(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
anaphase
anaphase
noun
(cytology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.
anaphyte
anophele
anophyte
anophyte
noun
(botany) A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
aphanite
aphanite
noun
(geology, petrology) Certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye.
aphelian
aphelian
adj
(astronomy) Relating to aphelion
aphelion
aphelion
noun
(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun.
camphane
camphane
noun
(organic chemistry) bornane
camphene
camphene
noun
(organic chemistry) Bicyclic monoterpene, a minor constituent of many essential oils.
camphine
camphine
noun
Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps and as a solvent in varnishes.
canephor
cenotaph
cenotaph
noun
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
cephalin
cephalin
noun
(biochemistry) A phospholipid found particularly in the cells of nervous tissue; it is also the primary phospholipid in bacteria.
cephalon
cephalon
noun
(zoology) The head of a trilobite.
champine
chapanec
chaperno
chaperon
chaperon
noun
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.
An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
verb
To accompany; to escort.
To mother.
cheapens
cheapens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheapen
cheaping
cheaping
noun
(obsolete) A market.
(obsolete) Bargaining, haggling.
verb
present participle of cheap
cymaphen
daphnaea
daphnean
daphnean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Daphne.
daphnite
dauphine
dauphine
noun
The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
deanship
deanship
noun
The position or role of a dean.
delphian
delphian
Adjective
Of or relating to Delphi in Greece; Delphic.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Delphi.
Proper noun
A dialect of Ancient Greek.
delphina
diaphane
diaphane
noun
(Aristotelian philosophy) Essence or nature as encapsulated in a mental construct.
A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures.
Something transparent or diaphanous.
diaphone
diaphone
noun
(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
A kind of organ pipe.
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
diphenan
diphenan
Noun
An anthelminthic drug.
earphone
earphone
noun
A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
elaphine
elaphine
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the stag, Cervus elaphus.
elephant
elephant
noun
(Britain, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
(in particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
(paper, printing) Synonym of elephant paper
(uncountable, obsolete) Ivory.
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
engraphy
enhamper
enseraph
enthalpy
enthalpy
noun
(physics, chemistry) In thermodynamics, a measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.
ephesian
ephesian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to, Ephesus
Noun
Someone from Ephesus
A jolly companion; a roisterer.
epiphany
epiphany
noun
(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Epiphany.
A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
euphonia
euphonia
noun
Any of the birds of the genus Euphonia.
euphony
hanapepe
hanapers
hanapers
noun
plural of hanaper
handspec
happened
happened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of happen
haptenes
haptenic
haptenic
adj
(immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten
hapteron
hapteron
noun
A branched swelling at the base of an aquatic plant (such as an alga) that it uses to fix itself in place
headpins
headpins
noun
plural of headpin
helpmann
heparins
heparins
noun
plural of heparin
heptagon
heptagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
heptanes
heptanes
noun
plural of heptane
hispinae
hopeland
hyphaene
hyphaene
noun
Any palm of the genus Hyphaene
hypogean
hypogean
adj
Existing or growing underground.
hyponeas
hypopnea
hypopnea
noun
(pathology) A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate
inphases
isophane
isophane
noun
(countable, meteorology) A line drawn on a map through points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date.
(uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
kephalin
kephalin
noun
Alternative spelling of cephalin
memphian
memphian
Adjective
Of or relating to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.
meneptah
metaphen
morphean
morphean
Adjective
Pertaining to Morpheus; sleepy, soporific, oneiric.
nenuphar
nenuphar
noun
A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
nephtali
nymphaea
nymphaea
noun
(botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea.
plural of nymphaeum
nympheal
nymphean
nymphean
adj
of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs
openhead
orphaned
orphaned
adj
Abandoned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of orphan
orphange
pahareen
paimaneh
painches
painches
noun
plural of painch
panached
panaches
panaches
noun
plural of panache
pancheon
pancheon
noun
(now UK regional) A shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread.
panoches
panoches
noun
plural of panoche
pantheas
pantheic
pantheon
pantheon
noun
(by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
(mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
A temple dedicated to all the gods.
panthers
panthers
noun
plural of panther
pantheum
parhelnm
parishen
parthena
pathment
pathname
pathname
noun
(computing) The full name of a computer file, including the names of any directories or subdirectories in the path needed to access it.
pathogen
pathogen
noun
(pathology, immunology) Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.
paunched
paunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paunch
paunches
paunches
noun
plural of paunch
peaching
peaching
verb
present participle of peach
pechenga
pechenga
Proper noun
A town in Russia
penchant
penchant
noun
(card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.
(card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
pentarch
pentarch
noun
A member of a pentarchy
pentheam
pentheas
perianth
perianth
noun
(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
(botany, bryology) The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort.
phaethon
phaetons
phaetons
noun
plural of phaeton
phalange
phalange
noun
(anatomy) A phalanx.
(botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
(obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.).
(zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
A phalanstery.
phaneric
phaneric
adj
(biology, of plumage) cryptic (used for camouflaging)
(geology) Alternative form of phaneritic
phaselin
pheasant
pheasant
noun
A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
phelonia
phelonia
noun
plural of phelonion
phenacyl
phenacyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The aromatic ketonic radical C₆H₅-CO-CH₂-
phenates
phenates
noun
plural of phenate
phenazin
phenicia
phenolia
phenosal
phialine
phillane
phocaean
phocaena
phocinae
phocoena
phoebean
phoebean
Adjective
Of or relating to Phoebe or Phoebus
Of or relating to the Sun. Solar.
phonated
phonated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phonate
phonates
phonates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phonate
phytanes
phytanes
noun
plural of phytane
pinehall
pinheads
pinheads
noun
plural of pinhead
pithecan
plancher
plancher
noun
(architecture) The underside of a cornice; a soffit.
A floor made of wood.
A plank.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To form using planks.
planches
planches
noun
plural of planche
planchet
planchet
noun
A flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin.
prehaunt
prehuman
prehuman
adj
Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
noun
One of the human-like creatures prior to Homo sapiens.
psychean
rehappen
rehappen
verb
(rare) To happen again
sannhemp
saphenae
saphenae
noun
plural of saphena
saphenal
saphenal
adj
Relating to the saphena.
seraphin
seraphin
noun
Alternative form of xeraphim
sharpens
sharpens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sharpen
sheepman
sheepman
noun
A shepherd.
shrapnel
shrapnel
noun
(military) A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
(military, historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.
(military, historical) The bullets from the aforementioned type of artillery shell.
(slang) Loose change.
Debris.
snaphead
snaphead
noun
A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt.
A swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.
spanghew
spanghew
verb
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England, rare, said especially of frogs and toads) To strike and cause to fly in the air.
‘to inflate a frog and bowl it across the surface of a pond’
speuchan
sphecina
stanhope
stanhope
noun
A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
A simple, one-piece microscope consisting of a cylinder of glass with each end curved outwards, one being more convex than the other
An optical device, typically embedded in a bijou, utilising a modified Stanhope lens for viewing microphotographs embedded in the device; invented by René Dagron
stephana
stephane
stephane
noun
(historical) An Ancient Greek headdress like a coronet.
stephani
stephany
stephany
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Stephanie.
swamphen
swamphen
noun
Any of several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.
synaphea
synaphea
noun
(prosody) Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.
(prosody) Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics.
(prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another.
Any plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.