(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.
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphorette
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
amphoterus
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anthophore
anthophore
noun
(botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
antrophore
antrophose
apartheids
apartheids
noun
plural of apartheid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apartheid
aphaeretic
aphaeretic
adj
(rare, medicine, linguistics) Of the nature of apheresis.
aphronitre
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.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archpirate
archpirate
noun
A leader of pirates.
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
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.
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
cetomorpha
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chapournet
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
checkstrap
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chiroptera
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
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
ciphertext
ciphertext
noun
Encoded text, text that is unreadable.
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
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.
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermophyte
dermophyte
noun
dermatophyte
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
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
diphtheria
diphtheria
noun
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
diphtheric
diphtheric
adj
Relating to, or having, diphtheria.
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.
ecphractic
ecphractic
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent.
noun
(dated) Any medicine of this kind.
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
ectosphere
ectosphere
noun
The cortical zone of a centrosphere
ectotrophi
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
endotrophi
entosphere
entotrophi
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
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
ephrathite
epistrophe
epistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
epistrophy
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
epitrophic
eremophyte
eremophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that grows in a desert or steppe environment
ericophyte
erotopathy
erotopathy
noun
An abnormality related to sexual desire
erythropia
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
euphratean
euphratean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Euphrates river.
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.
feathertop
fetography
fishpotter
fostership
fostership
noun
The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
gopherroot
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graphotype
graphotype
noun
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
verb
To produce a design by this process.
hainesport
haptometer
haptometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sensitivity to touch, by adding and removing weights that produce pressure.
hartlepool
hartlepool
Proper noun
A town and seaport in County Durham, north-east England.
hasteproof
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
hedgetaper
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
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.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
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.
hemotrophe
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
hempstring
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptachord
heptachord
noun
(music) A lyre with seven chords.
(music) A system of seven sounds.
(poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
heptahedra
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
heptameter
heptameter
noun
a line or verse containing seven metrical feet
heptandria
heptarchal
heptarchic
heptarchic
adj
Of or pertaining to a heptarchy.
heptatrema
heredipety
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
herpestine
hesperitin
hesperitin
noun
Alternative form of hesperetin
heteroepic
heterophil
heterophil
noun
Alternative form of heterophile
heteropoda
heteropoly
heteropter
heteropter
noun
(zoology) Any of the insect suborder Heteroptera.
heterotopy
heterotopy
noun
(biology) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to take place over thousands of years by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
(biology) A deviation from the natural position; abnormal placement.
heterotype
hexpartite
hexpartite
adj
hexapartite
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.