(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
canephorus
cephalotus
chapournet
chemopause
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
euomphalus
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
euphorbial
euphorbial
adj
(botany) Synonym of euphorbiaceous.
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
geophagous
geophagous
adj
Eating earth.
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
haematopus
hemapodous
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
housepaint
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.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hypogeugea
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hyponeuria
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
leucophane
leucophane
noun
Alternative form of leucophanite
nautophone
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
oesophagus
oesophagus
noun
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
oophorauxe
outsharpen
pajahuello
pajahuello
noun
The tick Ornithodoros coriaceus.
papermouth
papermouth
Noun
A fish, the crappie.
petrouchka
phaseolous
phenacodus
phocaceous
physagogue
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
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.
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.
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
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
sulphourea
superabhor
taurophile
taurophobe
tophaceous
tophaceous
adj
Relating to tophus.
gritty; sandy; rough; stony
typhaceous
typhaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Typhaceae of cattails.
unhoopable
unorphaned
unorphaned
adj
Not orphaned.
uranophane
uranophane
noun
(mineralogy) A rare yellow radioactive calcium uranium silicate hydrate mineral that forms from the oxidation of uranium-bearing minerals.