(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophonous
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autorrhaphy
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
brahmaputra
brahmaputra
Proper noun
A great river in India.
Noun
A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.
buphthalmia
buphthalmia
noun
buphthalmos; abnormal enlargement of the eyeball
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
buphthalmum
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
cataphyllum
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
chapultepec
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crotaphytus
cumaphytism
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
cyphonautes
cyphonautes
noun
(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.
cytopahgous
cytophagous
cytophagous
adj
consuming cells
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
elephantous
elephantous
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Of or relating to elephantiasis.
eoanthropus
ephthianura
ephthianure
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
epithalamus
epithalamus
noun
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.
eupanorthus
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
flapmouthed
haruspicate
haruspicate
verb
To perform haruspication.
heautophany
hephaesteum
heptagynous
heptagynous
adj
(botany) Having seven pistils
heptamerous
heptamerous
adj
(botany) Comprising seven parts or members, as with seven petals on a flower.
heptandrous
heptandrous
adj
(botany) Having seven stamens.
heptangular
heptangular
adj
Having seven angles.
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions
hippeastrum
hippotragus
hispidulate
houseparent
houseparent
noun
A housemother or housefather
houseplants
houseplants
noun
plural of houseplant
hyperacuity
hyperacuity
noun
sensory performance finer than the receptor grain
hyperbrutal
hypotenusal
hypotenusal
adj
Of or relating to the hypotenuse.
hypothallus
hypothallus
noun
(botany) The outgrowth of hyphae from under the margin of the thallus of a crustose lichen, connecting the island-like areoles into a single lichen.
ithyphallus
ithyphallus
noun
A depiction of an erect penis.
leucaethiop
lithocarpus
lotophagous
lotophagous
adj
Relating to the Lotophagi (lotus eaters)
multiphaser
multiphaser
noun
Synonym of polyphaser
multiphasic
multiphasic
adj
Having many phases.
naturopaths
naturopaths
noun
plural of naturopath
naturopathy
naturopathy
noun
(alternative medicine) A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing the use of natural remedies (plants and the elements) and physical means (massage, acupuncture) to treat illness.
nemopanthus
neuratrophy
neuropathic
neuropathic
adj
Of or relating to neuropathy.
nunapitchuk
orthocarpus
outdespatch
outdispatch
outpreached
outpreached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpreach
outpreaches
outpreaches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpreach
oxysulphate
oxysulphate
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfate
pamphletful
pamphletful
noun
Enough to fill a pamphlet.
parachuting
parachuting
noun
The sport of jumping with a parachute.
verb
present participle of parachute
parachutism
parachutism
noun
The act of jumping from an aircraft using a parachute.
parachutist
parachutist
noun
Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.
paragnathus
paragnathus
noun
(zoology) One of the small, horny, tooth-like jaws of certain annelids.
(zoology) One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.
pasticheurs
pasticheurs
noun
plural of pasticheur
pasticheuse
pastophorus
pastophorus
noun
(historical) A type of priest in ancient Egypt, responsible for carrying holy shrines in official ceremonies or processions.
patchoulies
pathogenous
pathogenous
adj
pathogenic; causing disease
pathsounder
perianthium
perianthium
noun
(botany) The perianth.
perognathus
persulphate
persulphate
noun
Alternative spelling of persulfate
philetaerus
phitsanulok
phlegmatous
phlyctenula
phoranthium
photomurals
photomurals
noun
plural of photomural
photovisual
photovisual
adj
(astronomy) Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
(optics) Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays.
phyllanthus
phytosauria
pitahauerat
plagianthus
plateaulith
plattsburgh
plattsmouth
ploughstaff
ploughstaff
noun
(UK) The hind part or handle of a plough.
plutarchian
plutarchian
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plutarch or his writings
polyanthous
polyanthous
adj
(rare, botany) Having many flowers
polyurethan
ponchatoula
posthumeral
preterhuman
priacanthus
prognathous
prognathous
adj
Having jaws that project forward more than is usual.
prothallium
prothallium
noun
A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle.
The young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss.
protohumans
protohumans
noun
plural of protohuman
puppysnatch
purehearted
purehearted
adj
Alternative form of pure-hearted
purpleheart
purpleheart
noun
A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture
purushartha
purushartha
noun
(Hinduism) Any of four proper goals or aims of a human life: dharma, artha, kama, and moksha.
qualityship
resuperheat
resuperheat
verb
(transitive) To superheat again.
southampton
southampton
Proper noun
a city in southern England
spathaceous
spathaceous
adj
(botany) Having or resembling a spathe; spathal.
splaymouths
staphylinus
staplehurst
stephanurus
subchapters
subchapters
noun
plural of subchapter
subsulphate
subsulphate
noun
(chemistry) A sulphate with an excess of the base.
sulphatized
sulpholeate
sulphonated
sulphonated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sulphonate