(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
asymptotes
asymptotes
noun
plural of asymptote
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
coreplasty
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
dermatopsy
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
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.
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
hyalopsite
hypaethros
hypostases
hypostases
noun
plural of hypostasis
ideoplasty
meatoscopy
meatoscopy
noun
The medical inspection of any meatus, especially the urinary meatus or the vesical orifice of a ureter.
meloplasty
meloplasty
noun
(surgery) The operation of restoring a cheek which has been wholly or partially destroyed.
myeloplast
myopathies
myopathies
noun
plural of myopathy
osteopathy
osteopathy
noun
(alternative medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles.
(rare) Any disease of the bones.
osteophyma
paleostyly
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.
phymatodes
physometra
physometra
noun
distension of the uterus due to the presence of gas or air
plasmocyte
plasmocyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell.
plastotype
plastotype
noun
(genetics) A plastid genotype.
(taxonomy) A plastic cast of a type specimen.
poetastery
poetastery
noun
Inferior poetry.
polybasite
polybasite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
polycrates
polysemant
polysemant
noun
A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
polystomea
posttreaty
pyrolysate
pyrolysate
noun
(chemistry) Any product of pyrolysis
repositary
saprophyte
saprophyte
noun
any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria
separatory
separatory
adj
Used to separate.
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) An apparatus used in separating, such as a separating funnel.
(obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.
somatotype
somatotype
noun
A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic, endomorphic, mesomorphic.
verb
(transitive) To classify (a person) by physical build.
spectatory
spectatory
noun
(dated) A place for spectators to watch an event.
stannotype
stannotype
noun
A tintype.
steatopyga
steatopyga
noun
(archaic) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially Khoekhoe women.
steatopygy
stylopidae
syncopated
syncopated
adj
(grammar) of a word, shortened by syncope
(music) of a rhythm, modified by syncopation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of syncopate
syncopates
syncopates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of syncopate
tachyscope
tachyscope
noun
An early form of animated-picture machine in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.
tenoplasty
tenoplasty
noun
(surgery)
typhaceous
typhaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Typhaceae of cattails.