(Aristotelian philosophy) Essence or nature as encapsulated in a mental construct.
A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures.
Something transparent or diaphanous.
diaphany
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.
diaphony
diaphony
noun
(music) A form of harmony in which the parts proceeded by parallel motion in fourths, fifths, and octaves.
diphenan
diphenan
Noun
An anthelminthic drug.
diphenol
diphenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenol groups; especially the isomeric benzenediols (catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone).
diphenyl
diphenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of biphenyl
diphonia
dishpans
dishpans
noun
plural of dishpan
dolphins
dolphins
noun
plural of dolphin
doniphan
doniphan
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small city in Missouri, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
ephedrin
ephedrin
noun
Archaic form of ephedrine.
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
handgrip
handgrip
noun
A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle.
A grasp or grip; a close struggle.
A handle.
A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
The ability of a person (or other animal with hands) to grip something with a hand.
handicap
handicap
noun
(obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of hand-in-cap (“old English trading game”)
(obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
(sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
To estimate betting odds.
handpick
handpick
verb
To pick or harvest by hand.
To select carefully and with individual attention.
headpins
headpins
noun
plural of headpin
landship
landship
noun
(archaic, military) A superheavy tank, supertank
(archaic, military, 19th century to pre-WWI) An armored combat vehicle, a tank
nephroid
nephroid
adj
kidney-shaped
noun
(geometry) A plane curve resembling two intersecting ellipses
ophidian
ophidian
adj
Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.
noun
Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
ophidion
ophionid
pathfind
phenoxid
phenoxid
noun
Archaic form of phenoxide.
phoronid
phoronid
noun
(zoology) Any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animals of the phylum Phoronida.
phrynoid
pinheads
pinheads
noun
plural of pinhead
pondfish
pondfish
noun
Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.
povindah
punished
punished
adj
That has been the object of punishment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of punish
pythonid
pythonid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Pythonidae of non-venomous snakes, distinguished from the boids by teeth on the premaxilla.
siphoned
siphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of siphon
sphenoid
sphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the sphenoid bone which forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral ‘wings’ and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses.
Having a wedged shape.
noun
(anatomy) The sphenoid bone.
(crystallography) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles; the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.
sphindid
sphindid
noun
(zoology) Any in the family Sphindidae of beetles.
sphindus
sphingid
sphingid
adj
Of or pertaining to these moths.
noun
(entomology) Any of many hawk moths of the family Sphingidae
unhipped
unhipped
adj
(archaic) Not depressed; in good spirits.
windship
xiphodon
xiphodon
noun
An extinct camel-like animal of the genus Xiphodon.