(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
amphibryous
amphigouris
amphivorous
aphroditous
archilochus
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
austrophile
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorities
authorities
noun
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
plural of authority
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
boilerhouse
boilerhouse
noun
(nautical) The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.
A building containing a boiler.
boroughship
bothridiums
brachiosaur
brachiosaur
noun
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
bronchiolus
bronchiolus
noun
A bronchiole.
cerophilous
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro
adj
(figuratively) Possessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro.
noun
(art) A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color, or a woodcut print made by this technique.
(painting) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.
(photography) A photographic technique in which one side of the subject, for example a face, is well lit and the other is in shadow.
chiropodous
chiropodous
adj
(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
chloriambus
chondrinous
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
cistophorus
cistophorus
noun
an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista
citharoedus
copublisher
copublisher
noun
A joint publisher; one of several publishers releasing a publication together.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
cuscohygrin
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
disenshroud
disenshroud
verb
(transitive) To divest of a shroud; to unveil.
dishonoured
dishonoured
adj
Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dishonour
dishonourer
dishonourer
noun
One who dishonours.
dolichosaur
dolichosaur
noun
Any extinct squamate reptile of the genus Dolichosaurus
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
drouthiness
drouthiness
noun
(Scotland, US) droughtiness
echinodorus
echoviruses
echoviruses
noun
plural of echovirus
eleutherios
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fourfiusher
galeorhinus
grouchiness
grouchiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
groupthinks
harbourside
harbourside
adj
Located on or near a harbour.
noun
(British spelling) An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
hemipterous
hemipterous
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran
hemitropous
hemitropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous
Turned half round; half inverted.
herbicolous
herbiferous
herbiferous
adj
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
hermoupolis
heterecious
heterecious
adj
(biology) living on one host at one stage (or generation) and then upon another in the next
heteroicous
heteroicous
adj
(botany) heteroecious
heteroousia
hilariously
hilariously
adv
In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.
With great hilarity or mirth.
hippocurius
hippotragus
hircocervus
hircocervus
noun
(mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
hirsutulous
hirsutulous
adj
(biology) Having small or sparse hairs.
hirundinous
hirundinous
adj
hirundine
honorariums
hormigueros
houseminder
houseminder
noun
A person employed to look after another person's house while the usual occupants are absent.
houseridden
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
hyponitrous
hyponitrous
adj
Of or pertaining to hyponitrous acid or its derivatives
ichthyosaur
ichthyosaur
noun
Any of several fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise.
isochronous
isochronous
adj
(computing) Of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference.
(computing) of or pertaining to data associated with time-sensitive applications.
Happening at regular intervals; isochronal.
isomorphous
isomorphous
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting isomorphism.
isothermous
istiophorus
lethiferous
lethiferous
adj
(obsolete) Deadly, lethal.
liquorishly
lithocarpus
locutorship
machairodus
macrorhinus
mesorhinium
mesothorium
mesothorium
noun
(physics) Any product of the radioactive decay of thorium, mainly isotopes of radium and actinium
mitrephorus
monorhinous
mouchardism
mouchardism
noun
(historical) The activity of police spies in France.
mushrooming
mushrooming
noun
Rapid or explosive growth.
The act of gathering mushrooms.
The formation of a mushroom-like shape.
verb
present participle of mushroom
neutrophils
neutrophils
noun
plural of neutrophil
nourishable
nourishable
adj
Capable of being nourished.
nourishment
nourishment
noun
Something that nourishes; food
The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
ophiosaurus
ornithosaur
ornithurous
ornithvrous
outflourish
outflourish
verb
(transitive) To flourish more than.
outskirmish
overfurnish
overfurnish
verb
(transitive) To furnish excessively.
overheinous
overnourish
overnourish
verb
(transitive) To nourish excessively.
perichylous
phytiferous
phytivorous
phytivorous
adj
Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous.
phytosauria
polyrhizous
porcupinish
porcupinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.
prisonhouse
prisonhouse
noun
The main building of a prison.
promethiums
propithecus
proscholium
protohippus
pyrophilous
pyrophilous
adj
(biology) That thrive in land that has been burnt by fire
questorship
questorship
noun
Alternative form of quaestorship
rachitomous
rachitomous
adj
Alternative spelling of rhachitomous
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rhinogenous
rhizanthous
rhizanthous
adj
(botany) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.
rhizocaulus
rhizogenous
rhizomatous
rhizomatous
adj
(botany) Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.
rhizopodous
rhizopodous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.
rhomboideus
rhomboideus
noun
(anatomy) Any of the rhomboid muscles.
rhotacismus
rhotacismus
noun
Inability to pronounce the letter R.
righteously
righteously
adv
In a righteous manner.
roguishness
roguishness
noun
The property of being or appearing roguish.
roughriders
roughriders
noun
plural of roughrider
roughstring
russophobia
russophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of Russophobia
samotherium
sarcophilus
saviourhood
saviourhood
noun
The status of being a saviour.
saviourship
saviourship
noun
The dignity or office of a saviour.
schizoneura
sciuromorph
sciuromorph
noun
Any rodent of the clade Sciuromorpha
scourfishes
scouthering
shouldering
shouldering
noun
(architecture) The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.
verb
present participle of shoulder
soldierbush
soubrettish
soubrettish
adj
Like a soubrette; cheeky and mischievous.
sourishness
sourishness
noun
The quality of being sourish.
southbridge
southbridge
noun
(computing, electronics) A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.
southerlies
southerlies
noun
plural of southerly
southernism
southernism
noun
A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.
Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.
southernize
southernize
verb
(intransitive) To become southern in character.
(transitive) To make southern in character.
springhouse
springhouse
noun
A small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).