(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
anemopathy
antepartum
antepartum
adj
Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
antetemple
antetemple
noun
The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
antipewism
antiprimer
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
appallment
appallment
noun
(obsolete) depression occasioned by terror; dismay
applotment
applotment
Noun
apportionment
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
atropamine
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
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.
cryptonema
decampment
decampment
noun
A prompt departure.
The act of decamping.
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
diparentum
emancipate
emancipate
adj
Freed; set at liberty.
verb
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
To set free from slavery or bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit
To set free, as a minor from a parent
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
empalement
empalement
noun
Obsolete form of impalement. in particular in botany as a term for the calyx of a flower.
encampment
encampment
noun
A campsite.
A group of temporary living quarters and/or other temporary structures.
entrapment
entrapment
noun
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
(law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
The state of being entrapped.
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
epaulement
epaulement
noun
(ballet) A position in which one shoulder is thrust forward and the other back, and the torso turned at a right angle to the supporting leg.
A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire.
epistomian
escapement
escapement
noun
(clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
An escape or means of escape.
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
espacement
foretopman
foretopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
impackment
impactment
impactment
noun
impaction
impairment
impairment
noun
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
A deterioration or weakening
A disability or handicap
The result of being impaired
an inefficient part or factor.
impalement
impalement
noun
(botany) (obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. In still older works, also spelt empalement (q.v.)
(heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impartment
impartment
noun
The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
impatience
impatience
noun
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
impetulant
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
impunctate
impunctate
adj
(anatomy) Not punctate; not marked by spots, dots, points, or punctures.
(biology) Lacking pores.
intemporal
inwrapment
leptamnium
leptomonad
leptomonad
noun
(biology) A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative
Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
leptomonas
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
maintopmen
maintopmen
noun
plural of maintopman
manipulate
manipulate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.
(transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
(transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
(transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
mecopteran
mecopteran
noun
Any of the carnivorous insects in the order Mecoptera
megaphyton
melanotype
melanotype
noun
Alternative form of melainotype
menotyphla
mephitinae
metaphyton
metaphyton
noun
Any metaphytic filamentous alga
mispainted
mispainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispaint
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
monopteral
monopteral
adj
(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.
monopttera
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
multiplane
multiplane
adj
Consisting of several planes or surfaces
noun
A motion-picture camera used in traditional animation to move a number of pieces of artwork at various speeds and various distances, creating a sense of parallax or depth.
An airplane having at least three superposed main planes
nameplates
nameplates
noun
plural of nameplate
nonpayment
nonpayment
noun
The failure to make a payment
omniparent
omniparent
adj
That produces all things
noun
A universal parent; god
outpayment
outpayment
noun
An outgoing payment; expenditure.
palermitan
palliament
palliament
noun
(obsolete) A dress; a robe.
palmerston
paludament
paludament
noun
A paludamentum.
pandermite
pandermite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.
pantameter
panthelism
pantometer
pantometer
noun
An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
pantometry
pantometry
noun
(dated) A proposed scheme for universal measurement.
A tendency to measure everything; fixation on measurement or quantitative aspects.
pantomimed
pantomimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pantomime
pantomimes
pantomimes
noun
plural of pantomime
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pantomime
pantostome
papiamento
paramagnet
paramagnet
noun
(physics) Any paramagnetic material
parastemon
parcelment
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parlamento
parliament
parliament
noun
(historical) Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread.
(now chiefly historical) A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls.
A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
parmentier
parthenium
parthenium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
partimento
pavemental
peasantism
pedimental
pedimental
adj
Of or pertaining to a pediment.
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
pentameral
pentameral
adj
fivefold (of a symmetry group)
pentameran
pentamerid
pentamerus
pentameter
pentameter
noun
(poetry) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.
(poetry) Poetic metre in which each line has five feet.
pentaprism
pentaprism
noun
(photography) A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
pentastome
pentastome
noun
Any tongue worm of the subclass Pentastomida
pentatomic
pentatomic
adj
(chemistry) Having five atoms in each molecule.
(chemistry) Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.
pentatomid
pentatomid
noun
(zoology) Any shield bug in the family Pentatomidae
peptonemia
performant
performant
adj
(computing) Characterized by a level of performance or efficiency that is adequate for or exceeds the expectations of end users.
Capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency.
Of or relating to performance.
noun
(obsolete, rare) Someone who performs something, such as a ritual; a performer.
permanents
permanents
noun
plural of permanent
permeating
permeating
verb
present participle of permeate
permeation
permeation
noun
(medicine) The spreading of something (especially something malignant) through the body via blood vessels etc.
The movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
phantomize
phantomize
verb
(transitive, dated, derogatory) To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.
(transitive, sciences) To remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.
phonematic
phonematic
adj
Pertaining to phonemes.
piedmontal
piedmontal
adj
Relating to a piedmont.
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
pitcherman
placements
placements
noun
plural of placement
placentoma
planchment
planimeter
planimeter
noun
An integrating device used to measure the area of an irregular figure via tracing its outline.
planimetry
planimetry
noun
(mathematics) The measurement of distances, angles and areas on a plane, especially on a map or image
planometer
planometer
noun
A flat, metal plate used for estimating the flatness of a machined part; a surface plate.
planometry
planometry
noun
The measurement or construction of a plane surface.
planterdom
pneumatics
pneumatics
noun
(theology, obsolete) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
pneumatism
pneumatism
noun
spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma
pneumatist
pneumatize
pneumatize
verb
To fill with air cavities.
pneumatoce
pneumatode
pneumatode
noun
(botany, histology) A group of cells presumed to be specialised as an airway for ventilation of particular tissues.
(botany, histology) A group of cells with spiral secondary wall thickenings, present in a velamen; acts as an airway for gas exchange for respiration or photosynthesis
pneumatria
pockmantie
pointmaker
pointmaker
noun
(historical) A manufacturer of laces for fastening clothing.
polymagnet
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
portamenti
portamenti
noun
plural of portamento
portamento
portamento
noun
(music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.