Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
bathyscape
bathyscape
noun
Alternative form of bathyscaphe
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
cineplasty
cityscapes
cityscapes
noun
plural of cityscape
clypeaster
coreplasty
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
cystophore
cystoscope
cystoscope
noun
A form of endoscope used to examine the ureter and the bladder.
cystospore
cystospore
noun
A zoospore within a cyst of a chytrid
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
dyspeptics
dyspeptics
noun
plural of dyspeptic
eucalyptus
eucalyptus
noun
A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.
Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
hyperstoic
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
meatoscopy
meatoscopy
noun
The medical inspection of any meatus, especially the urinary meatus or the vesical orifice of a ureter.
mesophytic
mesophytic
adj
Relating to a mesophyte.
metaphysic
metaphysic
adj
(philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical.
noun
(philosophy, countable) A fundamental principle or key concept.
(philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
(philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics.
metroscopy
metroscopy
noun
The use of the metroscope.
osteectopy
pericystic
pericystic
adj
Relating to a pericyst
Surrounding a cyst
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
plasmacyte
plasmacyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell
plasmocyte
plasmocyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell.
polychrest
polychrest
noun
(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
polycletus
polycrates
polystelic
polystelic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting polystely; being a polystele.
preciosity
preciosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) Something of high value or worth.
(obsolete, uncountable) The quality of being precious (of high value or worth).
(usually derogatory, countable) An instance of preciosity; something that is overly refined in an affected way.
(usually derogatory, uncountable) The quality of being overly refined in an affected way (often used to describe speech or writing, but also visual art and dress).
pseudocyst
pseudocyst
noun
(medicine) A pathological collection of fluid, differing from a cyst in lacking a clearly-defined epithelial cell layer.
psychiater
psychiater
noun
(archaic) A psychiatrist.
puseyistic
puseyistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Puseyism.
pycnostyle
pycnostyle
adj
(architecture) Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
noun
(architecture) A colonnade of this kind.
rectoscopy
rectoscopy
noun
Synonym of proctoscopy
septectomy
septectomy
noun
(surgery) excision of a septum
septically
septically
adv
In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
speciality
speciality
noun
Britain standard form of specialty.
speciosity
speciosity
noun
(countable, rare, chiefly in the plural) A specious action, promise, ideology, etc.
spectatory
spectatory
noun
(dated) A place for spectators to watch an event.
spectrally
spectrally
adv
In a spectral manner; like a ghost.
In terms of a spectrum.
sphericity
sphericity
noun
(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
(geometry, countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
splenocyte
splenocyte
noun
(biology, immunology) A type of monocyte characteristically found in spleen tissue
stenotypic
stenotypic
adj
Alternative form of stenotypical
subpotency
subpotency
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
superyacht
superyacht
Noun
A very large luxury yacht
symplectic
symplectic
adj
(group theory, of a group) Whose characteristic abelian subgroups are cyclic.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to (the geometry of) a differentiable manifold equipped with a closed nondegenerate bilinear form.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a bilinear form) That is alternating and nondegenerate.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a vector space) That is equipped with an alternating nondegenerate bilinear form.
(petrology, mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a symplectite; symplectitic.
Placed in or among, as if woven together.
That moves in the same direction as a system of synchronized waves.
noun
(ichthyology) A bone in the teleostean fishes that forms the lower ossification of the suspensorium, and which articulates below with the quadrate bone by which it is firmly held.
(mathematics) A symplectic bilinear form, manifold, geometry, etc.
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.
typescript
typescript
noun
typewritten material, especially such a copy of a manuscript
verb
(transitive) To transcribe into typewritten form.
typhaceous
typhaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Typhaceae of cattails.