhetoric) Exclamation.
edaphodont
encephalon
encephalon
noun
(neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.
encephalos
encephalos
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The encephalon.
endomorphy
endomorphy
noun
The property of having the endomorph body type.
endopathic
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endophragm
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
endosiphon
endotrophi
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
entophytal
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
entosphere
entotrophi
eosinophil
eosinophil
adj
Alternative form of eosinophilic
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
epanaphora
epanaphora
noun
(rhetoric) anaphora
epharmonic
ephemerons
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
epichorion
epichorion
noun
(anatomy) The part of the endometrium that covers the implanted early embryo
epionychia
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
epiphonema
epiphonema
noun
(rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
epityphlon
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
epoophoron
epoophoron
noun
(anatomy) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct.
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
ethiopians
euphonetic
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
euphonious
euphonious
adj
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
euphonized
euphonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonize
euphorbine
euphorbine
noun
Alternative form of euphorbin
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
euphrosyne
euphrosyne
Proper noun
One of the three Charites and the goddess of joy.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
genophobia
genophobia
noun
The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
gonosphere
gorgophone
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
hainesport
harpooneer
harpooneer
noun
A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales.
harpooners
harpooners
noun
plural of harpooner
headphones
headphones
noun
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
hellespont
hellespont
Proper noun
The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
hemianopia
hemianopia
noun
(ophthalmology) Alternative form of hemianopsia
hemianopic
hemianopic
adj
Alternative form of hemianopsic
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
heparinoid
heparinoid
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin
heptagonal
heptagonal
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5n²-3n)/2.
Having seven angles and sides.
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.