(grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
anacoluthic
anacoluthic
adj
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
anacoluthon
anacoluthon
noun
(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
(rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure.
anacoluttha
anakoluthia
anantherous
anantherous
adj
(botany) Without anthers
anisanthous
anoplanthus
anthogenous
anthropodus
aphroditeum
aphroditous
apostrophus
arrhythmous
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
austrophile
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
authoresses
authoresses
noun
plural of authoress
authorially
authorially
adv
as an author
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
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochthons
autochthons
noun
plural of autochthon.
autochthony
autochthony
noun
An aboriginal condition or state.
autocoherer
autocoherer
noun
(historical, wireless telegraphy) A self-restoring coherer, such as a microphonic detector.
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophonous
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autorrhaphy
autotheater
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
azothionium
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bellmouthed
bellmouthed
adj
Alternative form of bell-mouthed
bescutcheon
bibliothque
birdmouthed
boguechitto
bothridiums
bottlebrush
bottlebrush
noun
A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
An uncommon cave formation resulting from a rise in water level such that a stalactite becomes immersed in water that is supersaturated with calcium carbonate, causing the stalactite to become coated with pool spar.
Any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens.
bournemouth
bournemouth
Proper noun
A large town in Dorset, England
breechclout
breechclout
noun
(dated) A breechcloth or loincloth.
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
bulbochaete
bumbershoot
bumbershoot
noun
(slang, humorous, US) An umbrella.
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
burthensome
burthensome
adj
Obsolete spelling of burdensome
butterbough
buttermouth
butterworth
butterworth
Proper noun
A major town in Penang, Malaysia
buttonholed
buttonholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole
buttonholer
buttonholer
noun
An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.
One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
buttonholes
buttonholes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
calochortus
caoutchoucs
caoutchoucs
noun
plural of caoutchouc
cataloguish
ceanothuses
ceanothuses
noun
plural of ceanothus
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
changeabout
chartaceous
chartaceous
adj
Resembling paper or parchment; papery.
chateauroux
chionanthus
chiselmouth
chiselmouth
noun
A North American fish (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
chloranthus
chontaquiro
choukoutien
chromaturia
chromaturia
noun
(pathology) Any abnormal colouration of the urine
cistophorus
cistophorus
noun
an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista
citharoedus
cladanthous
cladanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of pleurocarpous
clinohumite
clinohumite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral composed of a mixed iron and magnesium silicate / fluoride
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
coauthority
coenanthium
cottonmouth
cottonmouth
noun
(medicine, uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
counterarch
counterarch
noun
(architecture) An arch built adjacent to another arch to oppose its forces or help to stabilize it.
counterdash
counterhaft
counterlath
counterlath
noun
A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.
verb
(transitive) To fit or supply with a counterlath.
countermyth
countermyth
noun
A myth that counters or contradicts another.
counterpush
counterpush
noun
A push in the opposite direction.
countershot
countershot
noun
(film) A shot taken to contrast with another.
A shot made in response to another shot (as from a gun or cannon).
courthouses
courthouses
noun
plural of courthouse
crotaphytus
crucethouse
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
customhouse
customhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of custom house
cuthbertson
cyclothurus
cynognathus
cyphonautes
cyphonautes
noun
(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.
cytopahgous
cytophagous
cytophagous
adj
consuming cells
debouchment
debouchment
noun
(medicine) Opening or emptying into another part
(military) The act, or the result of debouching
The point of debouch of a watercourse
deepmouthed
diacanthous
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dichotomous
dichotomous
adj
Dividing or branching into two pieces.
dinotherium
dinotherium
noun
An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw.
discotheque
discotheque
noun
(slightly dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublewidth
doughtiness
doughtiness
noun
The quality of being doughty.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
drouthiness
drouthiness
noun
(Scotland, US) droughtiness
dukhobortsy
earthtongue
earthtongue
noun
Alternative form of earth tongue
ecthymatous
ecthymatous
adj
Relating to ecthymata
elephantous
elephantous
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Of or relating to elephantiasis.
eleutherios
embouchment
enchymatous
endophytous
endothecium
endothecium
noun
(botany) The tissue found in the walls of anthers, and in moss capsules
endothelium
endothelium
noun
(anatomy) A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines the heart, serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.
entophytous
entophytous
adj
entophytic
eoanthropus
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
ereuthalion
erythronium
erythronium
noun
(obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium.
A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
erythrulose
erythrulose
noun
(biochemistry) The ketotetrose (R)-1,3,4-trihydroxybutan-2-one used in some artificial tanning preparations