A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
archisperm
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
camelopard
camelopard
noun
(archaic) A giraffe.
cameograph
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.
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
camphorize
camphorone
campimeter
campimeter
noun
A device used to measure a person's field of vision
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
camporeale
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
cetomorpha
chamaerops
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chemigraph
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chrosperma
clipperman
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
companeros
comparable
comparable
adj
(grammar) Said of an adjective that has comparative and superlative forms.
(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
(often with to) Able to be compared (to).
(often with to) Similar (to); like.
noun
Something suitable for comparison.
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
complainer
complainer
noun
One who complains, or is known for their complaints.
compradore
compradore
noun
Alternative form of comprador
comprobate
comprobate
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to concur.
coprodaeum
cramponnee
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptonema
dampcourse
dreamscape
dreamscape
noun
The landscape within a dream
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
epharmonic
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epichirema
epichirema
noun
(rhetoric, logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
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.
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.
exemplaric
exemplaric
adj
Relating to or characteristic of an exemplar
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
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hyperaemic
hyperaemic
adj
Alternative form of hyperemic
hyporchema
hyporchema
noun
A form of ancient Greek choral song accompanied by dance
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.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
imprecated
imprecated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprecate
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
imprecator
imprecator
noun
One who imprecates or curses.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
jacamerops
jumpscrape
macpherson
macrophage
macrophage
noun
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
macrophyte
macrophyte
noun
(biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
macroptery
macroptery
noun
The condition of being macropterous
macrospore
macrospore
noun
One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.
madreporic
madreporic
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
maplecrest
mecopteran
mecopteran
noun
Any of the carnivorous insects in the order Mecoptera
megaparsec
megaparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mercaptide
mercaptide
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) thiolate
mercaptids
mercaptole
mercaptole
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) dithioketal
mesocarpic
mesocarpic
adj
Relating to, or composed of mesocarp
metacarpal
metacarpal
adj
Of the metacarpus.
noun
Any of the bones of the metacarpus
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microspace
microspace
noun
A very small space
miscompare
miscompare
verb
To compare incorrectly.
opacimeter
opacimeter
noun
Any instrument that measures opacity
pacemakers
pacemakers
noun
plural of pacemaker
pachometer
pachometer
noun
Alternative form of pachymeter
pachyderma
pachyderma
noun
(medicine) Abnormal thickening of the skin.
pachyderms
pachyderms
noun
plural of pachyderm
pachymeter
pachymeter
noun
Any of several instruments that are used to measure the thickness of something.
panspermic
panspermic
adj
(biology) Relating to panspermy or to panspermia.
parachrome
paracymene
paracymene
Noun
cymene
paramecium
paramecium
noun
An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
paramedics
paramedics
noun
plural of paramedic
parametric
parametric
adj
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or defined using parameters.
noun
A parametric equation
parcelment
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parenchyma
parenchyma
noun
(anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
(botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.
(zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking a coelom, such as flatworms.
parenchyme
peacemaker
peacemaker
noun
(non-native speakers' English, medicine) Misconstruction of pacemaker.
A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes.
pelycogram
permanence
permanence
noun
(physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.
The state of being permanent.
permanency
permanency
noun
(countable) A person or thing permanently in residence.
The state or quality of permanence.
pernambuco
phacometer
phacometer
noun
A device for testing the refractive power of lenses.