Not combustible; capable of tolerating great heat without alteration of form or properties.
bopyrus
cropsey
cryptos
cryptos
noun
plural of crypto
dryopes
hydrops
hydrops
noun
(medicine) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.
isopyre
isopyre
noun
(mineralogy) A form of opal that has iron oxide impurities
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.
ospreys
ospreys
noun
plural of osprey
parsony
phorcys
phoresy
phoresy
noun
(zoology) An association between two organisms in which one (e.g. a mite) travels on the body of another, without being a parasite.
propyls
propyls
noun
plural of propyl
prosapy
prosely
prosify
prosify
verb
(transitive) To convert or translate into prose.
(transitive) To make prosaic or commonplace.
prosily
prosily
adv
In a prosy manner.
prosody
prosody
noun
(linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
(poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.
protyls
protyls
noun
plural of protyl
proxysm
pylorus
pylorus
noun
(anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.
pyrolas
pyrolas
noun
plural of pyrola
pyrones
pyrones
noun
plural of pyrone
pyropes
pyropes
noun
plural of pyrope
pyropus
pyropus
noun
Obsolete form of pyrope (“type of garnet”).
pyrosis
pyrosis
noun
(medicine) A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus.
pyrrols
pyrrols
noun
plural of pyrrol
skyport
soapery
soapery
noun
A factory making soap
A shop selling soap
sportly
sportly
adj
(rare) sporty, sportive
sprowsy
stroppy
stroppy
adj
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
