(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphispore
amphoterus
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
antrophose
apartheids
apartheids
noun
plural of apartheid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apartheid
aphaeresis
aphaeresis
noun
(UK, Canada) Alternative spelling of apheresis
aphorismer
aphorismer
noun
(nonce word, derogatory) A dealer in aphorisms.
apishamore
apishamore
noun
A saddle blanket.
apostrophe
apostrophe
noun
(orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
(rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
apprehends
apprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
approaches
approaches
noun
(military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.
Movements to gain favour; advances.
plural of approach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archership
archership
noun
The skill of an archer.
archespore
archespore
noun
(biology) A group of cells from which microspores or megaspores develop
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archisperm
archispore
archpriest
archpriest
noun
(Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
arrephoros
arsenophen
aspherical
aspherical
adj
Not (quite) spherical
atmosphere
atmosphere
noun
(figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
(figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
(television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
The air in a particular place.
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
avoyership
barbershop
barbershop
noun
(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.
(uncountable, music) A style of a capella vocal music, sung in four-part harmony, typically by a quartet of men.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To perform in the barbershop musical style.
barysphere
barysphere
noun
The central core of the Earth (or similar planets)
beachdrops
beterschap
blasphemer
blasphemer
noun
One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
blepharism
caesarship
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
canephoros
canephorus
carvership
cashkeeper
chamaerops
chaparejos
chaparejos
noun
chaps (trousers)
chapelries
chapelries
noun
plural of chapelry
chaperones
chaperones
noun
plural of chaperone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperone
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
checkstrap
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chrosperma
chuprassie
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
dealership
dealership
noun
A place that sells items, especially cars.
deathtraps
deathtraps
noun
plural of deathtrap
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
diaphorase
diaphorase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds
diastrophe
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
dysphrenia
epiphysary
euphrasies
euphrasies
noun
plural of euphrasy
farmership
farmership
noun
Skill in farming.
fathership
fathership
noun
(religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
flapperish
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
hainesport
hairpieces
hairpieces
noun
plural of hairpiece
handscrape
harpalides
harpooners
harpooners
noun
plural of harpooner
haruspices
haruspices
noun
plural of haruspex
hasteproof
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
hemiphrase
heraldship
heraldship
noun
The status or office of a herald.
hesperidia
hesperidia
noun
plural of hesperidium
holophrase
homorelaps
horseplays
horseplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horseplay
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hydrospace
hydrospace
noun
That part of the Earth, or other planet, that lies below the surface of its lakes, seas and oceans,
hypaethros
hyperbolas
hyperosmia
hyperosmia
noun
Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
hyperspace
hyperspace
noun
(mathematics) A Euclidian space of unspecified dimension.
(mathematics) An n-dimensional Euclidian space with n > 3.
(science fiction) A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light travel.
verb
(science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To travel or transport into hyperspace.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
interphase
interphase
adj
(chemistry, physics) Between phases
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.
(mechanical engineering) An indistinct region in the interface between two substances in composite materials.
jailership
jailership
noun
The role or status of a jailer.
jamshedpur
kaisership
kaisership
noun
The role or status of a kaiser.
kanephoros
laurelship
lawyership
lawyership
noun
The state or business of a lawyer.
leadership
leadership
noun
A group of leaders.
The capacity of someone to lead others.
The office or status of a leader.
macpherson
mastership
mastership
noun
(obsolete) Chief work; masterpiece.
A title of respect, sometimes ironic.
Mastery: dominion, superiority, control.
Mastery: superior skill.
The state or office of a master.
mehtarship
mehtarship
noun
The role or status of a mehtar.
mesophragm
metaphrase
metaphrase
noun
An answering phrase; repartee.
a literal, word-for-word translation.
verb
to make such a literal translation.
metaphrast
metaphrast
noun
A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
misphrased
misphrased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misphrase
nonspheral
openairish
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
oreophasis
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
outsharpen
oversplash
pachyderms
pachyderms
noun
plural of pachyderm
packhorses
packhorses
noun
plural of packhorse
painterish
painterish
adj
Characteristic of a painter, or of painted artworks.
pandership
pandership
noun
(obsolete) The work of a pander; pimping.
pantheress
pantheress
noun
A female panther.
pantherish
pantherish
adj
Like a panther; catlike.
papershell
papershell
noun
A pecan cultivar that has a thin shell.
parachrose
parachrose
adj
(mineralogy) Changing colour by exposure to weather.
parachutes
parachutes
noun
plural of parachute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parachute
paraphrase
paraphrase
noun
(Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.
parathesis
parathesis
noun
(grammar) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
(printing) The matter contained within brackets.
(rhetoric) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
A thorough examination of a topic, juxtaposing both thesis and antithesis in order to achieve a final synthesis.
An abstract idea that embodies a shared social worldview.
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parentship
parentship
noun
The condition, state, or status of a parent.
parfleshes
parfleshes
noun
plural of parflesh
parishwide
parritches
parritches
noun
plural of parritch
parthenius
pasticheur
pasticheur
noun
One who mimics the literary or artistic style of another.
patcheries
patcheries
noun
plural of patchery
pearlashes
pearlashes
noun
plural of pearlash
peashooter
peashooter
noun
(slang) Any small or ineffective gun.
A toy gun, consisting of a tube through which peas or small objects are blown.
periphasis
periphrase
periphrase
noun
(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
verb
(intransitive) To use circumlocution.
(transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
perishable
perishable
adj
Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.
noun
(in the plural) food that does not keep for long.
That which perishes or is short-lived.
perishably
perishably
adv
In a perishable manner.
phaeospore
phaeospore
noun
A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.
phalaropes
phalaropes
noun
plural of phalarope
phanerosis
phanerosis
noun
(of a colloid) The expansion of individual droplets such that they become visible
pharisaean
pharmacies
pharmacies
noun
plural of pharmacy
phasemeter
phasemeter
noun
A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.
pheasantry
pheasantry
noun
(zoology) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
phenarsine
philanders
philanders
noun
plural of philander
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phraseable
phraseable
adj
Alternative form of phrasable
phraseless
phraseless
adj
indescribable
without phrases
phrasemake
phrasiness
phrasiness
noun
Quality of being phrasy.
phrenesiac
phyllaries
phyllaries
noun
plural of phyllary
physoderma
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air