(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
alphonsine
alphosises
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
asphaltite
asphaltite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of various bitumens containing asphaltenes.
aspherical
aspherical
adj
Not (quite) spherical
bailieship
battleship
battleship
noun
(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
beldamship
bishopless
bishopless
adj
(of a diocese) Without a bishop.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
blepharism
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
calipashes
calipashes
noun
plural of calipash
caliphates
caliphates
noun
plural of caliphate
cattleship
cephalitis
cephalitis
noun
(medicine, dated) encephalitis
(medicine, dated) phrenitis
chapelries
chapelries
noun
plural of chapelry
cheapishly
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
clientship
clientship
noun
The position of a client.
clipsheets
clipsheets
noun
plural of clipsheet
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
dealership
dealership
noun
A place that sells items, especially cars.
delphinius
depolished
depolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolish
depolishes
depolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depolish
diaphyseal
diaphyseal
adj
Of or pertaining to diaphysis
dicephalus
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diplophase
diplophase
noun
(biology) The diploid phase in the life cycle of an organism
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
diskophile
displenish
displenish
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide
disulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of disulfide
disulphone
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.
enthalpies
enthalpies
noun
plural of enthalpy
eosinophil
eosinophil
adj
Alternative form of eosinophilic
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
epiphyseal
epiphyseal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epiphysis
epiphysial
epiphysial
adj
Alternative form of epiphyseal
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
flapperish
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
geothlypis
haploidies
haploidies
noun
plural of haploidy
harpalides
heliopolis
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
hemophilus
heraldship
heraldship
noun
The status or office of a herald.
herophilus
hippelates
holdership
holdership
noun
The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
homophiles
homophiles
noun
plural of homophile
hospitable
hospitable
adj
cordial and generous towards guests
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
receptive and open-minded
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hospitalet
hyalopsite
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hyperlexis
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
impolished
ischepolis
isocephaly
isoplethic
isoplethic
adj
Relating to isopleths.
jailership
jailership
noun
The role or status of a jailer.
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
laurelship
lawyership
lawyership
noun
The state or business of a lawyer.
leadership
leadership
noun
A group of leaders.
The capacity of someone to lead others.
The office or status of a leader.
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
leptorchis
lesseeship
lesseeship
noun
The status or role of lessee.
lexiphanes
lexiphanes
noun
plural of lexiphane
lippershey
lippershey
Proper noun
A crater of the Moon.
lithoscope
lithoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for measuring the refractive indices of crystal materials.
lithosperm
lumpfishes
lumpfishes
noun
plural of lumpfish
mesophilic
mesophilic
adj
living and thriving at moderate temperatures
of, or relating to a mesophile
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
muspelheim
neophilism
neophilism
noun
neophilia
oenophiles
oenophiles
noun
plural of oenophile
overpolish
overpolish
verb
(transitive) To polish too much.
paddlefish
paddlefish
noun
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
palaeophis
panthelism
perishable
perishable
adj
Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.
noun
(in the plural) food that does not keep for long.
That which perishes or is short-lived.
perishably
perishably
adv
In a perishable manner.
perishless
perishless
adj
That does not perish; undying; enduring.
phelonions
phenolions
philanders
philanders
noun
plural of philander
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander
philipines
philistine
philistine
adj
(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
noun
(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
philoetius
philoneism
philoneism
noun
The love of novelty or innovation.
philosophe
philosophe
noun
(derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
phlegmasia
phlegmasia
noun
(medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
phocylides
phylaxises
phylesises
phyllaries
phyllaries
noun
plural of phyllary
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
pithlessly
pithlessly
adv
In a pithless manner.
plenishing
plenishing
noun
(Scotland) household furniture; stock
verb
present participle of plenish
plinthless
plinthless
adj
Without a plinth.
plisthenes
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
plushiness
plushiness
noun
The quality of being plushy.
pokerishly
pokerishly
adv
In a pokerish manner.
polianthes
polishable
polishable
adj
That can be polished.
polishedly
polishedly
adv
In a polished manner; refinedly, elegantly.
polishment
polishment
noun
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
polyphides
polytheism
polytheism
noun
The belief in the existence of multiple gods.
polytheist
polytheist
noun
a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism
poodleship
prehensile
prehensile
adj
(zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
prehostile
prepublish
prepublish
verb
To issue or release in advance of publication, or in advance of a date scheduled for publication.
psilophyte
psilophyte
noun
Any plant of the former taxon Psilophyta
Any plant that is adapted to live in a savannah
publishers
publishers
noun
plural of publisher
punishable
punishable
adj
Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
raphaelism
raphaelism
Proper noun
The principles of painting introduced by the Italian painter Raphael.
repolished
repolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repolish
repolishes
repolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repolish
russophile
russophile
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
saprophile
saprophile
noun
Any saprophilous organism.
sarcophile
sarcophile
noun
(zoology) A carnivorous animal, especially a marsupial.
sceliphron
schlepping
schlepping
verb
present participle of schlep
present participle of schlepp
selaphobia
selaphobia
noun
(rare, medicine) Fear or intolerance of flashes of light.
seraphical
seraphical
adj
(archaic) Seraphic: of or relating to a seraph or the seraphim; (by extension) pure and sublime.