An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
archisperm
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
campaniles
campaniles
noun
plural of campanile
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
capernaism
carposperm
carposperm
noun
(biology) The egg of a red alga
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
chamaerops
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champenois
chemopause
chrosperma
chumpiness
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
cocomposer
cocomposer
noun
One who jointly composes a work with somebody else.
coelosperm
compactest
compactest
adj
superlative form of compact: most compact
compagnies
companeros
compassive
compellers
compellers
noun
plural of compeller
compensate
compensate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
completers
completers
noun
plural of completer
completest
completest
adj
superlative form of complete: most complete
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of complete
complexest
complexest
adj
superlative form of complex: most complex
components
components
noun
plural of component
composable
composable
adj
Capable of being composed (as from multiple constituent or component elements).
composedly
composedly
adv
In a composed manner.
compositae
composited
composited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of composite
composites
composites
noun
plural of composite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of composite
compostela
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
compressed
compressed
adj
Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
Pressed tightly together.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compress
compresses
compresses
noun
plural of compress
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compress
compressor
compressor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
(audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
(computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
compromise
compromise
noun
(computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
verb
(intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
(transitive) To breach (a security system).
(transitive) To cause impairment of.
(transitive, intransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
copolymers
copolymers
noun
plural of copolymer
copromotes
copromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copromote
cosmoscope
creepmouse
creepmouse
adj
(mildly derogatory) Timid and unassuming in the extreme.
noun
(mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person.
creepmousy
crimpiness
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
dampcourse
decomposed
decomposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decompose
decomposer
decomposer
noun
(ecology) An organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, which carries out the process of decomposition of organic material.
decomposes
decomposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompose
decompress
decompress
verb
(intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
(intransitive, informal) To relax.
(transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
(transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
(transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
discompose
discompose
verb
(transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
(transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.
dreamscape
dreamscape
noun
The landscape within a dream
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
empedocles
empiricism
empiricism
noun
(medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; folk medicine, quackery.
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
(social sciences, political science, sociology) used to describe research based on methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.
A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
empiricist
empiricist
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiristic
empiristic
adj
(physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
epiplasmic
episcenium
episematic
episematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
epispermic
epispermic
adj
(botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm, or seed covering.
escapement
escapement
noun
(clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
An escape or means of escape.
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
espacement
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
hypericism
hypericism
noun
Photosensitivity in livestock caused by consuming plants of the genus Hypericum.
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
implicates
implicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate
impolicies
impolicies
noun
plural of impolicy
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
impudences
impudences
noun
plural of impudence
incomposed
incomposed
adj
(obsolete) disordered; disturbed
jacamerops
jumpscrape
leptosomic
lumpsucker
lumpsucker
noun
Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
macpherson
macrospore
macrospore
noun
One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
maplecrest
mckeesport
meatoscope
meatoscope
noun
(medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
meatoscopy
meatoscopy
noun
The medical inspection of any meatus, especially the urinary meatus or the vesical orifice of a ureter.
megaparsec
megaparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
menopausic
mercaptids
mercership
mercership
noun
The position, role, or work of a mercer.
mesocarpic
mesocarpic
adj
Relating to, or composed of mesocarp
mesocephal
mesopectus
mesopectus
noun
A type of sclerite in some hymenopterans
mesophilic
mesophilic
adj
living and thriving at moderate temperatures
of, or relating to a mesophile
mesophytic
mesophytic
adj
Relating to a mesophyte.
mesosporic
mesotropic
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metapectus
metaphysic
metaphysic
adj
(philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical.
noun
(philosophy, countable) A fundamental principle or key concept.
(philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
(philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics.
metroscope
metroscope
noun
A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
metroscopy
metroscopy
noun
The use of the metroscope.
micropenis
micropenis
noun
(medicine) An unusually small penis.
microscope
microscope
noun
An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
verb
To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).
microspace
microspace
noun
A very small space
microspore
microspore
noun
(botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore.
(zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads
miniprices
miscompare
miscompare
verb
To compare incorrectly.
miscompose
miscompose
verb
To arrange an artistic work in a disharmonious way.
To make up out of the wrong ingredients or the wrong proportions of ingredients.
To produce a defective product or outcome.
To typeset incorrectly.
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
mispatched
mispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispatch
mispatches
mispatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispatch
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
moonscapes
moonscapes
noun
plural of moonscape
morphemics
morphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of morphemes, or of the morphemic structure of a language.
myrioscope
myrioscope
noun
A form of kaleidoscope, especially one consisting of mirrors arranged so as by multiplied reflection from a small piece of carpet to show how it looks covering a whole floor.
operculums
pacemakers
pacemakers
noun
plural of pacemaker
pachyderms
pachyderms
noun
plural of pachyderm
palmaceous
palmaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.
panspermic
panspermic
adj
(biology) Relating to panspermy or to panspermia.
paramedics
paramedics
noun
plural of paramedic
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
peacetimes
peacetimes
noun
plural of peacetime
peacockism
pedicurism
pedicurism
noun
The practice or the art of giving pedicures.
percnosome
perfectism
peridesmic
peromyscus
pessomancy
pessomancy
noun
Divination using pebbles.
pharmacies
pharmacies
noun
plural of pharmacy
phascolome
phascolome
noun
(zoology) A marsupial of the former genus Phascolomys; a wombat.