Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
appositely
appositely
adv
In an apposite manner.
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
cineplasty
clypeaster
coreplasty
dasypeltis
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
epistolary
epistolary
adj
Carried on by written correspondence.
In the manner of written correspondence.
Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
noun
(Christianity) A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
eucalyptus
eucalyptus
noun
A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.
Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
genyplasty
genyplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the cheek
geothlypis
glossotype
glossotype
noun
A particular phonetic writing system.
heptastyle
heptastyle
adj
(architecture, of a Classical temple or other structure) having seven columns
hyalopsite
ideoplasty
interplays
interplays
noun
plural of interplay
kineplasty
logotypies
meloplasty
meloplasty
noun
(surgery) The operation of restoring a cheek which has been wholly or partially destroyed.
myeloplast
oppositely
oppositely
adv
In an opposite manner.
paleostyly
pentastyle
pentastyle
noun
(architecture) A portico with five columns.
peptolysis
peptolysis
noun
The hydrolysis of peptones.
peristylar
peristylar
adj
Having the form of a peristyle.
peristyles
peristyles
noun
plural of peristyle
peristylos
peristylum
personalty
personalty
noun
(law) Any property that is movable; that is, not real estate.
(law) The property that goes to the executor or administrator of the deceased, as distinguished from the realty, which goes to the heirs.
The state of being a person; personality.
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
pithlessly
pithlessly
adv
In a pithless manner.
pitilessly
pitilessly
adv
In a pitiless manner.
plasmacyte
plasmacyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell
plasmocyte
plasmocyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell.
plastotype
plastotype
noun
(genetics) A plastid genotype.
(taxonomy) A plastic cast of a type specimen.
platypuses
pleasantly
pleasantly
adv
(degree) Lightly
(obsolete) Ludicrously.
In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
pleasantry
pleasantry
noun
(dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
(sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark.
A playful remark; a jest.
plesiotype
poetryless
poetryless
adj
Without poetry.
polybasite
polybasite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
polycletus
polycrates
polyesters
polyesters
noun
plural of polyester
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polypterus
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
polystelic
polystelic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting polystely; being a polystele.
polystomea
polytenies
polytheism
polytheism
noun
The belief in the existence of multiple gods.
polytheist
polytheist
noun
a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism
polytomies
polytomies
noun
plural of polytomy
positively
positively
adv
(manner) In a positive manner.
(modal) With certainty.
Absolutely; utterly.
presystole
presystole
noun
cardiac contraction that follows the diastole and precedes the systole
pristinely
pristinely
adv
In a way that is pristine
proselyted
proselyted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of proselyte
proselyter
proselyter
noun
A person who proselytes; a proselytizer.
proselytes
proselytes
noun
plural of proselyte
psilophyte
psilophyte
noun
Any plant of the former taxon Psilophyta
Any plant that is adapted to live in a savannah
pterylosis
pterylosis
noun
(ornithology) The particular arrangement of feathers on a bird.
pycnostyle
pycnostyle
adj
(architecture) Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
noun
(architecture) A colonnade of this kind.
pyelitises
pygostyled
pygostyled
adj
Having a pygostyle.
pyrolusite
pyrolusite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.
pyrolysate
pyrolysate
noun
(chemistry) Any product of pyrolysis
separately
separately
adv
In a separate manner; not together; apart.
septically
septically
adv
In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
simplexity
simplexity
noun
(chemistry) disorder
(mathematics) The number of simplexes into which a structure can be divided
The act of establishing a simple interface for something that is complex.
The tendency of a simple system to generate complex forms
speciality
speciality
noun
Britain standard form of specialty.
spectrally
spectrally
adv
In a spectral manner; like a ghost.
In terms of a spectrum.
sperrylite
sperrylite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic and platinum.
spherality
spherality
noun
The property of being spheral.
spinsterly
spinsterly
adj
of or relating to a spinster or spinsterhood
spiritedly
spiritedly
adv
In a spirited manner; with spirit; enthusiastically.
spitefully
spitefully
adv
In a spiteful manner.
splenocyte
splenocyte
noun
(biology, immunology) A type of monocyte characteristically found in spleen tissue
splenotomy
splenotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection or anatomy of the spleen
(medicine) An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.
sportively
sportively
adv
In a sportive way
spotlessly
spotlessly
adv
In a spotless manner.
spurtively
staphyline
staphyline
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
stylopidae
stylopized
stylospore
stylospore
noun
(botany) A spore that has a thin stalk.
subtepidly
suppletory
suppletory
adj
(now chiefly law) Making up for deficiencies; supplementary.
noun
A source of supply.
A supplement.
sympetalae
symplectic
symplectic
adj
(group theory, of a group) Whose characteristic abelian subgroups are cyclic.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to (the geometry of) a differentiable manifold equipped with a closed nondegenerate bilinear form.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a bilinear form) That is alternating and nondegenerate.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a vector space) That is equipped with an alternating nondegenerate bilinear form.
(petrology, mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a symplectite; symplectitic.
Placed in or among, as if woven together.
That moves in the same direction as a system of synchronized waves.
noun
(ichthyology) A bone in the teleostean fishes that forms the lower ossification of the suspensorium, and which articulates below with the quadrate bone by which it is firmly held.
(mathematics) A symplectic bilinear form, manifold, geometry, etc.
symplesite
symplesite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
teletypist
teletypist
noun
A teletype operator.
tenoplasty
tenoplasty
noun
(surgery)
tolypeutes
tripsomely
trophyless
trophyless
adj
Without a trophy.
tylersport
typhlosole
typhlosole
noun
a fold in the surface of the intestines of some invertebrates etc that increases its digestive surface area