(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
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.
archership
archership
noun
The skill of an archer.
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.
aspherical
aspherical
adj
Not (quite) spherical
avoyership
biospheres
biospheres
noun
plural of biosphere
blepharism
brehonship
brewership
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
caesarship
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
carvership
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
chapelries
chapelries
noun
plural of chapelry
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
chirpiness
chirpiness
noun
the state or quality of being chirpy
choeropsis
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
chuprassie
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
coheirship
coheirship
noun
The state of being a coheir
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
dealership
dealership
noun
A place that sells items, especially cars.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
demisphere
demorphism
diaphorase
diaphorase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds
diastrophe
diotrephes
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
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.
drivership
dysphrenia
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
eosphorite
eosphorite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
ephemerist
ephemerist
noun
One who collects or studies ephemera.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
ephererist
ephidrosis
epiphysary
epirhizous
epistrophe
epistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
epistrophy
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
euphrasies
euphrasies
noun
plural of euphrasy
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
exospheric
exospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
expertship
expertship
noun
The role or status of an expert.
externship
externship
noun
An experiential learning opportunity, usually offered by a school, similar to an internship, but generally shorter in duration.
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.
fishpotter
flapperish
fostership
fostership
noun
The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
friendship
friendship
noun
(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
(uncountable) Good will.
(uncountable) The condition of being friends.
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
grieveship
guidership
gunnership
gunnership
noun
The office or role of a gunner.
hainesport
hairpieces
hairpieces
noun
plural of hairpiece
harpalides
haruspices
haruspices
noun
plural of haruspex
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.
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
hemiphrase
hemisphere
hemisphere
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. .
(astronomy, astrology) Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .
(cartography) A map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere .
(figuratively) A realm or domain of activity .
(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
(geometry) Any half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere. .
hemosporid
hempstring
heraldship
heraldship
noun
The status or office of a herald.
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
herophilus
herpestine
hesperides
hesperidia
hesperidia
noun
plural of hesperidium
hesperidin
hesperidin
noun
(biochemistry) a flavanone glycoside found in citrus fruit
hesperinon
hesperinos
hesperitin
hesperitin
noun
Alternative form of hesperetin
hieroscopy
hieroscopy
noun
hieromancy
hiphuggers
hiphuggers
noun
Jeans which have a tight waistline.
hippurites
hippurites
noun
plural of hippurite
hipsterism
hipsterism
noun
Something typical of a hipster.
hipness
holdership
holdership
noun
The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
horsewhips
horsewhips
noun
plural of horsewhip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horsewhip
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hydropsies
hydropsies
noun
plural of hydropsy
hydrospire
hydrospire
noun
A flattened calcareous tube on each side of the midline of the inner part of the ambulacra of a blastoid
hypericism
hypericism
noun
Photosensitivity in livestock caused by consuming plants of the genus Hypericum.
hyperlexis
hyperosmia
hyperosmia
noun
Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
hyperosmic
hyperosmic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
hyperprism
hyperprism
noun
(geometry) A prism that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypersonic
hypersonic
adj
(of a speed, aeronautics) Far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in behaviour due to chemical reactions or dissociation of the air.
(of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
hyperstoic
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypodermis
hypodermis
noun
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
impeachers
impeachers
noun
plural of impeacher
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
insphering
insphering
verb
present participle of insphere
internship
internship
noun
(US) The first year of a medical residency.
A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.
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.
ionosphere
ionosphere
noun
The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at an altitude of about 50 kilometers (31 miles) and extending outward 500 kilometers (310 miles) or more.
The similar region of the atmosphere of another planet.
isophorone
isophorone
noun
(chemistry) An α,β-unsaturated cyclic ketone, a colourless to yellowish liquid with a characteristic smell, used as a solvent and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
jailership
jailership
noun
The role or status of a jailer.
kaisership
kaisership
noun
The role or status of a kaiser.
keepership
keepership
noun
The position of a keeper; guardianship, ownership.
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
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.
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptorchis
lippershey
lippershey
Proper noun
A crater of the Moon.
lithosperm
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.
membership
membership
noun
(mathematics) The fact of being a member of a set.
The body of members of an organization.
The state of being a member of a group or organization.
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mercership
mercership
noun
The position, role, or work of a mercer.
misosopher
misosopher
noun
One who hates wisdom or knowledge.
misphrased
misphrased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misphrase
morphemics
morphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of morphemes, or of the morphemic structure of a language.
mothership
mothership
noun
Alternative spelling of mother ship
The state of being a mother; motherhood
nonshipper
nonshipper
noun
A person or organisation that is not a shipper.
nonspheric
openairish
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
oreophasis
orpheonist
orthoepies
orthoepies
noun
plural of orthoepy
orthoepist
orthoepist
noun
An expert at orthoepy: a person who studies the pronunciation of words, especially (historical) one of the orthoepists, 16th- and 17th-century linguists who tried to establish standard English pronunciations and spellings.
overphysic
overpolish
overpolish
verb
(transitive) To polish too much.
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
ownerships
ownerships
noun
plural of ownership
painterish
painterish
adj
Characteristic of a painter, or of painted artworks.