(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
aphaeretic
aphaeretic
adj
(rare, medicine, linguistics) Of the nature of apheresis.
aphoristic
aphoristic
adj
Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, maxims or epigrams; gnomic.
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
apochromat
apochromat
noun
(optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
araphostic
araphostic
adj
Alternative form of araphorostic
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archiplata
archoptoma
archpapist
archpastor
archpatron
archpirate
archpirate
noun
A leader of pirates.
archpriest
archpriest
noun
(Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
archsatrap
archspirit
beterschap
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
branchport
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
cacotrophy
cacotrophy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
cantorship
cantorship
noun
The state or business of a cantor.
cardiopath
cardiopath
noun
A person who suffers from a cardiopathy
carpathian
carpathian
Adjective
From, in or relating to Carpathians.
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cataphoria
cataphoric
cataphoric
adj
Of or relating to cataphora.
cataphract
cataphract
adj
(nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
noun
(ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
(military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
cathograph
cetomorpha
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chapournet
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
charophyta
checkstrap
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chiroptera
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chorioptes
chorioptic
chorioptic
adj
Caused by mites of the genus Chorioptes.
christoper
christophe
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chromotypy
chromotypy
noun
The production of chromotypes
ciphertext
ciphertext
noun
Encoded text, text that is unreadable.
cistophori
cistophori
noun
plural of cistophorus
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
courtships
courtships
noun
plural of courtship
criticship
criticship
noun
The state or business of a critic.
crosspatch
crosspatch
noun
A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.
crotaphion
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
crotophaga
cryptarchy
cryptarchy
noun
a secret government or rulership
cryptolith
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
cyrtograph
cystophora
cystophore
cytotrophy
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
diphtheric
diphtheric
adj
Relating to, or having, diphtheria.
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
doctorship
doctorship
noun
Professional position or title of a doctor.
dystrophic
dystrophic
adj
(of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus
Affected with dystrophy
ecphractic
ecphractic
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent.
noun
(dated) Any medicine of this kind.
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
ectosphere
ectosphere
noun
The cortical zone of a centrosphere
ectotrophi
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
epitrophic
ericophyte
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
helicopter
helicopter
noun
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
(botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(zoology, slang) A dragonfly.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptachord
heptachord
noun
(music) A lyre with seven chords.
(music) A system of seven sounds.
(poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
heptarchal
heptarchic
heptarchic
adj
Of or pertaining to a heptarchy.
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
heteroepic
hippiatric
hippiatric
adj
Relating to hippiatry.
hippuritic
hippuritic
adj
Of or pertaining to hippurites.
hitchproof
horopteric
horopteric
adj
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
hupaithric
hupaithric
adj
(rare) Roofless; open to the sky.
hylotropic
hyperacute
hyperacute
adj
(medicine) Very acute.
(medicine, of T waves on ECGs) Tall-amplitude and asymmetrically peaked, often as an early finding in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
hyperbatic
hyperbatic
adj
Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.
hyperstoic
hypertelic
hypertelic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting hypertely
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
hypertypic
hypocenter
hypocenter
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hypocentre
hypocentre
hypocentre
noun
(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
hypocrater
hypocrital
hypocrital
adj
(dated) hypocritical
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypocritic
hypocritic
adj
Synonym of hypocritical
noun
A hypocrite.
hyponitric
hypotricha
kataphoric
kataphoric
adj
Alternative form of cataphoric
lectorship
lectorship
noun
The role or post of a lector.
leptochroa
leptorchis
macrophyte
macrophyte
noun
(biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
microphyte
microphyte
noun
(biology) Any microscopic plant or alga
morphactin
morphactin
noun
Any of a class of synthetic compounds that limit plant growth.
necropathy
nectophore
nectophore
noun
(biology) The swimming bell of a siphonophore
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
octothorpe
octothorpe
noun
(chiefly US, typography) The hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in telephony and computing.
orthopedic
orthopedic
adj
Of, or relating to orthopedics.
orthopneic
orthopneic
adj
Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
orthoptics
orthoptics
noun
The study and treatment of muscular irregularities of the eye.
orthoscope
orthoscope
noun
An instrument for drawing projections of a skull.
An instrument for examining the interior of an eye.
pachometer
pachometer
noun
Alternative form of pachymeter
pachymeter
pachymeter
noun
Any of several instruments that are used to measure the thickness of something.
packthread
packthread
noun
(archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
palmchrist
parachuted
parachuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parachute
parachuter
parachuter
noun
One who uses a parachute; a parachutist.
parachutes
parachutes
noun
plural of parachute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parachute
parachutic
parachutic
adj
Of or relating to a parachute.
parastichy
parastichy
noun
(botany) A secondary spiral of leaves or florets.
parathetic
parathetic
adj
Of or pertaining to parathesis.
parathymic
parathymic
adj
Beyond the thymis gland, but especially originating from the epithelial cells of the thymus
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
paristhmic
paristhmic
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsillar.
parritches
parritches
noun
plural of parritch
pasticheur
pasticheur
noun
One who mimics the literary or artistic style of another.
patchboard
patchboard
noun
A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections.