A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
A set of rules regulating behaviour.
A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
A state of order based on submission to authority.
A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
An enforced compliance or control.
verb
(transitive) To impose order on someone.
(transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
discompose
discompose
verb
(transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
(transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
discrepate
disculpate
disculpate
verb
(transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
dispatched
dispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispatch
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
dispatches
dispatches
noun
plural of dispatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispatch
disrespect
disrespect
noun
A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
verb
(transitive) To show a lack of respect to someone or something.
disscepter
dissceptre
docentship
duplicates
duplicates
noun
plural of duplicate
dyspeptics
dyspeptics
noun
plural of dyspeptic
eclipsable
eclipsable
adj
Capable of being eclipsed.
eclipsises
ecospecies
ecospecies
noun
ecotype
ecphonesis
ecphonesis
noun
(Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
(rhetoric) Exclamation.
ecthlipses
ecthlipses
noun
plural of ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
noun
(phonology) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
(phonology) The elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
ectopistes
eigenspace
eigenspace
noun
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
ellipsonic
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
empiricism
empiricism
noun
(medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; folk medicine, quackery.
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
(social sciences, political science, sociology) used to describe research based on methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.
A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
empiricist
empiricist
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiristic
empiristic
adj
(physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
encarpuspi
enclasping
enclasping
verb
present participle of enclasp
encopresis
encopresis
noun
(medicine) fecal incontinence in children
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endoscopic
endoscopic
adj
Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
endosporic
endosporic
adj
related to, or characgerized by, endospory
epiblastic
epiblastic
adj
of, or relating to the epiblast
epicalyces
epicalyces
noun
plural of epicalyx
epicalyxes
epicanthus
epicanthus
noun
(anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
epicarides
epicenters
epicenters
noun
plural of epicenter
epiclastic
epiclastic
adj
(geology) Describing rock formed from fragments of volcanic rock that have been moved to another place.
epicoelous
epicranius
epicranius
noun
The occipitofrontalis muscle.
epicureans
epicureans
noun
plural of epicurean
epideistic
epifascial
epifascial
adj
On the surface of a fascia (especially the fascia lata)
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
epileptics
epileptics
noun
plural of epileptic
epiplasmic
episarcine
episcenium
episcleral
episcleral
adj
Relating to the episclera.
episcopacy
episcopacy
noun
Bishops collectively: Synonym of episcopate.
The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
episcopant
episcopant
noun
(Christianity, obsolete) A bishop.
episcopate
episcopate
noun
(rare) A bishop's jurisdiction, the extent of his diocese.
Bishops seen as a group.
The tenure in office of a bishop.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a bishop.
episcopise
episcopise
verb
Alternative form of episcopize
episcopize
episcopize
verb
(intransitive) To perform the duties of a bishop.
(transitive) To make a bishop of by consecration.
episematic
episematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
episiocele
episodical
episodical
adj
episodic.
epispadiac
epispastic
epispastic
adj
(medicine, now rare) Causing blisters; vesicant.
noun
(dated) A blister.
(dated) A vesicant agent; that which causes blisters.
epispermic
epispermic
adj
(botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm, or seed covering.
equispaced
equispaced
adj
Spaced apart at equal distances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equispace
escaloping
escapingly
esculapian
especially
especially
adv
(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
(focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
(manner) In a special manner; specially.
esperantic
esperantic
Adjective
In, relating to, or resembling Esperanto.
euphuistic
euphuistic
adj
Of or pertaining to euphuism.
eupsychics
exceptions
exceptions
noun
plural of exception
exceptious
exceptious
adj
(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
exospheric
exospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
expiscated
expiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiscate
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
explicates
explicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate
extispices
extispices
noun
plural of extispex
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
fiberscope
fiberscope
noun
(American spelling) a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing otherwise inaccessible areas
fireplaces
fireplaces
noun
plural of fireplace
floriscope
forescript
forescript
noun
A prescription.
geophysics
geophysics
noun
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
glycopexis
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
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hairpieces
hairpieces
noun
plural of hairpiece
haruspices
haruspices
noun
plural of haruspex
hawsepiece
headpieces
headpieces
noun
plural of headpiece
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
helioscope
helioscope
noun
(astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.
helioscopy
hephaestic
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
heptastich
heptastich
noun
(poetry) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
hieroscopy
hieroscopy
noun
hieromancy
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hypericism
hypericism
noun
Photosensitivity in livestock caused by consuming plants of the genus Hypericum.
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
hypersonic
hypersonic
adj
(of a speed, aeronautics) Far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in behaviour due to chemical reactions or dissociation of the air.
(of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
hyperstoic
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
iconoscope
iconoscope
noun
an early television camera having a mosaic of photoactive cells
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
implicates
implicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate
impolicies
impolicies
noun
plural of impolicy
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
impudences
impudences
noun
plural of impudence
inceptions
inceptions
noun
plural of inception
incomposed
incomposed
adj
(obsolete) disordered; disturbed
inculpates
inculpates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate
indescript
indescript
adj
(rare) undescribed
insapiency
insipience
insipience
noun
(archaic) stupidity; folly
inspecting
inspecting
noun
An act of inspection.
verb
present participle of inspect
inspection
inspection
noun
An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
The act of examining something, often closely.
inspective
inspective
adj
Engaged in inspection; involving inspection.
inspectors
inspectors
noun
plural of inspector
inspectrix
inspectrix
noun
A female inspector.
intercepts
intercepts
noun
plural of intercept
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intercept
interclasp
interspace
interspace
noun
A space or interval between two things; an interstice
verb
(transitive) To place (things) spaced out between other things.
(transitive) To sow or seed (an area) with things spaced out between other things.
introscope
introspect
introspect
verb
(intransitive) To engage in introspection.
(transitive) To look into.
(transitive, programming) To examine by means of type introspection.
ischepolis
isentropic
isentropic
adj
(thermodynamics, of process) Having a constant entropy
isocephaly
isopiestic
isopiestic
adj
Having equal pressure; isobaric.
noun
An isobar.
isoplethic
isoplethic
adj
Relating to isopleths.
isopsephic
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
kiloparsec
kiloparsec
noun
(astronomy) A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
kinescopes
kinescopes
noun
plural of kinescope
kleptistic
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptorchis
leptosomic
lithoscope
lithoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for measuring the refractive indices of crystal materials.
logopedics
logopedics
noun
The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.