(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
alberttype
alipterion
aliptteria
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alpharetta
altarpiece
altarpiece
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
apiculture
apiculture
noun
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
One who posts handbills or posters in public places.
biparental
biparental
adj
Having two parents.
biparietal
biparietal
adj
(anatomy) Between the two parietal bones
bipartible
bipartible
adj
Capable of being divided into two parts.
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
blastopore
blastopore
noun
(embryology) The opening into the archenteron
blueprints
blueprints
noun
plural of blueprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blueprint
boltspreet
breastplow
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
calypterae
calyptraea
calyptrate
calyptrate
adj
Having a calyptra
noun
Any insect of the taxon Calyptratae
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
capitellar
capitellar
adj
Relating to the capitellum
capreolate
capreolate
adj
(botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.
capturable
capturable
adj
That can be captured.
carpellate
carpellate
adj
(botany) Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens).
carpetless
carpetless
adj
Not carpeted
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
cloverport
clypeaster
coleoptera
colourtype
colourtype
noun
Alternative form of colortype
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
colporteur
colporteur
noun
A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
completers
completers
noun
plural of completer
completory
completory
adj
Serving to fulfil.
noun
A compline.
complotter
complotter
noun
One who complots; a conspirator.
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
coreplasty
coupleteer
coupleteer
noun
One who writes couplets.
crankplate
cryptolite
decrepitly
decrepitly
adv
In a decrepit way.
depertible
depertible
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) divisible
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
deportable
deportable
adj
Able to be deported.
noun
(rare, sometimes offensive) Someone who is deportable.
diploptera
doorplates
doorplates
noun
plural of doorplate
dopplerite
dopplerite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived from the maceration of peat.
duperrault
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
emplastrum
eolotropic
eolotropic
adj
Alternative spelling of aeolotropic
eparterial
eparterial
adj
(anatomy) Situated upon or above an artery; applied especially to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
epicentral
epicentral
adj
Of or pertaining to an epicentre
noun
(anatomy) An epicentral bone
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
episternal
episternal
adj
Of or pertaining to the episternum.
epistolary
epistolary
adj
Carried on by written correspondence.
In the manner of written correspondence.
Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
noun
(Christianity) A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
erpetology
erpetology
noun
Archaic form of herpetology.
eruptional
eruptional
adj
eruptive
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
espiritual
explanator
explanator
noun
(statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
One who explains.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
exploiters
exploiters
noun
plural of exploiter
exploiture
exploiture
noun
(obsolete) The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.
(obsolete) exploitation
explorator
explorator
noun
(dated) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
exportable
exportable
adj
Able to be exported.
noun
Something that can be exported.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extrapolar
extrapolar
adj
From outside of a polar region
extropical
fieldstrip
fieldstrip
verb
Alternative form of field strip
flattercap
flowerpots
flowerpots
noun
plural of flowerpot
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
grapestalk
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
hartlepool
hartlepool
Proper noun
A town and seaport in County Durham, north-east England.
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
helipterum
helpworthy
helpworthy
adj
Deserving or worthy of help.
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptarchal
heterophil
heterophil
noun
Alternative form of heterophile
heteropoly
hilltopper
hilltopper
noun
(rare) Someone who lives on the top of a hill.
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hypaethral
hypaethral
adj
Open-air, outdoor, exposed to the sky.
hypertelic
hypertelic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting hypertely
hypopteral
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
imperialty
imperialty
noun
People of imperial rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
The rank, status, power or authority of an imperial.
impetrable
impetrable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
importable
importable
adj
(obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.
Capable of being imported.
noun
Something that can be imported.
importless
importless
adj
(obsolete) meaningless
inexpertly
inexpertly
adv
In an inexpert manner.
intemporal
interclasp
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
interlapse
interlapse
noun
(obsolete) The time between two events.
(obsolete, rare) The distance between two things.
verb
(obsolete) To elapse (between two events).
(obsolete, rare) To be situated between.
interloped
interloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlope
interloper
interloper
noun
(obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
interlopes
interlopes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope
interplace
interplace
verb
To place between or among.
interplait
interplait
verb
To plait together; to interweave or intertwine
interplant
interplant
adj
(agriculture) Between plants.
(manufacturing) Between manufacturing plants or divisions.
verb
(agriculture) To alternate plantings of two or more species.
interplays
interplays
noun
plural of interplay
interplead
interplead
verb
(law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader.
interpolar
interpolar
adj
between poles
interposal
interposal
noun
(dated) interposure
interppled
interpupil
interpupil
adj
Between pupils.
intrepidly
intrepidly
adv
In an intrepid manner
irruptible
laeotropic
laeotropic
adj
Turning to the left (typically in a left-handed spiral)
lamprotype
laparotome
laparotome
noun
(surgery) A surgical instrument for performing laparotomy.
lecotropal
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leiotropic
leopardite
lepidopter
lepidopter
noun
lepidopteran; one of the Lepidoptera.
leptandrin
leptandrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter glucoside obtained from plants in the genus Leptandra.
leptochroa
leptometer
leptometer
noun
(historical) An instrument for measuring the viscosity of oil.
leptorchis
leptorrhin
leptosperm
leptospira
leptospire
leptospire
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
leptothrix
limitrophe
limitrophe
adj
Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.