Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
airplanist
airplanist
noun
(archaic) An airplane pilot.
alberttype
alipterion
aliptteria
allopatric
allopatric
adj
(biology) Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed.
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
allotropic
allotropic
adj
(chemistry) Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alpharetta
altarpiece
altarpiece
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
altropathy
antitropal
antitropal
adj
(botany) antitropous
apiculture
apiculture
noun
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
A tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface.
A tubular device to insert a tampon into the vagina.
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archiplata
arrowplate
asporulate
asporulate
adj
(botany) That does not produce spores
atrioporal
australorp
austrophil
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
baralipton
beaverpelt
belltopper
besplatter
billposter
billposter
noun
One who posts handbills or posters in public places.
biparental
biparental
adj
Having two parents.
biparietal
biparietal
adj
(anatomy) Between the two parietal bones
bipartible
bipartible
adj
Capable of being divided into two parts.
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bistipular
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
blackprint
blackstrap
blackstrap
noun
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
blastopore
blastopore
noun
(embryology) The opening into the archenteron
blueprints
blueprints
noun
plural of blueprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blueprint
boltspreet
breastplow
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
calipatria
calypterae
calyptraea
calyptrata
calyptrate
calyptrate
adj
Having a calyptra
noun
Any insect of the taxon Calyptratae
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
capitellar
capitellar
adj
Relating to the capitellum
capitulars
capitulars
noun
plural of capitular
capitulary
capitulary
adj
Of or related to a chapter, in its various senses.
Of or related to the Capitoulate of Toulouse.
noun
A member of an ecclesiastical chapter
A set of decrees, especially those made by the Frankish kings
capreolate
capreolate
adj
(botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.
capturable
capturable
adj
That can be captured.
carpellate
carpellate
adj
(botany) Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens).
carpetless
carpetless
adj
Not carpeted
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
clistocarp
clistocarp
noun
Alternative form of cleistocarp
cloverport
clypeaster
coleoptera
colourtype
colourtype
noun
Alternative form of colortype
colportage
colportage
noun
the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature
colporteur
colporteur
noun
A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
compilator
compilator
noun
One who compiles something.
completers
completers
noun
plural of completer
completory
completory
adj
Serving to fulfil.
noun
A compline.
complotter
complotter
noun
One who complots; a conspirator.
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
coprolitic
coprolitic
adj
Of or pertaining to coprolites.
copulatory
copulatory
adj
Pertaining to copulation
coreplasty
coroplasta
coroplasty
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
coupleteer
coupleteer
noun
One who writes couplets.
crankplate
cryptolite
cryptolith
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
decrepitly
decrepitly
adv
In a decrepit way.
depertible
depertible
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) divisible
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
deportable
deportable
adj
Able to be deported.
noun
(rare, sometimes offensive) Someone who is deportable.
dioptrical
dioptrical
adj
Alternative form of dioptric
diploptera
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
doorplates
doorplates
noun
plural of doorplate
dopplerite
dopplerite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived from the maceration of peat.
dripolator
duperrault
duplicator
duplicator
noun
A device that reproduces something, such as printed documents or compact discs; a copier.
duraplasty
duraplasty
noun
(surgery) Plastic surgery to the dura mater.
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
emplastrum
eolotropic
eolotropic
adj
Alternative spelling of aeolotropic
eparterial
eparterial
adj
(anatomy) Situated upon or above an artery; applied especially to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
epicentral
epicentral
adj
Of or pertaining to an epicentre
noun
(anatomy) An epicentral bone
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
episternal
episternal
adj
Of or pertaining to the episternum.
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.
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
erpetology
erpetology
noun
Archaic form of herpetology.
eruptional
eruptional
adj
eruptive
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
espiritual
explanator
explanator
noun
(statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
One who explains.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
exploiters
exploiters
noun
plural of exploiter
exploiture
exploiture
noun
(obsolete) The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.
(obsolete) exploitation
explorator
explorator
noun
(dated) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
exportable
exportable
adj
Able to be exported.
noun
Something that can be exported.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extrapolar
extrapolar
adj
From outside of a polar region
extropical
fieldstrip
fieldstrip
verb
Alternative form of field strip
filmstrips
filmstrips
noun
plural of filmstrip
flattercap
flowerpots
flowerpots
noun
plural of flowerpot
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
grapestalk
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
graptolite
graptolite
noun
Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
groundplot
hartlepool
hartlepool
Proper noun
A town and seaport in County Durham, north-east England.
helicopter
helicopter
noun
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
(botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(zoology, slang) A dragonfly.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
heliotrope
heliotrope
adj
Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
Light purple or violet.
noun
(botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
(mineralogy) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
(surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
A light purple or violet colour.
Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.
The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
heliotropy
heliotropy
noun
heliotropism
helipterum
helpworthy
helpworthy
adj
Deserving or worthy of help.
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.