(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.
audiotapes
audiotapes
noun
plural of audiotape
autopepsia
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
bipetalous
bipetalous
Adjective
Having two petals.
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
deceptious
deceptious
adj
(obsolete) Tending to deceive.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
dispiteous
dispiteous
adj
(archaic, literary) Not showing mercy or pity.
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
epiphytous
epipterous
equipotent
equipotent
adj
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a bijection with one another.
Having equal strength, ability or efficacy.
eruptional
eruptional
adj
eruptive
eupatorine
eupatorine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound extracted from various species of Eupatorium.
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euphonetic
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
eupittonic
eupittonic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.
eurytropic
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
exceptious
exceptious
adj
(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
exploiture
exploiture
noun
(obsolete) The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.
(obsolete) exploitation
expunction
expunction
noun
The act of expunging or erasing.
The condition of being expunged.
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
fetiparous
fetiparous
adj
(of a marsupial) bearing offspring born not fully developed
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
housepaint
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
intergroup
intergroup
adj
Taking place between groups, especially between social groups.
noun
(politics) A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
isopterous
isopterous
adj
Having the wings equal.
metapodium
metapodium
noun
The metatarsus.
The posterior lobe of the foot of some mollusks.
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
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.
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.
northupite
northupite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
occupative
occupative
adj
occupational; relating to one's occupation or employment
opuntiales
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outleaping
outleaping
verb
present participle of outleap
outpainted
outpainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpaint
outpatient
outpatient
adj
(healthcare) Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.
noun
(healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.
outpension
outpension
noun
A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution.
outpointed
outpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpoint
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
outspinned
outweeping
outweeping
verb
present participle of outweep
outyelping
outyelping
verb
present participle of outyelp
peculation
peculation
noun
(law, chiefly historical) The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
pentosuria
pentosuria
noun
(pathology) the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose in the urine
peptonuria
peptonuria
noun
(medicine) The presence of peptone or a similar body in the urine.
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.
petiolular
petiolular
adj
(botany) Of or relating to a petiolule.
philoetius
picturedom
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
pirouetted
pirouetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pirouette
pirouetter
pirouetter
noun
One who pirouettes.
pirouettes
pirouettes
noun
plural of pirouette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pirouette
pleurolith
pleurolith
noun
A concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
pluteiform
pneumolith
polimetrum
portunidae
postluetic
postluetic
adj
Following syphilis.
posturised
posturised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturise
posturized
posturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturize
praetorium
praetorium
noun
Alternative form of pretorium
praetorius
precaution
precaution
noun
A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good
verb
(transitive) To warn or caution beforehand.
(transitive, rare) To take precaution against.
preoutline
prequoting
preroutine
preroutine
noun
A routine carried out in advance of something else.
prerouting
prerouting
verb
present participle of preroute
preruption
prestomium
productile
productile
adj
Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.
productive
productive
adj
(linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
(medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
(medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
promethium
promethium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.
propertius
prostitute
prostitute
adj
(obsolete) Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute.
noun
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.
A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
verb
(transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money.
proteinous
proteinous
adj
proteinaceous
protrusile
protrusile
adj
Capable of being protruded.
protrusive
protrusive
adj
rather conspicuous; obtrusive
that protrudes; protruding
pterideous
pterosauri
puntillero
pyrolusite
pyrolusite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.
reeruption
reptilious
reptilious
adj
(dated) Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
(dated) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.
repudiator
repudiator
noun
One who repudiates.
reputation
reputation
noun
What somebody is known for.
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
retropubic
retropubic
adj
(anatomy) Behind the pubic area (and in front of the urinary bladder)
setiparous
setiparous
adj
(zoology) Producing setae.
shoupeltin
spoutiness
spoutiness
noun
The quality of being spouty.
strepitous
strepitous
adj
boisterous; noisy
subception
subdeposit
subdeposit
noun
That which is deposited beneath something else.
subreption
subreption
noun
The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
supertonic
supertonic
noun
(music) The second note in a diatonic scale.
suppletion
suppletion
noun
(grammar) More loosely, the use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine, normally referred to as collateral adjectives.
(linguistics, grammar) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.
The supplying of something lacking.
supportive
supportive
adj
Providing support.
surreption
surreption
noun
An unperceived or sudden arrival.
The obtaining of something in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
susception
susception
noun
The act of taking; reception.
suspection
suspection
noun
(obsolete) suspicion
taurophile
teutophile
teutopolis
theophilus
theophilus
Proper noun
The addressee of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
name; rare in English.
tipuloidea
touchpiece
touchpiece
noun
Alternative form of touch piece
tripterous
tripterous
adj
Having three wings or wing-like structures.
tubulipore
tubulipore
noun
(zoology) Any of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, with tubular calcareous calicles.
turcophile
turcophile
Adjective
Favouring or sympathetic to Turkey.
turkophile
unadoptive
unapposite
unapposite
adj
Not apposite.
underpoint
underpoint
adj
Below the point (any sense)
noun
(music) The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
A downward facing point on the underside.
Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
verb
(masonry) To point the underside.
To add a dot beneath a letter as a proofreading or diacritical mark.
To emphasize or call attention to a point within a discussion.
To include too few points.
To indicate or focus on a position closer than the one that is intended.
undespotic
undespotic
adj
Not despotic.
unimported
unimported
adj
Not imported.
unipotence
unipotence
noun
The property of being unipotent.
unoperatic
unoperatic
adj
Not operatic.
unopposite
unphonetic
unphonetic
Adjective
Not phonetic.
unpoetical
unpoetical
adj
not poetical
unpoetized
unpoetized
adj
Not poetized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpoetize