Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
cystophore
epistrophy
hydropotes
hypaethros
hyperstoic
hypertense
hypertense
adj
Extremely tense.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypotensor
hypsometer
hypsometer
noun
An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).
hypsometry
hypsometry
noun
The measurement of elevation relative to sea level.
pheasantry
pheasantry
noun
(zoology) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
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.
psychiater
psychiater
noun
(archaic) A psychiatrist.
saprophyte
saprophyte
noun
any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria
spherality
spherality
noun
The property of being spheral.
sphericity
sphericity
noun
(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
(geometry, countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
sporophyte
sporophyte
noun
(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
strathspey
strathspey
noun
A Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
A piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance.
superyacht
superyacht
Noun
A very large luxury yacht
suretyship
suretyship
noun
(law) An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.
