(mineralogy) Changing colour by exposure to weather.
peashooter
peashooter
noun
(slang) Any small or ineffective gun.
A toy gun, consisting of a tube through which peas or small objects are blown.
pedosphere
pedosphere
noun
The outermost layer or "skin" of the Earth, subject to soil formation processes.
perochirus
persephone
personhood
personhood
noun
The state or period of being a person.
The status of being considered as a person.
personship
personship
noun
Synonym of personhood
perthosite
phaeospore
phaeospore
noun
A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.
phalaropes
phalaropes
noun
plural of phalarope
phanerosis
phanerosis
noun
(of a colloid) The expansion of individual droplets such that they become visible
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
pheromones
pheromones
noun
plural of pheromone
phoroscope
phosphuret
phosphuret
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) phosphide
physoderma
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air
physophore
plethorous
plowshares
plowshares
noun
plural of plowshare
pokerishly
pokerishly
adv
In a pokerish manner.
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
polyphaser
polyphaser
noun
A machine generating more than one pressure wave.
poorhouses
poorhouses
noun
plural of poorhouse
porkfishes
porphyries
porphyries
noun
plural of porphyry
portership
portership
noun
The office or duty of a porter
postholder
postholder
noun
The holder of a post (title).
potholders
potholders
noun
plural of potholder
potshooter
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
precchosen
prefashion
prehension
prehension
noun
(philosophy) According to Alfred North Whitehead, a type of universally acting perception that is not limited to living, self-conscious beings, and which involves an interconnectedness of the observer and the observed.
The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands.
prehensory
prehensory
adj
Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
prehistory
prehistory
noun
(humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
(often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.
The study of those times.
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
prehostile
preshorten
preshorten
verb
(transitive) To shorten in advance.
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
pretorship
pretorship
noun
Alternative form of praetorship
preworship
preworship
adj
Prior to worship.
priesthood
priesthood
noun
Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.
Priests as a group; the clergy.
The role or office of a priest.
proatheism
proatheist
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.
pronephros
pronephros
noun
(anatomy) A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos
prophecies
prophecies
noun
plural of prophecy
prophesied
prophesied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prophesy
prophesier
prophesier
noun
A person who makes prophecies or foretells the future; a prophet.
prophesies
prophesies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prophesy
prophetess
prophetess
noun
A female prophet.
prophetism
prophetism
noun
The work of prophets; prophecy.
prorrhesis
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
prostheses
prostheses
noun
plural of prosthesis
prosthesis
prosthesis
noun
(linguistics, prosody) Prothesis.
(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
prosthetic
prosthetic
adj
artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis
noun
An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance.
An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device.
prowfishes
prowfishes
noun
plural of prowfish
pyrosphere
pyrosphere
noun
(geology, dated) The zone of igneous activity and lava formation, situated between the lithosphere and barysphere.
rectorship
rectorship
noun
(obsolete) Government; guidance.
The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
repolished
repolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repolish
repolishes
repolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repolish
reproaches
reproaches
noun
plural of reproach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reproach
rhapsodies
rhapsodies
noun
plural of rhapsody
rhapsodize
rhapsodize
verb
(intransitive) To perform a rhapsody.
(intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
(transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
(transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
rhasophore
rheoscopic
rheoscopic
adj
Relating to the rheoscope.
rhinoscope
rhinoscope
noun
an instrument used to examine inside the nose
rhizopuses
rhodosperm
rhodosperm
noun
Any seaweed with red spores.
ropishness
ropishness
noun
The state or quality of being ropish.
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.
saprophile
saprophile
noun
Any saprophilous organism.
saprophyte
saprophyte
noun
any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria
sarcophile
sarcophile
noun
(zoology) A carnivorous animal, especially a marsupial.
sceliphron
scenograph
scenograph
noun
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
scolophore
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
semaphored
semaphored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of semaphore
semaphores
semaphores
noun
plural of semaphore
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of semaphore
semaphoric
semaphoric
adj
involving waving the arms, as if using semaphore
using semaphore
seniorship
seniorship
noun
The rank or position of senior; seniority.
serbophile
serbophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Serbophile
serbophobe
serphoidea
shakeproof
shakeproof
adj
(engineering) Of a washer: resistant to being loosened by vibration.
shameproof
shameproof
adj
resistant to shame
shampooers
shampooers
noun
plural of shampooer
shapometer
shapometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the shape of something.
sharecrops
sharecrops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sharecrop
sheepcrook
shellproof
shellproof
adj
Resistant to shelling.
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shipholder
shipholder
noun
The owner of a ship.
shopkeeper
shopkeeper
noun
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.
shoplifter
shoplifter
noun
A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
shopwalker
shopwalker
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker
shopworker
shopworker
noun
A person who works in a shop; a shop assistant
shreveport
shreveport
Proper noun
A city in the state of Louisiana, USA
shropshire
shropshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham.
Noun
One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
skeuomorph
skeuomorph
noun
A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.
snapholder
sophomores
sophomores
noun
plural of sophomore
sophronize
sophronize
verb
(transitive, rare) To imbue with moral principles or self-control.
sophrosyne
sophrosyne
noun
The Ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, and self-control.
sorosphere
speechlore
speechlore
noun
(nonce word) Philology; grammar.
The science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics.
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
spheration
spheriform
spheroidal
spheroidal
adj
Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
noun
A spheroid
spheroidic
spheroidic
Adjective
spheroidal
spheromere
spheromere
noun
(zoology) Any of the symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate animal.
spherosome
spherosome
noun
(biology) A small plant organelle that stores fat
spirochete
spirochete
noun
Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and animals.
splotchier
splotchier
adj
comparative form of splotchy: more splotchy
sporophore
sporophore
noun
A spore-producing organ, especially a fungus hypha specialized to carry spores.
A sporophyte, or spore-producing plant.
sporophyte
sporophyte
noun
(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
spridhogue
springhope
spritehood
spritehood
noun
The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
stepmother
stepmother
noun
(botany, rare) A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease.
The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
strophiole
strophiole
noun
(botany) An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds.
sulphourea
superabhor
supercloth
superepoch
superheros
supertough
supertough
adj
Exceptionally tough.
tensorship
thecaspore
thecaspore
noun
A spore produced in a theca.
theosopher
theosopher
noun
theosophist
theraphosa
theraphose
thermopsis
thesprotia
thesprotia
Proper noun
a prefecture in Greece
thesprotis
thorascope
tightropes
tightropes
noun
plural of tightrope
toparchies
toparchies
noun
plural of toparchy
trophesial
trophesial
adj
Pertaining to regulation of nourishment by the nervous system.
trophosome
trophosome
noun
(anatomy) An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.
(biology) The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.
(biology) The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.
trophyless
trophyless
adj
Without a trophy.
upholsters
upholsters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upholster
upholstery
upholstery
noun
The craft or business of upholstering furniture.
The materials used in upholstering furniture.
upshoulder
whisperous
whisperous
adj
whispery
wirephotos
wirephotos
noun
plural of wirephoto
worshipers
worshipers
noun
plural of worshiper
worshipped
worshipped
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of worship
worshipper
worshipper
noun
A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
zygosphere
zygosphere
noun
(botany) A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.