Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bitterbump
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
bumperette
bumperette
noun
A small secondary bumper to protect a car's main bumpers in the event of a collision.
butterbump
butterbump
noun
The European bittern
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
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.
comproduce
coprodaeum
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
creepmouse
creepmouse
adj
(mildly derogatory) Timid and unassuming in the extreme.
noun
(mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person.
creepmousy
dampcourse
diparentum
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
emplastrum
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
ephemerous
ephemerous
adj
(archaic) Ephemeral.
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
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.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermous
epineurium
epineurium
noun
(anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
eriophorum
eumorphous
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
euphemizer
euphemizer
noun
One who, or that which, euphemizes.
euphorbium
euphorbium
noun
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
frumperies
frumperies
noun
plural of frumpery
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
geoprumnon
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
harrumphed
harrumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harrumph
helipterum
hypaethrum
impervious
impervious
adj
Immune to damage or effect.
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
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
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impressure
impressure
noun
(obsolete) dent; impression
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.
impuberate
impuberate
adj
not puberate
impureness
impureness
noun
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
jamshedpur
jimpricute
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpscrape
lumberport
lumpsucker
lumpsucker
noun
Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
maupertuis
melampyrum
mesopleura
mesopleura
noun
plural of mesopleuron
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metapleura
metapleura
noun
plural of metapleuron
metapleure
metapleure
noun
A longitudinal fold at the junction of the ventral and lateral surfaces of a lancelet
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
misusurped
mouseproof
mouseproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by mice.
mousetraps
mousetraps
noun
plural of mousetrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
mugwumpery
mugwumpery
noun
(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
multiparae
multiparae
noun
plural of multipara
multiplier
multiplier
noun
(arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
(economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
(grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
(physics) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
(physics, obsolete) a coil; when Johann Schweigger in 1820 invented the electric coil, increasing the electro-magnetic field from a single wire, this invention was called a multiplier.
A multiplier onion.
nephridium
nephridium
noun
(anatomy) The embryonic excretory organ that develops into the kidney.
(biology) A tubular excretory organ in some invertebrates.
nephrodium
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
neuroplasm
neuroplasm
noun
The protoplasm of a nerve cell.
neurospasm
neurospasm
noun
A nervous spasm or twitching of a muscle.
nonpremium
nonpremium
adj
Not premium
operculums
outperform
outperform
verb
To perform better than something or someone.
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outtrumped
outtrumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrump
papermouth
papermouth
Noun
A fish, the crappie.
paramecium
paramecium
noun
An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
parapterum
parapterum
noun
(zoology) In birds, the scapular and adjoining feathers of the wing.
(zoology) In certain insects, a parapteron
parfumerie
parimutuel
parimutuel
noun
Alternative form of pari-mutuel
parthenium
parthenium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
pasteurism
pasteurism
Proper noun
The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
pasteurisation
pauperisms
pauperisms
noun
plural of pauperism
pediastrum
pedicurism
pedicurism
noun
The practice or the art of giving pedicures.
pentamerus
penumbrous
penumbrous
adj
Partially shaded.
Vague; ill-defined; unclear.
periastrum
peridinium
peridiolum
peridiolum
noun
(botany) An inner peridium inside of which the hymenium is formed.
perigonium
perigonium
noun
(botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
(dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
perigynium
perigynium
noun
(botany) Any unusual appendage around the pistil, such as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, or the bristles and scales in some other genera of the sedge family.
perihelium
perihelium
noun
(astronomy, obsolete) Synonym of perihelion
perimysium
perimysium
noun
(anatomy) A layer of connective tissue which surrounds several muscle fibers into bundles
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peristylum
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
peritoneum
peritoneum
noun
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
(zoology) In animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.
perizonium
perizonium
noun
A thin membrane surrounding the auxospore of a diatom
permixture
permutable
permutable
adj
Able to be permuted
permutably
permutably
adv
Such that it can be permuted.
permutated
permutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of permutate
permutator
permutator
noun
(electrical) A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.
pernambuco
peromelous
peromyscus
personarum
petrolatum
petrolatum
noun
petroleum jelly
petroleums
petroleums
noun
plural of petroleum
picturedom
pleuronema
pleurotoma
pleurotomy
pleurotomy
noun
(medicine) the surgical incision of the pleura.
plumassier
plumassier
noun
One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.
plumberies
plumberies
noun
plural of plumbery
plumemaker
plumieride
pluteiform
pneumatria
pneumogram
pneumogram
noun
(medicine) A record (often overnight) of the respiratory movements of a subject by the use of pneumography.
polejumper
polimetrum
polymerous
polymerous
adj
(biology) Having many parts or members in each set.
(chemistry) Polymeric.
pomiferous
pomiferous
adj
(botany) bearing pomes or pomelike fruit as opposed to berries.
Producing or bearing fruit, especially apples
poultrymen
poultrymen
noun
plural of poultryman
praecipuum
praelabrum
praeludium
praeludium
noun
Obsolete spelling of preludium
praemunire
praemunire
noun
(figurative) A difficulty or predicament.
(figurative) Crime, offence, wrongdoing.
(in extended use) Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence of praemunire.
(law, now historical) The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
The penalty for this offence.
The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias.
verb
(law, historical) To charge with the offence of praemunire; to subject to the penalties of praemunire.
praescutum
praescutum
noun
Archaic form of prescutum.
praesidium
praesidium
noun
Alternative form of presidium
praetorium
praetorium
noun
Alternative form of pretorium
preambular
preambular
adj
Having the characteristics of a preamble.
preassumed
preassumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preassume
precentrum
precommune
precompute
precompute
verb
(transitive) To compute in advance; to precalculate.