(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
aphronitre
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
chiroptera
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
diaphorite
diaphorite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
diastrophe
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
diotrephes
ectotrophi
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
endotrophi
entotrophi
eosphorite
eosphorite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
epistrophe
epistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
epistrophy
epitrophic
ericophyte
erythropia
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
fishpotter
fostership
fostership
noun
The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
hainesport
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
helicopter
helicopter
noun
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
(botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(zoology, slang) A dragonfly.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
heliotrope
heliotrope
adj
Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
Light purple or violet.
noun
(botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
(mineralogy) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
(surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
A light purple or violet colour.
Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.
The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
heliotropy
heliotropy
noun
heliotropism
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
heteroepic
heterophil
heterophil
noun
Alternative form of heterophile
hierophant
hierophant
noun
(Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge.
One who explains or makes a commentary.
hilltopper
hilltopper
noun
(rare) Someone who lives on the top of a hill.
hippometer
hippometer
noun
An instrument for measuring a horse's height in hands.
hippometry
horopteric
horopteric
adj
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hyperstoic
hypertonia
hypertonia
noun
(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotizer
hypnotizer
noun
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypotheria
interphone
interphone
noun
intercom
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
leptorrhin
leptothrix
limitrophe
limitrophe
adj
Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
noun
A border state or area.
lithosperm
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
microphyte
microphyte
noun
(biology) Any microscopic plant or alga
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
mothership
mothership
noun
Alternative spelling of mother ship
The state of being a mother; motherhood
nephrolith
nephrolith
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of kidney stone
neutrophil
neutrophil
adj
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
noun
(biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
nitrophile
nitrophile
noun
Any nitrophilous organism.
nitrophyte
nitrophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.
northupite
northupite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
ophiolater
ophiolater
noun
A snake-worshipper.
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.
orthopedia
orthopedia
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine which deals with the prevention and correction of deformities in bodies; orthopedics.
orthopedic
orthopedic
adj
Of, or relating to orthopedics.
orthopneic
orthopneic
adj
Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
periphyton
periphyton
noun
(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
perthosite
petrohyoid
petrohyoid
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the petrous, or periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch.
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of this kind.
phanariote
philopater
phototimer
pinnothere
pinnothere
noun
(obsolete) A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs.
pleurolith
pleurolith
noun
A concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
porphyrite
porphyrite
noun
A rock with a porphyritic structure.
portership
portership
noun
The office or duty of a porter
porthetria
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
prethyroid
pretorship
pretorship
noun
Alternative form of praetorship
pretyphoid
pretyphoid
adj
Before the onset of typhoid.
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.
proatheism
proatheist
proethical
prohibited
prohibited
adj
Forbidden; unallowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prohibit
prohibiter
prohibiter
noun
One who prohibits or forbids.
promethium
promethium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.
prophetism
prophetism
noun
The work of prophets; prophecy.
prophetize
prophetize
verb
To act as a prophet; to prophesy; to make prophecies.
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
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.
pyrethroid
pyrethroid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several synthetic insecticides having a structure based on pyrethrin.
pyrotheria
pyrrhotine
pyrrhotine
noun
(mineralogy) pyrrhotite
pyrrhotite
pyrrhotite
noun
(mineralogy) A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS.
rectorship
rectorship
noun
(obsolete) Government; guidance.
The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
reprohibit
reprohibit
verb
(rare, transitive) To prohibit (something) again.
rheotropic
rheotropic
adj
Pertaining to or exhibiting rheotropism.
rhinoptera
rhizophyte
rhizophyte
noun
(botany) Any vascular plant that has roots
shoplifter
shoplifter
noun
A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
spheration
spirochete
spirochete
noun
Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and animals.
splotchier
splotchier
adj
comparative form of splotchy: more splotchy
spritehood
spritehood
noun
The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
strophiole
strophiole
noun
(botany) An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds.
taurophile
tensorship
theophoric
theophoric
adj
(of a name) Containing the name of a deity.
thermopair
thermophil
thermopile
thermopile
noun
(electronics) An electronic device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy. Usually constructed using a series-combination of thermocouples
thermopsis
thesprotia
thesprotia
Proper noun
a prefecture in Greece
thesprotis
thiefproof
thiefproof
adj
secure against thieves
tightroped
tightropes
tightropes
noun
plural of tightrope
toparchiae
toparchies
toparchies
noun
plural of toparchy
trichopore
trichopter
trichopter
noun
(zoology) One of the Trichoptera; a caddis fly.
trophesial
trophesial
adj
Pertaining to regulation of nourishment by the nervous system.