(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
blepharism
caesarship
campership
campership
noun
Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
carvership
chapelries
chapelries
noun
plural of chapelry
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
chuprassie
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
dealership
dealership
noun
A place that sells items, especially cars.
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
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.
hemiphrase
heraldship
heraldship
noun
The status or office of a herald.
hesperidia
hesperidia
noun
plural of hesperidium
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hyperosmia
hyperosmia
noun
Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
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.
kaisership
kaisership
noun
The role or status of a kaiser.
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.
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.
misphrased
misphrased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misphrase
openairish
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
oreophasis
painterish
painterish
adj
Characteristic of a painter, or of painted artworks.
pandership
pandership
noun
(obsolete) The work of a pander; pimping.
pantherish
pantherish
adj
Like a panther; catlike.
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.
parentship
parentship
noun
The condition, state, or status of a parent.
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
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.
phanerosis
phanerosis
noun
(of a colloid) The expansion of individual droplets such that they become visible
pharisaean
pharmacies
pharmacies
noun
plural of pharmacy
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.
phrasiness
phrasiness
noun
Quality of being phrasy.
phrenesiac
phyllaries
phyllaries
noun
plural of phyllary
preachiest
preachiest
adj
superlative form of preachy: most preachy
preachings
preachings
noun
plural of preaching
prefashion
preshaping
preshaping
verb
present participle of preshape
presharing
prewashing
prewashing
verb
present participle of prewash
proatheism
proatheist
psychiater
psychiater
noun
(archaic) A psychiatrist.
quakership
rangership
rangership
noun
The role or status of keeper of a forest or park.
raphaelism
raphaelism
Proper noun
The principles of painting introduced by the Italian painter Raphael.
readership
readership
noun
The collected readers of a publication.
The role or office of a reader.
redispatch
redispatch
noun
Repeat dispatch
verb
To dispatch again
reemphasis
reemphasis
noun
The act of reemphasizing; a second or subsequent emphasis.
rephrasing
rephrasing
noun
Something differently phrased.
verb
present participle of rephrase
rhapsodies
rhapsodies
noun
plural of rhapsody
rhapsodize
rhapsodize
verb
(intransitive) To perform a rhapsody.
(intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
(transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
(transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
sapphirine
sapphirine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.
saprophile
saprophile
noun
Any saprophilous organism.
sarcophile
sarcophile
noun
(zoology) A carnivorous animal, especially a marsupial.
semaphoric
semaphoric
adj
involving waving the arms, as if using semaphore
using semaphore
seraphical
seraphical
adj
(archaic) Seraphic: of or relating to a seraph or the seraphim; (by extension) pure and sublime.
(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
The act by which something is sharpened.
verb
present participle of sharpen
shepherdia
shepherdia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Shepherdia of shrubs with silvery scurfy leaves.
shipmaster
shipmaster
noun
The master of a ship; a captain; a commander.
sliphalter
sliphalter
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of slip-halter
spaewright
sphaeridia
sphaeridia
noun
plural of sphaeridium
sphalerite
sphalerite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals, of a chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, often containing also minor metals, such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium.
spheradian
spherality
spherality
noun
The property of being spheral.
spheration
spheroidal
spheroidal
adj
Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
noun
A spheroid
sphyraenid
sphyraenid
noun
(zoology) Any barracuda in the family Sphyraenidae.
sphyrnidae
spiranthes
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
therapists
therapists
noun
plural of therapist
therapsida
thesprotia
thesprotia
Proper noun
a prefecture in Greece
toparchies
toparchies
noun
plural of toparchy
tradership
tradership
noun
A place or business that trades or sells items.
trophesial
trophesial
adj
Pertaining to regulation of nourishment by the nervous system.