(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
compromise
compromise
noun
(computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
verb
(intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
(transitive) To breach (a security system).
(transitive) To cause impairment of.
(transitive, intransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
crimpiness
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.
epispermic
epispermic
adj
(botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm, or seed covering.
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
hypericism
hypericism
noun
Photosensitivity in livestock caused by consuming plants of the genus Hypericum.
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mercaptids
mercership
mercership
noun
The position, role, or work of a mercer.
mesocarpic
mesocarpic
adj
Relating to, or composed of mesocarp
mesosporic
mesotropic
micropenis
micropenis
noun
(medicine) An unusually small penis.
microscope
microscope
noun
An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
verb
To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).
microspace
microspace
noun
A very small space
microspore
microspore
noun
(botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore.
(zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads
miniprices
miscompare
miscompare
verb
To compare incorrectly.
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
morphemics
morphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of morphemes, or of the morphemic structure of a language.
myrioscope
myrioscope
noun
A form of kaleidoscope, especially one consisting of mirrors arranged so as by multiplied reflection from a small piece of carpet to show how it looks covering a whole floor.
panspermic
panspermic
adj
(biology) Relating to panspermy or to panspermia.
paramedics
paramedics
noun
plural of paramedic
pedicurism
pedicurism
noun
The practice or the art of giving pedicures.
perfectism
peridesmic
pharmacies
pharmacies
noun
plural of pharmacy
piciformes
premusical
premusical
adj
Before music.
princedoms
princedoms
noun
plural of princedom
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.
prosodemic
rampancies
rampancies
noun
plural of rampancy
recompiles
recompiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recompile
scampering
scampering
noun
A quick, light running motion.
verb
present participle of scamper
scrimpiest
scrimpiest
adj
superlative form of scrimpy: most scrimpy
scrimpness
scrimpness
noun
The state of being scrimp.
semaphoric
semaphoric
adj
involving waving the arms, as if using semaphore
using semaphore
semitropic
semitropic
adj
Alternative form of semitropical
spencerism
spermaceti
spermaceti
noun
A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics etc.