(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
cephalotus
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.
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
encephalos
encephalos
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The encephalon.
halopsyche
haploscope
haploscope
noun
An optical device that presents a separate image to each eye
helioscope
helioscope
noun
(astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.
helioscopy
ischepolis
isocephaly
isoplethic
isoplethic
adj
Relating to isopleths.
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptorchis
lithoscope
lithoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for measuring the refractive indices of crystal materials.
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
mesocephal
mesophilic
mesophilic
adj
living and thriving at moderate temperatures
of, or relating to a mesophile
osphyocele
phascogale
phascogale
noun
Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating
phascolome
phascolome
noun
(zoology) A marsupial of the former genus Phascolomys; a wombat.
phocomelus
phocomelus
noun
(dated) Phocomelia.
A person with phocomelia.
phocylides
photocells
photocells
noun
plural of photocell
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
potlatches
potlatches
noun
plural of potlatch
sarcophile
sarcophile
noun
(zoology) A carnivorous animal, especially a marsupial.
sceliphron
scolophore
showplaces
showplaces
noun
plural of showplace
sophoclean
sophoclean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Sophocles or his works.
speechlore
speechlore
noun
(nonce word) Philology; grammar.
The science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics.
