(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.
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
chemopause
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
comeupance
comeupance
noun
Alternative form of comeuppance
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
compendium
compendium
noun
(pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
A list or collection of various items.
A short, complete summary; an abstract.
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
compounded
compounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compound
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
comproduce
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
coprodaeum
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
creepmouse
creepmouse
adj
(mildly derogatory) Timid and unassuming in the extreme.
noun
(mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person.
creepmousy
dampcourse
decompound
decompound
adj
(botany) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
noun
A decomposite.
verb
To compound or mix with that which is already compound; to compound a second time.
To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
dipneumona
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
ephemerous
ephemerous
adj
(archaic) Ephemeral.
epidermous
epiphloeum
epiphloeum
noun
(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
episporium
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
eumolpides
eumolpique
eumorphous
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
euomphalus
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euphemious
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.
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
geoprumnon
haematopus
hemapodous
hemipodius
hemophilus
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
impervious
impervious
adj
Immune to damage or effect.
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
importuner
importuner
noun
One who importunes.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposthume
imposthume
noun
(obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess.
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with an abscess.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
lumberport
lumpectomy
lumpectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast.
megapodius
melanoplus
menopausal
menopausal
adj
Of, or pertaining to the menopause
menopauses
menopauses
noun
plural of menopause
menopausic
mesohippus
mesopectus
mesopectus
noun
A type of sclerite in some hymenopterans
mesopleura
mesopleura
noun
plural of mesopleuron
mesopodium
mesopodium
noun
(botany) Synonym of petiole
(zoology) The middle portion of the foot in the gastropods and pteropods.
metapodium
metapodium
noun
The metatarsus.
The posterior lobe of the foot of some mollusks.
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
missuppose
missuppose
verb
(transitive) To suppose incorrectly.
mouseproof
mouseproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by mice.
mousetraps
mousetraps
noun
plural of mousetrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap
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.
neopallium
neopallium
noun
neocortex
nephrodium
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
neuroplasm
neuroplasm
noun
The protoplasm of a nerve cell.
neurospasm
neurospasm
noun
A nervous spasm or twitching of a muscle.
nonpremium
nonpremium
adj
Not premium
operculums
outcompete
outcompete
verb
To be more successful than a competitor; especially to thrive in the presence of an organism that is competing for resources.
outpayment
outpayment
noun
An outgoing payment; expenditure.
outperform
outperform
verb
To perform better than something or someone.
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outtrumped
outtrumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrump
palmaceous
palmaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.
papermouth
papermouth
Noun
A fish, the crappie.
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
pedimanous
pedimanous
adj
(zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.
pedionomus
pelomedusa
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
pennopluma
pennoplume
penumbrous
penumbrous
adj
Partially shaded.
Vague; ill-defined; unclear.
peridiolum
peridiolum
noun
(botany) An inner peridium inside of which the hymenium is formed.
perigonium
perigonium
noun
(botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
(dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
peritoneum
peritoneum
noun
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
(zoology) In animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.
perizonium
perizonium
noun
A thin membrane surrounding the auxospore of a diatom
permutator
permutator
noun
(electrical) A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.
pernambuco
peromelous
peromyscus
personarum
petrolatum
petrolatum
noun
petroleum jelly
petroleums
petroleums
noun
plural of petroleum
phlebodium
phocomelus
phocomelus
noun
(dated) Phocomelia.
A person with phocomelia.
picturedom
plaguesome
plaguesome
adj
That is a plague.
pleuronema
pleurotoma
pleurotomy
pleurotomy
noun
(medicine) the surgical incision of the pleura.
ploughmell
plumaceous
plumaceous
adj
fluffy; downy
pluteiform
pneumatoce
pneumatode
pneumatode
noun
(botany, histology) A group of cells presumed to be specialised as an airway for ventilation of particular tissues.
(botany, histology) A group of cells with spiral secondary wall thickenings, present in a velamen; acts as an airway for gas exchange for respiration or photosynthesis
pneumocele
pneumogram
pneumogram
noun
(medicine) A record (often overnight) of the respiratory movements of a subject by the use of pneumography.
pneumolith
pneumology
pneumology
noun
The study of the respiratory system and organs.
pneumopexy
pneumopexy
noun
(surgery) fixation of layers of the lung tissue
pneumotomy
pneumotomy
noun
(dated) Synonym of pneumonectomy
polejumper
polemonium
polemonium
noun
Any of the genus Polemonium of gamopetalous perennial herbs.
polimetrum
polymerous
polymerous
adj
(biology) Having many parts or members in each set.
(chemistry) Polymeric.
polyphemus
polyphemus
noun
Synonym of polyphemus moth
polysemous
polysemous
adj
(linguistics) Having multiple meanings or interpretations.
pomiferous
pomiferous
adj
(botany) bearing pomes or pomelike fruit as opposed to berries.
Producing or bearing fruit, especially apples
pompelmous
pompelmous
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of pampelmoes: a pomelo; a grapefruit.
postbellum
postbellum
adj
(US) Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.
Of the period following a war.
poultrymen
poultrymen
noun
plural of poultryman
praetorium
praetorium
noun
Alternative form of pretorium
precommune
precompute
precompute
verb
(transitive) To compute in advance; to precalculate.
preconsume
preconsume
verb
(transitive) To consume beforehand.
precordium
precordium
noun
(anatomy) The region of the body over the heart and thorax.
prestomium
preumbonal
proamateur
proctodeum
proctodeum
noun
The back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal.
procumbent
procumbent
adj
(botany) That trails along the ground
(dentistry) inclined towards the lips
prone or prostrate
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.
promiseful
promiseful
adj
Full of promise for the future; promising.
promulgate
promulgate
verb
(transitive) To make known or public.
(transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.
propylaeum
propylaeum
noun
(historical, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.
proscenium
proscenium
noun
(in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
(in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
(in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.