An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
apiologies
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologizes
apologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologize
areopagist
azygosperm
azygospore
azygospore
noun
A agametic zygospore
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
compagnies
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
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
epiglottis
epiglottis
noun
(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.
escaloping
escapology
escapology
noun
(figurative) Escape from a difficult situation.
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.
esophageal
esophageal
adj
Of or pertaining to the esophagus.
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
esophagism
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
gaspergous
gaspergous
noun
plural of gaspergou
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gastropore
gastropore
noun
A pore, in a hydrozoan coral, containing a gastrozooid
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geophagous
geophagous
adj
Eating earth.
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
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
gloeocapsa
glossopode
glossotype
glossotype
noun
A particular phonetic writing system.
glycopexis
gobstopper
gobstopper
noun
A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
gonosphere
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
gossampine
gossipries
gossipries
noun
plural of gossipry
grapestone
grapestone
noun
(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
A seed of the grape.
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
gyroscopes
gyroscopes
noun
plural of gyroscope
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypogynies
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
lipogenous
logopedics
logopedics
noun
The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.
logotypies
logperches
logperches
noun
plural of logperch
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
megalopsia
megalopsia
noun
macropsia
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
megapodius
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
mesophragm
oesophagal
oesophagal
adj
Alternative form of esophageal
oesophagus
oesophagus
noun
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
oosporange
oosporange
noun
Synonym of oosporangium
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
osteophage
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
owlspiegle
paregorics
paregorics
noun
plural of paregoric
parsonages
parsonages
noun
plural of parsonage
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
pedagogics
pedagogics
noun
The science or art of teaching; pedagogy.
pedagogies
pedagogies
noun
plural of pedagogy
pedagogish
pedagogism
pedagogism
noun
The character, manner, occupation, or system of pedagogues.
pedagogist
pedagogist
noun
A pedagogical teacher
pedagogues
pedagogues
noun
plural of pedagogue
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
pedologies
pedologist
pedologist
noun
A scientist who specializes in pedology.
A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed.
A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems.
pelasgikon
pellagrose
pellagrose
adj
Alternative form of pellagrous
pellagrous
pellagrous
adj
Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
penologies
penologies
noun
plural of penology
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
pensioning
pensioning
verb
present participle of pension
pepsinogen
pepsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
pergelisol
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
personages
personages
noun
plural of personage
phascogale
phascogale
noun
Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phosphagen
phosphagen
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues.
physagogue
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
pigmentose
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
plaguesome
plaguesome
adj
That is a plague.
plasmogeny
plastogene
plastogene
noun
(genetics) The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids
pledgeshop
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.
podilegous
poephagous
poephagous
adj
grass-eating
poetiising
polygamies
polygamies
noun
plural of polygamy
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polygenous
polygenous
adj
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres
of or pertaining to polygenesis
polygonies
polygonies
noun
plural of polygony
polygynies
polygynies
noun
plural of polygyny
pomologies
pomologies
noun
plural of pomology
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
portuguese
portuguese
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.
Noun
A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
Proper noun
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of and
posologies
posologies
noun
plural of posology
possessing
possessing
verb
present participle of possess
postgenial
postplegic
postsigner
preclosing
preclosing
Adjective
Before closure.
preconsign
preconsign
verb
(transitive) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
prescoring
prescoring
verb
present participle of prescore
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
prestorage
prestorage
adj
Prior to storage.
prestoring
processing
processing
noun
The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
The action of the verb to process.
verb
present participle of process
professing
professing
verb
present participle of profess
programers
programers
noun
plural of programer
programmes
programmes
noun
plural of programme
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of programme