(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenophora
adenophore
adenophyma
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adnexopexy
adrianople
anderstorp
androlepsy
androphore
androphore
noun
(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
androspore
androspore
noun
(biology) A spore with male functions, in some algae.
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
anomaliped
antipodean
antipodean
adj
(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
diametrically opposed
relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth
noun
An inhabitant of the antipodes.
apocodeine
apocodeine
noun
An alkaloid with chemical formula C₁₈H₁₉NO₂, prepared from codeine, with effects like those of apomorphine.
apodeipnon
apogonidae
appledrone
asplenioid
bradypnoea
bradypnoea
noun
Alternative form of bradypnea
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chlidanope
coexpanded
coexpanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coexpand
complained
complained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complain
cynipoidea
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
dentaphone
deoppilant
depilation
depilation
noun
Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
desponsate
desponsate
verb
(transitive, archaic) To betroth.
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
dinophilea
dipneumona
disaproned
downplayed
downplayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downplay
edaphodont
endocarpal
endocarpal
adj
(botany) Relating to the endocarp.
endocarpic
endopathic
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endophragm
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
endoplasma
endoplasma
noun
plural of endoplasm
endopleura
endopleura
noun
(botany) The inner coating of a seed; the tegmen.
endoprocta
endosporia
endosporia
noun
plural of endosporium
enjeopardy
ependymoma
ependymoma
noun
(pathology, oncology) A tumour of the central nervous system.
espronceda
eupolidean
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
headphones
headphones
noun
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
heparinoid
heparinoid
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
hydrophane
hydrophane
noun
(mineralogy) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
hydroplane
hydroplane
noun
(aircraft, nautical) A seaplane; any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
(nautical) A hydrofoil
(nautical) A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.
The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth
verb
To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
hyphedonia
hypoadenia
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
infraposed
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
landlouper
landlouper
noun
A vagabond; a vagrant.
leopardine
leopardine
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a leopard.
leptomonad
leptomonad
noun
(biology) A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative
Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
mappemonde
mappemonde
noun
A medieval map of the known or imagined world.
megaphoned
megaphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of megaphone
nonadapter
nonadeptly
nonadopter
nonadopter
noun
One who does not adopt (a new technology etc.).
nonpendant
opalinidae
openhanded
openhanded
adj
Done with an open hand.
Frank and tolerant.
Generous.
Loose and full.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of openhand
outpainted
outpainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpaint
outplanned
outplanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outplan
outspanned
outspanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outspan
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overpained
paddymelon
paddymelon
noun
(Australia) Any of various cucurbitaceous plants, especially Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia.
Alternative form of pademelon
paedogenic
paedogenic
adj
Alternative form of pedogenic
paedonymic
palaemonid
palaemonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the species of family Palaemonidae.
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.
pandemonic
pandemonic
adj
Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a pandemonium.
pandoridae
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
panelboard
panelboard
noun
(US) a distribution board
panorpidae
pantomimed
pantomimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pantomime
papandreou
paperbound
paperbound
adj
(comparable) Involving or burdened by excessive administrative requirements, especially in the form of paperwork.
(not comparable, of a book) Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered.
noun
(dated) A paperback book.
pardonable
pardonable
adj
Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
pardonless
pardonless
adj
unpardonable
parenthood
parenthood
noun
The state of being a parent
parotidean
parotidean
Adjective
Relating to the parotid gland.
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
patronised
patronised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronise
patronized
patronized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronize
pavilioned
pavilioned
adj
Having a pavilion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pavilion
pedanthood
pedimanous
pedimanous
adj
(zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.
pedodontia
pendecagon
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
pentaploid
pentaploid
adj
(genetics) That has five haploid sets of chromosomes
noun
A cell or organism with five haploid sets of chromosomes.
pentapodic
pentatomid
pentatomid
noun
(zoology) Any shield bug in the family Pentatomidae
percoidean
personated
personated
verb
past participle of personate
petalodont
phenacodus
phenolated
phenolated
adj
Reacted with a phenol or phenolate
Treated with phenol
pholadinea
phoronidea
phrenoward
picarooned
picarooned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of picaroon
piedmontal
piedmontal
adj
Relating to a piedmont.
pignorated
pignorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pignorate
pinaverdol
pintadoite
pintadoite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.
pirandello
pistonhead
placentoid
placoidean
plainsoled
planetoids
planetoids
noun
plural of planetoid
planterdom
platonised
platonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of platonise
pneumatode
pneumatode
noun
(botany, histology) A group of cells presumed to be specialised as an airway for ventilation of particular tissues.
(botany, histology) A group of cells with spiral secondary wall thickenings, present in a velamen; acts as an airway for gas exchange for respiration or photosynthesis
podarginae
polderland
pollinated
pollinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pollinate
polyadenia
polydental
polydental
adj
(chemistry) Synonym of polydentate
polynoidae
pomeridian
pomeridian
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to the afternoon.
ponderable
ponderable
adj
(physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
(rare) Heavy; ponderous.
Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
ponderance
ponderance
noun
The act or an instance of pondering; that which one ponders.
Weight; gravity.
ponderancy
ponderosae
pontederia
pontevedra
pontevedra
Proper noun
The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.
A province in the southwest of Galicia
portunidae
postdental
postdental
adj
(of a consonant) Produced by placing the tip of the tongue at the back of the upper front teeth
noun
Such a consonant
postmedian
postmedian
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the median
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