(biology) growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
amboceptor
amboceptor
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of hemolysin
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
antroscope
antroscope
noun
An instrument that is used to inspect the maxillary antrum
apocentric
apocentric
adj
(astrophysics) Of or pertaining to the apocenter, the point in an orbit which is furthest from the orbited body
apocopated
apocopated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apocopate
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.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
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
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
astroscope
astroscope
noun
An old astronomical instrument formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
azeotropic
azeotropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope
baphometic
caespitose
caespitose
adj
Alternative form of cespitose
cajeputole
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
cantaloupe
cantaloupe
noun
(Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
(UK, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe.
An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
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
capreolate
capreolate
adj
(botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
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.
carpodetus
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
catchpoled
catoblepas
catoblepas
noun
A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.
catoptrite
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
cephalotus
ceratopsia
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
cetomorpha
chaetopoda
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chapournet
chassepots
chassepots
noun
plural of chassepot
chiroptera
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
clypeolate
coacceptor
coapostate
coleoptera
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
compactest
compactest
adj
superlative form of compact: most compact
compactile
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compatable
compatable
adj
Misspelling of compatible.
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
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
compensate
compensate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
complacent
complacent
adj
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
complanate
complanate
adj
Flattened to a level surface.
verb
(transitive) To make level.
compleated
compleated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compleat
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.
compositae
compostela
comprobate
comprobate
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to concur.
computable
computable
adj
(computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
(mathematics) of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
(mathematics, set theory) Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
concaptive
conceptual
conceptual
adj
Of or relating to conceptualism.
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
constipate
constipate
verb
(obsolete) To pack or crowd together.
(transitive) To cause constipation in.
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
contrapone
contrapose
contrapose
verb
(intransitive) To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something.
(transitive, logic) To place in contraposition.
cooperated
cooperates
cooperates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooperate
cooperator
cooperator
noun
One who cooperates; an associate.
cooptative
cooptative
adj
Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group.
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
copartners
copartners
noun
plural of copartner
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
copatentee
copatentee
noun
A joint patentee; one who holds a patent with another.
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
copycatted
copycatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copycat
coreplasty
craspedota
craspedote
craspedote
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Craspedota.
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptonema
ctenophora
ctenoplana
deprecator
deprecator
noun
One who deprecates.
despotical
despotical
adj
Despotic.
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
ectocarpic
ectocarpic
adj
Relating to brown algae of the genus Ectocarpus.
ectocarpus
ectoprocta
endopathic
endoprocta
entoprocta
entoptical
entoptical
adj
Alternative form of entoptic
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
epollicate
epollicate
adj
Not pollicate.
eucalyptol
eucalyptol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic monoterpenoid ether, obtained from eucalyptus oil, used in perfumery and in the production of pharmaceuticals etc.
evaporitic
evaporitic
adj
Of or pertaining to an evaporite
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
extropical
forcipated
forcipated
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
hecatomped
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hepatocele
hepatocele
noun
(medicine) hernia of the liver
hepatocyte
hepatocyte
noun
Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptachord
heptachord
noun
(music) A lyre with seven chords.
(music) A system of seven sounds.
(poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
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
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
hypocrater
hypothecal
hypothecal
adj
(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton
hypothecia
hypothecia
noun
plural of hypothecium
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
imprecator
imprecator
noun
One who imprecates or curses.
lactoscope
lactoscope
noun
An instrument for estimating the amount of cream in milk, based on its relative opacity
laeotropic
laeotropic
adj
Turning to the left (typically in a left-handed spiral)
lecotropal
leptochroa
leptoclase
leptoclase
noun
(geology) A thin fracture, in sedimentary rocks, either normal or oblique to the bedding plane
leptomatic
leucoplast
leucoplast
noun
(biology) An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions.
macrophyte
macrophyte
noun
(biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.