A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
cineplasty
coenotypic
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
cryptonema
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
eightpenny
eightpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
employment
employment
noun
(economics) The number or percentage of people at work
A use, purpose
An activity to which one devotes time
The act of employing
The state of being employed
The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
encryption
encryption
noun
(cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
enteropexy
enteropexy
noun
(surgery) fixation of part of the intestine to the abdominal wall
entophytal
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
epityphlon
expectancy
expectancy
noun
(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The state of being expected.
fiftypenny
fortypenny
fortypenny
adj
(UK) Having a value or cost of forty pence.
genyplasty
genyplasty
noun
(surgery) plastic surgery to the cheek
heptagynia
hymenopter
hymenopter
noun
(archaic) hymenopteran
hypaethron
hypaethron
noun
An open court.
hyperbaton
hyperbaton
noun
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
hypertense
hypertense
adj
Extremely tense.
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.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hyphenated
hyphenated
adj
Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
Written with a hyphen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyphenate
hyphenates
hyphenates
noun
plural of hyphenate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphenate
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotized
hypnotized
adj
Under hypnosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotize
hypnotizer
hypnotizer
noun
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
hypnotizes
hypnotizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize
hypocenter
hypocenter
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hypocentre
hypocentre
hypocentre
noun
(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
hypoditone
hyponoetic
hypopteron
hypopteron
noun
(biology) the tuft of axillary feathers of a bird's wing
hypotensor
hypotenuse
hypotenuse
noun
(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
hypothenal
hypothenal
adj
(anatomy) hypothenar
hypothenar
hypothenar
adj
(anatomy) Of the muscles of the little finger.
(anatomy) Of the ulnar fleshy side of the palm.
noun
(technical) Ulnar fleshy side of the palm, formed by the underlying three muscles of the little finger.
Any of those muscles: the abductor, flexor, or opponens digiti minimi.
hypothenic
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
impotently
impotently
adv
In an impotent manner.
impudently
impudently
adv
In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
inexpertly
inexpertly
adv
In an inexpert manner.
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
interparty
interparty
adj
Between political parties.
interplays
interplays
noun
plural of interplay
intrepidly
intrepidly
adv
In an intrepid manner
kineplasty
kryptonite
kryptonite
noun
(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles heel.
megaphyton
melanotype
melanotype
noun
Alternative form of melainotype
menotyphla
metaphyton
metaphyton
noun
Any metaphytic filamentous alga
myoprotein
myoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any protein that occurs in muscle tissue.
neallotype
necropathy
necrotypic
neophytish
neophytish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a neophyte.
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
nephrotomy
nephrotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
neurectopy
neuropathy
neuropathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).
(medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
neurotropy
nickeltype
nitrophyte
nitrophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.
nonadeptly
nonpayment
nonpayment
noun
The failure to make a payment
nympholept
nympholept
noun
A person in a state of nympholepsy.
omentopexy
omentopexy
noun
(surgery) The operation of suturing the omentum to the abdominal wall, securing anastomotic communication between the portal system and that of the vena cava.
osteophony
outpayment
outpayment
noun
An outgoing payment; expenditure.
outyelping
outyelping
verb
present participle of outyelp
overplenty
oxyterpene
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pantometry
pantometry
noun
(dated) A proposed scheme for universal measurement.
A tendency to measure everything; fixation on measurement or quantitative aspects.
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
parentally
parentally
adv
In a parental manner, like a parent.
paroxytone
paroxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
noun
(linguistics) A paroxytone word.
patentably
patentably
adv
(patent law) To a patentable degree
paternally
paternally
adv
In a paternal manner; fatherly.
pedanticly
pedanticly
adv
Obsolete form of pedantically.
penetrably
penetrably
adv
In a penetrable way.
penetrancy
penetrancy
noun
The quality or state of being penetrant; penetrance.
penitently
penitently
adv
In a penitent manner.
pennyearth
pennystone
pennyworth
pennyworth
noun
(dated) A good bargain.
A small value or quantity.
The amount that can be bought for a penny.
pentadecyl
pentadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₅H₃₁, formally derived from pentadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
pentagynia
pentaptych
pentaptych
noun
A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centrepiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
pentastyle
pentastyle
noun
(architecture) A portico with five columns.
periphyton
periphyton
noun
(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
perjinkety
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
perpensity
perpensity
noun
(obsolete) Perpension.
personalty
personalty
noun
(law) Any property that is movable; that is, not real estate.
(law) The property that goes to the executor or administrator of the deceased, as distinguished from the realty, which goes to the heirs.
The state of being a person; personality.
personeity
personeity
noun
(obsolete) personality
pertinency
pertinency
noun
(countable, dated) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
petrifying
petrifying
adj
Causing immense fear; extremely scary
verb
present participle of petrify
petromyzon
petulantly
petulantly
adv
In a petulant manner.
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
phenotypes
phenotypes
noun
plural of phenotype
phenotypic
phenotypic
adj
Of, or relating to a phenotype.
phenylated
phenylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Modified by the addition of phenyl groups.
pheophytin
pheophytin
noun
(biochemistry) A chlorophyll from which the central magnesium atom has been removed
phlyctaena
phlyctaena
noun
Alternative form of phlyctena
phlyctenae
phlyctenae
noun
plural of phlyctena
phoenixity
phonometry
phonometry
noun
The measurement of sound.
phonotyper
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
pinacocyte
pinacocyte
noun
(biology) Any of a group of flattened polygonal cells that together make up the pinacoderm in the dermal epithelium of sponges.
pinnatedly
placentary
placentary
adj
Relating to the placenta.
noun
(botany) The projecting line or ridge formed by the union of several placentas.
plangently
plangently
adv
In a plangent manner: with a loud reverberating sound, or plaintively.
planimetry
planimetry
noun
(mathematics) The measurement of distances, angles and areas on a plane, especially on a map or image
planometry
planometry
noun
The measurement or construction of a plane surface.
pleasantly
pleasantly
adv
(degree) Lightly
(obsolete) Ludicrously.
In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
pleasantry
pleasantry
noun
(dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
(sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark.
A playful remark; a jest.
plentywood
plentywood
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
pneumotomy
pneumotomy
noun
(dated) Synonym of pneumonectomy
polyactine
polyactine
noun
The ray of a polyactinal sponge
polybutene
polybutene
noun
(chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of isobutene, used as adhesives and in rubber products.