illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophane
aerophane
noun
A thin fabric resembling crape
aerophile
aerophile
noun
(biology) Any air-breathing organism.
One who has an interest in flying.
aerophone
aerophone
noun
(dated) A form of combined speaking trumpet and ear trumpet.
(dated) An instrument for greatly intensifying speech, consisting of a phonograph diaphragm arranged so that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration.
Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.
aerophore
aerophore
noun
(botany) A thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses are exchanged.
(historical) A nineteenth-century device with breathing tubes used by miners and workmen in areas that contain toxic fumes.
(historical) A predecessor of the radio, invented by Rene Homer in the early 1900s for communication between ships.
(medicine) Aerophore pulmonaire; a respirator for use with neonates and small animals developed by French obstetrician Gairal in 1879.
(underwater diving, historical) A predecessor of the aqualung, invented by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze 1865
aerophoto
aerophoto
noun
Alternative form of aerophotograph
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
afterhelp
afterhope
aftership
alephzero
allophore
alpenhorn
alpenhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of alphorn
alpheratz
alpheratz
Proper noun
A binary star in the constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus).
anteporch
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.
apheresis
apheresis
noun
(linguistics, prosody) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial; procope.
(medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
(medicine, specific, still current) The removal of blood from a patient, and the removal of certain components (such as platelets) from that blood, followed by the transfusion of the filtered blood back to the donor (patient).
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aphidozer
aphidozer
noun
A device like a hopperdozer for the removal of aphids.
aphorised
aphorised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aphorise
aphoriser
aphoriser
noun
An aphorist.
aphorises
aphorises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorise
aphorized
aphorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aphorize
aphorizer
aphorizer
noun
Alternative form of aphoriser
aphorizes
aphorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize
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
aporphine
aporphine
noun
(organic chemistry) One of a class of quinoline alkaloids from which apomorphine can be derived.
aporrhoea
appeacher
appeacher
Noun
An accuser.
apprehend
apprehend
verb
(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
To feel (something) emotionally.
To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
To learn (something).
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
arapahite
arapahite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral.
arapahoes
arapeshes
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.
archpiece
ascophore
asphalter
asphalter
noun
One who pours or works with asphalt.
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
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atrophies
atrophies
noun
plural of atrophy
auriphone
aurophore
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
barhopped
barhopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barhop
bephilter
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
beworship
biosphere
biosphere
noun
The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.
The totality of living organisms and their environment.
blepharal
blepharal
adj
Relating to the eyelids
brideship
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.
camphires
camphires
noun
plural of camphire
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
carapache
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chaperone
chaperone
noun
(UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
verb
(UK, business) To work as a chaperone.
To act as a chaperone.
chaperons
chaperons
noun
plural of chaperon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperon
chapiters
chapiters
noun
plural of chapiter
chapteral
chaptered
chaptered
adj
Having chapters of a specified number or kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chapter
cheapener
cheapener
noun
One who cheapens.
checkrope
cheiropod
chippered
chippered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chipper
chiropter
chiropter
noun
A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat
chirotype
chirpiest
chirpiest
adj
superlative form of chirpy: most chirpy
chirruped
chirruped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirrup
chirruper
chirruper
noun
One who chirrups.
choephori
choppered
choppered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chopper
chrysopee
cipherdom
cipherdom
noun
The condition of being a cipher / nonentity
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
copperahs
copperahs
noun
plural of copperah
copperish
copperish
adj
Like copper; coppery.
coryphaea
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
coryphees
coryphees
noun
plural of coryphee
coryphene
coryphene
noun
(zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.
cosphered
crackhemp
crapefish
crapefish
noun
Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
creephole
creephole
noun
(figurative) A subterfuge; an excuse.
A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
criophore
criophore
noun
A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.
cristophe
cryophile
cryophile
noun
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
cupholder
cupholder
noun
A holder for a cup containing a drink, usually in a vehicle.
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
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.
deciphers
deciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher
deprehend
deprehend
verb
To detect; to discover; to find out.
To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
desulphur
desulphur
verb
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of desulfur
diaporthe
dishwiper
dishwiper
noun
(slang, chiefly New England) A dish towel.
dropheads
dropheads
noun
plural of drophead
earlships
earlships
noun
plural of earlship
earphones
earphones
noun
A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.
plural of earphone
earthpeas
earthpeas
noun
plural of earthpea
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
ecosphere
ecosphere
noun
The portion of the atmosphere from sea-level to about 4000 meters in which it is possible to breathe without technological assistance.
the biosphere
ecphoriae
ecphorias
ecphorias
noun
plural of ecphoria
ecphorize
ecphrasis
ecphrasis
noun
Alternative spelling of ekphrasis
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
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
elaphrium
elaphurus
eldership
eldership
noun
Seniority; the state or condition of being older.
The position or office of being an elder.
The smallest administrative division in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward.
emeership
emphraxis
emphraxis
noun
(medicine) An obstruction, especially of a sweat gland.
emphrensy
enciphers
enciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher
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.
endorphin
endorphin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.
engraphia
engraphic
engraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an engram
ensphered
ensphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ensphere
enspheres
enspheres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ensphere
ensulphur
eparchate
eparchate
noun
An eparchy, or diocese of a bishop.
eparchean
eparchial
eparchial
adj
Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
eparchies
eparchies
noun
plural of eparchy
epharmony
ephedrine
ephedrine
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid drug C₁₀H₁₅NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.
ephedrins
ephedrins
noun
plural of ephedrin
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.