(genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function.
Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amphorae
amphorae
noun
plural of amphora
amphoral
amphoral
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the shape of an amphora
amphoras
amphoric
amphoric
adj
(chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
(medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
anaphora
anaphora
noun
(Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
(linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
(linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
(rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
plural of anaphor
aphorise
aphorise
verb
(intransitive) To use aphorisms.
(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
aphorize
aphorize
verb
Alternative spelling of aphorise
aphronia
aphronia
noun
The lack of practical judgment.
apocryph
apograph
apograph
noun
(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).
aporphin
aporphin
noun
Alternative form of aporphine
aporrhea
approach
approach
noun
(also figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
(also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
(archaic) An opportunity of drawing near; access.
(aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
(bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
(climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
(figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
(golf, tennis) Short for approach shot.
A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
verb
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
(intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
(transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
(transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
(transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
(transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
(transitive, archaic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
(transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
(transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
arapahoe
arapahos
archpoet
atrophia
atrophia
noun
Archaic form of atrophy.
atrophic
atrophic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy
autoharp
autoharp
noun
A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
bardolph
bhojpuri
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
biophore
biophore
noun
Alternative spelling of biophor
boarship
bothrops
bushrope
bushrope
noun
Synonym of liana
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
camphors
camphors
noun
plural of camphor
camphory
camphory
adj
Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
canephor
capshore
capshore
noun
(nautical) A support for the cap of a mast
carshops
chaparro
chaparro
noun
kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
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.
chapourn
charpoys
charpoys
noun
plural of charpoy
chiropod
chompers
chompers
noun
plural of chomper
choppers
choppers
noun
(informal) teeth
plural of chopper
choppier
choppier
adj
comparative form of choppy: more choppy
chrysopa
chrysops
cohelper
copperah
coryphee
coryphee
noun
Alternative form of coryphée
crophead
cropshin
dimorphs
dimorphs
noun
plural of dimorph
dramshop
dramshop
noun
(US) A shop selling alcohol.
drophead
drophead
noun
(Britain) A drophead coupé.
dropshot
dropshot
noun
Alternative form of drop shot
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
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.
ecphoria
ecphoria
noun
A stage in memory retrieval in which a latent engram is activated
ekphoria
ephorate
ephorate
noun
The office of an ephor; ephors collectively
epiphora
epiphora
noun
(botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids).
(medicine) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.
(rhetoric) epistrophe
euphoria
euphoria
noun
(LGBT) Ellipsis of gender euphoria.
An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
euphoric
euphoric
adj
Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Productive of euphoria, causing great joy
noun
A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.
euphroes
euphroes
noun
plural of euphroe
eutrophy
eutrophy
noun
(geography, of a body of water) The quality of being rich in minerals and nutrients.
(medicine) healthy nutrition
verb
(transitive, intransitive, of a body of water) To make or become rich in minerals and nutrients, which often manifests itself in a green color.
exograph
fairhope
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
froppish
froppish
adj
(obsolete) peevish; froward
grasshop
grasshop
noun
(now rare, dialectal) grasshopper
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper
grogshop
grogshop
noun
A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk.
gryphons
gryphons
noun
plural of gryphon
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
hardcopy
hardcopy
noun
Alternative form of hard copy
hardtops
hardtops
noun
plural of hardtop
harpagon
harpagon
noun
(obsolete) A grappling hook.
harpoons
harpoons
noun
plural of harpoon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harpoon
headrope
headrope
noun
(nautical) The part of a bolt rope that is sewn to the upper edge or head of a sail.
heatdrop
heliport
heliport
noun
(aviation) A facility, such as a small airport, designed to let helicopters take off and land.
hempwort
hempwort
noun
Any plant of the family Cannabaceae; a hemp or hop.
hepworth
hereupon
hereupon
adv
Immediately afterwards; at this.
hereupto
heroship
heroship
noun
The character or personality of a hero.
holliper
homopter
homopter
noun
Any insect of the order Homoptera.
hoopster
hoopster
Noun
A basketball player.
hornpipe
hornpipe
noun
(music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
Music played to the hornpipe dance
verb
(intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.
hornpout
hornpout
noun
Synonym of horned pout
horopito
horopito
noun
(New Zealand) Either of two plant species in the Pseudowintera genus.
horopter
horopter
noun
For any system of binocular vision, a three-dimensional curve containing all points from which the light will converge into a single image.
horsepen
horsepox
horsepox
noun
A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus.
hospodar
hospodar
noun
(historical) A title borne by the governors of Moldavia and Wallachia.
hotpress
hotpress
verb
to apply both heat and mechanical pressure to something, especially as part of a laundry process, or as a method of printing.
hotspurs
hotspurs
noun
plural of hotspur
hydropac
hydropic
hydropic
adj
(biology, of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency.
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
hydropot
hydropot
noun
(dated) A person who drinks water etc. rather than alcoholic drinks.
hydropsy
hydropsy
noun
(dated) Edema, dropsy.
hypergol
hypergol
noun
(chemistry, aeronautics) Any hypergolic propellant.
hypergon
hyperion
hyperons
hyperons
noun
plural of hyperon
hyperoon
hyperoon
noun
(biblical) An upper room.
hyperope
hyperope
noun
A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
hypocarp
hypocarp
noun
(botany) hypocarpium
hypoderm
hypoderm
noun
Alternative form of hypodermis
hypomere
hypomere
noun
(biology) A part that the walls of a pleuroperitoneal cavity grow.
iodophor
iodophor
noun
(chemistry) A complex of iodine designed to free it in solution
isograph
isograph
noun
(sociolinguistics) A line indicating the geographical boundaries within which a particular feature of a written script is used.
isomorph
isomorph
noun
Anything that exhibits isomorphism
jatropha
jatropha
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
jodhpurs
jodhpurs
noun
Flared riding trousers of heavy cloth, fitting tightly from knee to ankle.
klaproth
kolhapur
kolhapur
Proper noun
A city in Maharashtra province, western India.
lagomrph
lathrope
logperch
logperch
noun
Any fish in the genus Percina.
lordship
lordship
noun
(by extension, with "his" or "your", often capitalised) Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.
(humorous, with "his" or "your") A boy or man who is behaving in a seigneurial manner or acting like a lord, behaving in a bossy manner or lording it up
Dominion; power; authority.
Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
The state or condition of being a lord.
metaphor
metaphor
noun
(countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
(countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
verb
(intransitive) To use a metaphor.
(transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.
moorship
morosoph
morosoph
noun
(obsolete) A philosophical or learned fool.
morphean
morphean
Adjective
Pertaining to Morpheus; sleepy, soporific, oneiric.
morpheme
morpheme
noun
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning.
morpheus
morpheus
Proper noun
The god and personification of dreams; the son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.
morphgan
morphias
morphias
noun
plural of morphia
morphine
morphine
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
morphins
morphins
noun
plural of morphin
morphism
morphism
noun
(biology) Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.
(mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
morphous
morphrey
myograph
myograph
noun
(physiology) An instrument for determining and recording the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction
myomorph
myomorph
noun
(zoology) Any of the suborder Myomorpha of mouse-like rodents
myophore
myophore
noun
The point of attachment of a muscle to the shell of a mollusc
nashport
neomorph
neomorph
noun
(genetics) A gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
neophron
nephroid
nephroid
adj
kidney-shaped
noun
(geometry) A plane curve resembling two intersecting ellipses