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.
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
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
chepachet
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.
depthways
diaporthe
dustheaps
dustheaps
noun
plural of dustheap
earthpeas
earthpeas
noun
plural of earthpea
elephanta
elephants
elephants
noun
plural of elephant
eliphalet
empathies
empathies
noun
plural of empathy
empathize
empathize
verb
(intransitive) to feel empathy for another person
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
epiphytal
epiphytal
adj
(botany) Pertaining to an 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
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.
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.
exopathic
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.
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.
graphiter
graphites
graphites
noun
plural of graphite
halophyte
halophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content
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
haplotype
haplotype
noun
(genetics) A group of alleles that are transmitted together.
verb
(genetics) To characterize with respect to haplotype
headplate
headplate
noun
(zoology) The plate of bone or chitin that forms the outer surface of the head of some organisms
heapstead
heapstead
noun
(mining, historical) The elevated framework of wood or iron at bank, to the top of which the pit is continued above the surface, to provide the necessary height to pass the coals over the skreens into the wagons.
heartdeep
heartdeep
adj
(poetic) Rooted in the heart.
heatdrops
heatproof
heatproof
adj
insulating and incombustible
verb
(transitive) To make insulating and incombustible.
heelplate
heelstrap
helpmates
helpmates
noun
(Britain) plural of helpmate
hemiptera
hemopathy
hemopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood
hempstead
hepatauxe
hepaticae
hepatical
hepatical
adj
Alternative form of hepatic
hepaticas
hepaticas
noun
plural of hepatica
hepatised
hepatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hepatise
hepatitis
hepatitis
noun
Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
hepatized
hepatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hepatize
hepatizes
hepatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hepatize
hepatomas
hepatomas
noun
plural of hepatoma
heptaglot
heptaglot
noun
(rare) A book in seven languages.
heptagons
heptagons
noun
plural of heptagon
heptagrid
heptagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
heptanoic
heptanoic
adj
of or pertaining to heptanoic acid or its derivatives; enanthic
heptanone
heptanone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric ketones derived from heptane
heptapody
heptapody
noun
(poetry) A measure or series consisting of seven feet.
heptarchs
heptarchs
noun
plural of heptarch
heptarchy
heptarchy
noun
A government of seven people.
A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
The realm so ruled.
heteropia
hippiater
hippiater
noun
(rare) A veterinarian specializing in horse care.
hippurate
hippurate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of hippuric acid
homeopath
homeopath
noun
A person who practices homeopathy.
homoptera
honeapath
hopcalite
hospitage
hospitage
noun
(obsolete) hospitality
hospitate
hospitate
adj
Hospitable.
noun
A building or set of buildings for housing non-paying guests or the sick, especially those connected to a monastery.
A non-paying guest.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To receive hospitality; to be a guest.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To receive with hospitality; to provide lodging to a guest.
hustlecap
hyalotype
hyalotype
noun
A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass.