(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.
contrecoup
contrecoup
noun
(pathology) A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
copernicus
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
corpulence
corpulence
noun
The state or characteristic of being corpulent.
corpulency
corpulency
noun
Alternative form of corpulence
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
crapaudine
crapaudine
noun
(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
crapulence
crapulence
noun
intemperance; debauchery; excessive indulgence
sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking
crapulency
croupiness
croupiness
noun
The state or quality of being croupy.
cruppering
cruppering
verb
present participle of crupper
encarpuspi
epicentrum
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.
epicranius
epicranius
noun
The occipitofrontalis muscle.
epicureans
epicureans
noun
plural of epicurean
imprudence
imprudence
noun
(countable) An imprudent act.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
interpubic
interpubic
adj
(anatomy) Between the pubic bones or cartilage.
interpunct
interpunct
noun
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
leprechaun
leprechaun
noun
(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.
nephroncus
neurectopy
neuropsych
neuropsych
noun
(countable, colloquial) neuropsychologist
(uncountable, colloquial) neuropsychology
noncapture
nupercaine
oenocarpus
paranuclei
paranuclei
noun
plural of paranucleus
pedicuring
pedicuring
verb
present participle of pedicure
peduncular
peduncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a peduncle
pentacular
pentacular
adj
Of or relating to a pentacle.
percentual
percentual
adj
Of, pertaining to, or expressed as a percentage
perculsion
percurrent
percurrent
adj
(botany) Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.
percussing
percussing
verb
present participle of percuss
percussion
percussion
noun
(countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
(countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
(countable) The sound so produced.
(engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
(medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
(palmistry) The outer side of the hand.
percutient
percutient
adj
(archaic) Striking; having the power of striking or hitting.
noun
(archaic) That which has the power of striking.
perdurance
perdurance
noun
permanence, persistence
periculant
pernambuco
pernicious
pernicious
adj
(obsolete) swift; celeritous.
Causing death or injury; deadly.
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
pleuronect
pluckerian
polyneuric
porcupines
porcupines
noun
plural of porcupine
praecuneus
praecuneus
noun
Alternative form of precuneus
preaccount
preadjunct
precaution
precaution
noun
A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good
verb
(transitive) To warn or caution beforehand.
(transitive, rare) To take precaution against.
precensure
precentrum
precluding
precluding
verb
present participle of preclude
preclusion
preclusion
noun
(countable) The act of precluding.
(uncountable) The condition of being precluded.
precommune
preconduct
preconfuse
preconquer
preconquer
verb
(rare) To conquer beforehand.
preconsult
preconsume
preconsume
verb
(transitive) To consume beforehand.
precounsel
precounsel
verb
To counsel beforehand.
To prophesy.
precuneate
precuneate
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or resembling, the precuneus
precurrent
precurrent
adj
Running forward; antrorse.
precurtain
precurtain
adj
Before the curtain falls at the end of a play.
Before the curtain rises at the start of a play.
preinclude
preinclude
verb
(transitive) To include beforehand.
preinduced
preinduced
adj
induced prior to some other operation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preinduce
prenuncial
prepunched
prepunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prepunch
prepunches
prepunches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prepunch
procensure
procumbent
procumbent
adj
(botany) That trails along the ground
(dentistry) inclined towards the lips
prone or prostrate
procurance
procurrent
profluence
profluence
noun
(obsolete) Onward flow; current.
(rare) The progression or flow (of time, events etc.).
pronounced
pronounced
adj
strongly marked.
uttered, articulated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pronounce
pronouncer
pronouncer
noun
Agent noun of pronounce; one who pronounces.
The official who gives out words to be spelled at a spelling bee and answers questions about their definition, use in a sentence and etymology.
pronounces
pronounces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pronounce
pronuclear
pronuclear
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to the pronucleus.
Alternative form of pro-nuclear
pronucleus
pronucleus
noun
Either of the two haploid nuclei (of a sperm and ovum) that fuse during fertilization
proscenium
proscenium
noun
(in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
(in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
(in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
A proscenium arch.
purbeckian
pursuances
pursuances
noun
plural of pursuance
purtenance
purtenance
noun
(obsolete) That which pertains or belongs to something.
(obsolete) The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
purulences
purulences
noun
plural of purulence
purveyance
purveyance
noun
(Britain, historical) The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.
The act of purveying.
putrescent
putrescent
adj
Becoming putrid; putrefying.
putrescine
putrescine
noun
A diamine, NH₂(CH₂)₄NH₂ (1,4-diaminobutane or butanediamine), produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms.
recompound
recompound
verb
(transitive) To compound again or anew.
recoupling
recoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is recoupled.
verb
present participle of recouple
recoupment
recoupment
noun
(law) A reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.
A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.
republican
republican
adj
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.
Alternative letter-case form of Republican.
Of or belonging to a republic.
noun
A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.
Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
repugnance
repugnance
noun
Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
Extreme aversion, repulsion.
repugnancy
repugnancy
noun
(archaic) Resistance, fighting back.
The quality of being repugnant: (logical) opposition, contradiction, incompatibility.
The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.
rupicoline
rupicoline
adj
(zoology) Dwelling among the rocks.
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
scuppering
scuppering
verb
present participle of scupper
spruceness
spruceness
noun
The property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.
subphrenic
subphrenic
adj
(anatomy) Below the diaphragm
superclean
superclean
adj
Containing very few impurities.
superfancy
superfancy
adj
Very fancy.
supersonic
supersonic
adj
(colloquial, of a sound) Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.
(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
noun
An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.
supertonic
supertonic
noun
(music) The second note in a diatonic scale.
supertunic
supertunic
noun
A tunic worn over other clothing; a surcoat.
thruppence
thruppence
noun
(Britain, informal, dated) Threepence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency)
uncapering
uncaptured
uncaptured
adj
Not captured.
verb
past participle of uncapture
uncarpeted
uncarpeted
adj
Not carpeted.
uncompared
uncompared
adj
Not compared.
uncoopered
uncoopered
adj
Not coopered.
uncreeping
uncrippled
uncrippled
adj
Not crippled.
uncrumpled
uncrumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrumple
undecipher
undecipher
verb
(transitive) To decipher.
undecrepit
undercreep
undercreep
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To creep secretly or imperceptibly.
undercrypt
underpitch
underpitch
Verb
To fill underneath; to stuff.
underporch
underprice
underprice
verb
To sell at a lower price than another (especially than a competitor)
To set a price at less than the value of an item
underscoop
undescript
undescript
adj
(nonstandard) Nondescript.
unoperatic
unoperatic
adj
Not operatic.
unparceled
unparceled
adj
Alternative form of unparcelled
unpeculiar
unperiodic
unperiodic
adj
Not periodic.
unpictured
unpictured
adj
Not pictured.
unpiercing
unpiercing
adj
Not piercing.
unpractice
unpreached
unpreached
adj
Not preached.
unpreceded
unpreceded
adj
Not preceded.
unprecious
unprecious
adj
Not precious.
unprefaced
unprefaced
adj
Not prefaced; without a preface.
unprelatic
unprelatic
adj
Not prelatic.
unprickled
unprickled
adj
Not bearing prickles.
unprincely
unprincely
adj
Not princely; unprincelike.
unprincess
unprocured
unprocured
adj
Not having been procured.
unproduced
unproduced
adj
(music) Recording the music directly, with a minimum of overdubs, effects and other processing.
(not comparable) Not having been produced.
unprudence
unprudence
noun
(obsolete) Lack of prudence; imprudence; improvidence.
unpuckered
unpuckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpucker
unreplaced
unreplaced
adj
Not replaced.
unsceptred
unsceptred
adj
Having no sceptre; not being an actual monarch (but having comparable qualities).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unsceptre