Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
bitterbump
bumperette
bumperette
noun
A small secondary bumper to protect a car's main bumpers in the event of a collision.
butterbump
butterbump
noun
The European bittern
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
diparentum
emplastrum
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
epicentrum
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
helipterum
hypaethrum
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
importuner
importuner
noun
One who importunes.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impuberate
impuberate
adj
not puberate
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
jimpricute
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
lumberport
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
maupertuis
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metapleura
metapleura
noun
plural of metapleuron
metapleure
metapleure
noun
A longitudinal fold at the junction of the ventral and lateral surfaces of a lancelet
mousetraps
mousetraps
noun
plural of mousetrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap
multiparae
multiparae
noun
plural of multipara
multiplier
multiplier
noun
(arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
(economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
(grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
(physics) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
(physics, obsolete) a coil; when Johann Schweigger in 1820 invented the electric coil, increasing the electro-magnetic field from a single wire, this invention was called a multiplier.
A multiplier onion.
outperform
outperform
verb
To perform better than something or someone.
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outtrumped
outtrumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrump
papermouth
papermouth
Noun
A fish, the crappie.
parapterum
parapterum
noun
(zoology) In birds, the scapular and adjoining feathers of the wing.
(zoology) In certain insects, a parapteron
parimutuel
parimutuel
noun
Alternative form of pari-mutuel
parthenium
parthenium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
pasteurism
pasteurism
Proper noun
The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
pasteurisation
pediastrum
pentamerus
periastrum
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peristylum
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
peritoneum
peritoneum
noun
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
(zoology) In animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.
permixture
permutable
permutable
adj
Able to be permuted
permutably
permutably
adv
Such that it can be permuted.
permutated
permutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of permutate
permutator
permutator
noun
(electrical) A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.
petrolatum
petrolatum
noun
petroleum jelly
petroleums
petroleums
noun
plural of petroleum
picturedom
pleurotoma
pleurotomy
pleurotomy
noun
(medicine) the surgical incision of the pleura.
pluteiform
pneumatria
polimetrum
poultrymen
poultrymen
noun
plural of poultryman
praescutum
praescutum
noun
Archaic form of prescutum.
praetorium
praetorium
noun
Alternative form of pretorium
precentrum
precompute
precompute
verb
(transitive) To compute in advance; to precalculate.
premixture
premixture
noun
Something premixed
presternum
presternum
noun
(anatomy) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.
prestimuli
prestomium
proamateur
proctodeum
proctodeum
noun
The back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal.
procumbent
procumbent
adj
(botany) That trails along the ground
(dentistry) inclined towards the lips
prone or prostrate
prometheus
prometheus
Proper noun
The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
promethium
promethium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.
promulgate
promulgate
verb
(transitive) To make known or public.
(transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.
prosternum
prosternum
noun
(zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
protegulum
psalterium
psalterium
noun
A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)
An omasum.
pteropegum
pterygiums
pterygodum
pulmometer
pulmometer
Noun
A spirometer.
pulmometry
pulmometry
noun
The measurement of the capacity of the lungs.
pulsimeter
pulsimeter
Noun
A sphygmograph.
pulsometer
pulsometer
noun
A vacuum pump or hydrotrope.
pyromucate
pyromucate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of pyromucic acid.
recomputed
recomputed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recompute
recomputes
recomputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recompute
recoupment
recoupment
noun
(law) A reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.
A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.
remultiply
remultiply
verb
(transitive) To multiply again.
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
resumptive
resumptive
adj
That is in the nature of resumption.
noun
(archaic) A restorative medicine.
(grammar) A resumptive pronoun.
schumpeter
semiputrid
semiputrid
adj
Somewhat or partly putrid.
spermaduct
spermaduct
noun
A spermatic duct.
spermatium
spermatium
noun
One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.
spermiduct
spermiduct
noun
Synonym of vas deferens
spermoduct
spermoduct
noun
sperm duct
strumpetry
strumpetry
noun
Behaviour suited to a strumpet; brazenness, sluttishness.
Whoredom; prostitution.
supersmart
supersmart
adj
Very smart.
superstamp
supertempt
supertramp
supertramp
noun
(ecology) A species of organism that disperses widely and is not adapted to any specific environment.
suppertime
suppertime
noun
The time when supper is ready.
The time when supper takes place.
tepidarium
tepidarium
noun
(historical) A boiler in which the water was heated.
(historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
Any room containing a warm bath.
trapeziums
trapeziums
noun
plural of trapezium
tropaeolum
trumperies
trumperies
noun
plural of trumpery
trumpeters
trumpeters
noun
plural of trumpeter
trumpeting
trumpeting
noun
(mining) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
action of the verb to trumpet
verb
present participle of trumpet
understamp
undertrump
undertrump
verb
(card games) To play a lower trump card than the previous one in a trick.