Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
disepalous
disepalous
adj
(botany) Having two sepals.
disulphone
epicoelous
eumolpides
euploidies
euploidies
noun
plural of euploidy
expulsions
expulsions
noun
plural of expulsion
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.
hemophilus
herophilus
isopleural
isopleuran
lipoferous
lipogenous
lipoxenous
opulencies
opulencies
noun
plural of opulency
opuntiales
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
pediculous
pediculous
adj
Alternative form of pedicular
perculsion
periculous
periculous
adj
dangerous, hazardous, perilous
perilously
perilously
adv
In a perilous manner.
perviously
perviously
adv
In a pervious manner.
philoetius
piliferous
piliferous
adj
Containing or producing hair.
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pilocereus
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
plesiosaur
plesiosaur
noun
Any of several extinct marine reptiles, of the order Plesiosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
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.
podilegous
poiseuille
polyuresis
polyuresis
noun
Synonym of polyuria
popularise
popularise
verb
(transitive) To make something popular.
(transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical or scientific material for a general audience.
postluetic
postluetic
adj
Following syphilis.
preciously
preciously
adv
In a precious manner.
preclusion
preclusion
noun
(countable) The act of precluding.
(uncountable) The condition of being precluded.
preludious
preludious
adj
(archaic) preludial
prepiously
previously
previously
adv
(now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
(television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.
(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time.
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
prologuise
promiseful
promiseful
adj
Full of promise for the future; promising.
propulsive
propulsive
adj
Of or pertaining to propulsion
Serving to propel
protrusile
protrusile
adj
Capable of being protruded.
purloiners
purloiners
noun
plural of purloiner
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
pyrolusite
pyrolusite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.
reptilious
reptilious
adj
(dated) Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
(dated) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.
repulsions
repulsions
noun
plural of repulsion
russophile
russophile
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
scopuliped
semicupola
sepicolous
shoupeltin
solipedous
solipedous
adj
Having solid (i.e. uncloven) hoofs.
solpugidea
solpugides
speciously
speciously
adv
In a specious manner; fallaciously and erroneously, but seeming superficially to be correct.
sulpholeic
sulphoxide
sulphoxide
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxide
superiorly
superiorly
adj
in an superior way; to the greatest degree
adv
(anatomy, medicine) above; in a superior position.
In a superior manner.
supersolid
supersolid
noun
(mathematics) An analogue in a space of four or more dimensions of a solid in three dimensions.
(physics) A superfluid material that has a spatially ordered structure similar to a crystal.
suppletion
suppletion
noun
(grammar) More loosely, the use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine, normally referred to as collateral adjectives.
(linguistics, grammar) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.
The supplying of something lacking.
teutopolis
theophilus
theophilus
Proper noun
The addressee of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
name; rare in English.
unperilous
unperilous
adj
Not perilous.
unpolished
unpolished
adj
Deprived of polish.
Not polished; not brought to a polish.
Not refined in manners or style
unpossible
unpossible
adj
(now rare, nonstandard, sometimes humorous) Impossible.