(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
airmanship
airmanship
noun
Skill in and knowledge of the work of navigating and operating an aircraft.
alphonsism
aminoplast
ampelopsin
ampelopsin
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular flavanonol.
ampersands
ampersands
noun
plural of ampersand
amphibians
amphibians
noun
plural of amphibian
amphinomus
amphipnous
amphrysian
anabaptism
anabaptism
Noun
The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
anacampsis
anemoscope
anemoscope
noun
An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antipapism
antipapism
noun
Opposition of the pope or his faction.
antipewism
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
aphanitism
aplanatism
aplanatism
noun
(optics) Freedom from spherical aberration.
arimaspian
assmanship
assmanship
noun
The skill of riding a donkey.
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
campagnols
campagnols
noun
plural of campagnol
campaniles
campaniles
noun
plural of campanile
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
camponotus
capernaism
champagnes
champagnes
noun
plural of champagne.
champenois
chumpiness
clinoprism
compagnies
companeros
companions
companions
noun
plural of companion
comparison
comparison
noun
(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
(phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
(rhetoric) A simile.
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
compassion
compassion
noun
Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
verb
(obsolete) To pity.
compensate
compensate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
complaints
complaints
noun
plural of complaint
components
components
noun
plural of component
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
comprising
comprising
verb
present participle of comprise
compulsion
compulsion
noun
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
compursion
compursion
noun
(rare) A pursing, as of the lips.
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
crimpiness
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
dampnesses
dampnesses
noun
plural of dampness
dipsomania
dipsomania
noun
(pathology) Addiction to alcohol.
Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
disemplane
disemplane
verb
Synonym of deplane (“disembark from an airplane”)
displuming
displuming
verb
present participle of displume
elopements
elopements
noun
plural of elopement
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
empennages
empennages
noun
plural of empennage
empoisoned
empoisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empoison
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
endoplasma
endoplasma
noun
plural of endoplasm
ephemerons
epidesmine
epimenides
epimenides
Proper noun
Epimenides of Knossos.
episcenium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epistomian
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
escapement
escapement
noun
(clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
An escape or means of escape.
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
espacement
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
expressman
expressman
noun
A person employed in the express business.
expressmen
expressmen
noun
plural of expressman
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
frumpiness
frumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being frumpy.
glumpiness
glumpiness
noun
The quality of being glumpy.
gossampine
grumpiness
grumpiness
noun
The state, or act, of being grumpy.
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
gymnosophy
gymnosophy
noun
(historical) A philosophy and lifestyle based around the idea that nudity is a natural condition and should be widely acceptable in society.
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
hempstring
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
himantopus
hippomanes
hippomanes
noun
(obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal.
hippomenes
homophones
homophones
noun
plural of homophone
hypnosperm
hypnotisms
hypnotisms
noun
plural of hypnotism
hypomnesia
hypomnesia
noun
deficiency of the memory
hypomnesis
hyponymous
hyponymous
adj
Synonym of hyponymic
imparsonee
imparsonee
adj
(UK, law, religion) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
noun
(UK, law, religion) A clergyman so inducted.
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
impersonal
impersonal
adj
(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
noun
(grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
impishness
impishness
noun
The state or quality of being impish; mischievousness.
impleasing
impleasing
adj
(obsolete) unpleasing; displeasing
implements
implements
noun
plural of implement
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implement
implicants
implicants
noun
plural of implicant
implosions
implosions
noun
plural of implosion
impoisoner
impoisoner
Noun
A poisoner.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposement
imposement
noun
(obsolete) imposition
imposingly
imposingly
adv
In an imposing manner.
imposition
imposition
noun
(UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
(printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
(religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
A trick or deception put or laid on others.
An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
impressing
impressing
verb
present participle of impress
impression
impression
noun
(advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once.
(engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
(painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
(philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
(printing) set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
An outward appearance.
The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
verb
To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key.
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinters
imprinters
noun
plural of imprinter
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
imprisoner
imprisoner
noun
One who imprisons.
impudences
impudences
noun
plural of impudence
impuissant
impuissant
adj
weak; impotent; feeble
impulsions
impulsions
noun
plural of impulsion
impunities
impunities
noun
plural of impunity
impureness
impureness
noun
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
incomposed
incomposed
adj
(obsolete) disordered; disturbed
inspeximus
inspeximus
noun
(historical) A confirmation and reaffirmation of one or several royal grants made in the past, generally at the request of a putative beneficiary.
kiplingism
kiplingism
Noun
An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
lampooners
lampooners
noun
plural of lampooner
lampoonist
lampoonist
noun
One who lampoons.
laymanship
laymanship
noun
The condition or act of being a layman.
leptomonas
limpidness
limpidness
noun
The property of being limpid, clarity.
limpnesses
limpnesses
noun
plural of limpness
macpherson
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
maidenship
maidenship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a maiden.
mailperson
mailperson
noun
A letter carrier of any gender.
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
mainprisor
mainspring
mainspring
noun
(figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.
(horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
manuprisor
manuscript
manuscript
adj
Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
noun
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
matronship
matronship
noun
matronage
maupassant
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
melanippus
melanoplus
melopianos
melopianos
noun
plural of melopiano
menopausal
menopausal
adj
Of, or pertaining to the menopause
menopauses
menopauses
noun
plural of menopause
menopausic
menosepsis
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mesophryon
mesophryon
noun
(anatomy) glabella (the space between the eyebrows and nose)