(entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
cypsela
cypsela
noun
(botany) An achene formed from an inferior bicarpellary ovary of which only one carpel develops into a seed, as in plants of the family Compositae.
cypseli
deploys
deploys
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deploy
employs
employs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of employ
leprosy
leprosy
noun
(figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
(medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament of the Bible.
(obsolete) Synonym of mange and glanders in horses.
(obsolete, rare) Synonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.
Ellipsis of murine leprosy. and feline leprosy, diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium.
limpsey
limpsey
adj
Alternative form of limpsy
lysippe
paisley
paisley
adj
Made from this fabric, or marked with this design.
noun
A motif of a swirling droplet.
A soft woollen fabric having this motif.
parleys
parleys
noun
plural of parley
parsley
parsley
noun
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
verb
to add parsley to
pentyls
pentyls
noun
plural of pentyl
peskily
peskily
adv
In a pesky manner.
peyotls
phenyls
phenyls
noun
plural of phenyl
phyleus
plassey
players
players
noun
plural of player
poleyns
poleyns
noun
plural of poleyn
polyose
polyose
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) polysaccharide
presley
pressly
pressly
adv
(obsolete) closely; concisely
prestly
prosely
pulleys
pulleys
noun
plural of pulley
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pulley
pursley
pursley
noun
(dialect) The plant purslane.
pusleys
pusleys
noun
plural of pusley
pussley
pussley
noun
Purslane.
pylades
pylaeus
pyrales
replays
replays
noun
plural of replay
shapely
shapely
adj
Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.
shapley
shepley
shipley
sleepry
slopely
sparely
sparely
adv
In a spare manner; sparsely or frugally.
speckly
speckly
adj
speckled; marked with speckles
speedly
splayed
splayed
adj
(architecture) Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.