(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
approached
approached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approach
approacher
approacher
noun
(astronomy) An asteroid on a near-Earth trajectory.
Someone or something that approaches.
approaches
approaches
noun
(military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.
Movements to gain favour; advances.
plural of approach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archespore
archespore
noun
(biology) A group of cells from which microspores or megaspores develop
archipenko
archispore
beachdrops
beechdrops
beechdrops
noun
Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
cameograph
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
camphorize
camphorone
canephorae
canephoroe
canephoroi
canephoros
canephorus
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpophore
carpophore
noun
(botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
(mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi.
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
celeomorph
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.
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
cetomorpha
chamaerops
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chaparejos
chaparejos
noun
chaps (trousers)
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
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
cheiropody
cheiropody
noun
Archaic form of chiropody.
chelophore
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chiroptera
choeropsis
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chronopher
chronopher
noun
(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to distant points by means of electricity.
chrosperma
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.
cnibophore
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
coheirship
coheirship
noun
The state of being a coheir
coleophora
collophore
collophore
noun
(zoology) A sucker-like organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.
(zoology) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.
colporrhea
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
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
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.
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
coryphaena
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
corypphaei
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
crowhopper
cryosphere
cryosphere
noun
All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
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.
cystophore
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
echopraxia
echopraxia
noun
The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
ecphorable
ecphorable
adj
Able to be retrieved by the process of ecphoria.
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
ectosphere
ectosphere
noun
The cortical zone of a centrosphere
ectotrophi
epharmonic
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.
epichorial
epichorial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the epichorion
In or of the country; rural.
epichorion
epichorion
noun
(anatomy) The part of the endometrium that covers the implanted early embryo
epimorphic
epimorphic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an epimorphism.
(zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
epitrophic
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
ericophyte
exomorphic
exomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to exomorphism.
exospheric
exospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
forespeech
forespeech
noun
a preface
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geomorphic
geomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth
graecophil
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
helicopter
helicopter
noun
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
(botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(zoology, slang) A dragonfly.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
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.
heteroepic
hieroscopy
hieroscopy
noun
hieromancy
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.
horopteric
horopteric
adj
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
horoscoper
horoscoper
Noun
One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
horoscopes
horoscopes
noun
plural of horoscope
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,
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hyperbolic
hyperbolic
adj
(geometry, topology, of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
(mathematics, of a metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
(vision, of a perceived color) Having a saturation exceeding 100%.
Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
Of or relating to hyperbole.
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
hyperfocal
hyperfocal
adj
(photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum depth of field
hypergolic
hypergolic
adj
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reactant, fuel, or propellant) Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidiser.
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reaction) Involving such a hypergolic agent.
hypernomic
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
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.
hyperstoic
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
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
hypocrater
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
hyporchema
hyporchema
noun
A form of ancient Greek choral song accompanied by dance
hyporcheme
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptochroa
leptorchis
leucophore
leucophore
noun
(histology) Any chromatophore that shows white in reflected light.
leucophyre
lipochrome
lipochrome
noun
Any naturally-occurring, fat-soluble pigment such as carotenes or chlorophyll.
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
macpherson
macrophage
macrophage
noun
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
macrophyte
macrophyte
noun
(biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
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.
microphyte
microphyte
noun
(biology) Any microscopic plant or alga
morphemics
morphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of morphemes, or of the morphemic structure of a language.
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.
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
nonspheric
octothorpe
octothorpe
noun
(chiefly US, typography) The hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in telephony and computing.
oncosphere
oncosphere
noun
An embryonic form of a tapeworm, enclosed in a spherical membrane armed with six hooks