(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
archemorus
autochrome
autochrome
noun
An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
auxochrome
auxochrome
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
botrychium
boucherism
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
chaumontel
chemopause
chironomus
choriambus
choriambus
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
chromatium
chromidium
chromidium
noun
A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
closemouth
conchylium
couchmaker
couchmaker
noun
A manufacturer of couches.
crumbcloth
crumbcloth
noun
A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean.
embouchure
embouchure
noun
(archaic) The mouth of a river or valley.
(music) The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
euharmonic
euharmonic
adj
(rare) Pleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were employed.
euthycomic
exothecium
exothecium
noun
(botany) The outer coat of the anther.
glochidium
glochidium
noun
(botany) A glochid, or cactus spine.
(zoology) The larva or young of the mussel.
gobemouche
gobemouche
noun
A naive, gullible person.
haemonchus
hemofuscin
homicidium
homoecious
homuncular
homuncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a homunculus.
homunculus
homunculus
noun
A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
humoristic
humoristic
adj
Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style.
hylocomium
hyoscyamus
hyoscyamus
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes.
(medicine) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles.
ichneumous
ichneumous
adj
Relating to ichneumon wasps.
lachrymous
lunchrooms
lunchrooms
noun
plural of lunchroom
lymphoduct
mamamouchi
marcushook
mccullough
mccutcheon
mcloughlin
mcnaughton
melichrous
mesorchium
mesorchium
noun
(anatomy) The fold of peritoneum that attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.
mesosuchia
mistouched
mistouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistouch
mistouches
mistouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistouch
misvouched
misvouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misvouch
mollicrush
moucharaby
moucharaby
noun
A mashrabiyya.
moustached
moustached
adj
Having a moustache.
moustaches
moustaches
noun
plural of moustache
moustachio
moustachio
noun
Alternative spelling of mustachio
mouthpiece
mouthpiece
noun
(slang) A lawyer for the defense.
A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.
The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.
mucorrhoea
multichord
multichord
adj
Relating to multiple musical chords.
mushroomic
mustachios
mustachios
noun
plural of mustachio
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mustachio
muttonchop
muttonchop
noun
(by extension, in the plural) A facial hairstyle consisting of sideburns without a beard and sometimes with a moustache (“friendly” muttonchops).
A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
neonychium
nonmulched
nonmulched
adj
Not mulched.
orichalcum
orichalcum
noun
A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.
outchamber
outchamber
noun
An outer or external chamber.
outcharmed
outcharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcharm
outmarched
outmarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outmarch
outmarches
outmarches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmarch
outmatched
outmatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outmatch
outmatches
outmatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch
overmuches
phocomelus
phocomelus
noun
(dated) Phocomelia.
A person with phocomelia.
rothermuck
routemarch
scaramouch
semichorus
semichorus
noun
(music) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, rather than the full choir.