A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
cineplasty
coenotypic
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
cryptonema
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
encryption
encryption
noun
(cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
expectancy
expectancy
noun
(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The state of being expected.
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypocenter
hypocenter
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hypocentre
hypocentre
hypocentre
noun
(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
hyponoetic
hypothenic
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
necropathy
necrotypic
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
neurectopy
nickeltype
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pedanticly
pedanticly
adv
Obsolete form of pedantically.
penetrancy
penetrancy
noun
The quality or state of being penetrant; penetrance.
pentadecyl
pentadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₅H₃₁, formally derived from pentadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
pentaptych
pentaptych
noun
A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centrepiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
pertinency
pertinency
noun
(countable, dated) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
phenotypic
phenotypic
adj
Of, or relating to a phenotype.
phlyctaena
phlyctaena
noun
Alternative form of phlyctena
phlyctenae
phlyctenae
noun
plural of phlyctena
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
pinacocyte
pinacocyte
noun
(biology) Any of a group of flattened polygonal cells that together make up the pinacoderm in the dermal epithelium of sponges.
placentary
placentary
adj
Relating to the placenta.
noun
(botany) The projecting line or ridge formed by the union of several placentas.
polyactine
polyactine
noun
The ray of a polyactinal sponge
polycletan
polyctenid
polyctenid
noun
(zoology) Any bug in the family Polyctenidae.
polyethnic
polyethnic
adj
(of a group or society) That contains people who together represent multiple ethnicities, especially such that they coexist and interact harmoniously.
(of a person) Who identifies as being of multiple ethnicities.
precentory
prepotency
prepotency
noun
(biology) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
pycnometer
pycnometer
noun
(physics, metrology) A vessel of precisely known volume used by weighing to determine the specific gravity or relative density of a liquid.
pycnostyle
pycnostyle
adj
(architecture) Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
noun
(architecture) A colonnade of this kind.
pyoctanine
pyogenetic
pyogenetic
adj
pyogenic
pyrogentic
pyrotechny
pyrotechny
noun
(figuratively) Impressive, dazzling or virtuosic display.
(obsolete) The manufacture and use of gunpowder, bombs etc.
The manufacture and use of fireworks.
The use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy.
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
splenocyte
splenocyte
noun
(biology, immunology) A type of monocyte characteristically found in spleen tissue
stenotypic
stenotypic
adj
Alternative form of stenotypical
subpotency
subpotency
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
syncopated
syncopated
adj
(grammar) of a word, shortened by syncope
(music) of a rhythm, modified by syncopation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of syncopate
syncopates
syncopates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of syncopate
tachypneic
tachypneic
adj
Alternative form of tachypnoeic
tachypnoea
tachypnoea
noun
(medicine) Hyperventilation.
trepidancy
trepidancy
noun
(rare) Trembling caused by fear or nervous agitation.