(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinopteri
adoperation
aeroplanist
aeroplanist
noun
(archaic) an aeroplane pilot
aminopterin
aminopterin
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-amino analog of folic acid used as a chemotherapy drug.
anaplerotic
anaplerotic
adj
(biochemistry, of a reaction) Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).
(medicine, dated) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
noun
A remedy which promotes such granulation.
anemotropic
anemotropic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
anisopteran
anisopteran
noun
Any dragonfly of the infraorder Anisoptera
anteportico
anteportico
noun
An outer porch or vestibule.
anthropidae
antiemperor
antiemperor
noun
(politics) One who declares himself emperor in opposition to a reigning emperor.
antileprosy
antileprosy
adj
(medicine) Countering leprosy.
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiprophet
antistrophe
antistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
(rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
The lines of this part of the choral song.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
antitorpedo
antitorpedo
adj
(military) Acting against torpedos.
apiocrinite
apoatropine
apoatropine
noun
(organic chemistry) The alkaloid (8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-yl) 2-phenylprop-2-enoate
apoferritin
apoferritin
noun
(biochemistry) Part of the ferritin that is not combined with iron
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
apportioned
apportioned
adj
Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apportion
apportioner
apportioner
noun
One who apportions.
argiphontes
armipotence
armipotence
noun
Power in arms; military might.
aspergation
backpointer
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
capernoited
capernoitie
capernoitie
noun
(informal, Scotland) noddle (head)
ceratopsian
ceratopsian
adj
Of or belonging to the Ceratopsia suborder of dinosaurs.
noun
Any member of this suborder
chiropteran
chiropteran
noun
(zoology) Any mammal, of the order Chiroptera, that has forelimbs modified to form wings; a bat
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
conscripted
conscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conscript
cooperating
cooperating
verb
present participle of cooperate
cooperation
cooperation
noun
(usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
cooperstein
coparenting
coparenting
verb
present participle of coparent
copartiment
copresident
copresident
noun
Someone who serves as president together within someone else.
corecipient
corecipient
noun
A joint recipient; one of several people who receive something.
cotranspire
counterquip
counterquip
noun
A quip made in response to another quip.
crepitation
crepitation
noun
A crepitant rale.
A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
The act of crepitating or crackling.
crypteronia
cryptogenic
cryptogenic
adj
(of a disease) Of uncertain cause.
(of an organism) Of uncertain origin, either introduced or native to its area.
(of epilepsy) Presumed but not proven to be caused by an abnormality in a particular part of the brain (contrasts with symptomatic and idiopathic).
ctenophoric
ctenophoric
Adjective
Of or relating to the ctenophores.
decryptions
decryptions
noun
plural of decryption
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
departition
departition
noun
(obsolete) departure
(obsolete) separation
verb
(transitive) to remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit
deperdition
deperdition
noun
(archaic) Loss; destruction
deploration
deploration
noun
The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
deportation
deportation
noun
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
deprecation
deprecation
noun
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
(countable) An imprecation or curse.
(uncountable) The act of deprecating.
Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
depredation
depredation
noun
A raid or predatory attack.
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
description
description
noun
(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
(linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
desorptions
desorptions
noun
plural of desorption
desperation
desperation
noun
A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
Reckless fury.
Short for bladder desperation.
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
discerption
discerption
noun
The act of pulling or tearing something to pieces
dispensator
dispensator
noun
A distributor; a person who dispenses.
disportment
disportment
noun
(obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
emancipator
emancipator
noun
A person who emancipates.
encryptions
encryptions
noun
plural of encryption
endotrophic
endotrophic
adj
(biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism
enteropexia
epiplastron
epiplastron
noun
(anatomy) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles
epirotulian
erythropsin
esperantido
eucatropine
eucatropine
noun
(pharmacology) Euphthalmine.
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
evaporating
evaporating
verb
present participle of evaporate
evaporation
evaporation
noun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
exceptioner
exceptioner
noun
(obsolete) One who takes exceptions or protests.
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
expirations
expirations
noun
plural of expiration
explanitory
exploration
exploration
noun
(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
exportation
exportation
noun
(logic) Either the logical law ((P∧Q)→R)⇒(P→(Q→R)), or the rule of replacement ((P∧Q)→R)⇔(P→(Q→R)).
The act of carrying something outside.
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
The commodity exported; an export.
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
extirpation
extirpation
noun
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
ferrotyping
ferrotyping
verb
present participle of ferrotype
fetoprotein
fetoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein
fingerposts
fingerposts
noun
plural of fingerpost
foreappoint
foreappoint
verb
(transitive) To appoint beforehand.
forepointer
fortepianos
fortepianos
noun
plural of fortepiano
frontspiece
frostnipped
frostnipped
adj
Affected by frostnip.
heliotropin
heliotropin
noun
piperonal
hemiprotein
hemiprotein
noun
(biochemistry) An insoluble proteid substance formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid, and apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
hemoprotein
hemoprotein
noun
Alternative spelling of hemeprotein
hierophants
hierophants
noun
plural of hierophant
homeporting
homeporting
verb
present participle of homeport
hooperating
hotpressing
hotpressing
verb
present participle of hotpress
hyperaction
hyperaction
noun
excessive action, as of a biological system
hyperditone
hyperinotic
hyperinotic
adj
Relating to hyperinosis.
hypernotion
hypertonias
hypertonias
noun
plural of hypertonia
hyponitrite
hyponitrite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of nitrogen NO⁻ derived from hyponitrous acid; any salt containing this anion
impatronize
impatronize
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make lord or master.
imperatorin
imperatorin
noun
(organic chemistry) A furocoumarin isolated from Urena lobata, Angelica archangelica, and various other plants.
impersonate
impersonate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
(transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
impetration
impetration
noun
(obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
(obsolete, UK, law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.
impignorate
impignorate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To pledge or pawn.
implementor
implementor
noun
Alternative spelling of implementer
importances
importances
noun
plural of importance
importunate
importunate
adj
(of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
(of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
verb
(rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity.
importunely
importunely
adv
(obsolete) In an importune manner.
importuners
importuners
noun
plural of importuner
importunite
imprecation
imprecation
noun
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
impregnator
impregnator
noun
One who impregnates.
improcreant
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
incgrporate
incorporate
incorporate
adj
(obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.
verb
(US, law) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
(transitive) To admit as a member of a company
(transitive) To form into a legal company.
(transitive) To include (something) as a part.
(transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
incorrupted
incorrupted
adj
Archaic form of uncorrupted.
increpation
increpation
noun
(obsolete) A rebuke or reproof.
inoperation
inoperation
noun
(obsolete) agency; influence; production of effects
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
inopportune
inopportune
adj
Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
Unsuitable for some particular purpose.
insectproof
insectproof
adj
Resistant to insects.
inspectoral
inspectoral
adj
Alternative form of inspectorial
interceptor
interceptor
noun
(architecture, engineering) A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such as oil or sand) from normal waste conveyed through it, permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
(computing, programming) A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
A fast, maneuverable fighter aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.
A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.
Anything that intercepts something else.
intercouple
intercouple
adj
Between couples.
verb
(transitive) To couple (separate items) together.
intercupola
intergossip
interlooped
interlopers
interlopers
noun
plural of interloper
interloping
interloping
noun
(historical) Illegal Indian trade within the area over which the Hudson's Bay Company held a trade monopoly.
An act of intrusion or encroachment.
verb
present participle of interlope
interphones
interphones
noun
plural of interphone
interpolant
interpolant
noun
(mathematics) A function used to generate interpolation
A point interpolated between others
interpolary
interpolary
adj
(mathematics) Relating to, or by means of interpolation
interpolate
interpolate
verb
(computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
(mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.
(transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
interpolish
interpolity
interpolity
adj
Between polities.
interportal
interposers
interposers
noun
plural of interposer
interposing
interposing
verb
present participle of interpose
interposure
interposure
noun
The action of interposing; interposition; interposal.
interruptor
interruptor
noun
Alternative form of interrupter
intersporal
intersporal
adj
Between spores
intertropic
introspects
introspects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of introspect
iodoprotein
katipuneros
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.