(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
achitophel
ahepatokla
ahithophel
allopathic
allopathic
adj
Of or pertaining to allopathy.
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alpharetta
altropathy
amphistyly
amphitokal
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
analphabet
analphabet
adj
Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
antechapel
antechapel
noun
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
anthophila
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
antiphonal
antiphonal
adj
(music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
noun
A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
aphthongal
aphthongal
adj
(phonology) Being or relating to an aphthong.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apotihecal
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archiplata
aspalathus
aspalathus
noun
(obsolete) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
Any of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
asphaltene
asphaltene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of the dark organic constituents of crude oils and bitumen that are soluble in aromatic solvents but not in aliphatic ones; they are polycyclic aromatic compounds (composed of fused benzene rings) with aliphatic side chains
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
asphaltite
asphaltite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of various bitumens containing asphaltenes.
asphaltums
asphaltums
noun
plural of asphaltum
austrophil
battleship
battleship
noun
(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
bibliotaph
bibliotaph
noun
(rare) One who "buries" books, typically by hoarding them unread, hiding them, locking them away, or otherwise shutting them up and keeping them from use
binaphthyl
binaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, analogous to biphenyl, formed from two naphthalene residues linked by a single bond
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
blackpatch
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
caliphates
caliphates
noun
plural of caliphate
callithump
callithump
noun
(US) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
(US) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
cataphylla
catchplate
catchplate
noun
Alternative form of catch plate
catchpoled
cattleship
celtophobe
cephalitis
cephalitis
noun
(medicine, dated) encephalitis
(medicine, dated) phrenitis
cephalotus
chainplate
chainplate
noun
(nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.
chaptalize
chaptalize
verb
To add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
clientship
clientship
noun
The position of a client.
clipsheets
clipsheets
noun
plural of clipsheet
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
cryptolith
cyphellate
cytophilic
cytophilic
adj
Having an affinity for cells
dantophily
delphinite
dinaphthyl
dinaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) binaphthyl
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two naphthyl radicals in a compound
diphyletic
diphyletic
adj
(biology) Of or relating to two phylums.
diplophyte
diplophyte
noun
(biology) sporophyte
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
ecthlipses
ecthlipses
noun
plural of ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
noun
(phonology) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
(phonology) The elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
ectophloic
ectophloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is external to the xylem.
elephantic
elephantic
adj
(not comparable) Having elephantiasis
Of or relating to elephants
gigantic; massive
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
emphatical
emphatical
adj
emphatic
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
enthalpies
enthalpies
noun
plural of enthalpy
entophytal
ephthalite
epitaphial
epitaphial
adj
Alternative form of epitaphian
epithalami
epithalamy
epithecial
epithelial
epithelial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epithelium.
epithelium
epithelium
noun
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
epithelize
epitheloid
epitheloid
adj
Alternative form of epithelioid
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
epityphlon
euphyllite
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
flaithship
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geothlypis
glyptolith
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
halophytic
halophytic
adj
Growing well under salty conditions
haplobiont
haplodonty
haplodonty
noun
The quality of being haplodont.
haplophyte
haplophyte
adj
(genetics) Having the normal number of chromosomes characteristic of the organism's gametes
hartlepool
hartlepool
Proper noun
A town and seaport in County Durham, north-east England.
helicopted
helicopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of helicopt
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.
heliophyte
heliophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that thrives in bright sunlight
heliotrope
heliotrope
adj
Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
Light purple or violet.
noun
(botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
(mineralogy) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
(surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
A light purple or violet colour.
Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.
The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
heliotropy
heliotropy
noun
heliotropism
heliotyped
heliotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heliotype
heliotypic
heliotypic
adj
Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
helipterum
hellespont
hellespont
Proper noun
The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
helpworthy
helpworthy
adj
Deserving or worthy of help.
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hepatocele
hepatocele
noun
(medicine) hernia of the liver
hepatolith
hepatolith
noun
A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
hepatology
hepatology
noun
(medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptacolic
heptadecyl
heptadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₇H₃₅, formally derived from heptadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
heptagonal
heptagonal
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5n²-3n)/2.
Having seven angles and sides.
heptaploid
heptaploid
adj
Having seven complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
noun
(biology) Such a cell or organism.
heptarchal
heptastyle
heptastyle
adj
(architecture, of a Classical temple or other structure) having seven columns
heterophil
heterophil
noun
Alternative form of heterophile
heteropoly
hilltopped
hilltopper
hilltopper
noun
(rare) Someone who lives on the top of a hill.
hippelates
hippolytan
hippolytus
histophyly
holophotal
holophotal
adj
Causing no loss of light; applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.
holophytic
holophytic
adj
(biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food
homotropal
homotropal
adj
homotropous
hospitable
hospitable
adj
cordial and generous towards guests
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
receptive and open-minded
hospitably
hospitably
adv
in a hospitable manner
hospitaler
hospitaler
noun
Alternative form of hospitaller
hospitalet
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
humptulips
hyalopsite
hylotropic
hypaethral
hypaethral
adj
Open-air, outdoor, exposed to the sky.
hypanthial
hypertelic
hypertelic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting hypertely
hypocrital
hypocrital
adj
(dated) hypocritical
hypolithic
hypolithic
adj
(of plants) Growing beneath rocks.
hypopetaly
hypoplasty
hypoplasty
noun
Alternative form of hypoplasia
hypopteral
hypoptilar
hypoptilum
hypoptilum
noun
(ornithology, rare) An aftershaft.
hypotarsal
hypotarsal
adj
Relating to the hypotarsus.
hypothalli
hypothalli
noun
plural of hypothallus
hypothecal
hypothecal
adj
(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton
hypothenal
hypothenal
adj
(anatomy) hypothenar
hypotralia
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
isoplethic
isoplethic
adj
Relating to isopleths.
italophile
lanthopine
lanthopine
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) An alkaloid found in opium.