(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
allophylus
asphodelus
audiophile
audiophile
noun
A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.
aulophobia
aulophobia
noun
fear of flutes
austrophil
boselaphus
cephalotus
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
euomphalus
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
euphorbial
euphorbial
adj
(botany) Synonym of euphorbiaceous.
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
hypohalous
hypohalous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Describing any oxyacid of a halogen having a general formula H-O-X
leucophane
leucophane
noun
Alternative form of leucophanite
ludolphian
pajahuello
pajahuello
noun
The tick Ornithodoros coriaceus.
parlourish
parlourish
adj
Britain standard spelling of parlorish.
phalloncus
phaseolous
photoalbum
photomural
photomural
noun
A large photograph (or series of photographs) used as a wall decoration.
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
ploughgang
ploughgang
noun
A ploughgate.
ploughgate
ploughgate
noun
(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
ploughhead
ploughhead
noun
The clevis or draught iron of a plough.
ploughland
ploughland
noun
(historical) Synonym of carucate
land that has been or is meant to be ploughed
ploughtail
ploughtail
noun
The hind part or handle of a plough.
polatouche
polatouche
noun
A Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans, syn. Sciuropterus volans), native to much of boreal Eurasia, from Finland east.
polyanthus
polyanthus
noun
A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.
prothallus
prothallus
noun
A prothallium.
sphacelous
splaymouth
sulphamino
sulphation
sulphation
noun
Alternative spelling of sulfation
sulphoamid
sulphocyan
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
