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.
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
apoharmine
apoharmine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₈H₈N₂, derived from harmic acid, that behaves similarly to harmine, but that has greater solubility in water.
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
bromphenol
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
camphanone
camphorone
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
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.
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.
compeering
compeering
verb
present participle of compeer
compellent
compelling
compelling
adj
Forceful.
Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention.
noun
An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.
verb
present participle of compel
compendent
compendium
compendium
noun
(pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
A list or collection of various items.
A short, complete summary; an abstract.
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.
competence
competence
noun
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.
(countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter.
(dated) A sustainable income.
(geology) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.
(linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
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.
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.
complement
complement
noun
(astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
(biochemistry) Synonym of alexin
(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
(computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
(economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
(electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
(genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
(heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).
(immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
(logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
(music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
(nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
(now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
(obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.
(obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.
(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
verb
(obsolete) Old form of compliment
To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
complexing
complexing
noun
(chemistry) The formation of a complex; complexation
verb
present participle of complex
complexion
complexion
noun
(figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
(loanword, especially in scientific works translated from German) An arrangement.
(obsolete, medicine) The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
verb
(transitive) To give a colour to.
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 expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
componency
componency
noun
The property of being a component or having components.
componendo
components
components
noun
plural of component
compounded
compounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compound
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
comptonite
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
coppermine
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
cramponnee
cryptonema
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
decompound
decompound
adj
(botany) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
noun
A decomposite.
verb
To compound or mix with that which is already compound; to compound a second time.
To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
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.
deportment
deportment
noun
Apparent level of schooling or training.
Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
Conduct; public behavior.
Self-discipline.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
dipneumona
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
elopements
elopements
noun
plural of elopement
embonpoint
embonpoint
adj
Plump, chubby, buxom.
noun
Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
emplection
emplection
noun
Alternative form of emplecton
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
empoisoned
empoisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empoison
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
emportment
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
endomorphy
endomorphy
noun
The property of having the endomorph body type.
endophragm
endoplasma
endoplasma
noun
plural of endoplasm
epagomenae
epagomenal
epagomenal
adj
(in certain calendar systems) intercalary
epagomenic
epagomenic
adj
(of Ancient Greek gods) worshiped on intercalary days
intercalary
ependymoma
ependymoma
noun
(pathology, oncology) A tumour of the central nervous system.
epharmonic
ephemerons
epilimnion
epilimnion
noun
The surface layer of a liquid body, used in reference to a reservoir or body of water
epiphonema
epiphonema
noun
(rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
epistomian
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.
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
foretopman
foretopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
foretopmen
foretopmen
noun
plural of foretopman
geoprumnon
gossampine
gramaphone
gramophone
gramophone
noun
(Britain, dated) A record player.
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
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
idempotent
idempotent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).
(mathematics) (said of an algebraic structure) Having an idempotent operation (in the sense given above).
(mathematics) (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.
(mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.
noun
(mathematics) An idempotent element.
(mathematics) An idempotent structure.
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.
impedition
impedition
noun
(obsolete) A hindrance; that which impedes.
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
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.
impetition
impoisoner
impoisoner
Noun
A poisoner.
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
importment
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
importuner
importuner
noun
One who importunes.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposement
imposement
noun
(obsolete) imposition
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
impotently
impotently
adv
In an impotent manner.
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
impression
impression
noun
(advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once.
(engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
(painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
(philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
(printing) set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
An outward appearance.
The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
verb
To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key.
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
imprisoner
imprisoner
noun
One who imprisons.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
incomplete
incomplete
adj
(botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Not complete; not finished
noun
(Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
(Usenet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
A designation of being incomplete.
incomposed
incomposed
adj
(obsolete) disordered; disturbed
intemporal
lageniporm
lampooners
lampooners
noun
plural of lampooner
lampoonery
lampoonery
noun
The act of lampooning
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
limnophile
macpherson
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
mailperson
mailperson
noun
A letter carrier of any gender.
mainpernor
mainpernor
noun
(law) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.
maintopmen
maintopmen
noun
plural of maintopman
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.