(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.
alipterion
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.
altropathy
antitropal
antitropal
adj
(botany) antitropous
aporetical
aporetical
Adjective
Tending to doubt.
applicator
applicator
noun
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.
arrowplate
asporulate
asporulate
adj
(botany) That does not produce spores
atrioporal
australorp
austrophil
baralipton
belltopper
billposter
billposter
noun
One who posts handbills or posters in public places.
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
blastopore
blastopore
noun
(embryology) The opening into the archenteron
boltspreet
breastplow
capreolate
capreolate
adj
(botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.
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
clistocarp
clistocarp
noun
Alternative form of cleistocarp
cloverport
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.
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.
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
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
duplicator
duplicator
noun
A device that reproduces something, such as printed documents or compact discs; a copier.
eolotropic
eolotropic
adj
Alternative spelling of aeolotropic
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.
erpetology
erpetology
noun
Archaic form of herpetology.
eruptional
eruptional
adj
eruptive
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
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.
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
helpworthy
helpworthy
adj
Deserving or worthy of help.
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.
heterophil
heterophil
noun
Alternative form of heterophile
heteropoly
hilltopper
hilltopper
noun
(rare) Someone who lives on the top of a hill.
homotropal
homotropal
adj
homotropous
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hylotropic
hypocrital
hypocrital
adj
(dated) hypocritical
hypopteral
hypoptilar
hypotarsal
hypotarsal
adj
Relating to the hypotarsus.
hypotralia
implorator
implorator
noun
(obsolete) One who implores.
importable
importable
adj
(obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.
Capable of being imported.
noun
Something that can be imported.
importably
importably
adv
(obsolete) Insupportably; unbearably.
importless
importless
adj
(obsolete) meaningless
intemporal
interloped
interloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlope
interloper
interloper
noun
(obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
interlopes
interlopes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope
interpolar
interpolar
adj
between poles
interposal
interposal
noun
(dated) interposure
intrapolar
intrapolar
adj
Between poles.
laeotropic
laeotropic
adj
Turning to the left (typically in a left-handed spiral)
lamprotype
laparotome
laparotome
noun
(surgery) A surgical instrument for performing laparotomy.
laparotomy
laparotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
lecotropal
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leiotropic
leopardite
lepidopter
lepidopter
noun
lepidopteran; one of the Lepidoptera.
leptochroa
leptometer
leptometer
noun
(historical) An instrument for measuring the viscosity of oil.
leptorchis
leptorrhin
leptosperm
leptospira
leptospire
leptospire
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
leptothrix
libroplast
lightproof
lightproof
adj
Sealed so that no light can enter.
limitrophe
limitrophe
adj
Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
noun
A border state or area.
linopteris
lipotrophy
lipotropic
lipotropic
adj
(biochemistry) helping to metabolize lipids
having an affinity for lipids; lipophilic
lipotropin
lipotropin
noun
(biochemistry) A pituitary hormone that promotes the metabolism of fat, and is a precursor to the endorphins
lithograph
lithograph
noun
A printed image produced by lithography.
verb
To create a copy of an image through lithography.
lithoprint
lithoprint
noun
A print made by lithography.
lithosperm
litopterna
littleport
logansport
lumberport
mercaptole
mercaptole
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) dithioketal
metropolic
metropolis
metropolis
noun
(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
microtypal
middleport
monopteral
monopteral
adj
(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.
montpelier
montpelier
Proper noun
The state capital of Vermont in the United States of America
A district of Bristol, England.
Any of several other towns in the USA, Canada and the UK.
multipolar
multipolar
adj
(physics, biology) Having more than two poles.
(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
noun
An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist.
myropolist
nephrolith
nephrolith
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of kidney stone
neutrophil
neutrophil
adj
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
noun
(biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
nipplewort
nipplewort
noun
A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice.