(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
amphibiety
analphabet
analphabet
adj
Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
antibishop
antibishop
noun
(historical, ecclesiastical, chiefly in medieval and early modern history) A pretender to the episcopal office, such as a bishop appointed by an antipope. [from 18th c.]
autophobia
autophobia
noun
Fear or dislike of automobiles.
The morbid fear of being alone or of oneself.
self-hatred
baphometic
bathyscape
bathyscape
noun
Alternative form of bathyscaphe
bathyscaph
bathyscaph
noun
Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe
batophobia
batophobia
noun
The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
battleship
battleship
noun
(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
beautyship
beterschap
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bibliotaph
bibliotaph
noun
(rare) One who "buries" books, typically by hoarding them unread, hiding them, locking them away, or otherwise shutting them up and keeping them from use
binaphthyl
binaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, analogous to biphenyl, formed from two naphthalene residues linked by a single bond
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
blackpatch
boanthropy
boanthropy
noun
(psychiatry) The delusion that one is an ox or cow.
branchport
brihaspati
brihaspati
Proper noun
The name of the priest of the Gods.
The planet Jupiter.
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
celtophobe
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
epibenthic
epibenthic
adj
(ecology) That lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
haplobiont
hospitable
hospitable
adj
cordial and generous towards guests
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
receptive and open-minded
hospitably
hospitably
adv
in a hospitable manner
hyperbatic
hyperbatic
adj
Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.
hyperbaton
hyperbaton
noun
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
motorphobe
motorphobe
noun
One who fears or dislikes automobiles.
ombrophyte
ombrophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that is adapted to rainy conditions or habitats
paintbrush
paintbrush
noun
A thin brush for applying paint.
patchboard
patchboard
noun
A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections.
phlebolite
phlebolite
noun
Alternative form of phlebolith
phlebolith
phlebolith
noun
A calcareous deposit in a venous wall or thrombus.
phlebotome
phlebotome
noun
An instrument used for phlebotomy; a fleam.
phlebotomy
phlebotomy
noun
The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
photoalbum
photophobe
pittsburgh
pittsburgh
Proper noun
A city in Pennsylvania, USA, and the county seat of Allegheny County.
potophobia
prebreathe
preexhibit
preinhabit
probathing
prohibited
prohibited
adj
Forbidden; unallowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prohibit
prohibiter
prohibiter
noun
One who prohibits or forbids.
prohibitor
prohibitor
noun
One who prohibits.
prohibitum
prosabbath
pushbutton
pushbutton
adj
Alternative spelling of push-button
pythiambic
pythiambic
adj
Describing Pythian verse that has an iambic form
reprohibit
reprohibit
verb
(rare, transitive) To prohibit (something) again.
sheepbiter
sheepbiter
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of sheep-biter
sitophobia
sitophobia
noun
(pathology) A morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food.
sitophobic
sitophobic
adj
Having or relating to sitophobia.
subchapter
subchapter
noun
A subsection of a chapter.
subhepatic
subhepatic
adj
(anatomy) Below the liver
subphratry
subphratry
noun
A clan, a subdivision of a phratry.
tabophobia
tabophobia
noun
A morbid fear of tabes (wasting disease).
taurophobe
teutophobe
theophobia
theophobia
noun
The fear of God or gods.
thumbpiece
thumbpiece
noun
Part of an object to accommodate a person's thumb, such as on the ornamental handle of a tankard.
thumbprint
thumbprint
noun
A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.
tocophobia
tocophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of tokophobia
topophobia
topophobia
noun
(rare) A fear of certain places or situations.
toxiphobia
toxiphobia
noun
Alternative form of toxicophobia
toxophobia
triphibian
triphibian
adj
Designed to travel on land, air or sea
noun
A craft that can travel on land, air and sea.
turkophobe
upbrighten
upbrighten
verb
(transitive, intransitive, poetic) To make or become brighter.