a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
depletions
depletions
noun
plural of depletion
elopements
elopements
noun
plural of elopement
epistolean
epistolean
noun
(rare) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.
hellespont
hellespont
Proper noun
The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
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.
interlopes
interlopes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope
interposal
interposal
noun
(dated) interposure
leptomonas
linopteris
lophosteon
lophosteon
noun
(anatomy) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
nasoseptal
nasoseptal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.
neoplastic
neoplastic
adj
of or relating to a neoplasm, neoplastics, neoplasty or neoplasia
nonpeltast
opalescent
opalescent
adj
Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.
opuntiales
otosphenal
otosphenal
adj
(anatomy, dated) basioccipital
palmerston
patronless
patronless
adj
Lacking a patron or patrons; unsponsored; unpatronized; unpatroned.
pearlstone
pearlstone
noun
(mineralogy) perlite
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
pentapolis
pentapolis
noun
A geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities
pentathlos
pentathlos
noun
(obsolete) A pentathlete.
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.
phenoplast
phenoplast
noun
(chemistry) phenolic resin.
pistonlike
pistonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a piston.
planetoids
planetoids
noun
plural of planetoid
plastogene
plastogene
noun
(genetics) The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids
platonised
platonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of platonise
platoniser
platoniser
noun
Alternative form of platonizer
pleasanton
pleonastic
pleonastic
adj
(grammar) Redundant.
(linguistics) Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words.
(not comparable) Of, or relating to pleonasm.
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
polianthes
polishment
polishment
noun
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
politeness
politeness
noun
An act of politeness.
The quality of being polite.
pollinates
pollinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pollinate
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
polytenies
portliness
portliness
noun
The quality of being portly
postcoenal
postdental
postdental
adj
(of a consonant) Produced by placing the tip of the tongue at the back of the upper front teeth
noun
Such a consonant
postgenial
postmental
postmental
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Posterior to the mentum.
postneural
postneural
adj
posterior to a neural plate
postulance
potentials
potentials
noun
plural of potential
preconsult
prosilient
prosilient
adj
Eminent; prominent; distinguished above others.
obvious; salient; prominent; conspicuous.
prosternal
prosternal
adj
Relating to a prosternum
psalterion
psalterion
noun
(now historical, rare) Synonym of psaltery
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.
repletions
repletions
noun
plural of repletion
scopoletin
scopoletin
noun
A coumarin found in the roots of plants in the genus Scopolia.
septillion
septillion
num
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion trillion: 1 followed by 24 zeros, 10²⁴.
(dated British & Australian, long scale) A billion quintillion: 1 followed by 42 zeros, 10⁴².
septmoncel
septonasal
septonasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the nasal septum.
shoupeltin
simpletons
simpletons
noun
plural of simpleton
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper
spaniolate
sphenolith
spleenwort
spleenwort
noun
Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.
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.
splintbone
stenophile
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
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.
tablespoon
tablespoon
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
(Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
(cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.
telephones
telephones
noun
plural of telephone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of telephone