Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
cheiropody
cheiropody
noun
Archaic form of chiropody.
cipherhood
cipherhood
noun
nothingness
clodhopper
clodhopper
noun
(UK) A clumsy or foolish person.
(US) Any kind of shoe.
(military slang) United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots.
A peasant or yokel.
A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.
Wheatear; any of various passerine birds.
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
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
copyholder
copyholder
noun
(dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
(dated, publishing) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
(historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
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.
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.
hydroscope
hydroscope
noun
(historical) A kind of water clock consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom.
A device for viewing objects below the surface of the water.
hydrospace
hydrospace
noun
That part of the Earth, or other planet, that lies below the surface of its lakes, seas and oceans,
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
orthopedic
orthopedic
adj
Of, or relating to orthopedics.
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
polyhedric
polyhedric
adj
Polyhedral; many-sided.
prechordal
prechordal
adj
In front of the notochord
prechoroid
preclothed
princehood
princehood
noun
(obsolete) princeliness
The rank or office of a prince
The state, quality, or condition of being a prince