A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(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.
amphimacer
amphimacer
noun
A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic
amphineura
amphirhine
amphispore
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
amplifiers
amplifiers
noun
plural of amplifier
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antiprimer
aphorismer
aphorismer
noun
(nonce word, derogatory) A dealer in aphorisms.
apishamore
apishamore
noun
A saddle blanket.
apoharmine
apoharmine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₈H₈N₂, derived from harmic acid, that behaves similarly to harmine, but that has greater solubility in water.
archisperm
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
atropamine
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
bitterbump
blepharism
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
camphorize
campimeter
campimeter
noun
A device used to measure a person's field of vision
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
capernaism
chemigraph
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
clipperman
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
competitor
competitor
noun
(obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
complainer
complainer
noun
One who complains, or is known for their complaints.
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
compromise
compromise
noun
(computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
verb
(intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
(transitive) To breach (a security system).
(transitive) To cause impairment of.
(transitive, intransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
coppermine
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
crimeproof
crimeproof
adj
Resistant to criminal activity.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to criminal activity.
crimpiness
crippledom
crippledom
noun
The state of being a cripple.
decompiler
decompiler
noun
(computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
demipillar
demipriest
demisphere
demorphism
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
diparentum
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispromise
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
embioptera
emmetropia
emmetropia
noun
The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
emmetropic
emmetropic
adj
Pertaining to emmetropia.
emparadise
emparadise
verb
Alternative form of imparadise
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
empiricism
empiricism
noun
(medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; folk medicine, quackery.
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
(social sciences, political science, sociology) used to describe research based on methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.
A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
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.
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
empresario
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
epharmonic
ephemerida
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.
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epicentrum
epichirema
epichirema
noun
(rhetoric, logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
epicranium
epicranium
noun
(anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermoid
epidermoid
adj
Similar to epidermal tissue but not histologically identical, or possibly not so (to the extent known by the pathologist so far).
noun
(pathology) An epidermoid cyst
epidermose
epidermose
noun
(biochemistry) keratin
epidermous
epimerised
epimeritic
epimerized
epimerized
adj
(chemistry) Converted into an epimer
epimorphic
epimorphic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an epimorphism.
(zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
epineurium
epineurium
noun
(anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
epispermic
epispermic
adj
(botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm, or seed covering.
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
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
epitomator
epitomator
noun
An epitomist
epitomiser
epitomiser
noun
Alternative form of epitomizer
epitomizer
epitomizer
noun
An epitomist.
eriophorum
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
euphemizer
euphemizer
noun
One who, or that which, euphemizes.
euphorbium
euphorbium
noun
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
exemplaric
exemplaric
adj
Relating to or characteristic of an exemplar
exomorphic
exomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to exomorphism.
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
exotropism
experiment
experiment
noun
(obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
verb
(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
(transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
exprimable
farmership
farmership
noun
Skill in farming.
flapperism
flapperism
noun
The behaviour of flappers (young women).
frumperies
frumperies
noun
plural of frumpery
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
gemmipares
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
helipterum
hemimorphy
hemiphrase
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
hemisphere
hemisphere
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. .
(astronomy, astrology) Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .
(cartography) A map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere .
(figuratively) A realm or domain of activity .
(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
(geometry) Any half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere. .
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemosporid
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
hempstring
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
hermokopid
hippodrome
hippodrome
noun
(US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
(archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.
A horse racing course.
verb
(US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
hippometer
hippometer
noun
An instrument for measuring a horse's height in hands.
hippometry
hipsterism
hipsterism
noun
Something typical of a hipster.
hipness
hyperaemia
hyperaemic
hyperaemic
adj
Alternative form of hyperemic
hypericism
hypericism
noun
Photosensitivity in livestock caused by consuming plants of the genus Hypericum.
hypernomic
hyperosmia
hyperosmia
noun
Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
hyperprism
hyperprism
noun
(geometry) A prism that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
hypodermis
hypodermis
noun
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
imipramine
imipramine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound (trademark Tofranil) used to treat depression.
impairable
impairable
adj
Able to be impaired.
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.
impapyrate
imparadise
imparadise
verb
(transitive, poetic) To place in paradise; to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.
(transitive, poetic) To transform into a paradise.
imparities
imparities
noun
plural of imparity
imparlance
imparlance
noun
(law, obsolete) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit, but also used to obtain further time to plead or answer allegations.
(obsolete) Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate.
imparsonee
imparsonee
adj
(UK, law, religion) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
noun
(UK, law, religion) A clergyman so inducted.
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
impartment
impartment
noun
The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.