(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
bayport
biparty
biparty
adj
Involving two parties or entities.
coparty
cryptal
cryptal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
crypted
cryptic
cryptic
adj
(biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
(zoology) Serving as camouflage.
(zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
Involving use of a code or cipher.
Mystified or of an obscure nature.
Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
noun
(informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
cryptos
cryptos
noun
plural of crypto
cypriot
decrypt
decrypt
noun
A decoded communication.
verb
(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
dioptry
dioptry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of diopter
emptory
encrypt
encrypt
verb
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
entropy
entropy
noun
(Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
(information theory) Shannon entropy
(statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
(thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.
(uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature.
The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature.
flytrap
flytrap
noun
A trap for catching flies.
The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
The spreading dogbane.
gypster
gypster
noun
A trickster or swindler.
hyporit
keyport
kryptic
kryptic
adj
Of or relating to krypsis.
kryptol
krypton
krypton
noun
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
mayport
outpray
outpray
verb
(transitive) To exceed or surpass in prayer.
paintry
parroty
parroty
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a parrot.
partley
partway
partway
adv
In part.
To some extent.
partyer
partyer
noun
Alternative spelling of partier
paynter
peartly
peartly
adv
(UK, US, dialect) In a peart manner.
peatery
peatroy
petrary
petrary
noun
A weapon used to hurl stones
petrify
petrify
verb
(intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
(intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
(transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
To immobilize with fright.
To produce rigidity akin to stone.
pewtery
pewtery
adj
Of or resembling pewter.
peytral
peytrel
peytrel
Noun
The breastplate of a horse's armour or harness.
phratry
phratry
noun
(Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
(anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
pictury
pilotry
pilotry
noun
pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot
piratry
pitarys
platery
portify
portray
portray
verb
(figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
(figuratively) To represent by an image or look.
To paint or draw the likeness of.
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
portway
pothery
pottery
pottery
noun
(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
poultry
poultry
noun
Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs).
The meat from a domestic fowl.
poverty
poverty
noun
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness
A structure, in many protozoans, that develops into a cyst
prelaty
prelaty
noun
(now historical) The system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
presbyt
prestly
pretype
pretype
verb
(transitive) To type in advance.
primity
primity
noun
(obsolete) Quality of being first; primitiveness.
pripyat
pripyat
Proper noun
a river of Eastern Europe, flowing east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper.
an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.
privity
privity
noun
(archaic, in the plural) The genitals.
(law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc.
(now rare, archaic) Privacy, secrecy.
(obsolete) A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures.
(obsolete) A private matter, a secret.
The fact of being privy to something; knowledge, compliance.
probity
probity
noun
Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.
procity
pronity
pronity
noun
proneness to do something; propensity
prothyl
protyle
protyle
noun
(physics, chemistry, historical) A hypothetical base substance from which all chemical elements were believed to have been made; subatomic particles.
protyls
protyls
noun
plural of protyl
protype
protype
noun
archetype, exemplar
prudity
prytany
prytany
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section
prythee
prythee
intj
Alternative spelling of prithee
psaltry
psaltry
noun
Alternative spelling of psaltery
psycter
psykter
psykter
noun
An Ancient Greek pot with a bulbous body set on a high, narrow foot, used as a wine cooler.
pteryla
pteryla
noun
(ornithology) One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.
puberty
puberty
noun
(more common) The process of sexual development that produces secondary sex characteristics and makes a person capable of reproducing sexually.
A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
The period when a plant begins to flower.
puthery
putrefy
putrefy
verb
To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
To become gangrenous.
To corrupt; to make foul.
To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
pyretic
pyretic
adj
Caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.
noun
A remedy for fever.
pyrites
pyrites
noun
plural of pyrite
pyritic
pyritic
adj
of, relating to, or consisting of pyrite or pyrites
pyrotic
pyrotic
adj
Caustic.
of, or having to do with heartburn.
noun
A caustic substance or remedy.
raptury
retyped
retyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of retype
retypes
retypes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retype
rhyptic
satrapy
satrapy
noun
(historical) The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of Western Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sassanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).
sceptry
skyport
spectry
sperity
spintry
spirity
spirity
adj
Full of spirit; spirited.
sportly
sportly
adj
(rare) sporty, sportive
spratty
spretty
spritty
spryest
stroppy
stroppy
adj
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
taperly
tarpley
tempery
therapy
therapy
noun
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
Healing power or quality.
Specifically, psychotherapy.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.
(transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.
topiary
topiary
adj
Of a tree or shrub, trimmed in artistic shape.
Of, or relating to art of topiaries.
noun
(countable) A garden decorated with such art.
(countable) One such shrub or tree.
(uncountable) Art or practice of trimming shrubs or trees in artistic or ornamental shapes, e.g. of animals.
torpify
torpify
verb
(transitive) To make torpid; to benumb.
tripery
tripery
noun
A place where tripe is prepared or sold.
tripody
tripody
noun
(poetry) Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
tropary
tropoyl
trypeta
trypsin
trypsin
noun
(biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease)
tryptic
tryptic
adj
Of, pertaining to or produced by trypsin
turnipy
turnipy
adj
Alternative form of turnippy
turpify
typebar
typebar
noun
In some typewriters, an arm actuated by pressing the keys that carried the type to strike the ribbon to form a letter.
typobar
unparty
unparty
adj
Not aligned or consistent with the views or rules of a party, especially of a political party.