(biology) growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
antipoetic
antipoetic
adj
Opposed to poetry.
antipolice
antipolice
adj
Opposed to or prejudiced against the police
apocentric
apocentric
adj
(astrophysics) Of or pertaining to the apocenter, the point in an orbit which is furthest from the orbited body
apodeictic
apodeictic
adj
(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
Affording proof; demonstrative.
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apopemptic
apopemptic
adj
Pertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.
noun
(obsolete) A farewell or parting address.
apopenptic
apoplectic
apoplectic
adj
(archaic) Effused with blood.
(medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy.
Marked by extreme anger or fury.
noun
A person suffering from apoplexy.
aporetical
aporetical
Adjective
Tending to doubt.
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
apostacies
apostacies
noun
plural of apostacy
apostacize
apotactite
apotactite
Noun
One of an ancient sect of Christians who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(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.
apotihecal
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
azeotropic
azeotropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope
baphometic
caespitose
caespitose
adj
Alternative form of cespitose
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
capernoity
capetonian
capetonian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Town, South Africa.
Noun
A person from Cape Town.
capilotade
capilotade
noun
A type of stew, typically of several different meats.
capitoline
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpintero
carpintero
noun
The acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.
catoptrite
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
centipoise
centipoise
noun
A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the number, the less viscous the material.) Symbol: cP.
ceratopsia
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chiroptera
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
cispontine
cispontine
adj
On this side of the bridge (or bridges).
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
coenotypic
coleoptile
coleoptile
noun
(botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.
colpitises
compactile
compatible
compatible
adj
Able to get along well.
Capable of easy interaction.
Consistent; congruous.
noun
Something that is compatible with something else.
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
competible
competible
adj
(obsolete) Compatible
competitor
competitor
noun
(obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
complicate
complicate
adj
(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
(obsolete) Intertwined.
verb
(transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
compositae
composited
composited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of composite
composites
composites
noun
plural of composite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of composite
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
comptonite
concaptive
conception
conception
noun
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
The act of conceiving.
The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
The start of pregnancy.
The state of being conceived; the beginning.
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
conceptive
conceptive
adj
relating to conception (in all senses)
concipient
concipient
noun
One who conceives, who has an idea or concept.
constipate
constipate
verb
(obsolete) To pack or crowd together.
(transitive) To cause constipation in.
cooptative
cooptative
adj
Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group.
copesettic
copesettic
adj
Misspelling of copacetic.
coppaelite
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
copyfitter
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
corbiestep
corbiestep
noun
(architecture) A series of step-like projections at the top of a gable.
corporeity
corporeity
noun
(countable) A body, a physical substance.
(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
correption
correption
noun
(obsolete) chiding; reproof; reproach
A shortening in pronunciation.
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
cowperitis
cowperitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of Cowper's gland
coxopodite
coxopodite
noun
Synonym of coxa
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptolite
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
deceptions
deceptions
noun
plural of deception
deceptious
deceptious
adj
(obsolete) Tending to deceive.
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
depictions
depictions
noun
plural of depiction
descriptor
descriptor
noun
(computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
(linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
despotical
despotical
adj
Despotic.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
docentship
eccoprotic
eccoprotic
adj
Having a mild laxative effect.
noun
A mild laxative.
ectocarpic
ectocarpic
adj
Relating to brown algae of the genus Ectocarpus.
ectophloic
ectophloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is external to the xylem.
ectophytic
ectophytic
adj
Relating to ectophytes
ectopistes
ectotrophi
ectotropic
emmetropic
emmetropic
adj
Pertaining to emmetropia.
emplection
emplection
noun
Alternative form of emplecton
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
encryption
encryption
noun
(cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
endopathic
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
endotropic
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
entoptical
entoptical
adj
Alternative form of entoptic
eolotropic
eolotropic
adj
Alternative spelling of aeolotropic
epiglottic
epiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
epiopticon
epipoditic
episcopant
episcopant
noun
(Christianity, obsolete) A bishop.
episcopate
episcopate
noun
(rare) A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.
Bishops seen as a group.
The tenure in office of a bishop.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a bishop.
epitomical
epitomical
adj
epitomic
epitrophic
epollicate
epollicate
adj
Not pollicate.
ericophyte
ethopoetic
ethopoetic
adj
(obsolete) Expressing character.
etiotropic
etiotropic
adj
(medicine) That acts against the cause of a disease
euphonetic
eupittonic
eupittonic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.
eurytropic
evaporitic
evaporitic
adj
Of or pertaining to an evaporite
exceptions
exceptions
noun
plural of exception
exceptious
exceptious
adj
(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
excerption
excerption
noun
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
The act of excerpting or selecting.
exopoditic
exopoditic
adj
(zoology) Relating to the exopodite.
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
expunction
expunction
noun
The act of expunging or erasing.
The condition of being expunged.
extropical
forcipated
forcipated
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
forescript
forescript
noun
A prescription.
frontpiece
geopolitic
geopolitic
adj
Alternative form of geopolitical
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
helicopted
helicopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of helicopt
helicopter
helicopter
noun
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
(botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(zoology, slang) A dragonfly.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
heliotypic
heliotypic
adj
Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
heptacolic
heptapodic
heptatomic
heptatomic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of seven atoms
heptatonic
heptatonic
adj
(music) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave
heteroepic
homeotypic
homeotypic
adj
(genetics) Relating to the second nuclear division in meiosis
horopteric
horopteric
adj
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
hyperstoic
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.