A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
archisperm
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
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.
emmetropic
emmetropic
adj
Pertaining to emmetropia.
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.
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
epharmonic
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.
epimeritic
epimorphic
epimorphic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an epimorphism.
(zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
epispermic
epispermic
adj
(botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm, or seed covering.
exemplaric
exemplaric
adj
Relating to or characteristic of an exemplar
exomorphic
exomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to exomorphism.
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
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
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hyperaemic
hyperaemic
adj
Alternative form of hyperemic
hypericism
hypericism
noun
Photosensitivity in livestock caused by consuming plants of the genus Hypericum.
hypernomic
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
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.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
imprecated
imprecated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprecate
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
imprecator
imprecator
noun
One who imprecates or curses.
imprudence
imprudence
noun
(countable) An imprudent act.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
jimpricute
lipochrome
lipochrome
noun
Any naturally-occurring, fat-soluble pigment such as carotenes or chlorophyll.
madreporic
madreporic
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mercaptide
mercaptide
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) thiolate
mercaptids
mercership
mercership
noun
The position, role, or work of a mercer.
mesocarpic
mesocarpic
adj
Relating to, or composed of mesocarp
mesosporic
mesotropic
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
metempiric
metempiric
adj
Of or relating to metempirics.
metropolic
micropenis
micropenis
noun
(medicine) An unusually small penis.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microphone
microphone
noun
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
verb
(transitive) To put one or more microphones on or in.
microphyte
microphyte
noun
(biology) Any microscopic plant or alga
micropipet
micropipet
noun
Alternative form of micropipette
microprobe
microprobe
noun
(chemistry) An instrument used to determine the chemical composition at a point on a solid surface, such as that of a mineral. It analyzes the X-rays emitted when a beam of electrons are focused on the sample.
microscope
microscope
noun
An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
verb
To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).
microspace
microspace
noun
A very small space
microspore
microspore
noun
(botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore.
(zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads
miniprices
miscompare
miscompare
verb
To compare incorrectly.
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
morphemics
morphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of morphemes, or of the morphemic structure of a language.
myrioscope
myrioscope
noun
A form of kaleidoscope, especially one consisting of mirrors arranged so as by multiplied reflection from a small piece of carpet to show how it looks covering a whole floor.
neomorphic
neomorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a novel gene function.
nonempiric
opacimeter
opacimeter
noun
Any instrument that measures opacity
optometric
optometric
adj
Of or pertaining to optometry
panspermic
panspermic
adj
(biology) Relating to panspermy or to panspermia.
paramecium
paramecium
noun
An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
paramedics
paramedics
noun
plural of paramedic
parametric
parametric
adj
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or defined using parameters.
noun
A parametric equation
pedicurism
pedicurism
noun
The practice or the art of giving pedicures.
pedometric
pedometric
adj
Relating to pedometrics
Relating to, or measured by, a pedometer
perchromic
perfectism
peridermic
peridermic
adj
Relating to the periderm.
peridesmic
perimetric
perimetric
adj
relating to perimetry
permirific
pharmacies
pharmacies
noun
plural of pharmacy
pharmacite
piarhaemic
piciformes
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
picnometer
picturedom
piecemaker
pinachrome
pitcherman
placodermi
platymeric
platymeric
adj
Having a broad femur
pleromatic
pleromatic
adj
Pertaining to pleroma.
ploceiform
praecipuum
preceramic
preceramic
adj
(archaeology) Describing a society that did not use pottery
Of a polymer: able to be converted into a ceramic by pyrolysis in an inert atmosphere.
noun
A preceramic polymer.
preclaimer
precombine
precombine
verb
To combine in advance.
precompile
precompile
verb
(computing) To compile in advance.
preconfirm
preconfirm
verb
To confirm in advance.
precordium
precordium
noun
(anatomy) The region of the body over the heart and thorax.
premachine
premachine
verb
(transitive) To machine in advance.
premedical
premedical
adj
Describing activities prior to, or in preparation for, a study of medicine.
premeiotic
premeiotic
adj
Before meiosis.
premusical
premusical
adj
Before music.
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.
pricemaker
pricemaker
noun
(gambling) A person who determines the odds to be offered to bettors.
princedoms
princedoms
noun
plural of princedom
proclaimed
proclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of proclaim
proclaimer
proclaimer
noun
A public avowal of independent opinion. Used instead of disclaimer.
One who proclaims.
procnemial
prominence
prominence
noun
(astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
(topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
Relative importance.
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
prominency
prominency
noun
Prominence.
promycelia
promycelia
noun
plural of promycelium
proscenium
proscenium
noun
(in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
(in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
(in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
A proscenium arch.
prosodemic
pyrometric
pyrometric
adj
(analytical chemistry) Of, or relating to a pyrometer or pyrometry.
rampancies
rampancies
noun
plural of rampancy
recampaign
recampaign
verb
(intransitive) To campaign again.
recompiled
recompiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recompile
recompiles
recompiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recompile