producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anemopathy
anemophile
anemophile
noun
Any anemophilous plant.
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
apoharmine
apoharmine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₈H₈N₂, derived from harmic acid, that behaves similarly to harmine, but that has greater solubility in water.
bromphenol
camphanone
camphorone
champenois
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
clomiphene
clomiphene
noun
(pharmacology) UK and US spelling of clomifene.
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
endomorphy
endomorphy
noun
The property of having the endomorph body type.
endophragm
epharmonic
ephemerons
epiphonema
epiphonema
noun
(rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
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.
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
hemianopia
hemianopia
noun
(ophthalmology) Alternative form of hemianopsia
hemianopic
hemianopic
adj
Alternative form of hemianopsic
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
hippomanes
hippomanes
noun
(obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal.
hippomedon
hippomenes
homeophony
homophones
homophones
noun
plural of homophone
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
homopteron
hymenopter
hymenopter
noun
(archaic) hymenopteran
hypernomic
hypnosperm
hypomnesia
hypomnesia
noun
deficiency of the memory
hypomnesis
limnophile
macpherson
megaphoned
megaphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of megaphone
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
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
megaphyton
mellophone
mellophone
noun
A brass instrument frequently used in place of the French horn in marching bands and similar performance groups
melophonic
menophania
menophania
noun
(rare) The onset of menstruation at puberty; menarche.
menotyphla
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mesophryon
mesophryon
noun
(anatomy) glabella (the space between the eyebrows and nose)
metaphyton
metaphyton
noun
Any metaphytic filamentous alga
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.
mopishness
mopishness
noun
The quality of being mopish.
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
morphinize
morphinize
verb
(transitive) To treat with morphine.
morphogeny
morphogeny
noun
(biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny.
morpholine
morpholine
noun
(organic chemistry) A six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon atoms, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; it has a number of industrial applications.
morphoneme
neomorphic
neomorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a novel gene function.
neophilism
neophilism
noun
neophilia
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
nephometer
nephrodium
nephromere
nephrotome
nephrotome
noun
(biology, dated) A section of the mesoderm formerly believed to give rise to the pronephros and eventually to the rest of the kidney.
nephrotomy
nephrotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
nymphoides
nympholept
nympholept
noun
A person in a state of nympholepsy.
panomphean
panomphean
adj
Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.
phanerogam
phanerogam
noun
(botany) Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
phantomize
phantomize
verb
(transitive, dated, derogatory) To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.
(transitive, sciences) To remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.
phenformin
phenformin
noun
(pharmacology) An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.
phenomenal
phenomenal
adj
(colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
(sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
phenomenic
phenomenic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to phenomena.
phenomenon
phenomenon
noun
(by extension) A knowable thing or event (eg by inference, especially in science)
(philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2)
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
pheromonal
pheromonal
adj
Of or pertaining to a pheromone
pheromones
pheromones
noun
plural of pheromone
philoneism
philoneism
noun
The love of novelty or innovation.
phlegmonic
phomvihane
phonematic
phonematic
adj
Pertaining to phonemes.
phonometer
phonometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sounds.
phonometry
phonometry
noun
The measurement of sound.
phrenogram
pinachrome
pneumolith
polishment
polishment
noun
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
potcherman
potcherman
noun
One who operates a potcher.
potchermen
potchermen
noun
plural of potcherman
potherment
preharmony
prehominid
prehominid
noun
Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids.
premanhood
promethean
promethean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to
Daringly original; boldly inventive or creative.
Of enormous size or strength; extraordinarily strong.
Rebelling (or being a rebel) against a larger order; defying traditional moral categories; persecuted but dauntless.
Noun
one who acts in a Promethean manner
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
stephanome
symphonies
symphonies
noun
plural of symphony
symphonise
symphonise
verb
Alternative form of symphonize
symphonize
symphonize
verb
(intransitive) To agree; to be in harmony.
symphynote
symphynote
adj
(biology) Soldered together at the hinge, like the valves of some unios.
trophonema
trophonema
noun
Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos