(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphistome
amphistome
noun
Any trematode of the genus Paramphistomum (previously Amphistoma)
amphoterus
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
antipewism
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
apostemate
apostemate
verb
To become an aposteme; to pustulate.
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
asymptotes
asymptotes
noun
plural of asymptote
atmosphere
atmosphere
noun
(figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
(figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
(television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
The air in a particular place.
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
attempters
attempters
noun
plural of attempter
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
compactest
compactest
adj
superlative form of compact: most compact
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.
completers
completers
noun
plural of completer
completest
completest
adj
superlative form of complete: most complete
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of complete
complexest
complexest
adj
superlative form of complex: most complex
components
components
noun
plural of component
compositae
composited
composited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of composite
composites
composites
noun
plural of composite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of composite
compostela
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
copromotes
copromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copromote
demipriest
dermatopsy
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
desmotrope
desmotropy
despotisms
despotisms
noun
plural of despotism
despumated
despumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despumate
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
diplomates
diplomates
noun
plural of diplomate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diplomate
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
elopements
elopements
noun
plural of elopement
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.
empathizes
empathizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize
empiricist
empiricist
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiristic
empiristic
adj
(physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
emplastrum
ephemerist
ephemerist
noun
One who collects or studies ephemera.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
epimetheus
epimetheus
Proper noun
Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
epiphytism
epiphytism
noun
(botany) The quality or condition of being an epiphyte.
episematic
episematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
episiotomy
episiotomy
noun
(medicine) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epistomata
epistomian
epitimesis
epitomised
epitomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epitomise
epitomiser
epitomiser
noun
Alternative form of epitomizer
epitomizes
epitomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epitomize
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
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
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
exotropism
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
haematopus
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
hempstring
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
hipsterism
hipsterism
noun
Something typical of a hipster.
hipness
hypsometer
hypsometer
noun
An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).
hypsometry
hypsometry
noun
The measurement of elevation relative to sea level.
imparities
imparities
noun
plural of imparity
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
implements
implements
noun
plural of implement
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implement
implicates
implicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate
importless
importless
adj
(obsolete) meaningless
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposement
imposement
noun
(obsolete) imposition
impositive
imposthume
imposthume
noun
(obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess.
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with an abscess.
impostress
impostress
noun
A female impostor.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinters
imprinters
noun
plural of imprinter
impunities
impunities
noun
plural of impunity
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
leptomonas
leptosomic
leptosperm
lithosperm
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
maplecrest
mariposite
mariposite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium-rich variety of mica, giving a green color to the generally white dolomitic marble in which it is commonly found.
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
mastership
mastership
noun
(obsolete) Chief work; masterpiece.
A title of respect, sometimes ironic.
Mastery: dominion, superiority, control.
Mastery: superior skill.
The state or office of a master.
maupertuis
mckeesport
meatoscope
meatoscope
noun
(medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
meatoscopy
meatoscopy
noun
The medical inspection of any meatus, especially the urinary meatus or the vesical orifice of a ureter.
mehtarship
mehtarship
noun
The role or status of a mehtar.
meloplasty
meloplasty
noun
(surgery) The operation of restoring a cheek which has been wholly or partially destroyed.
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mephitises
mephitises
noun
plural of mephitis
mercaptids
mesopectus
mesopectus
noun
A type of sclerite in some hymenopterans
mesophytic
mesophytic
adj
Relating to a mesophyte.
mesotropic
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metalepses
metalepses
noun
plural of metalepsis
metalepsis
metalepsis
noun
(rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
metapectus
metapepsis
metaphrase
metaphrase
noun
An answering phrase; repartee.
a literal, word-for-word translation.
verb
to make such a literal translation.
metaphrast
metaphrast
noun
A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
metaphysic
metaphysic
adj
(philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical.
noun
(philosophy, countable) A fundamental principle or key concept.
(philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
(philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics.
metaphysis
metaphysis
noun
(anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development
change of form; transformation
metaplasia
metaplasia
noun
(biology) The conversion of one type of tissue into another.
metaplasis
metaplasis
noun
(biology) Metaplasia: the conversion of one type of tissue into another.
(biology, archaic) Fulfilled growth and development seen in the stage between anaplasis and cataplasis.
metropolis
metropolis
noun
(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
metroscope
metroscope
noun
A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
metroscopy
metroscopy
noun
The use of the metroscope.
misadapted
misadapted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misadapt
misbaptize
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
misopedist
mispainted
mispainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispaint
mispatched
mispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispatch
mispatches
mispatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispatch
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
mispointed
mispointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispoint
mispresent
mispresent
verb
(transitive) To present badly or wrongly.
misprinted
misprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misprint
misreports
misreports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misreport
misreprint
misstopped
misstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misstop
monopteros
monopteros
noun
(architecture) A classical temple made up of one circle of columns supporting a roof.
monponsett
mothership
mothership
noun
Alternative spelling of mother ship
The state of being a mother; motherhood
mousetraps
mousetraps
noun
plural of mousetrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
multiplies
multiplies
noun
plural of multiply
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of multiply