(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
corruptest
corruptest
adj
superlative form of corrupt: most corrupt
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of corrupt
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
deceptious
deceptious
adj
(obsolete) Tending to deceive.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
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.
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
dispiteous
dispiteous
adj
(archaic, literary) Not showing mercy or pity.
ectocarpus
epiphytous
epipterous
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
exceptious
exceptious
adj
(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
fetiparous
fetiparous
adj
(of a marsupial) bearing offspring born not fully developed
fourposter
fourposter
noun
Alternative form of four-poster (“type of bed”)
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
haematopus
hotspurred
housekkept
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.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypotenuse
hypotenuse
noun
(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
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
isopterous
isopterous
adj
Having the wings equal.
juxtaposed
juxtaposed
adj
Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose
juxtaposes
juxtaposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose
leucoplast
leucoplast
noun
(biology) An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions.
mesopectus
mesopectus
noun
A type of sclerite in some hymenopterans
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
mousetraps
mousetraps
noun
plural of mousetrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap
neurospast
neurospast
noun
A puppet.
nonsuspect
nonsuspect
noun
One who is not a suspect.
notopterus
opuntiales
outpension
outpension
noun
A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution.
outpleased
outpleased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outplease
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
outpressed
outpressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpress
outpresses
outpresses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpress
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outpursued
outsharpen
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
outspanned
outspanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outspan
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
outspeaker
outspeaker
noun
One who speaks out.
outspelled
outspelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outspell
outspinned
outspreads
outspreads
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread
outstepped
outstepped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outstep
peculators
peculators
noun
plural of peculator
penthoused
penthoused
adj
(archaic) Furnished with a penthouse or exterior building.
penthouses
penthouses
noun
plural of penthouse
pentosuria
pentosuria
noun
(pathology) the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose 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.
persecutor
persecutor
noun
A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
petroleous
petroleous
adj
Characteristic of oil or petroleum.
Containing petroleum.
Pertaining to the mining of petroleum.
petroleums
petroleums
noun
plural of petroleum
petroleuse
philoetius
phosphuret
phosphuret
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) phosphide
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
pirouettes
pirouettes
noun
plural of pirouette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pirouette
plethorous
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketsful
polycletus
polypterus
portentous
portentous
adj
Of momentous or ominous significance.
Ominously prophetic.
Puffed up with vanity.
portuguese
portuguese
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.
Noun
A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
Proper noun
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of and
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.
postluetic
postluetic
adj
Following syphilis.
postneural
postneural
adj
posterior to a neural plate
postulance
postulated
postulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postulate
postulates
postulates
noun
plural of postulate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of postulate
posturised
posturised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturise
posturized
posturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturize
postvenous
poulteress
poulteress
Noun
A female poulterer.
poundstone
poussetted
poussetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of poussette
praetorius
preconsult
prestomium
presupport
procrustes
procrustes
Proper noun
A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.
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.
propertius
prosecuted
prosecuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prosecute
prosecutes
prosecutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prosecute
prosecutor
prosecutor
noun
(law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
(law) a prosecuting attorney.
prospectus
prospectus
noun
A booklet or other document giving details of a share offer for the benefit of investors.
A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).
A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.
prosternum
prosternum
noun
(zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
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
pseudatoll
pseudocyst
pseudocyst
noun
(medicine) A pathological collection of fluid, differing from a cyst in lacking a clearly-defined epithelial cell layer.
pseudodont
pseudosalt
pterideous
pterosauri
pterygotus
ptolemaeus
pulsometer
pulsometer
noun
A vacuum pump or hydrotrope.
pultaceous
pultaceous
adj
Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.
purporters
pyrolusite
pyrolusite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.
recomputes
recomputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recompute
reptilious
reptilious
adj
(dated) Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
(dated) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
rudderpost
rudderpost
noun
(nautical) The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other.
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
setiparous
setiparous
adj
(zoology) Producing setae.
shoupeltin
speculator
speculator
noun
(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
(rugby) Synonym of field goal
One who forms theories; a theorist.
One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
spermoduct
spermoduct
noun
sperm duct
sporulated
sporulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sporulate
spoutiness
spoutiness
noun
The quality of being spouty.
spurgewort
spurgewort
noun
Any euphorbiaceous plant.
streperous
streperous
adj
(archaic) loud; boisterous
strepitous
strepitous
adj
boisterous; noisy
stupendous
stupendous
adj
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
subception
subconcept
subconcept
noun
A secondary or subsidiary concept.
subdeposit
subdeposit
noun
That which is deposited beneath something else.
suboctuple
suboctuple
adj
(obsolete) Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight.
subpotency
subpotency
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
subproject
subproject
noun
A project within a larger project.
subreption
subreption
noun
The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
subterpose
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate