(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
capernaism
companeros
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
crimpiness
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
ephemerons
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
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.
expressman
expressman
noun
A person employed in the express business.
expressmen
expressmen
noun
plural of expressman
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
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
hempstring
hypnosperm
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.
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.
impoisoner
impoisoner
Noun
A poisoner.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
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.
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinters
imprinters
noun
plural of imprinter
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
imprisoner
imprisoner
noun
One who imprisons.
impureness
impureness
noun
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
lampooners
lampooners
noun
plural of lampooner
macpherson
mailperson
mailperson
noun
A letter carrier of any gender.
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mesophryon
mesophryon
noun
(anatomy) glabella (the space between the eyebrows and nose)
micropenis
micropenis
noun
(medicine) An unusually small penis.
miniprices
mispresent
mispresent
verb
(transitive) To present badly or wrongly.
misprinted
misprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misprint
misreprint
misspender
misspender
noun
One who misspends.
monopteros
monopteros
noun
(architecture) A classical temple made up of one circle of columns supporting a roof.
monospermy
monospermy
noun
(biology) The fertilization of an oocyte by a single spermatozoon.
monospored
monospored
adj
monosporous
neuroplasm
neuroplasm
noun
The protoplasm of a nerve cell.
neurospasm
neurospasm
noun
A nervous spasm or twitching of a muscle.
palmerston
panspermia
panspermia
noun
(biology) The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission.
panspermic
panspermic
adj
(biology) Relating to panspermy or to panspermia.
paramnesia
paramnesia
noun
An inability to distinguish between real memories and dreams or fantasies
An inability to remember the meaning of common words
parastemon
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parmenides
parnellism
parnellism
Noun
The policy or principles of the Parnellites.
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
pentagrams
pentagrams
noun
plural of pentagram
pentamerus
pentaprism
pentaprism
noun
(photography) A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
penumbrous
penumbrous
adj
Partially shaded.
Vague; ill-defined; unclear.
percnosome
perishment
perishment
noun
The act of perishing.
peritonism
peritonism
noun
(pathology) Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum
permanents
permanents
noun
plural of permanent
permansion
permansion
noun
(obsolete, rare) Permanence.
permansive
permansive
adj
(linguistics, of an aspect) permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
permission
permission
noun
(computing) Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
The act of permitting.
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
verb
(transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.
permistion
persimmons
persimmons
noun
plural of persimmon
personarum
pesterment
pesterment
noun
The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry.
pheromones
pheromones
noun
plural of pheromone
pimpernels
pimpernels
noun
plural of pimpernel
praenomens
praenomens
noun
plural of praenomen
preanimism
preconsume
preconsume
verb
(transitive) To consume beforehand.
premadness
premadness
adj
Before the onset of madness.
premoisten
premoisten
verb
To moisten in advance.
preseminal
presswoman
presswoman
noun
A female pressman.
presswomen
presswomen
noun
plural of presswoman
presternum
presternum
noun
(anatomy) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.
primnesses
primnesses
noun
plural of primness
princedoms
princedoms
noun
plural of princedom
prisonment
prisonment
noun
(now rare) Imprisonment.
promenades
promenades
noun
plural of promenade
promptness
promptness
noun
The habit of adhering to a designated time.
The habit or characteristic of doing things without delay.
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.
proseminar
proseminar
noun
A seminar that is open to (and accessible to) upper level undergraduates; contrasts with a graduate seminar (for graduate students only), which assumes more background.
prosternum
prosternum
noun
(zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
rampancies
rampancies
noun
plural of rampancy
recompense
recompense
noun
An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
verb
(transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
reimplants
reimplants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reimplant
reimposing
reimposing
verb
present participle of reimpose
reimprison
reimprison
verb
(transitive) To imprison again.
repayments
repayments
noun
plural of repayment
reprimands
reprimands
noun
plural of reprimand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprimand
resampling
resampling
noun
(statistics) Any technique or instance of generating a new sample from an existing dataset.
verb
present participle of resample
reshipment
reshipment
noun
(countable) A second or subsequent shipment.
(uncountable) The condition of being reshipped.
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
scampering
scampering
noun
A quick, light running motion.
verb
present participle of scamper
scrimpness
scrimpness
noun
The state of being scrimp.
semiproven
semiproven
adj
proven to a certain extent
soapmonger
soapmonger
noun
A dealer in soap.
spannerman
spannermen
spearmints
spearmints
noun
plural of spearmint
spelterman
spelterman
noun
A person involved in the manufacture of spelter (type of metal).
speltermen
speltermen
noun
plural of spelterman
spencerism
spermation
spermidine
spermidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The triamine N-(3-aminopropyl)butane-1,4-diamine, originally obtained from semen, that is involved in cell metabolism.
spermogone
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
spleniform
spoonerism
spoonerism
noun
A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
spoonmaker
spoonmaker
noun
A manufacturer of spoons.
springtime
springtime
noun
The season of spring, between winter and summer.
superhuman
superhuman
adj
Beyond what is possible for a human being.
noun
A human being with remarkable abilities or superpowers.
supermanly
supermanly
adj
Characteristic of a superman
superminis
superminis
noun
plural of supermini
superwoman
superwoman
noun
(informal) A woman who looks after a home and children as well as being employed in a full-time job.