(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
amphoterus
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
asphodelus
audiophile
audiophile
noun
A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.
boselaphus
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
canephorus
cephalotus
chapournet
chemopause
chophouses
chophouses
noun
plural of chophouse
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
disulphone
eohippuses
ephemerous
ephemerous
adj
(archaic) Ephemeral.
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
epiphloeum
epiphloeum
noun
(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
epiphytous
epirhizous
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.
eriophorum
eumorphous
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
euomphalus
euphemious
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
euphorbial
euphorbial
adj
(botany) Synonym of euphorbiaceous.
euphorbine
euphorbine
noun
Alternative form of euphorbin
euphorbium
euphorbium
noun
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
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.
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
fireplough
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
geophagous
geophagous
adj
Eating earth.
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
haematopus
hemapodous
hemipodius
hemophilus
herophilus
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
hopperburn
hopperburn
noun
damage to plants as a result of infestation by planthoppers
hotspurred
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
housekkept
housepaint
housephone
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hypoconule
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogeugea
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hyponeuria
hypotenuse
hypotenuse
noun
(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
hypozeuxis
hypozeuxis
noun
(rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
imposthume
imposthume
noun
(obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess.
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with an abscess.
leucophane
leucophane
noun
Alternative form of leucophanite
leucophore
leucophore
noun
(histology) Any chromatophore that shows white in reflected light.
leucophyre
mesohippus
mouthpiece
mouthpiece
noun
(slang) A lawyer for the defense.
A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.
The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.
nautophone
nephrodium
nephroncus
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
neuropathy
neuropathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).
(medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
neurophagy
neurophile
neuropsych
neuropsych
noun
(countable, colloquial) neuropsychologist
(uncountable, colloquial) neuropsychology
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.
nonplushed
nonplushed
adj
(dated, pronunciation spelling) nonplussed
northupite
northupite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
oesophagus
oesophagus
noun
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
oophorauxe
ophiouride
outsharpen
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
pajahuello
pajahuello
noun
The tick Ornithodoros coriaceus.
papermouth
papermouth
Noun
A fish, the crappie.
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
penthoused
penthoused
adj
(archaic) Furnished with a penthouse or exterior building.
penthouses
penthouses
noun
plural of penthouse
perochirus
petrouchka
phaseolous
phenacodus
phenicious
philoetius
philologue
philologue
Noun
A philologist.
phlebodium
phocaceous
phocomelus
phocomelus
noun
(dated) Phocomelia.
A person with phocomelia.
phosphuret
phosphuret
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) phosphide
physagogue
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
plethorous
pleurolith
pleurolith
noun
A concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
ploughgate
ploughgate
noun
(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
ploughhead
ploughhead
noun
The clevis or draught iron of a plough.
ploughline
ploughmell
ploughshoe
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
pneumolith
poephagous
poephagous
adj
grass-eating
polatouche
polatouche
noun
A Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans, syn. Sciuropterus volans), native to much of boreal Eurasia, from Finland east.
polyphemus
polyphemus
noun
Synonym of polyphemus moth
poorhouses
poorhouses
noun
plural of poorhouse
powerhouse
powerhouse
noun
(card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win.
(figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration
A power station; the building housing a power station
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.
pseudosoph
pullshovel
puppethood
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
rhizopuses
rudolphine
rudolphine
Adjective
Pertaining to, or designating, the a set of astronomical tables computed by in 1627, using data collected by
russophile
russophile
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
russophobe
russophobe
Noun
Someone who fears or hates Russians or Russian influence.
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
sheephouse
shoupeltin
siphoneous
siphoneous
adj
Of or relating to the Siphoneae.
skeuomorph
skeuomorph
noun
A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.
sousaphone
sousaphone
noun
A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.
speakhouse
sphacelous
spicehouse
spicehouse
noun
A warehouse where spices are stored.
spousehood
spousehood
noun
The condition or state of being married; wedlock, marriage.
spridhogue
sulpholeic
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate