(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
componency
componency
noun
The property of being a component or having components.
cryptonema
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
employment
employment
noun
(economics) The number or percentage of people at work
A use, purpose
An activity to which one devotes time
The act of employing
The state of being employed
The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
endomorphy
endomorphy
noun
The property of having the endomorph body type.
ependymoma
ependymoma
noun
(pathology, oncology) A tumour of the central nervous system.
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.
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
homeophony
hymenopter
hymenopter
noun
(archaic) hymenopteran
hypernomic
hypnosperm
hypomnesia
hypomnesia
noun
deficiency of the memory
hypomnesis
impotently
impotently
adv
In an impotent manner.
lampoonery
lampoonery
noun
The act of lampooning
megaphyton
melanotype
melanotype
noun
Alternative form of melainotype
menotyphla
mesophryon
mesophryon
noun
(anatomy) glabella (the space between the eyebrows and nose)
metaphyton
metaphyton
noun
Any metaphytic filamentous alga
monopylaea
monopylean
monopylean
adj
Relating to radiolarians of the suborder Monopylea
monospermy
monospermy
noun
(biology) The fertilization of an oocyte by a single spermatozoon.
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.
myoprotein
myoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any protein that occurs in muscle tissue.
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
nephrotomy
nephrotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
nonpayment
nonpayment
noun
The failure to make a payment
nymphoides
nympholept
nympholept
noun
A person in a state of nympholepsy.
olympieion
omentopexy
omentopexy
noun
(surgery) The operation of suturing the omentum to the abdominal wall, securing anastomotic communication between the portal system and that of the vena cava.
outpayment
outpayment
noun
An outgoing payment; expenditure.
paddymelon
paddymelon
noun
(Australia) Any of various cucurbitaceous plants, especially Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia.
Alternative form of pademelon
paedonymic
pantometry
pantometry
noun
(dated) A proposed scheme for universal measurement.
A tendency to measure everything; fixation on measurement or quantitative aspects.
paronymize
pessomancy
pessomancy
noun
Divination using pebbles.
petromyzon
phonometry
phonometry
noun
The measurement of sound.
planometry
planometry
noun
The measurement or construction of a plane surface.
plasmogeny
playmonger
pneumology
pneumology
noun
The study of the respiratory system and organs.
pneumopexy
pneumopexy
noun
(surgery) fixation of layers of the lung tissue
pneumotomy
pneumotomy
noun
(dated) Synonym of pneumonectomy
poecilonym
poecilonym
noun
Almost a synonym: a word that means almost the same thing as another.
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
polymagnet
polymelian
polymelian
noun
An animal or person that has polymelia
polynemoid
polynemoid
Adjective
Characteristic of the family Polynemidae.
Noun
polyneme; threadfin
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
pomeroyton
poultrymen
poultrymen
noun
plural of poultryman
preharmony
proeconomy
prominency
prominency
noun
Prominence.
propayment
pseudonyms
pseudonyms
noun
plural of pseudonym
pycnometer
pycnometer
noun
(physics, metrology) A vessel of precisely known volume used by weighing to determine the specific gravity or relative density of a liquid.
pyromancer
pyromancer
noun
(fantasy) One who has a magical ability to conjure or control fire.
One who performs pyromancy
semiopenly
splenotomy
splenotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection or anatomy of the spleen
(medicine) An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.
spooneyism
spooneyism
noun
Alternative spelling of spoonyism
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.
synpelmous
synpelmous
adj
Alternative form of sympelmous
toponymies
toponymies
noun
plural of toponymy
unemployed
unemployed
adj
Having no job despite being able and willing to work.