(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
asperously
asperously
adv
In an asperous manner.
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
beautyship
colourtype
colourtype
noun
Alternative form of colortype
copycutter
corpulency
corpulency
noun
Alternative form of corpulence
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
crapulency
creepmousy
curiescopy
depuratory
depuratory
adj
Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
emphyteuta
epiphyllum
epiphyllum
noun
A cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
epiphytous
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
eucalyptic
eucalyptic
adj
Of, resembling, or characterized by eucalyptus trees.
eucalyptol
eucalyptol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic monoterpenoid ether, obtained from eucalyptus oil, used in perfumery and in the production of pharmaceuticals etc.
eucalyptus
eucalyptus
noun
A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.
Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
eucryptite
eucryptite
noun
(mineralogy) A lithium-bearing aluminium silicate mineral.
euphrosyne
euphrosyne
Proper noun
One of the three Charites and the goddess of joy.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
euphyllite
eupolyzoan
eupsychics
europeanly
europeanly
Adverb
In a manner which is European or in a way that is characteristic of the Europeans.
eurypterid
eurypterid
noun
A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first animals to venture onto land.
eurypterus
eurypylous
eurypylous
adj
(biology, of a sponge) Having a wide opening between chambers
eurytropic
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
gipsyesque
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
gypsyesque
gypsyesque
adj
Synonym of gypsyish
hypaethrum
hyperacute
hyperacute
adj
(medicine) Very acute.
(medicine, of T waves on ECGs) Tall-amplitude and asymmetrically peaked, often as an early finding in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
hyperbulia
hyperbulia
noun
(psychology) Excessive will or drive to do things.
hyperdulia
hyperdulia
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
hyperdulic
hyperdulic
adj
(religion) Relating to hyperdulia.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hypoconule
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogeugea
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hyponeuria
hypotenuse
hypotenuse
noun
(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
hypozeuxis
hypozeuxis
noun
(rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
impudently
impudently
adv
In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
lapeyrouse
leucophyre
lumpectomy
lumpectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast.
melampyrum
mugwumpery
mugwumpery
noun
(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
neurectopy
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
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.
neurophagy
neuropsych
neuropsych
noun
(countable, colloquial) neuropsychologist
(uncountable, colloquial) neuropsychology
neurotropy
nonperjury
nonperjury
noun
Absence of perjury.
outpayment
outpayment
noun
An outgoing payment; expenditure.
outyelping
outyelping
verb
present participle of outyelp
oversupply
oversupply
noun
An excessive supply.
verb
To supply more than is needed.
pausefully
pausefully
adv
In a pauseful manner; with pauses.
paycheques
paycheques
noun
plural of paycheque
peacefully
peacefully
adv
In a peaceful manner.
peculiarly
peculiarly
adv
(act-related) Acting in strange or perverse way.
(degree) Strangely, oddly.
(degree) To greater degree than is usual.
(degree, of a place or circumstance) Mostly or solely associated with.
(evaluative) Such as to be strange or odd.
(manner) In a manner that is greater than usual.
(manner) In a strange or perverse manner; strangely.
Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place.
pellucidly
pellucidly
adv
In a pellucid manner.
pelycosaur
pelycosaur
noun
Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.
penguinery
penguinery
noun
(zoology) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.
percursory
percursory
adj
Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.
perdurably
perdurably
adv
in a perdurable manner
perigynium
perigynium
noun
(botany) Any unusual appendage around the pistil, such as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, or the bristles and scales in some other genera of the sedge family.
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
perilously
perilously
adv
In a perilous manner.
perimysium
perimysium
noun
(anatomy) A layer of connective tissue which surrounds several muscle fibers into bundles
peristylum
perjuredly
permutably
permutably
adv
Such that it can be permuted.
peromyscus
perpetuity
perpetuity
noun
(countable) Something that is perpetual.
(countable, finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.
(countable, law) A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
perqueerly
perrysburg
persuasory
persuasory
adj
Persuasive.
perviously
perviously
adv
In a pervious manner.
petulantly
petulantly
adv
In a petulant manner.
phyllaurea
physagogue
platypuses
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
pleurotomy
pleurotomy
noun
(medicine) the surgical incision of the pleura.
pneumology
pneumology
noun
The study of the respiratory system and organs.
pneumopexy
pneumopexy
noun
(surgery) fixation of layers of the lung tissue
pneumotomy
pneumotomy
noun
(dated) Synonym of pneumonectomy
pollutedly
pollutedly
adv
In a polluted manner.
polybutene
polybutene
noun
(chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of isobutene, used as adhesives and in rubber products.
polycletus
polydeuces
polydeuces
Proper noun
A moon of Saturn.
polygenous
polygenous
adj
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres
of or pertaining to polygenesis
polymerous
polymerous
adj
(biology) Having many parts or members in each set.
(chemistry) Polymeric.
polyneural
polyneuric
polyphemus
polyphemus
noun
Synonym of polyphemus moth
polypterus
polysemous
polysemous
adj
(linguistics) Having multiple meanings or interpretations.
polyuresis
polyuresis
noun
Synonym of polyuria
popgunnery
poultrymen
poultrymen
noun
plural of poultryman
pourparley
powerfully
powerfully
adv
In a powerful manner.
preacutely
preciously
preciously
adv
In a precious manner.
precursory
precursory
adj
Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
noun
(medicine) A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.
prejustify
prenursery
prenursery
adj
(agriculture, education) Before entering a nursery.
prepiously
prepuberty
prepuberty
Adjective
Before puberty.
prequalify
prequalify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To qualify or be qualified in advance.
presumably
presumably
adv
able to be sensibly presumed
presumedly
presumedly
adv
(rare) In a way that is presumed; expectedly; presumably.
presurgery
presurgery
adj
Before surgery.
previously
previously
adv
(now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
(television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.
(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time.
pridefully
pridefully
adv
In a prideful or haughty manner.
propylaeum
propylaeum
noun
(historical, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.
pruriently
pruriently
adv
In a prurient manner.
pseudandry
pseudandry
noun
(rare) The use by a female writer of a male pseudonym.
pseudocyst
pseudocyst
noun
(medicine) A pathological collection of fluid, differing from a cyst in lacking a clearly-defined epithelial cell layer.
pseudodoxy
pseudodoxy
noun
False opinion or belief
pseudogyne
pseudogyne
noun
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.
pseudogyny
pseudogyny
noun
The property of being pseudogynous.
pseudology
pseudology
noun
falsehood of speech
pseudomery
pseudonyms
pseudonyms
noun
plural of pseudonym
pseudovary
pseudovary
noun
Alternative form of pseudovarium
pterygiums
pterygodum
pterygotus
pubescency
pubescency
noun
Archaic form of pubescence.
pulleyless
pulleyless
adj
Without a pulley.
pulmometry
pulmometry
noun
The measurement of the capacity of the lungs.
pulpectomy
pulpectomy
noun
(dentistry) The surgical removal of all of the dental pulp.