(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.
bothrops
calthrop
calthrop
noun
Alternative form of caltrop
dropshot
dropshot
noun
Alternative form of drop shot
ephorate
ephorate
noun
The office of an ephor; ephors collectively
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.
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
hardtops
hardtops
noun
plural of hardtop
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
hereupto
homopter
homopter
noun
Any insect of the order Homoptera.
hoopster
hoopster
Noun
A basketball player.
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.
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
hydropot
hydropot
noun
(dated) A person who drinks water etc. rather than alcoholic drinks.
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.
klaproth
lathrope
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.
nashport
norphlet
northrop
northrup
orpheist
orthoepy
orthoepy
noun
Accepted or customary pronunciation.
Synonym of phonology: the study of pronunciation.
orthopod
orthopod
noun
(informal, medicine) An orthopaedic surgeon
outporch
outsharp
pebworth
pennorth
pennorth
noun
(obsolete, Britain) Alternative form of pennyworth
phobetor
phobetor
Proper noun
The god and personification of nightmares; a son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.
phorates
photuria
photuria
noun
(obsolete, rare, medicine, specifically pathology) Luminous or phosphorescent urine.
phthoric
phytomer
phytomer
noun
(botany) An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton.
pithwork
plethora
plethora
noun
(medicine) Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.
(usually followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
plethory
plethory
noun
(medicine, now archaic) A plethora.
(obsolete) A plethora; a dangerous excess of something.
plethron
plethron
noun
(historical units of measure) A former Greek unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet (podes).
poortith
portheus
porthole
porthole
noun
(archaic) A gunport; an opening in the hull of a ship through which cannon are fired.
(nautical) A circular window set in the hull of a ship.
porthook
porthors
potherbs
potherbs
noun
plural of potherb
pothered
pothered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pother
potholer
potholer
noun
(British) Someone who explores potholes as a hobby.
potiphar
potiphar
Proper noun
An Egyptian and captain of the guard under Pharaoh.
potshard
potsherd
potsherd
noun
(often archaeology) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.
prohaste
prohibit
prohibit
verb
(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
prophets
prophets
noun
plural of prophet
protheca
prothmia
shopster
splother
strephon
strephon
Proper noun
definition
strophes
strophes
noun
plural of strophe
strophic
strophic
adj
(music) Of a song, composed so that every stanza is set to the same music.
(prosody) Using or containing strophes.
theropod
theropod
noun
Any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
thropple
thropple
noun
(chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Alternative spelling of thrapple
verb
(transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) Alternative spelling of thrapple
toparchy
toparchy
noun
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.
toryship
traphole
traphole
noun
(military) A trou-de-loup.
trephone
trephone
noun
(biochemistry) Any hormone that stimulates growth and division of cultured cells
trimorph
trimorph
noun
(crystallography) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states.
(crystallography) Any of the three forms of such a substance.
triphony
triphora
trophaea
trophema
trophesy
trophesy
noun
Malnourishment due to a disorder of the nervous system.
trophied
trophied
adj
Adorned with trophies.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trophy
trophies
trophies
noun
plural of trophy
trophism
trophism
noun
Any specific form of nutrition involving the tissue of another organism
tryphosa
tryphosa
Proper noun
definition
upgrowth
upgrowth
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
upthrown
upthrown
verb
past participle of upthrow
upthrows
upthrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upthrow
winthrop
winthrop
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.