(obsolete) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
Any of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
asphaltums
asphaltums
noun
plural of asphaltum
austrophil
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
callithump
callithump
noun
(US) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
(US) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
cephalotus
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
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.
laphystius
multigraph
multigraph
noun
(graph theory) A set V (whose elements are called vertices or nodes), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an edge or line) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
(graph theory, less commonly) A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
(historical, printing) A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
(linguistics) A specific sequence of letters treated as a (phonemic) unit.
verb
(historical, transitive) To print using a multigraph machine.
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
pachytylus
philanthus
photoalbum
photomural
photomural
noun
A large photograph (or series of photographs) used as a wall decoration.
ploughgate
ploughgate
noun
(Scotland) The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
ploughtail
ploughtail
noun
The hind part or handle of a plough.
plutarchic
plutarchic
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plutarch or his writings
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.
spathulate
spathulate
adj
Alternative spelling of spatulate
spherulate
spherulate
adj
Covered or set with spherules.
splaymouth
stymphalus
stymphalus
Proper noun
a town and district in Arcadia, ancient Greece
sulphamate
sulphamate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfamate
sulphatase
sulphatase
noun
(biochemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfatase
sulphating
sulphating
verb
present participle of sulphate
sulphation
sulphation
noun
Alternative spelling of sulfation
sulphatize
sulphinate
sulphinate
noun
Alternative form of sulfinate
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate