(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
aminoplast
anabaptism
anabaptism
Noun
The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
antipapism
antipapism
noun
Opposition of the pope or his faction.
antipewism
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
aphanitism
aplanatism
aplanatism
noun
(optics) Freedom from spherical aberration.
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
camponotus
compensate
compensate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
complaints
complaints
noun
plural of complaint
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
epistomian
escapement
escapement
noun
(clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
An escape or means of escape.
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
espacement
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
himantopus
implicants
implicants
noun
plural of implicant
impuissant
impuissant
adj
weak; impotent; feeble
lampoonist
lampoonist
noun
One who lampoons.
leptomonas
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
manuscript
manuscript
adj
Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
noun
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
matronship
matronship
noun
matronage
maupassant
misappoint
mispainted
mispainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispaint
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
nameplates
nameplates
noun
plural of nameplate
palmerston
pancosmist
pancosmist
noun
A believer in pancosmism.
pancratism
panoramist
panoramist
noun
A person who creates panoramas.
panthelism
pantomimes
pantomimes
noun
plural of pantomime
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pantomime
pantomimus
pantostome
parastemon
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
patarinism
peasantism
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
pentamerus
pentaprism
pentaprism
noun
(photography) A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
pentastome
pentastome
noun
Any tongue worm of the subclass Pentastomida
permanents
permanents
noun
plural of permanent
phantasmag
phantasmal
phantasmal
adj
Eerie or frightening.
Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy.
Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
phantasmic
phantasmic
adj
Like a phantasm; ghostly, unreal.
phantomist
phantomist
noun
(Christianity, archaic, derogatory) One who believes that Christ's corporeal body was an illusion.
phytomonas
placements
placements
noun
plural of placement
plasmation
plasmation
noun
The act of forming or moulding.
pneumatics
pneumatics
noun
(theology, obsolete) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
pneumatism
pneumatism
noun
spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma
pneumatist
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
postmedian
postmedian
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the median
postmental
postmental
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Posterior to the mentum.
primianist
ptarmigans
ptarmigans
noun
plural of ptarmigan
puritanism
puritanism
noun
(theology) Strict and austere religious conduct.
Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples.
putaminous
reimplants
reimplants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reimplant
repayments
repayments
noun
plural of repayment
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
septimanae
septimanal
septimanal
adj
Relating to weeks; weekly.
somnipathy
somnipathy
noun
(archaic) Sleep induced by hypnosis or similar.
A sleep disorder.
somnopathy
somnopathy
noun
Alternative form of somnipathy
spartanism
spartanism
noun
A devotion to the habits and qualities of the ancient Spartans, especially to an indomitable spirit, undaunted hardihood, and stark simplicity.
spearmints
spearmints
noun
plural of spearmint
spelterman
spelterman
noun
A person involved in the manufacture of spelter (type of metal).
spermation
spirantism
spittleman
stampeding
stampeding
verb
present participle of stampede
stephanome
thamnophis
timpanists
timpanists
noun
plural of timpanist
treponemas
treponemas
noun
plural of treponema
tympanites
tympanites
noun
(medicine) A distended abdomen as a result of an accumulation of gas.
tympanitis
tympanitis
noun
(medicine) Synonym of myringitis
tympanosis
understamp
unsympathy
unsympathy
noun
Lack of sympathy.
utopianism
utopianism
noun
The belief in a system for an ideal society, usually regarded as unrealistic.