(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
aphaeretic
aphaeretic
adj
(rare, medicine, linguistics) Of the nature of apheresis.
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.
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archpirate
archpirate
noun
A leader of pirates.
archpriest
archpriest
noun
(Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
beterschap
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
cetomorpha
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
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
checkstrap
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chiroptera
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
ciphertext
ciphertext
noun
Encoded text, text that is unreadable.
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
cystophore
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
diphtheric
diphtheric
adj
Relating to, or having, diphtheria.
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
ecphractic
ecphractic
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent.
noun
(dated) Any medicine of this kind.
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
ectosphere
ectosphere
noun
The cortical zone of a centrosphere
ectotrophi
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
epitrophic
ericophyte
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.
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
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.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
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.
heptarchal
heptarchic
heptarchic
adj
Of or pertaining to a heptarchy.
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
heteroepic
horopteric
horopteric
adj
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
hyperacute
hyperacute
adj
(medicine) Very acute.
(medicine, of T waves on ECGs) Tall-amplitude and asymmetrically peaked, often as an early finding in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
hyperbatic
hyperbatic
adj
Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.
hyperstoic
hypertelic
hypertelic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting hypertely
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
hypertypic
hypocenter
hypocenter
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hypocentre
hypocentre
hypocentre
noun
(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
hypocrater
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptochroa
leptorchis
macrophyte
macrophyte
noun
(biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
microphyte
microphyte
noun
(biology) Any microscopic plant or alga
necropathy
nectophore
nectophore
noun
(biology) The swimming bell of a siphonophore
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
octothorpe
octothorpe
noun
(chiefly US, typography) The hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in telephony and computing.
orthopedic
orthopedic
adj
Of, or relating to orthopedics.
orthopneic
orthopneic
adj
Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
orthoscope
orthoscope
noun
An instrument for drawing projections of a skull.
An instrument for examining the interior of an eye.
pachometer
pachometer
noun
Alternative form of pachymeter
pachymeter
pachymeter
noun
Any of several instruments that are used to measure the thickness of something.
packthread
packthread
noun
(archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
parachuted
parachuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parachute
parachuter
parachuter
noun
One who uses a parachute; a parachutist.
parachutes
parachutes
noun
plural of parachute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parachute
parathetic
parathetic
adj
Of or pertaining to parathesis.
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parritches
parritches
noun
plural of parritch
pasticheur
pasticheur
noun
One who mimics the literary or artistic style of another.
patcheries
patcheries
noun
plural of patchery
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
perichaete
periphytic
periphytic
adj
Relating to periphytons
perithecia
perithecia
noun
plural of perithecium
peritricha
petrarchal
petrarchan
petrarchan
Adjective
Of or relating to a renowned Renaissance Italian humanist.
petrouchka
phacometer
phacometer
noun
A device for testing the refractive power of lenses.
phagocyter
pharmacite
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
phylactery
phylactery
noun
(Judaism) Either of the two small leather cases, containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer; the tefilla.
(art, historical) A speech scroll, an illustrative device depicting speech, song or other sound as if written on a scroll.
(fantasy, role-playing games) An enspelled object used (by such as a lich) to contain and protect the owner's soul.
(historical) A case in which (Christian) relics were preserved.
Any small object worn for its magical or supernatural power; an amulet or charm.
pitcherful
pitcherful
noun
The quantity that a pitcher can hold.
pitcherman
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.