(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.
epidendron
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
epidiorite
epidiorite
noun
A greenish metamorphic rock composed of plagioclase and hornblende.
epiparodos
espronceda
europeward
evaporated
evaporated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaporate
expenditor
expounders
expounders
noun
plural of expounder
eyedropper
eyedropper
noun
A dropper for administering eyedrops.
ferrotyped
ferrotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferrotype
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
forcipated
forcipated
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
forepassed
forepassed
adj
(timewise) That has previously passed; past, bygone
foreperiod
foreperiod
noun
A time interval, in reaction time experiments, between the ready signal and the stimulus
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
gopherwood
gopherwood
noun
Alternative form of gopher wood
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
hemosporid
heparinoid
heparinoid
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin
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.
hermokopid
herpolhode
herpolhode
noun
(mathematics) The surface created by the rotation of a rigid body
heteropoda
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.
holdership
holdership
noun
The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
hotpressed
hotpressed
adj
that has been heated and pressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hotpress
hotspurred
hydrophane
hydrophane
noun
(mineralogy) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
hydrophile
hydrophile
adj
Hydrophilic.
noun
(chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
(zoology) Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.
hydrophobe
hydrophobe
noun
(chemistry) A hydrophobic compound or material
hydrophone
hydrophone
noun
a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone
hydrophore
hydrophore
noun
(obsolete) An instrument used to obtain specimens of water from any desired depth.
(sculpture) A sculpture of a standing female figure carrying a water vessel on her head.
(zoology) A cup-like projection that terminates the pedicels of some hydroids.
A tank used to provide water pressure.
hydrophyte
hydrophyte
noun
(botany) A plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water, usually excluding seaweed.
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.
hydropotes
hydropower
hydropower
noun
hydroelectric power
hydropsies
hydropsies
noun
plural of hydropsy
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,
hydrospire
hydrospire
noun
A flattened calcareous tube on each side of the midline of the inner part of the ambulacra of a blastoid
hyperoodon
hyperoodon
noun
(zoology) A whale in the genus Hyperoodon of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale.
hyperoxide
hyperoxide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any oxide that has a higher than normal ratio of oxygen to metal
hyperploid
hyperploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number
(medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number
noun
A hyperploid organism.
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
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.
hyporhined
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
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
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
infraposed
interloped
interloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlope
interposed
interposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interpose
iridophore
iridophore
noun
(histology) iridocyte
isoprenoid
isoprenoid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound formally derived from one or more isoprene units.
jeapordize
jeapordous
jeopardied
jeopardied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jeopardy
jeopardies
jeopardies
noun
plural of jeopardy
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
jeopardise
jeopardise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize.
jeopardize
jeopardize
verb
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
jeopardous
jeopardous
adj
Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous
jeopordize
landlouper
landlouper
noun
A vagabond; a vagrant.
leopardess
leopardess
noun
A female leopard.
leopardine
leopardine
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a leopard.
leopardite
lepidopter
lepidopter
noun
lepidopteran; one of the Lepidoptera.
leporicide
lycoperdon
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.
meropodite
meropodite
noun
(biology) A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite
middleport
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misreposed
monospored
monospored
adj
monosporous
myoproteid
necropsied
necropsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of necropsy
neodiprion
nephrodium
nonadapter
nonadopter
nonadopter
noun
One who does not adopt (a new technology etc.).
nonprossed
nonprossed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nonpros
nonproteid
nonproteid
adj
(archaic) Synonym of nonprotein
nonprudent
nonstriped
nonstriped
adj
Not striped.
notopterid
notopterid
noun
(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notopteridae, the featherbacks.
odoriphore
offprinted
offprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of offprint
ophiouride
orthopaedy
orthopaedy
noun
Alternative form of orthopedy
orthopedia
orthopedia
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine which deals with the prevention and correction of deformities in bodies; orthopedics.
orthopedic
orthopedic
adj
Of, or relating to orthopedics.
outcapered
outcapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcaper
outcropped
outcropped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcrop
outdropped
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
outpreened
outpreened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpreen
outpressed
outpressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpress
outproduce
outproduce
verb
(transitive) To produce more than.
outpursued
outspreads
outspreads
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread
outtrumped
outtrumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrump
overdeepen
overdeepen
verb
(geography) To erode (a basin or valley) far deeper than the thalweg.
overdeeply
overdeeply
adv
Excessively deeply.
overdepend
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overexpend
overheaped
overheaped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overheap
overlapped
overlapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overlap
overleaped
overpained
overparted
overparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpart
overpassed
overpassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpass
overplaced
overplaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplace
overplayed
overplayed
adj
Played too frequently.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplay
overprased
overpriced
overpriced
adj
Priced higher than its real worth.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprice
overprized
overprized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprize
overproved
overpruned
overpruned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprune
overspeedy
overspeedy
adj
Excessively speedy.
overspends
overspends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overspend
overspiced
overspiced
adj
Too strongly spiced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspice
overspread
overspread
verb
(intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.
(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
oversupped
oversupped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oversup
overtapped
overtopped
overtopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtop
paedometer
paedometer
noun
(medicine) a device used to measure the weight and height of a child.