(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
asymptotic
asymptotic
adj
(mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
(mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
camponotus
campstools
campstools
noun
plural of campstool
capitalism
capitalism
noun
(economics) An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
(economics, economic liberalism) An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
catawampus
catawampus
adj
(US) Fierce, destructive.
(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
adv
(US) Diagonally.
(US) Utterly.
noun
(US) A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
compactest
compactest
adj
superlative form of compact: most compact
compactors
compactors
noun
plural of compactor
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
completers
completers
noun
plural of completer
completest
completest
adj
superlative form of complete: most complete
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of complete
complexest
complexest
adj
superlative form of complex: most complex
components
components
noun
plural of component
compositae
composited
composited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of composite
composites
composites
noun
plural of composite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of composite
compositor
compositor
noun
(computer graphics) A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.
A person who sets type; a typesetter.
One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
compostela
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
composture
composture
noun
A kind of plaster.
Composition, makeup, formation.
Compost, composted manure.
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
copromotes
copromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copromote
cystospasm
cystospasm
noun
(pathology) A spasm (sudden contraction) of the bladder
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.
empiricist
empiricist
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiristic
empiristic
adj
(physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
episematic
episematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
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
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
implicants
implicants
noun
plural of implicant
implicates
implicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
krypticism
leptosomic
lymphocyst
lymphocyst
noun
(pathology) A buildup of lymphatic fluid in the pelvis
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.
maplecrest
mckeesport
meatoscope
meatoscope
noun
(medicine) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.
meatoscopy
meatoscopy
noun
The medical inspection of any meatus, especially the urinary meatus or the vesical orifice of a ureter.
mercaptids
mesopectus
mesopectus
noun
A type of sclerite in some hymenopterans
mesophytic
mesophytic
adj
Relating to a mesophyte.
mesotropic
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metapectus
metaphysic
metaphysic
adj
(philosophy, archaic) Metaphysical.
noun
(philosophy, countable) A fundamental principle or key concept.
(philosophy, countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
(philosophy, uncountable, archaic) The field of study of metaphysics.
metroscope
metroscope
noun
A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
metroscopy
metroscopy
noun
The use of the metroscope.
miscompute
miscompute
noun
An erroneous computation.
verb
To compute erroneously.
mispatched
mispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispatch
mispatches
mispatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispatch
mutoscopic
mutoscopic
adj
Relating to the mutoscope.
myoplastic
optimistic
optimistic
adj
(computing) Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
outcompass
outcompass
verb
(transitive) To exceed the compass or limits of.
pachystima
palmchrist
pancosmist
pancosmist
noun
A believer in pancosmism.
pancratism
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
paristhmic
paristhmic
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsillar.
peacetimes
peacetimes
noun
plural of peacetime
perfectism
phantasmic
phantasmic
adj
Like a phantasm; ghostly, unreal.
pharmacist
pharmacist
noun
(pharmacy) A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.
(pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.
placements
placements
noun
plural of placement
plasmacyte
plasmacyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell
plasmocyte
plasmocyte
noun
(immunology) A plasma cell.
plasticism
plasticism
noun
(art) The plastic quality of certain artworks, and the theory or movement of art that embodies this quality.
The state or condition of being plastic.
The ubiquitous use of plastic.
pleomastic
pneumatics
pneumatics
noun
(theology, obsolete) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
polemicist
polemicist
noun
A person who puts forward controversial views
A person who writes polemics
polymastic
polymastic
adj
Of, relating to, or having polymastia.
popomastic
porismatic
porismatic
adj
Of or relating to a porism; poristic.
postclimax
postclimax
adj
(ecology) After the point of climax.
postcosmic
postcosmic
adj
After the origination, or the end, of the universe.
praescutum
praescutum
noun
Archaic form of prescutum.
pragmatics
pragmatics
noun
(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language in a social context.
plural of pragmatic
prosomatic
prosomatic
adj
Alternative form of prosomal
psittacism
psittacism
noun
Mechanical, repetitive words used without understanding or consideration.
recomputes
recomputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recompute
scepterdom
scepticism
scepticism
noun
(British spelling) alternative form of skepticism
sceptredom
sceptredom
noun
(rare) Reign; sovereign rule.
schumpeter
scrimpiest
scrimpiest
adj
superlative form of scrimpy: most scrimpy
scrimption
scrimption
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A small portion; a little bit; a scrap.
scrumption
semitropic
semitropic
adj
Alternative form of semitropical
septectomy
septectomy
noun
(surgery) excision of a septum
septicemia
septicemia
noun
(pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.
septicemic
septicemic
adj
Typical of or pertaining to septicemia.
septmoncel
simplectic
simplectic
adj
Misspelling of symplectic.
simplicist
simplicity
simplicity
noun
(archaic, rare) An act or instance of foolishness.
Lack of artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness
Lack of complication; efficiency.
Lack of sharpness of mind; lack of ability to think using complex ideas; stupidity
Lack of subtlety or abstruseness; clarity
The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts
The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded
simplistic
simplistic
adj
In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuance and complexity are lost or important details are overlooked.
Overly simple.
skepticism
skepticism
noun
A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.
A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines
The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible
The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
spartacism
spartacism
Noun
Spartacist ideology
speechment
spermaceti
spermaceti
noun
A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics etc.
spermaduct
spermaduct
noun
A spermatic duct.
spermiduct
spermiduct
noun
Synonym of vas deferens
spermoduct
spermoduct
noun
sperm duct
spumescent
spumescent
adj
(rare) Resembling froth or foam; foaming.
subcompact
subcompact
noun
Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car.
swampscott
symphystic
symplectic
symplectic
adj
(group theory, of a group) Whose characteristic abelian subgroups are cyclic.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to (the geometry of) a differentiable manifold equipped with a closed nondegenerate bilinear form.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a bilinear form) That is alternating and nondegenerate.
(mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a vector space) That is equipped with an alternating nondegenerate bilinear form.
(petrology, mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a symplectite; symplectitic.
Placed in or among, as if woven together.
That moves in the same direction as a system of synchronized waves.
noun
(ichthyology) A bone in the teleostean fishes that forms the lower ossification of the suspensorium, and which articulates below with the quadrate bone by which it is firmly held.
(mathematics) A symplectic bilinear form, manifold, geometry, etc.