(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antipewism
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
campaniles
campaniles
noun
plural of campanile
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
capernaism
champenois
chumpiness
compagnies
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
crimpiness
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
disemplane
disemplane
verb
Synonym of deplane (“disembark from an airplane”)
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.
empoisoned
empoisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empoison
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
epidesmine
epimenides
epimenides
Proper noun
Epimenides of Knossos.
episcenium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epistomian
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
glumpiness
glumpiness
noun
The quality of being glumpy.
gossampine
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
hempstring
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
hippomanes
hippomanes
noun
(obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal.
hippomenes
hypomnesia
hypomnesia
noun
deficiency of the memory
hypomnesis
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.
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
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.
impishness
impishness
noun
The state or quality of being impish; mischievousness.
impleasing
impleasing
adj
(obsolete) unpleasing; displeasing
implements
implements
noun
plural of implement
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implement
impoisoner
impoisoner
Noun
A poisoner.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposement
imposement
noun
(obsolete) imposition
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
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.
impudences
impudences
noun
plural of impudence
impunities
impunities
noun
plural of impunity
impureness
impureness
noun
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
incomposed
incomposed
adj
(obsolete) disordered; disturbed
inspeximus
inspeximus
noun
(historical) A confirmation and reaffirmation of one or several royal grants made in the past, generally at the request of a putative beneficiary.
limpidness
limpidness
noun
The property of being limpid, clarity.
limpnesses
limpnesses
noun
plural of limpness
maidenship
maidenship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a maiden.
mailperson
mailperson
noun
A letter carrier of any gender.
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
melanippus
melopianos
melopianos
noun
plural of melopiano
menopausic
menosepsis
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
micropenis
micropenis
noun
(medicine) An unusually small penis.
midshipmen
midshipmen
noun
plural of midshipman
miniprices
misexplain
misexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain incorrectly.
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
miskeeping
miskeeping
verb
present participle of miskeep
mispainted
mispainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispaint
mispenning
mispenning
verb
present participle of mispen
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
mispointed
mispointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispoint
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.
mnemiopsis
monopodies
monopodies
noun
plural of monopody
monopolies
monopolies
noun
plural of monopoly
monopolise
monopolise
verb
Alternative spelling of monopolize
mopishness
mopishness
noun
The quality of being mopish.
neophilism
neophilism
noun
neophilia
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
nymphoides
pansideman
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.
panthelism
pantomimes
pantomimes
noun
plural of pantomime
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pantomime
paramnesia
paramnesia
noun
An inability to distinguish between real memories and dreams or fantasies
An inability to remember the meaning of common words
parmenides
parnellism
parnellism
Noun
The policy or principles of the Parnellites.
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
peasantism
pedimanous
pedimanous
adj
(zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.
pedionomus
penmanship
penmanship
noun
Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.
Synonym of handwriting, one's own style of writing.
pennisetum
pentaprism
pentaprism
noun
(photography) A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
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
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
philoneism
philoneism
noun
The love of novelty or innovation.
pigmentose
pimpernels
pimpernels
noun
plural of pimpernel
pimpliness
pimpliness
noun
The state or condition of being pimply.
plebianism
pneumatics
pneumatics
noun
(theology, obsolete) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
pneumatism
pneumatism
noun
spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma
pneumatist
polishment
polishment
noun
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
postmedian
postmedian
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the median
preanimism
premoisten
premoisten
verb
To moisten in advance.
preseminal
primnesses
primnesses
noun
plural of primness
princedoms
princedoms
noun
plural of princedom
prisonment
prisonment
noun
(now rare) Imprisonment.
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.
punishment
punishment
noun
(figuratively) Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
rampancies
rampancies
noun
plural of rampancy
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.
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.
seamanship
seamanship
noun
(nautical) Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel at sea.
semialpine
semialpine
adj
Somewhat or partly alpine.
semiopened
semiopened
adj
Partly opened.
semiopenly
semiproven
semiproven
adj
proven to a certain extent
semisupine
semisupine
adj
(Alexander technique) Positioned lying on one's back with the knees bent upward while the soles of the feet and the upper body remain in contact with a horizontal surface.
Positioned so that the upper body is tilted (at 45° or variations) and not horizontal.