illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophoto
aerophoto
noun
Alternative form of aerophotograph
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
afterhelp
afterhope
aftership
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
allophite
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
alphatype
alpheratz
alpheratz
Proper noun
A binary star in the constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus).
amphitene
ampholyte
ampholyte
noun
(chemistry) An amphoteric electrolyte
anteporch
antiphase
antiphase
adj
(sciences) Describing a boundary between an ordered phase and a disordered or random phase
noun
(physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°
apachette
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
apathetic
apathetic
adj
Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
aphanites
aphanites
noun
plural of aphanite
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
apholates
aphrizite
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
aphrolite
apjohnite
apjohnite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
aposthume
apothecal
apothecal
adj
Relating to drugs or pharmacy.
apotheces
apothecia
apothecia
noun
plural of apothecium
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
apotheose
apothesis
apothesis
noun
(architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
A dressing room connected with a public bath.
arapahite
arapahite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
asphalted
asphalted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphalt
asphalter
asphalter
noun
One who pours or works with asphalt.
asthenope
astrophel
astrophel
Noun
A lover similar to that in the poem
athrepsia
athrepsia
noun
(pathology) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
atmophile
atmophile
noun
(chemistry, geology) in the Goldschmidt classification, a gaseous element that concentrates in the atmosphere.
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atrophies
atrophies
noun
plural of atrophy
aulophyte
authotype
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
autophyte
autophyte
noun
Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
batyphone
beastship
beastship
noun
The quality of being a beast, or beastly.
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
bephilter
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
bishoplet
bishoplet
noun
(archaic) A petty bishop.
bitesheep
bitesheep
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) A bishop, particularly a Catholic bishop persecuting Protestants.
bryophyte
bryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
cachepots
cachepots
noun
plural of cachepot
cadetship
cadetship
noun
(Australia) A kind of training programme that combines on-the-job experience with formal training; an apprenticeship
(military) The position, rank, or commission of cadet.
caliphate
caliphate
noun
A unified Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by a caliph.
catchpole
catchpole
noun
(historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach.
(obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes.
A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors.
cathepsin
cathepsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
catheptic
celtophil
cenotaphs
cenotaphs
noun
plural of cenotaph
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
cephalata
cephalate
cephalate
adj
(zoology) Having a head.
chaetopod
chaetopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chapapote
chapaties
chapiters
chapiters
noun
plural of chapiter
chapleted
chapleted
adj
Adorned with or having a chaplet.
chapteral
chaptered
chaptered
adj
Having chapters of a specified number or kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chapter
chassepot
chassepot
noun
(military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
chautemps
cheepiest
cheepiest
adj
superlative form of cheepy: most cheepy
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
chepachet
chippiest
chippiest
adj
superlative form of chippy: most chippy
chiropter
chiropter
noun
A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat
chirotype
chirpiest
chirpiest
adj
superlative form of chirpy: most chirpy
choppiest
choppiest
adj
superlative form of choppy: most choppy
clipsheet
clipsheet
noun
A sheet of news, features, and similar material distributed to newspaper publishers for convenient inclusion in their publications.
cristophe
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
ctesiphon
ctesiphon
Proper noun
Ancient ruined city on the Tigris, near Baghdad, in present-day Iraq. Capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, abandoned in 7th and 8th centuries.
cumaphyte
cymaphyte
daphnetin
daphnetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin, extracted from daphnin.
dashplate
deathcups
deathtrap
deathtrap
noun
A plot device where a villain in a story puts a hero in an elaborate dangerous situation for the purposes of attempting a sadistic murder.
An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device.
deityship
deityship
noun
The condition of being a deity; divinity, especially as a jocular epithet
depthless
depthless
adj
Having no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine
depthways
depthwise
depthwise
adj
Directed across the depth of an object or place.
adv
Across the depth of an object or place.
diaporthe
diphysite
dopesheet
dustheaps
dustheaps
noun
plural of dustheap
earthpeas
earthpeas
noun
plural of earthpea
ecstrophy
ectomorph
ectomorph
noun
(bodybuilding): Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.
Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
ectophyte
ectophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism
elephanta
elephants
elephants
noun
plural of elephant
eliphalet
empathies
empathies
noun
plural of empathy
empathize
empathize
verb
(intransitive) to feel empathy for another person
endophyte
endophyte
noun
Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant
entophyte
entophyte
noun
(ecology) Any plant or fungus growing as a parasite within another organism
epanthous
eparchate
eparchate
noun
An eparchy, or diocese of a bishop.
ephestian
ephialtes
ephialtes
noun
(obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare
ephoralty
ephoralty
noun
The body of ephors collectively.
The rank or office of an ephor.
ephorates
ephorates
noun
plural of ephorate
ephphatha
ephraitic
epicanthi
epicanthi
noun
plural of epicanthus
epilithic
epilithic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being an epilith.
epiphytal
epiphytal
adj
(botany) Pertaining to an epiphyte.
epiphytes
epiphytes
noun
plural of epiphyte
epiphytic
epiphytic
adj
(biology, botany) Of or pertaining to an epiphyte
noun
Synonym of epiphyte
epitapher
epitapher
noun
A writer of epitaphs; and epitaphist.
epitaphic
epitaphic
adj
Pertaining to an epitaph.
noun
(rare) An epitaph.
epithamia
epithecal
epithecal
adj
(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
epithecia
epithelia
epithelia
noun
plural of epithelium
epithesis
epithesis
noun
(linguistics) The addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word, without changing its meaning.
(medicine) A splint or other appliance to be worn.
(medicine) The surgical correction of deformity or of crooked limbs.
epithetic
epithetic
adj
(linguistics) Of or relating to epithesis.
Of or relating to epithets.
epitheton
epitrophy
erotopath
erotopath
noun
A person who has erotopathy.
espathate
ethiopian
ethiopian
Noun
A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
A black-skinned person.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
ethopoeia
ethopoeia
noun
(countable) An instance of this technique.
(uncountable) A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.
euphemist
euphemist
noun
One who uses euphemisms.
euphotide
euphotide
noun
(mineralogy) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite.
euphrates
euphrates
Proper noun
The river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.
euphuists
euphuists
noun
plural of euphuist
eutrophic
eutrophic
adj
(biology, of a body of water) Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
(medicine) Promoting nutrition.
noun
(medicine) A eutrophic medicine.
exopathic
exstrophy
exstrophy
noun
(anatomy) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
(especially) A congenital malformation of the bladder in which the normally internal mucosa of the organ lies exposed on the abdominal wall because of failure of union between the halves of the pubic symphysis and between the adjacent halves of the abdominal wall.
feldspath
feldspath
noun
Alternative form of feldspar
fishplate
fishplate
noun
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.
verb
(transitive, rail transport) To connect (rails) together using a fishplate.
fleshpots
fleshpots
noun
plural of fleshpot
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
grapeshot
grapeshot
noun
(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.