(chiefly Britain) A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
(computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
(espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A chamberpot.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A slop bucket.
(slang) A vulva or vagina.
A pot of honey.
A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
hopingly
hopingly
Adverb
In a hopeful manner.
hydropac
hydropic
hydropic
adj
(biology, of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency.
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
hydropot
hydropot
noun
(dated) A person who drinks water etc. rather than alcoholic drinks.
hydropsy
hydropsy
noun
(dated) Edema, dropsy.
hypergol
hypergol
noun
(chemistry, aeronautics) Any hypergolic propellant.
hypergon
hyperion
hyperons
hyperons
noun
plural of hyperon
hyperoon
hyperoon
noun
(biblical) An upper room.
hyperope
hyperope
noun
A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
hypnogia
hypnoses
hypnoses
noun
plural of hypnosis
hypnosis
hypnosis
noun
A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
Any of various sleep-like conditions.
The art or skill of hypnotism.
hypnotic
hypnotic
adj
(pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
noun
(pharmacology) A soporific substance.
A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
hypoacid
hypoacid
adj
hypoacidic
hypobole
hypobole
noun
(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favour of the opposing side, and then they are refuted one by one.
hypocarp
hypocarp
noun
(botany) hypocarpium
hypochil
hypocist
hypocist
noun
An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
hypocone
hypocone
noun
(anatomy) A cusp in the corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals
hypocopy
hypoderm
hypoderm
noun
Alternative form of hypodermis
hypogamy
hypogamy
noun
The seeking of a spouse of lower socioeconomic status or caste than oneself.
hypogeal
hypogeal
adj
(botany, of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated
Existing or growing underground
hypogean
hypogean
adj
Existing or growing underground.
hypogeic
hypogene
hypogene
adj
(geology) Formed underground, often by ascending solutions.
hypogeum
hypogeum
noun
An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).
hypogyny
hypohyal
hypohyal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal.
noun
One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages.
hypolite
hypomere
hypomere
noun
(biology) A part that the walls of a pleuroperitoneal cavity grow.
hyponeas
hyponoia
hyponoia
noun
The thought or idea that underlies a myth.
hyponome
hyponome
noun
An organ of a cephalopod to expel water
hypopial
hypopnea
hypopnea
noun
(pathology) A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate
hypopyon
hypopyon
noun
Collection of pus in the anterior chamber of the eye
hyposmia
hyposmia
noun
A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours
hypothec
hypothec
noun
(colloquial) Everything; the whole lot.
(law) In Québec, a legal right over property used as security for an obligation, such as a mortgage.
(law) In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
hypotony
hypotony
noun
The state of being hypotonic
hypotype
hypotype
noun
(taxonomy) A specimen, whose details has been previously published, which is not part of the original type series of the species
hypoxias
hypoxias
noun
plural of hypoxia
hypozoan
hypozoic
hypozoic
adj
(geology) older than the lowest rocks which contain organic remains
hyssopus
ideotype
ideotype
noun
(cognitive science) A type of concept metarepresentation that is a compound memory trace consisting of the structural information detected by humans in categorical stimuli
A specimen identified as belonging to a specific taxon by the author of that taxon, but collected from somewhere other than the type locality
idiotype
idiotype
noun
(immunology) A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen-binding specificity of their variable region; and thus, the resultant immunologic phenotype, which can often be specific to a person or to only a small percentage of people.
impolicy
impolicy
noun
The state or act of being impolitic.
impropry
inoscopy
insapory
isopathy
isopathy
noun
(medicine) The old theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
(medicine) The system that treats a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
isospory
isospory
noun
The quality of being isosporous.
isotropy
isotropy
noun
(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
isotypes
isotypes
noun
plural of isotype
isotypic
isotypic
adj
(geology, of a mineral) Having the same crystal or chemical structure as another
japygoid
japygoid
noun
(zoology) Any hexapod of the superfamily Japygoidea.
jasponyx
jasponyx
noun
A form of onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
jeopardy
jeopardy
noun
Danger of loss, harm, or failure.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.
joyproof
koupreys
koupreys
noun
plural of kouprey
kryptons
kryptons
noun
plural of krypton
kyklopes
kyphoses
kyphoses
noun
plural of kyphosis
kyphosis
kyphosis
noun
(anatomy) The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
(pathology) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
lepocyta
lepocyte
lepocyte
noun
(biology, archaic) A cell with a distinct envelope.
linotype
linotype
noun
A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.
verb
To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.
lipocyte
lipocyte
noun
(cytology) An adipocyte in connective tissue that stores and metabolizes fat
lipotype
lipoxeny
logotype
logotype
noun
(typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).
A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.
logotypy
logotypy
noun
(typography) The use of logotypes or ligatures.
lollypop
lollypop
noun
Alternative spelling of lollipop
lopheavy
lycopene
lycopene
noun
(organic chemistry) A red carotenoid pigment found in tomatoes, other red vegetables, and in animal tissue; there is some evidence that it may lower the risk of prostate cancer.
lycopode
lycopode
noun
A inflammable yellow powder found in lycopodium, or club moss.
lycopods
lycopods
noun
plural of lycopod
lycopsis
lymphoid
lymphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or found within the lymphatic system of the body
lymphoma
lymphoma
noun
(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.
lymphous
lyophile
lyophile
adj
(chemistry) lyophilic
noun
(chemistry) a lyophilic substance
lyophobe
lyophobe
adj
(chemistry) lyophobic
noun
(chemistry) a lyophobic substance
lyotrope
macropsy
macropsy
noun
(pathology) macropsia
maypoles
maypoles
noun
plural of maypole
mazopexy
mesophyl
mesophyl
noun
Alternative form of mesophyll
mesotype
mesotype
noun
(mineralogy, obsolete) Any of various minerals, including natrolite (soda mesotype), scolecite (lime mesotype), and mesolite (lime-soda mesotype)
Any moth of the genus Mesotype
micanopy
micropsy
micropsy
noun
Alternative form of micropsia
mimotype
monopody
monopody
noun
(poetry) A measure of a single metrical foot.
monopoly
monopoly
noun
(metonymically) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.
(metonymically) The market thus controlled.
A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
monotype
monotype
noun
(art, printing) A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
(art, printing, uncountable) The technique of making such prints.
(biology) A monotypic taxon.
(computing theory) In the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.
(sailing) A sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.
A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
verb
(transitive) To produce a monotype of.
mopingly
mopingly
adv
While moping; sulkily.
mopishly
mopishly
adv
In a mopish manner.
morphrey
myectopy
myograph
myograph
noun
(physiology) An instrument for determining and recording the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction
myomorph
myomorph
noun
(zoology) Any of the suborder Myomorpha of mouse-like rodents
myopathy
myopathy
noun
(medicine) Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders
myophore
myophore
noun
The point of attachment of a muscle to the shell of a mollusc
myopical
myopical
adj
Archaic form of myopic.
myoplasm
myoplasm
noun
The contractile part of a muscle cell
myopolar
myoporad
myoporum
myoscope
myoscope
noun
An instrument for studying the muscles.
myospasm
myospasm
noun
A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle
myotalpa
myriapod
myriapod
noun
(zoology) Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda.
myriopod
myriopod
noun
Alternative form of myriapod
myxopoda
nauscopy
nauscopy
noun
(obsolete) The supposed ability to detect incoming ships, before they come into visual range, by studying certain atmospheric effects.
necropsy
necropsy
noun
(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death.
verb
The act of performing a necropsy.
neophyte
neophyte
noun
(Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
(botany) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).
A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk.
neotypes
neotypes
noun
plural of neotype
nonapply
nonempty
nonempty
adj
(mathematics) Of a set, containing at least one element, thereby being distinct from the empty set.
Not empty, containing something.
nongipsy
nongypsy
nongypsy
adj
Not a Gypsy.
noun
Someone who is not a Gypsy.
nonparty
nonparty
adj
(law) Not a party (involved person or entity), or unrelated to a party.
Not a party (social gathering), or not related to parties or partying.
noun
(law) One who is not a party.
nonpayer
nonpayer
noun
One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
nonplays
nonplays
noun
plural of nonplay
nonspiny
octapody
octapody
noun
(prosody) A metre or verse of eight feet.
ocypodan
ocypodan
noun
Any crab of the family Ocypodidae
ohiopyle
olympiad
olympiad
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Olympiad, q.v.
olympian
olympian
Adjective
Of or relating to the Greek gods; godlike, celestial.
Aloof; remote and superior.
Of or relating to Olympia or Mount Olympus.
Of or relating the Olympic Games.
Noun
Any of the 12 principal gods of the Greek pantheon; Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, and Hades.
Someone from Olympia.
An athlete competing in the Olympics.
olympias
olympias
Proper noun
Epirote queen who was the mother of Alexander the Great.
name of historical use only.
olympics
olympics
Proper noun
The Olympic Games.
olympium
olyphant
omophagy
omophagy
noun
The eating of raw flesh.
oophytes
oophytes
noun
plural of oophyte
oophytic
oophytic
adj
of, pertaining to or characteristic of an oophyte
opaquely
opaquely
adv
In an opaque manner.
operably
operably
adv
(medicine) Such that it allows an operation to take place.