(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
depository
depository
noun
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
diophysite
dryopteris
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
epiphytous
episiotomy
episiotomy
noun
(medicine) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
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.
epistrophy
expository
expository
adj
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
geothlypis
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
hyalopsite
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
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.
ideoplasty
logotypies
mesophytic
mesophytic
adj
Relating to a mesophyte.
myopathies
myopathies
noun
plural of myopathy
mythopeist
neophytish
neophytish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a neophyte.
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
oppositely
oppositely
adv
In an opposite manner.
peptolysis
peptolysis
noun
The hydrolysis of peptones.
peristylos
personeity
personeity
noun
(obsolete) personality
physiotype
physiotype
noun
Any of a set of people or organisms that have a particular set of physical features
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
plesiotype
polybasite
polybasite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polystelic
polystelic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting polystely; being a polystele.
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.
preciosity
preciosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) Something of high value or worth.
(obsolete, uncountable) The quality of being precious (of high value or worth).
(usually derogatory, countable) An instance of preciosity; something that is overly refined in an affected way.
(usually derogatory, uncountable) The quality of being overly refined in an affected way (often used to describe speech or writing, but also visual art and dress).
prehistory
prehistory
noun
(humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
(often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.
The study of those times.
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
propensity
propensity
noun
An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
prosperity
prosperity
noun
The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune
protensity
protensity
noun
Synonym of protension
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.
pyrolusite
pyrolusite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.
repositary
repository
repository
noun
(computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.
(dated) A place where things are kept for sale; a shop.
(figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.
A burial vault.
speciosity
speciosity
noun
(countable, rare, chiefly in the plural) A specious action, promise, ideology, etc.
spirometry
spirometry
noun
(medicine) The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.