(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphispore
amplifiers
amplifiers
noun
plural of amplifier
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
aphorismer
aphorismer
noun
(nonce word, derogatory) A dealer in aphorisms.
apishamore
apishamore
noun
A saddle blanket.
archisperm
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
blepharism
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
capernaism
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.
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
demipriest
demisphere
demorphism
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispromise
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
emparadise
emparadise
verb
Alternative form of imparadise
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.
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
empresario
ephemerist
ephemerist
noun
One who collects or studies ephemera.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
epidermose
epidermose
noun
(biochemistry) keratin
epidermous
epimerised
epispermic
epispermic
adj
(botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm, or seed covering.
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epitomiser
epitomiser
noun
Alternative form of epitomizer
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
exotropism
farmership
farmership
noun
Skill in farming.
flapperism
flapperism
noun
The behaviour of flappers (young women).
frumperies
frumperies
noun
plural of frumpery
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
gemmipares
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
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
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
hemiphrase
hemisphere
hemisphere
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. .
(astronomy, astrology) Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .
(cartography) A map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere .
(figuratively) A realm or domain of activity .
(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
(geometry) Any half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere. .
hemosporid
hempstring
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
hipsterism
hipsterism
noun
Something typical of a hipster.
hipness
hypericism
hypericism
noun
Photosensitivity in livestock caused by consuming plants of the genus Hypericum.
hyperosmia
hyperosmia
noun
Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
hyperprism
hyperprism
noun
(geometry) A prism that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypodermis
hypodermis
noun
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
imparadise
imparadise
verb
(transitive, poetic) To place in paradise; to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.
(transitive, poetic) To transform into a paradise.
imparities
imparities
noun
plural of imparity
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.
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
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.
imperverse
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.
impoisoner
impoisoner
Noun
A poisoner.
importless
importless
adj
(obsolete) meaningless
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
impostress
impostress
noun
A female impostor.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
impresario
impresario
noun
A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.
impressari
impressers
impressers
noun
plural of impresser
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.
impressive
impressive
adj
Appealing.
Capable of being impressed.
Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress
impressure
impressure
noun
(obsolete) dent; impression
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.
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
improviser
improviser
noun
One who improvises.
improvises
improvises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise
impureness
impureness
noun
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
lithosperm
mailperson
mailperson
noun
A letter carrier of any gender.
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
mariposite
mariposite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium-rich variety of mica, giving a green color to the generally white dolomitic marble in which it is commonly found.
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
mastership
mastership
noun
(obsolete) Chief work; masterpiece.
A title of respect, sometimes ironic.
Mastery: dominion, superiority, control.
Mastery: superior skill.
The state or office of a master.
maupertuis
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mehtarship
mehtarship
noun
The role or status of a mehtar.
membership
membership
noun
(mathematics) The fact of being a member of a set.
The body of members of an organization.
The state of being a member of a group or organization.
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mercaptids
mercership
mercership
noun
The position, role, or work of a mercer.
mesocarpic
mesocarpic
adj
Relating to, or composed of mesocarp
mesosporic
mesotropic
metropolis
metropolis
noun
(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
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
misapparel
misapplier
misapplier
noun
One who misapplies something.
misasperse
miscompare
miscompare
verb
To compare incorrectly.
misexpress
misexpress
verb
(transitive) To express incorrectly.
misimprove
misimprove
verb
(transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse.
misosopher
misosopher
noun
One who hates wisdom or knowledge.
misperform
misperform
verb
To perform badly or wrongly.
misphrased
misphrased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misphrase
mispresent
mispresent
verb
(transitive) To present badly or wrongly.
misprinted
misprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misprint
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
misprofess
misprofess
verb
(transitive) To profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim.
mispropose
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misprovoke
misreports
misreports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misreport
misreposed
misreprint
misspender
misspender
noun
One who misspends.
misusurped
morphemics
morphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of morphemes, or of the morphemic structure of a language.
mothership
mothership
noun
Alternative spelling of mother ship
The state of being a mother; motherhood
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.
myoparesis
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.
opisometer
opisometer
noun
A device for measuring the length of curved lines, such as on a map.
opsiometer
opsiometer
noun
An old instrument for measuring vision and determining the focal length of a lens that can correct an individual's imperfect eyesight.
optimizers
optimizers
noun
plural of optimizer
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
overimpose
overimpose
verb
(transitive) To impose too much or too often.
oversimple
oversimple
adj
Excessively simple; lacking the necessary complexity.
oversimply
oversimply
adv
In a way that is too simple; without the necessary detail or complexity.
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.
paramedics
paramedics
noun
plural of paramedic
paramesial
paramesial
adj
(anatomy) Near, or across the median line
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.
passimeter
passimeter
noun
(rail transport) A turnstile operated from a ticket booth or by a ticket machine.