(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
alcelaphus
asphodelus
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
boselaphus
bucephalus
bucephalus
Proper noun
The warhorse of
Noun
Any horse used for riding.
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
cephalotus
delphinius
dicephalus
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide
disulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of disulfide
disulphone
euomphalus
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
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
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
laurelship
lumpfishes
lumpfishes
noun
plural of lumpfish
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
muspelheim
nonplushed
nonplushed
adj
(dated, pronunciation spelling) nonplussed
phaseolous
philoetius
phocomelus
phocomelus
noun
(dated) Phocomelia.
A person with phocomelia.
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
plethorous
ploughshoe
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.
plushiness
plushiness
noun
The quality of being plushy.
polyphemus
polyphemus
noun
Synonym of polyphemus moth
prepublish
prepublish
verb
To issue or release in advance of publication, or in advance of a date scheduled for publication.
pseudhemal
publishers
publishers
noun
plural of publisher
pullshovel
punishable
punishable
adj
Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
russophile
russophile
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
sepulchers
sepulchers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sepulcher
sepulchral
sepulchral
adj
Having a hollow and deep sound.
Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.
sepulchred
sepulchred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sepulchre
sepulchres
sepulchres
noun
plural of sepulchre
shoupeltin
shufflecap
siphuncled
siphuncled
adj
(zoology) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
spathulate
spathulate
adj
Alternative spelling of spatulate
sphacelous
spherulate
spherulate
adj
Covered or set with spherules.
spherulite
spherulite
noun
a minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
sprauchled
sprauchled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sprauchle
sulphamate
sulphamate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfamate
sulphamide
sulphamide
noun
(chemistry) Any of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.
sulphamine
sulphatase
sulphatase
noun
(biochemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfatase
sulphatize
sulphazide
sulphidize
sulphimide
sulphimide
noun
Alternative form of sulfimide
sulphinate
sulphinate
noun
Alternative form of sulfinate
sulphinide
sulphinide
noun
Alternative form of sulfinide
sulpholeic
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
sulphourea
sulphoxide
sulphoxide
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxide
sulphurage
sulphurate
sulphurate
adj
(poetic, rare, obsolete) sulphurous
verb
Alternative spelling of sulfurate
sulphurean
sulphurize
sulphurize
verb
Alternative spelling of sulfurize
supercloth
superhelix
superhelix
noun
(molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix
sutlership
sutlership
noun
The condition or occupation of a sutler.
tersulphid
theophilus
theophilus
Proper noun
The addressee of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
name; rare in English.
unpolished
unpolished
adj
Deprived of polish.
Not polished; not brought to a polish.
Not refined in manners or style
unshapable
unshapable
adj
Not shapable.
unshapenly
unshiplike
unshiplike
adj
Not resembling or characteristic of a ship.
unsplashed
unsplashed
adj
Not splashed.
upholsters
upholsters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upholster