producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amplectant
amplectant
adj
(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
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.
anemoscope
anemoscope
noun
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.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
anomaliped
antepartum
antepartum
adj
Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
antetemple
antetemple
noun
The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
antipewism
antiprimer
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
apoharmine
apoharmine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₈H₈N₂, derived from harmic acid, that behaves similarly to harmine, but that has greater solubility in water.
appallment
appallment
noun
(obsolete) depression occasioned by terror; dismay
applewoman
applewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells apples.
applotment
applotment
Noun
apportionment
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
atropamine
attempting
attempting
verb
present participle of attempt
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campanella
campanella
noun
(historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.
campaniles
campaniles
noun
plural of campanile
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
camphanone
camphorone
camphylene
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
capernaism
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
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.
clipperman
comeupance
comeupance
noun
Alternative form of comeuppance
compagnies
companable
companable
Adjective
companionable; sociable
companeros
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
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.
complacent
complacent
adj
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
complained
complained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complain
complainer
complainer
noun
One who complains, or is known for their complaints.
complanate
complanate
adj
Flattened to a level surface.
verb
(transitive) To make level.
compliance
compliance
noun
(mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
(medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
(uncountable) The state of being compliant.
(uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
(uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.
An act of complying.
cramponnee
cryptonema
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
dampnesses
dampnesses
noun
plural of dampness
decampment
decampment
noun
A prompt departure.
The act of decamping.
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
diparentum
dipneumona
disemplane
disemplane
verb
Synonym of deplane (“disembark from an airplane”)
elecampane
elecampane
noun
A tall Eurasian herb, Inula helenium, whose roots have been used medicinally.
emancipate
emancipate
adj
Freed; set at liberty.
verb
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
To set free from slavery or bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit
To set free, as a minor from a parent
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.
empalement
empalement
noun
Obsolete form of impalement. in particular in botany as a term for the calyx of a flower.
empaneling
empanelled
empanelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empanel
empennages
empennages
noun
plural of empennage
encampment
encampment
noun
A campsite.
A group of temporary living quarters and/or other temporary structures.
endophragm
endoplasma
endoplasma
noun
plural of endoplasm
entrapment
entrapment
noun
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
(law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
The state of being entrapped.
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
epagomenae
epagomenal
epagomenal
adj
(in certain calendar systems) intercalary
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
epaulement
epaulement
noun
(ballet) A position in which one shoulder is thrust forward and the other back, and the torso turned at a right angle to the supporting leg.
A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire.
ependymary
ependymoma
ependymoma
noun
(pathology, oncology) A tumour of the central nervous system.
epharmonic
epicnemial
epicnemial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anterior of the tibia
epicranium
epicranium
noun
(anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
epilimnial
epimanikia
epimanikia
noun
plural of epimanikion
epiphonema
epiphonema
noun
(rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
epistomian
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
expressman
expressman
noun
A person employed in the express business.
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
foretopman
foretopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
gossampine
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
hemianopia
hemianopia
noun
(ophthalmology) Alternative form of hemianopsia
hemianopic
hemianopic
adj
Alternative form of hemianopsic
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
hippomanes
hippomanes
noun
(obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal.
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
hypomnesia
hypomnesia
noun
deficiency of the memory
imipramine
imipramine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound (trademark Tofranil) used to treat depression.
impackment
impactment
impactment
noun
impaction
impairment
impairment
noun
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
A deterioration or weakening
A disability or handicap
The result of being impaired
an inefficient part or factor.
impalement
impalement
noun
(botany) (obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. In still older works, also spelt empalement (q.v.)
(heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
impaneling
impaneling
verb
present participle of impanel
impanelled
imparlance
imparlance
noun
(law, obsolete) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit, but also used to obtain further time to plead or answer allegations.
(obsolete) Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate.
imparsonee
imparsonee
adj
(UK, law, religion) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
noun
(UK, law, religion) A clergyman so inducted.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impartment
impartment
noun
The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
impatience
impatience
noun
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
impearling
impearling
verb
present participle of impearl
impeccance
impeccance
noun
Alternative form of impeccancy
impeccancy
impeccancy
noun
The quality of being sinless.
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
imperialin
impersonal
impersonal
adj
(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
noun
(grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
impetulant
impinguate
impinguate
verb
(obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
impleading
impleading
verb
present participle of implead
impleasing
impleasing
adj
(obsolete) unpleasing; displeasing
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
imprenable
imprenable
adj
Obsolete form of impregnable.
impugnable
impugnable
adj
That can be impugned; open to (verbal) attack, open to question.
impunctate
impunctate
adj
(anatomy) Not punctate; not marked by spots, dots, points, or punctures.
(biology) Lacking pores.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
intemporal
inwrapment
kemperyman
lageniporm
lampooners
lampooners
noun
plural of lampooner
lampoonery
lampoonery
noun
The act of lampooning
leptamnium
leptomonad
leptomonad
noun
(biology) A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative
Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
leptomonas
macpherson
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.