Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
achenocarp
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenophora
adenophore
adenophyma
adiphenine
adiphenine
Noun
An antispasmodic drug.
adnephrine
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alphonsine
amphigaean
amphineura
amphirhine
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
analphabet
analphabet
adj
Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
androphore
androphore
noun
(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
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.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophobe
anglophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobe
anglophone
anglophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone
anopheline
anopheline
adj
Of or pertaining to the anopheles mosquitoes.
noun
Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
antechapel
antechapel
noun
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
anthophore
anthophore
noun
(botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.
anthophyte
anthophyte
noun
(botany) Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
antiphates
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
antrophore
antrophose
aphanesite
aphelandra
aphelandra
noun
Any of the tropical evergreen shrubs in the genus Aphelandra
aphidiinae
aphronitre
aphthonite
apoharmine
apoharmine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₈H₈N₂, derived from harmic acid, that behaves similarly to harmine, but that has greater solubility in water.
apophonies
apophonies
noun
plural of apophony
apothesine
apprehends
apprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
archipenko
archprince
arsenophen
asiphonate
asiphonate
adj
(zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
noun
(zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
asphaltene
asphaltene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
asthenopia
asthenopia
noun
An ophthalmological condition that manifests itself through nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, red eyes, eye strain, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache and occasional double vision.
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
azophenine
bellypinch
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bisphenoid
borophenol
brachypnea
brehonship
bromphenol
camphanone
camphorone
camphylene
canephorae
canephoroe
canephoroi
canephoros
canephorus
catchpenny
catchpenny
noun
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
cellophane
cellophane
noun
Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
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.
cephaeline
cephaeline
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid that induces vomiting, related to emetine.
cephalexin
cephalexin
noun
Alternative form of cefalexin
cephalonia
cephalonia
Proper noun
A Greek island in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
chainplate
chainplate
noun
(nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champaigne
champenois
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chapellany
chapellany
noun
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of 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
chapfallen
chapfallen
adj
Crestfallen, dejected.
chapournet
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
cheepiness
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chimpanzee
chimpanzee
noun
(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which is also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
chirpiness
chirpiness
noun
the state or quality of being chirpy
chlidanope
cholophein
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
choppiness
choppiness
noun
the state of being choppy
chronopher
chronopher
noun
(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to distant points by means of electricity.
chumpiness
cinchophen
cinchophen
noun
An analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).
clientship
clientship
noun
The position of a client.
clomiphene
clomiphene
noun
(pharmacology) UK and US spelling of clomifene.
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.
cnibophore
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
collophane
colophenic
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
coryphaena
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
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.
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyanophose
cyaphenine
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
daphnaceae
dauphiness
dauphiness
noun
The wife of a dauphin.
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
deiphontes
delphinine
delphinine
adj
Characteristic of dolphins
noun
(organic chemistry) A type of toxic alkaloid found in some plants in the genera Delphinium and Clematis, which can also be used medicinally.
delphinite
delphinium
delphinium
noun
(countable and uncountable) A shade of blue, named for the flowers.
(countable) A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers.
delphinius
delphinoid
delphinoid
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin
noun
Any cetacean of the superfamily Delphinoidea
dendrophil
dentaphone
dentiphone
dentiphone
noun
(dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
didelphian
didelphian
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to opossums.
didelphine
didelphine
adj
Of, or pertaining to, opossums, of the family Didelphidae.
dinophilea
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
disphenoid
disphenoid
adj
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
noun
(geometry) A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
displenish
displenish
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
disulphone
docentship
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
dysphrenia
ecphonesis
ecphonesis
noun
(Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
(rhetoric) Exclamation.
edaphodont
eightpenny
eightpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
elaphurine
elephantic
elephantic
adj
(not comparable) Having elephantiasis
Of or relating to elephants
gigantic; massive
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.