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.
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hyperlexis
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
jailership
jailership
noun
The role or status of a jailer.
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
overpolish
overpolish
verb
(transitive) To polish too much.
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.
perishless
perishless
adj
That does not perish; undying; enduring.
philanders
philanders
noun
plural of philander
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander
phyllaries
phyllaries
noun
plural of phyllary
pokerishly
pokerishly
adv
In a pokerish manner.
prehensile
prehensile
adj
(zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
prehostile
prepublish
prepublish
verb
To issue or release in advance of publication, or in advance of a date scheduled for publication.
publishers
publishers
noun
plural of publisher
raphaelism
raphaelism
Proper noun
The principles of painting introduced by the Italian painter Raphael.
repolished
repolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repolish
repolishes
repolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repolish
russophile
russophile
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
saprophile
saprophile
noun
Any saprophilous organism.
sarcophile
sarcophile
noun
(zoology) A carnivorous animal, especially a marsupial.
sceliphron
seraphical
seraphical
adj
(archaic) Seraphic: of or relating to a seraph or the seraphim; (by extension) pure and sublime.
seraphlike
seraphlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a seraph.
serbophile
serbophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Serbophile
shipholder
shipholder
noun
The owner of a ship.
shoplifter
shoplifter
noun
A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
shrimplike
shrimplike
adj
Resembling a shrimp.
sliphalter
sliphalter
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of slip-halter
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.
spherality
spherality
noun
The property of being spheral.
spherelike
spherelike
adj
Resembling a sphere.
spheroidal
spheroidal
adj
Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
noun
A spheroid
spherulite
spherulite
noun
a minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
splotchier
splotchier
adj
comparative form of splotchy: more splotchy
strophiole
strophiole
noun
(botany) An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds.
sulphurize
sulphurize
verb
Alternative spelling of sulfurize
superhelix
superhelix
noun
(molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix
sutlership
sutlership
noun
The condition or occupation of a sutler.
tellership
tellership
noun
The office or employment of a teller.
tersulphid
trophesial
trophesial
adj
Pertaining to regulation of nourishment by the nervous system.