(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
capernoity
copyfitter
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
corporeity
corporeity
noun
(countable) A body, a physical substance.
(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
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.
decrepitly
decrepitly
adv
In a decrepit way.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
depository
depository
noun
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
dispersity
dispersity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is dispersed.
(uncountable) The state of being dispersed, of being a dispersion.
dryopteris
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
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.
epistolary
epistolary
adj
Carried on by written correspondence.
In the manner of written correspondence.
Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
noun
(Christianity) A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
epistrophy
ericophyte
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
erythropia
eucryptite
eucryptite
noun
(mineralogy) A lithium-bearing aluminium silicate mineral.
eurypterid
eurypterid
noun
A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first animals to venture onto land.
eurytropic
expiratory
expiratory
adj
Of or pertaining to expiration
expository
expository
adj
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
heliotropy
heliotropy
noun
heliotropism
heredipety
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hippometry
hyperbatic
hyperbatic
adj
Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.
hyperstoic
hypertelic
hypertelic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting hypertely
hypertonia
hypertonia
noun
(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
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
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotizer
hypnotizer
noun
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypotheria
impapyrate
imperatory
imperatory
adj
(archaic) imperative
imperialty
imperialty
noun
People of imperial rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
The rank, status, power or authority of an imperial.
inexpertly
inexpertly
adv
In an inexpert manner.
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
interparty
interparty
adj
Between political parties.
interplays
interplays
noun
plural of interplay
intrepidly
intrepidly
adv
In an intrepid manner
kryptonite
kryptonite
noun
(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles heel.
microphyte
microphyte
noun
(biology) Any microscopic plant or alga
myoproteid
myoprotein
myoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any protein that occurs in muscle tissue.
necrotypic
nitrophyte
nitrophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pelvimetry
pelvimetry
noun
The assessment of the female pelvis in relation to the birth of a baby.
peracidity
pericystic
pericystic
adj
Relating to a pericyst
Surrounding a cyst
pericytial
pericytial
adj
Surrounding a cell
periphytic
periphytic
adj
Relating to periphytons
periphyton
periphyton
noun
(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
peristylar
peristylar
adj
Having the form of a peristyle.
peristyles
peristyles
noun
plural of peristyle
peristylos
peristylum
perjinkety
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
perpensity
perpensity
noun
(obsolete) Perpension.
perpetuity
perpetuity
noun
(countable) Something that is perpetual.
(countable, finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.
(countable, law) A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
perplexity
perplexity
noun
In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Something that perplexes.
The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
personeity
personeity
noun
(obsolete) personality
pertinency
pertinency
noun
(countable, dated) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
perversity
perversity
noun
A perverse act.
The quality of being perverse.
petrifying
petrifying
adj
Causing immense fear; extremely scary
verb
present participle of petrify
petrohyoid
petrohyoid
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the petrous, or periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch.
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of this kind.
piezometry
piezometry
noun
The measuring of the compressibility of a liquid.
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
planimetry
planimetry
noun
(mathematics) The measurement of distances, angles and areas on a plane, especially on a map or image
platymeria
platymeric
platymeric
adj
Having a broad femur
playwriter
playwriter
noun
One who writes plays; a playwright.
pleiotropy
pleiotropy
noun
(genetics) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism.
(pharmacology) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually implies additional beneficial effects.
pleximetry
pleximetry
noun
The use of the pleximeter.
polyporite
polypterid
polypterid
noun
(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Polypteridae, the bichirs and reedfish.
porphyrite
porphyrite
noun
A rock with a porphyritic structure.
preacidity
precertify
precertify
verb
(transitive) To certify in advance.
preciosity
preciosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) Something of high value or worth.
(obsolete, uncountable) The quality of being precious (of high value or worth).
(usually derogatory, countable) An instance of preciosity; something that is overly refined in an affected way.
(usually derogatory, uncountable) The quality of being overly refined in an affected way (often used to describe speech or writing, but also visual art and dress).
predaytime
predaytime
adj
Before daytime.
predestiny
predestiny
noun
(obsolete) Predestination.
prediality
prediatory
predictory
predictory
adj
Serving to predict; predictive.
predietary
pregratify
prehistory
prehistory
noun
(humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
(often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.
The study of those times.
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
prejustify
prelateity
prelateity
noun
(obsolete) prelacy
premortify
premycotic
premycotic
adj
Of or pertaining to a phase of mycosis fungoides in which the patient has areas of red, scaly, itchy skin on areas of the body that are usually not exposed to sun.
presatisfy
presatisfy
verb
(transitive) To satisfy (requirements) in advance.
presbytism
presbytism
noun
Presbyopia.
pretardily
pretestify
prethyroid
pretyphoid
pretyphoid
adj
Before the onset of typhoid.
pristinely
pristinely
adv
In a way that is pristine
propensity
propensity
noun
An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
proreality
prosperity
prosperity
noun
The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune