(mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum
amphicome
amphicome
Noun
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
amphigaea
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphinome
amphisile
amphitene
amphogeny
ampholyte
ampholyte
noun
(chemistry) An amphoteric electrolyte
apophlegm
aposthume
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
atmophile
atmophile
noun
(chemistry, geology) in the Goldschmidt classification, a gaseous element that concentrates in the atmosphere.
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
blaspheme
blaspheme
noun
Obsolete spelling of blasphemy
verb
(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
(transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
(transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
blasphemy
blasphemy
noun
(by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
camphenes
camphenes
noun
plural of camphene
camphines
camphines
noun
plural of camphine
camphires
camphires
noun
plural of camphire
cephalism
cephalism
noun
(biology, obsolete) An instance of the development of a head or head-like structure.
champagne
champagne
adj
Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
champagne:
noun
(countable) A glass of champagne.
(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
verb
(intransitive) To drink champagne.
(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
champleve
chapelman
chapelman
noun
A clergyman; an official from a chapel.
chautemps
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.
chempaduk
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
cipherdom
cipherdom
noun
The condition of being a cipher / nonentity
crackhemp
cumaphyte
cymaphyte
cymophane
cymophane
noun
(mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.
demonship
demonship
noun
The state of a demon.
demophile
demophile
noun
A friend of the people.
A person who likes people, especially crowds of people.
demophobe
demophoon
deschamps
dysphemia
dysphemia
noun
(obsolete) The replacement of a word or phrase with a more vulgar or offensive substitute.
A speech impediment characterized by stammering or stuttering usually resulting from emotional or psychological causes.
ecphonema
ecphonema
noun
(rhetoric) interjection; ecphonesis
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
elaphrium
embaphium
emeership
empathies
empathies
noun
plural of empathy
empathize
empathize
verb
(intransitive) to feel empathy for another person
emphasise
emphasise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of emphasize
emphasize
emphasize
verb
(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
emphlysis
emphlysis
noun
(pathology) A vesicular tumour.
emphraxis
emphraxis
noun
(medicine) An obstruction, especially of a sweat gland.
emphrensy
emphysema
emphysema
noun
(medicine) Pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
(pathology) An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
endolymph
endolymph
noun
(anatomy) The watery fluid inside the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
endomorph
endomorph
noun
(bodybuilding) A person having a theoretical body type with slow metabolism in which weight is gained easily, but fat levels are hard to reduce. Endomorphic bodybuilders tend to be the most massive.
A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another
A person of the endomorphic physical type, characterised by big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs and a naturally high degree of body fat, especially around the midsection.
enemyship
enemyship
noun
The state or condition of being an enemy or enemies; enmity.
epharmony
ephemerae
ephemeral
ephemeral
adj
(biology) Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.
(geology, of a body of water) Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
Lasting for a short period of time.
noun
Something which lasts for a short period of time.
ephemeran
ephemeran
noun
(zoology) Any mayfly of the genus Ephemera
ephemeras
ephemeric
ephemeric
adj
ephemeral
ephemerid
ephemerid
noun
Any mayfly in the family Ephemeridae.
ephemeris
ephemeris
noun
(astronomy, nautical) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination.
(obsolete) A journal or diary.
Computer software that calculates the apparent position of celestial bodies.
ephemeron
ephemeron
noun
(programming) A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit an object to be kept alive by its finalizer.
Something short-lived or transitory.
ephippium
ephippium
noun
(anatomy) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
(zoology) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.
ephymnium
epimorpha
epiphragm
epiphragm
noun
(botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses.
(zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
epirrhema
epirrhema
noun
An address, usually dealing with public affairs, spoken by the leader of the chorus after the parabasis in an Ancient Greek comedy.
epirrheme
epithamia
eumorphic
eumorphic
adj
In which the original (normal) shape is preserved
eupheemia
euphemiah
euphemian
euphemise
euphemise
verb
Alternative spelling of euphemize
euphemism
euphemism
noun
(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.
euphemist
euphemist
noun
One who uses euphemisms.
euphemize
euphemize
verb
(intransitive) To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
(transitive) To describe in euphemistic terms.
euphemous
euphonism
euphonism
noun
An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
euphonium
euphonium
noun
A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch; a sax horn.
euphremia
euphuisms
euphuisms
noun
plural of euphuism
europhium
galumphed
galumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galumph
geomorphy
geomorphy
noun
geodesy
geomorphology
gomphoses
gomphoses
noun
plural of gomphosis
gomphrena
gomphrena
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena, the globe amaranths.
gopherman
graphemes
graphemes
noun
plural of grapheme
graphemic
graphemic
adj
Being or that is a grapheme; being or that is an irreducibly meaningful unit of written language.
Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
grumphies
grumphies
noun
plural of grumphie
plural of grumphy
guelphism
haemophil
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
hamperers
hamperers
noun
plural of hamperer
hampering
hampering
noun
That which hampers; an impediment.
verb
present participle of hamper
hamperman
hampshire
hampshire
Proper noun
A maritime county in the south of England bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire and the English Channel and the separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.
hampstead
hampstead
Proper noun
A village in Dominica
A town in Maryland
An affluent district of London, in the borough of Camden
A town in New Hampshire
An in North Carolina
headlamps
headlamps
noun
plural of headlamp
helmetpod
helpmates
helpmates
noun
(Britain) plural of helpmate
helpmeets
helpmeets
noun
plural of helpmeet
hemaphein
hemiglyph
hemiglyph
noun
(architecture) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
hemimorph
hemiopsia
hemiopsia
noun
Alternative spelling of hemianopsia
hemipenis
hemipenis
noun
(zoology) Each of a pair of intromittent organs of male snakes and lizards, usually held inverted within the body but everted for reproduction via erectile tissue.
hemiplane
hemiplegy
hemiplegy
noun
Dated form of hemiplegia.
hemipodan
hemipodii
hemiprism
hemiprism
noun
A half-prism.
hemiptera
hemipters
hemipters
noun
plural of hemipter
hemiramph
hemispasm
hemispasm
noun
(pathology) A spasm that affects only one side of the body
hemitrope
hemitrope
adj
Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.
noun
(crystallography) A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
hemitropy
hemitropy
noun
(crystallography) Twin composition in crystals.
hemitypic
hemolymph
hemolymph
noun
(zoology) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood
hemopathy
hemopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood
hemopexis
hemophage
hemophagy
hemophagy
noun
The condition of being hemophagous
hemophile
hemoscope
hemoscopy
hempherds
hempseeds
hempseeds
noun
plural of hempseed
hempstead
hempweeds
hempweeds
noun
plural of hempweed
hepatomas
hepatomas
noun
plural of hepatoma
herpetism
herpetism
noun
(medicine) dartrous diathesis
hippiedom
hippiedom
noun
The state or quality of being a hippie.
hippodame
hippodame
noun
(obsolete, rare, mythology) A sea horse or hippocampus.
homeopath
homeopath
noun
A person who practices homeopathy.
homeotype
homeotype
noun
(biology) A specimen identified as belonging to a certain taxon by an authority who compared it directly with a primary type specimen (usually the holotype).
homeplace
homeplace
noun
(US) The part of a piece of land on which a home is built.
homespuns
homespuns
noun
plural of homespun
homopause
homopause
noun
The level of an atmosphere below which its constituent molecules are well mixed
homophene
homophene
noun
Any of a set of words that sound different, but look identical on a person's lips, so that they cannot be distinguished by lipreading.
homophile
homophile
adj
(chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement.
(dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
noun
(dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
homophone
homophone
noun
(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.