A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
ampersands
ampersands
noun
plural of ampersand
attempered
attempered
adj
Having a moderate temperament; sober.
Modified by admixture; well blended.
Of a moderate temperature; mild.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attemper
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
camelopard
camelopard
noun
(archaic) A giraffe.
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
compradore
compradore
noun
Alternative form of comprador
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
compressed
compressed
adj
Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
Pressed tightly together.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compress
comproduce
coprodaeum
copromoted
copromoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copromote
crippledom
crippledom
noun
The state of being a cripple.
dampcourse
decompiler
decompiler
noun
(computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
decomposer
decomposer
noun
(ecology) An organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, which carries out the process of decomposition of organic material.
decompress
decompress
verb
(intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
(intransitive, informal) To relax.
(transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
(transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
(transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
demipillar
demipriest
demisphere
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
demorphism
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
deportment
deportment
noun
Apparent level of schooling or training.
Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
Conduct; public behavior.
Self-discipline.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
dermaptera
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermophobe
dermophyte
dermophyte
noun
dermatophyte
dermoptera
desmotrope
desmotropy
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
diparentum
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispromise
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
dreamscape
dreamscape
noun
The landscape within a dream
emparadise
emparadise
verb
Alternative form of imparadise
endomorphy
endomorphy
noun
The property of having the endomorph body type.
endophragm
ependymary
ephemerida
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermoid
epidermoid
adj
Similar to epidermal tissue but not histologically identical, or possibly not so (to the extent known by the pathologist so far).
noun
(pathology) An epidermoid cyst
epidermose
epidermose
noun
(biochemistry) keratin
epidermous
epimerised
epimerized
epimerized
adj
(chemistry) Converted into an epimer
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
hamperedly
harrumphed
harrumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harrumph
hemosporid
hermokopid
hippodrome
hippodrome
noun
(US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
(archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.
A horse racing course.
verb
(US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
hyphodrome
hypodermal
hypodermal
adj
Below the epidermis
Of or pertaining to the hypodermis
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
hypodermis
hypodermis
noun
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
imparadise
imparadise
verb
(transitive, poetic) To place in paradise; to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.
(transitive, poetic) To transform into a paradise.
imperdible
imperdible
adj
(obsolete) Not destructible.
imperilled
imperilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imperil; alternative spelling of imperiled
impetrated
impetrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impetrate
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
imprecated
imprecated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprecate
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
improvided
improvided
adj
Unforeseen.
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
imprudence
imprudence
noun
(countable) An imprudent act.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
jamshedpur
lampadaire
lampyridae
madreporal
madreporal
adj
Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes;
madreporic
madreporic
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
meperidine
meperidine
noun
(pharmacology) The United States Adopted Name of pethidine.
mercaptide
mercaptide
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) thiolate
mercaptids
meropodite
meropodite
noun
(biology) A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite
middleport
misphrased
misphrased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misphrase
misprinted
misprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misprint
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misreposed
misspender
misspender
noun
One who misspends.
misusurped
monospored
monospored
adj
monosporous
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
myoproteid
nephridium
nephridium
noun
(anatomy) The embryonic excretory organ that develops into the kidney.
(biology) A tubular excretory organ in some invertebrates.
nephrodium
outtrumped
outtrumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrump
pachyderma
pachyderma
noun
(medicine) Abnormal thickening of the skin.
pachyderms
pachyderms
noun
plural of pachyderm
paedometer
paedometer
noun
(medicine) a device used to measure the weight and height of a child.
palindrome
palindrome
noun
(by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
(by extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
(genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
palmdesert
palmerdale
palmigrade
palmigrade
adj
(zoology) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals do.
pamperedly
pamperedly
adv
In a pampered manner.
pandermite
pandermite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.
paramedian
paramedian
adj
(surgery) to one side of the median position
paramedics
paramedics
noun
plural of paramedic
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
parmelioid
parmelioid
noun
any lichen of the family Parmeliaceae
parmenides
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
pedatiform
peddlerism
pediastrum
pedicurism
pedicurism
noun
The practice or the art of giving pedicures.
pedometers
pedometers
noun
plural of pedometer
pedometric
pedometric
adj
Relating to pedometrics
Relating to, or measured by, a pedometer
pentamerid
perameloid
perbromide
perbromide
noun
(chemistry) A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.
peridermal
peridermal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the periderm
peridermic
peridermic
adj
Relating to the periderm.
peridermis
peridesmic
peridinium
peridiolum
peridiolum
noun
(botany) An inner peridium inside of which the hymenium is formed.
peridromoi
peridromos
permutated
permutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of permutate
phelloderm
phelloderm
noun
(botany) The innermost parenchymatous tissue of the periderm of some plants
photodrome
photodrome
noun
(dated) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes, the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
physoderma
picturedom
pioneerdom
placodermi
planterdom
platformed
platformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of platform
plumieride
pockmarked
pockmarked
adj
having pockmarks
incomplete, lacking, having holes
pitted, or scarred with holes
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pockmark
polymeride
polymeride
noun
(organic chemistry) Polymer.
pomaderris
pomeridian
pomeridian
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to the afternoon.
ponderment
ponderment
noun
A mental state characterized by pondering; a feeling of doubt and curiosity.
postformed
postformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postform
postmarked
postmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postmark
praeludium
praeludium
noun
Obsolete spelling of preludium
praesidium
praesidium
noun
Alternative form of presidium
prairiedom
preabdomen
preabdomen
noun
(entomology) The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding the reproductive apparatus.
The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion