(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
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
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.
outsharpen
outspanned
outspanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outspan
outspinned
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
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
portentous
portentous
adj
Of momentous or ominous significance.
Ominously prophetic.
Puffed up with vanity.
postneural
postneural
adj
posterior to a neural plate
postulance
postvenous
poundstone
preconsult
prosternum
prosternum
noun
(zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
proteinous
proteinous
adj
proteinaceous
pseudodont
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
shoupeltin
spoutiness
spoutiness
noun
The quality of being spouty.
stupendous
stupendous
adj
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
subception
subconcept
subconcept
noun
A secondary or subsidiary concept.
subpotency
subpotency
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
subreption
subreption
noun
The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
sunspotted
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.
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
theopneust
theopneust
adj
Inspired or possessed by a god.
unapposite
unapposite
adj
Not apposite.
undespotic
undespotic
adj
Not despotic.
unestopped
unestopped
adj
Not estopped.
unopposite
unpositive
unpostered
unpostered
adj
Not covered with posters.
unsportive
unsportive
adj
Not sportive.
unsprouted
unsprouted
adj
(horticulture) ungerminated; without sprouts (of seed)