producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
archipenko
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
camphanone
camphorone
canephorae
canephoroe
canephoroi
canephoros
canephorus
cellophane
cellophane
noun
Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
cephalonia
cephalonia
Proper noun
A Greek island in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
champenois
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chaperones
chaperones
noun
plural of chaperone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperone
chapournet
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chlidanope
cholophein
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
choppiness
choppiness
noun
the state of being choppy
chronopher
chronopher
noun
(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to distant points by means of electricity.
cinchophen
cinchophen
noun
An analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).
clomiphene
clomiphene
noun
(pharmacology) UK and US spelling of clomifene.
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
cnibophore
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
collophane
colophenic
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
coryphaena
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyanophose
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
docentship
ecphonesis
ecphonesis
noun
(Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
(rhetoric) Exclamation.
encephalon
encephalon
noun
(neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.
encephalos
encephalos
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The encephalon.
endopathic
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
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.
epharmonic
epichorion
epichorion
noun
(anatomy) The part of the endometrium that covers the implanted early embryo
epionychia
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
euphonetic
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
hemianopic
hemianopic
adj
Alternative form of hemianopsic
heptatonic
heptatonic
adj
(music) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave
hippocrene
hippocrene
Proper noun
A fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and formed by the hooves of Pegasus, whose waters were supposed to give poetic inspiration when imbibed.
hypernomic
hypersonic
hypersonic
adj
(of a speed, aeronautics) Far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in behaviour due to chemical reactions or dissociation of the air.
(of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
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
hypochnose
hypoconule
hyponoetic
hypothenic
iconophile
iconophile
noun
A person who loves icons, illustrations, pictures.
leucophane
leucophane
noun
Alternative form of leucophanite
macpherson
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
melophonic
microphone
microphone
noun
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
verb
(transitive) To put one or more microphones on or in.
necropathy
necrophaga
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
necrophile
necrophile
noun
(sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
necrophily
necrophily
noun
Necrophilia.
nectophore
nectophore
noun
(biology) The swimming bell of a siphonophore
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
neomorphic
neomorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a novel gene function.
nephoscope
nephoscope
noun
An instrument for determining the direction of and angular velocity of clouds.
nephrocele
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
nephroncus
neuropsych
neuropsych
noun
(countable, colloquial) neuropsychologist
(uncountable, colloquial) neuropsychology
nonaphetic
nonepochal
nonepochal
adj
Not epochal.
nonhepatic
nonhepatic
adj
Not hepatic
nonspheric
noviceship
noviceship
noun
The state or position of being a novice.
oncosphere
oncosphere
noun
An embryonic form of a tapeworm, enclosed in a spherical membrane armed with six hooks
orthopneic
orthopneic
adj
Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
pachnolite
pachnolite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
pantheonic
pantheonic
adj
Of the nature of a pantheon; having the characteristics of a pantheon
parochiner
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
phaethonic
phenacodus
phenicious
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
phenologic
phenologic
adj
phenological
phenomenic
phenomenic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to phenomena.
phenotypic
phenotypic
adj
Of, or relating to a phenotype.
phlegmonic
phocaenina
phocaenine
phoenicean
phoenician
phoenicite
phoenicize
phonematic
phonematic
adj
Pertaining to phonemes.
phonetical
phonetical
adj
of, or pertaining to phonetics.
phonoscope
phonoscope
noun
(historical) An early kind of microphone.
A device that shows images demonstrating the movement of a person's face as they speak.
photogenic
photogenic
adj
Generated or caused by light.
Looking good when photographed.
Producing or emitting light, luminescent.
phylogenic
phylogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to phylogeny
phylogenetic
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
pinachrome
pitchstone
pitchstone
noun
(geology) a natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma
poachiness
poachiness
noun
The state of being poachy or marshy.
pochettino
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.
potcherman
potcherman
noun
One who operates a potcher.
potchermen
potchermen
noun
plural of potcherman
precchosen
princehood
princehood
noun
(obsolete) princeliness
The rank or office of a prince
The state, quality, or condition of being a prince
pronephric
pronephric
adj
Of or pertaining to the pronephros
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
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.
rhinoscope
rhinoscope
noun
an instrument used to examine inside the nose
sceliphron
scenograph
scenograph
noun
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
sophoclean
sophoclean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Sophocles or his works.
tachypnoea
tachypnoea
noun
(medicine) Hyperventilation.
telephonic
telephonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
theophanic
theophanic
adj
Of or relating to theophany.
thiophenic
thiophenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to, or derived from a thiophene
topnotcher
topnotcher
noun
(Philippines) Alternative form of top-notcher
typhogenic
typhogenic
adj
causing typhus
underporch
uneuphonic
uneuphonic
adj
Not euphonic.
unphonetic
unphonetic
Adjective
Not phonetic.
xenophobic
xenophobic
adj
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.