Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acanthopod
acanthopod
adj
Spiny-footed.
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
amphodarch
aphidicide
aphidicide
noun
(rare) The act of killing aphids.
Any man-made substance that kills aphids.
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
approached
approached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approach
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
beachdrops
brachiopod
brachiopod
noun
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
campholide
cardiopath
cardiopath
noun
A person who suffers from a cardiopathy
cardsharps
cardsharps
noun
plural of cardsharp
catchpoled
cattyphoid
cephalodia
cephalodia
noun
plural of cephalodium
cephalopod
cephalopod
noun
Any mollusc, of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
chaetopoda
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chapelward
chapelward
adv
Toward a chapel.
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chilopodan
chlidanope
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
cladophora
cladophyll
cladophyll
noun
(botany) A phyllode
colpindach
colpindach
noun
(Scotland, law, obsolete) A two-year-old heifer.
copperhead
copperhead
noun
(derogatory) Someone with ginger hair.
Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
Austrelaps spp. (Australian copperheads), a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
daphnaceae
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
despatched
despatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despatch
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
despatches
despatches
noun
plural of despatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despatch
diadelphic
diaglyphic
diaglyphic
adj
Represented or formed by depressions in the surface.
diagraphic
diagraphic
adj
descriptive
dicephalus
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
discophora
dispatched
dispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispatch
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
dispatches
dispatches
noun
plural of dispatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispatch
endopathic
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
epichordal
epichordal
adj
(anatomy) Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
handclasps
handclasps
noun
plural of handclasp
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
handscrape
headpieces
headpieces
noun
plural of headpiece
hecatomped
heptachord
heptachord
noun
(music) A lyre with seven chords.
(music) A system of seven sounds.
(poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
heptadecyl
heptadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₇H₃₅, formally derived from heptadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
heptapodic
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
hydropical
hydropical
adj
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty.
Dropsical.
Swollen with water.
hydrospace
hydrospace
noun
That part of the Earth, or other planet, that lies below the surface of its lakes, seas and oceans,
hypochdria
idiopathic
idiopathic
adj
(pathology) Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause.
mispatched
mispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispatch
pachyderma
pachyderma
noun
(medicine) Abnormal thickening of the skin.
pachyderms
pachyderms
noun
plural of pachyderm
pachyodont
pachyodont
adj
(zoology) Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve.
(zoology) Having thick teeth.
noun
(zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.
packthread
packthread
noun
(archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
paddywatch
paddywhack
paddywhack
noun
(dated) A blow; a slap.
(dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
(slang) The paxwax (ligament of the neck in quadrupeds).
verb
(dated, transitive) To slap.
parachuted
parachuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parachute
patchboard
patchboard
noun
A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections.
patchstand
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
perichdria
phacopidae
phagedenic
phagedenic
adj
Relating to phagedena.
phenacodus
pholadacea
phycitidae
phylloclad
phytocidal
phytocidal
adj
That kills plants
podobranch
podobranch
noun
(zoology) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in crustaceans.
podothecal
potlatched
potlatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of potlatch
precharged
precharged
adj
charged in advance
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precharge
precharted
prechordal
prechordal
adj
In front of the notochord
prochordal
prochordal
adj
(anatomy) Situated in front of the notochord; applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.
punchboard
punchboard
noun
A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
redispatch
redispatch
noun
Repeat dispatch
verb
To dispatch again
rehandicap
rehandicap
verb
(transitive, gambling) To recalculate the betting odds for (a race, etc.).
reproached
reproached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reproach
scaphander
scaphander
noun
(dated, formal) A kind of diving suit.
scaphitoid
scaphopoda
schizopoda
scratchpad
scratchpad
noun
(computing, in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.
A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
sheepfaced
sphecoidea
splachnoid
sprauchled
sprauchled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sprauchle