Any trematode of the genus Paramphistomum (previously Amphistoma)
aphorismer
aphorismer
noun
(nonce word, derogatory) A dealer in aphorisms.
apishamore
apishamore
noun
A saddle blanket.
apophonies
apophonies
noun
plural of apophony
apotheosis
apotheosis
noun
(loosely) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
(psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.
A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
apothesine
archispore
asiphonate
asiphonate
adj
(zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
noun
(zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
asthenopia
asthenopia
noun
An ophthalmological condition that manifests itself through nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, red eyes, eye strain, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache and occasional double vision.
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
avoyership
biospheres
biospheres
noun
plural of biosphere
bishopless
bishopless
adj
(of a diocese) Without a bishop.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
bisphenoid
brehonship
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
champenois
choeropsis
choppiness
choppiness
noun
the state of being choppy
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
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.
coheirship
coheirship
noun
The state of being a coheir
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
deiphontes
demorphism
depolished
depolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolish
depolishes
depolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depolish
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
diaphorase
diaphorase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds
diastrophe
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
diophysite
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diotrephes
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diplophase
diplophase
noun
(biology) The diploid phase in the life cycle of an organism
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
diskophile
disphenoid
disphenoid
adj
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
noun
(geometry) A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
disulphone
docentship
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
ecphonesis
ecphonesis
noun
(Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
(rhetoric) Exclamation.
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endosiphon
eohippuses
eosinophil
eosinophil
adj
Alternative form of eosinophilic
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
eosophobia
eosophobia
noun
(rare) A morbid fear of dawn or daylight.
eosphorite
eosphorite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
ephidrosis
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
epiphytous
epirhizous
epistrophe
epistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
epistrophy
esophagism
ethiopians
euphemious
euphonious
euphonious
adj
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
exospheric
exospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
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.
fishpotter
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
fostership
fostership
noun
The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
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.
geophysics
geophysics
noun
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
geothlypis
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hainesport
haploidies
haploidies
noun
plural of haploidy
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
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
hemipodius
hemophilus
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
hemospasia
hemospasia
noun
The use of suction to remove blood or to move it to another part of the body
hemosporid
hephaistos
herophilus
hesperinon
hesperinos
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hieroscopy
hieroscopy
noun
hieromancy
hippiedoms
hippomanes
hippomanes
noun
(obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal.
hippomenes
hokypokies
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
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
horsewhips
horsewhips
noun
plural of horsewhip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horsewhip
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
housepaint
hyalopsite
hydropsies
hydropsies
noun
plural of hydropsy
hydrospire
hydrospire
noun
A flattened calcareous tube on each side of the midline of the inner part of the ambulacra of a blastoid
hyperosmia
hyperosmia
noun
Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
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
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotizes
hypnotizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
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.
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypogynies
hypomnesia
hypomnesia
noun
deficiency of the memory
hypomnesis
hypopepsia
hypopepsia
noun
(medicine) pepsin deficiency, leading to impaired digestion
hypopiesia
hypopiesis
hypothesis
hypothesis
noun
(general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
(grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
(sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
hypozeuxis
hypozeuxis
noun
(rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
impolished
imposthume
imposthume
noun
(obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess.
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with an abscess.
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
ionosphere
ionosphere
noun
The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at an altitude of about 50 kilometers (31 miles) and extending outward 500 kilometers (310 miles) or more.
The similar region of the atmosphere of another planet.
ischepolis
isocephaly
isoheptane
isophorone
isophorone
noun
(chemistry) An α,β-unsaturated cyclic ketone, a colourless to yellowish liquid with a characteristic smell, used as a solvent and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
isoplethic
isoplethic
adj
Relating to isopleths.
isopsephic
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
kyphosidae
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptorchis
lithoscope
lithoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for measuring the refractive indices of crystal materials.