(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.
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
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.
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
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.
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.
beterschap
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
checkstrap
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
cystophore
deathtraps
deathtraps
noun
plural of deathtrap
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
diastrophe
diotrephes
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.
ectosphere
ectosphere
noun
The cortical zone of a centrosphere
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
entosphere
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
epistrophe
epistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
epistrophy
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
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.
fathership
fathership
noun
(religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
fishpotter
fostership
fostership
noun
The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
hainesport
hasteproof
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
hempstring
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
herpestine
hesperitin
hesperitin
noun
Alternative form of hesperetin
hippurites
hippurites
noun
plural of hippurite
hipsterism
hipsterism
noun
Something typical of a hipster.
hipness
hoppestere
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hotpressed
hotpressed
adj
that has been heated and pressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hotpress
hotpresses
hotpresses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hotpress
hotspurred
hydropotes
hypaethros
hyperstoic
hypertense
hypertense
adj
Extremely tense.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypotensor
hypsometer
hypsometer
noun
An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).
hypsometry
hypsometry
noun
The measurement of elevation relative to sea level.
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.
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptorchis
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.
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
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.
mothership
mothership
noun
Alternative spelling of mother ship
The state of being a mother; motherhood
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
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.
orthoscope
orthoscope
noun
An instrument for drawing projections of a skull.
An instrument for examining the interior of an eye.
osteophore
outsharpen
painterish
painterish
adj
Characteristic of a painter, or of painted artworks.
pantheress
pantheress
noun
A female panther.
pantherish
pantherish
adj
Like a panther; catlike.
parachutes
parachutes
noun
plural of parachute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parachute
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.
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
peashooter
peashooter
noun
(slang) Any small or ineffective gun.
A toy gun, consisting of a tube through which peas or small objects are blown.
periphetes
perishment
perishment
noun
The act of perishing.
perthosite
perthshire
perthshire
Proper noun
A historic county in central Scotland, joined with Kinross-shire for administration after 1929.
The council area (or formerly the administrative county or district) of Perth and Kinross.
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.
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
phosphuret
phosphuret
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) phosphide
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air
plethorous
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
portership
portership
noun
The office or duty of a porter
postholder
postholder
noun
The holder of a post (title).
potholders
potholders
noun
plural of potholder
potshooter
preachiest
preachiest
adj
superlative form of preachy: most preachy
preexhaust
preharvest
preharvest
adj
Before a harvest.
prehistory
prehistory
noun
(humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
(often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.
The study of those times.
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
prehostile
prenanthes
preshelter
preshorten
preshorten
verb
(transitive) To shorten in advance.
prestretch
prestretch
verb
(transitive) To stretch in advance.
pretorship
pretorship
noun
Alternative form of praetorship
priestfish
priesthood
priesthood
noun
Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.
Priests as a group; the clergy.
The role or office of a priest.
priestship
priestship
noun
priesthood
proatheism
proatheist
prometheus
prometheus
Proper noun
The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
prophetess
prophetess
noun
A female prophet.
prophetism
prophetism
noun
The work of prophets; prophecy.
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
prostheses
prostheses
noun
plural of prosthesis
prosthesis
prosthesis
noun
(linguistics, prosody) Prothesis.
(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
prosthetic
prosthetic
adj
artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis
noun
An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance.
An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device.
psychiater
psychiater
noun
(archaic) A psychiatrist.
rectorship
rectorship
noun
(obsolete) Government; guidance.
The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
redispatch
redispatch
noun
Repeat dispatch
verb
To dispatch again
regentship
regentship
noun
The office of a regent; regency.
reshipment
reshipment
noun
(countable) A second or subsequent shipment.
(uncountable) The condition of being reshipped.
salterpath
saprophyte
saprophyte
noun
any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria
schumpeter
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
seraphtide
shapometer
shapometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the shape of something.
sheepbiter
sheepbiter
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of sheep-biter
shipfitter
shipfitter
noun
A person employed to fabricate and assemble the structural parts of a ship.
shipmaster
shipmaster
noun
The master of a ship; a captain; a commander.
shoplifter
shoplifter
noun
A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
shreveport
shreveport
Proper noun
A city in the state of Louisiana, USA
shrimpiest
shrimpiest
adj
superlative form of shrimpy: most shrimpy
sistership
sistership
noun
Alternative form of sister ship
The role or position of sister.
sliphalter
sliphalter
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of slip-halter
spaewright
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.