(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
alberttype
alipterion
aliptteria
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alpharetta
altarpiece
altarpiece
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
apiculture
apiculture
noun
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
blastopore
blastopore
noun
(embryology) The opening into the archenteron
breastplow
calypterae
calyptraea
calyptrate
calyptrate
adj
Having a calyptra
noun
Any insect of the taxon Calyptratae
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
capitellar
capitellar
adj
Relating to the capitellum
capreolate
capreolate
adj
(botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.
capturable
capturable
adj
That can be captured.
carpellate
carpellate
adj
(botany) Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens).
carpetless
carpetless
adj
Not carpeted
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
clypeaster
coleoptera
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
coreplasty
crankplate
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
deportable
deportable
adj
Able to be deported.
noun
(rare, sometimes offensive) Someone who is deportable.
diploptera
doorplates
doorplates
noun
plural of doorplate
duperrault
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
emplastrum
eparterial
eparterial
adj
(anatomy) Situated upon or above an artery; applied especially to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
epicentral
epicentral
adj
Of or pertaining to an epicentre
noun
(anatomy) An epicentral bone
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
episternal
episternal
adj
Of or pertaining to the episternum.
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.
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
eruptional
eruptional
adj
eruptive
espiritual
explanator
explanator
noun
(statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
One who explains.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
explorator
explorator
noun
(dated) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
exportable
exportable
adj
Able to be exported.
noun
Something that can be exported.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extrapolar
extrapolar
adj
From outside of a polar region
extropical
flattercap
grapestalk
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
hartlepool
hartlepool
Proper noun
A town and seaport in County Durham, north-east England.
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptarchal
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hypaethral
hypaethral
adj
Open-air, outdoor, exposed to the sky.
hypopteral
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
imperialty
imperialty
noun
People of imperial rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
The rank, status, power or authority of an imperial.
impetrable
impetrable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
importable
importable
adj
(obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.
Capable of being imported.
noun
Something that can be imported.
intemporal
interclasp
interlapse
interlapse
noun
(obsolete) The time between two events.
(obsolete, rare) The distance between two things.
verb
(obsolete) To elapse (between two events).
(obsolete, rare) To be situated between.
interplace
interplace
verb
To place between or among.
interplait
interplait
verb
To plait together; to interweave or intertwine
interplant
interplant
adj
(agriculture) Between plants.
(manufacturing) Between manufacturing plants or divisions.
verb
(agriculture) To alternate plantings of two or more species.
interplays
interplays
noun
plural of interplay
interplead
interplead
verb
(law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader.
interpolar
interpolar
adj
between poles
interposal
interposal
noun
(dated) interposure
laeotropic
laeotropic
adj
Turning to the left (typically in a left-handed spiral)
lamprotype
laparotome
laparotome
noun
(surgery) A surgical instrument for performing laparotomy.
lecotropal
leopardite
leptandrin
leptandrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter glucoside obtained from plants in the genus Leptandra.
leptochroa
leptospira
litopterna
lupinaster
malapertly
malapertly
adv
In a malapert manner.
maplecrest
marprelate
mercaptole
mercaptole
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) dithioketal
metacarpal
metacarpal
adj
Of the metacarpus.
noun
Any of the bones of the metacarpus
metapleura
metapleura
noun
plural of metapleuron
metapleure
metapleure
noun
A longitudinal fold at the junction of the ventral and lateral surfaces of a lancelet
monopteral
monopteral
adj
(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.
multiparae
multiparae
noun
plural of multipara
operatable
operatable
adj
Alternative form of operable
operatical
operatical
adj
Alternative form of operatic
operculata
operculate
operculate
adj
Having an operculum.
noun
Any gastropod mollusc that has an operculum
ophiolater
ophiolater
noun
A snake-worshipper.
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
palaestrae
palaestral
palaestral
adj
Alternative form of palestral
palaestras
palaestras
noun
plural of palaestra
palaestric
palaestric
adj
Alternative form of palestric
palapteryx
palaverist
palaverist
noun
(rare) Synonym of palaverer (“one who palavers”)
palearctic
palearctic
adj
Relating to the Palearctic
palebreast
paleolatry
palermitan
palestrian
palestrian
adj
Of or relating to the palestra, or to wrestling
noun
A wrestler, especially in Ancient Greece or Rome
palestrina
palletizer
palletizer
noun
A machine that automatically stacks cases of goods onto a pallet.
palmdesert
palmerston
palpebrate
palpebrate
adj
(zoology) Having eyelids.
paltriness
paltriness
noun
The characteristic of being paltry.
palustrine
palustrine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or thriving in marshy habitats.
pamphleter
pamphleter
noun
Synonym of pamphleteer
pantagruel
paradental
paradental
adj
(dentistry) Of or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars.
parametral
parametral
adj
Synonym of parametric
parapteral
parapteral
adj
Relating to the parapterum.
pararectal
pararectal
adj
(anatomy) Near or around the rectum.
paratitles
parcellate
parcellate
verb
To divide something into sections or parcels
parcelment
parentalia
parentally
parentally
adv
In a parental manner, like a parent.
parentelic
parenteral
parenteral
adj
(medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.
parentless
parentless
adj
(computing) Having no parent in a data structure.
Having no (living) parent.
parentlike
parentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
parietales
parimutuel
parimutuel
noun
Alternative form of pari-mutuel
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.
parnellite
parnellite
Noun
One of the adherents of (1846-1891) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.