In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cyclesmith
cymaphytic
cymotrichy
cymotrichy
noun
(anthropology) The state of having wavy hair.
dehematize
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
demihagbut
demisheath
diathermal
diathermal
adj
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
diathermia
diathermia
noun
diathermy
diathermic
diathermic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to diathermy
That allows the free passage of heat
dichotomal
dichotomic
dichotomic
adj
(botany) That system of classification which pertains to two opposite criteria.
(computing) Choosing between two antithetical choices, between two distinct alternatives. Classification based upon two opposites. http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0305-4470/27/14/016
In the form of a dichotomy; dichotomous.
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
dimethoate
dimethoate
Noun
A particular organophosphate insecticide.
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
diothelism
disyntheme
dithematic
dithematic
adj
(linguistics) Consisting of two stems or themes, usually of given names.
dithyrambs
dithyrambs
noun
plural of dithyramb
dynamitish
dynamitish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of dynamite; explosive.
dyothelism
dyothelism
noun
(Christianity, theology) The doctrine of two wills (human and divine) in Christ.
ecchymotic
ecchymotic
adj
(pathology) Pertaining to, characterised by or showing signs of ecchymosis.
echitamine
echitamine
noun
ditaine
ectethmoid
ectethmoid
adj
(anatomy) external to the ethmoid; prefrontal
eighteenmo
eighteenmo
noun
octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
elementish
elotherium
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
empathetic
empathetic
adj
Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic.
empathized
empathized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empathize
empathizes
empathizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize
emphatical
emphatical
adj
emphatic
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
enrichment
enrichment
noun
(education) Extracurricular activities for students.
Stimulation provided for the mental wellbeing of a captive animal
The act of enriching or something enriched.
The addition of sugar to grape juice used to make wine; chaptalization.
The process of making enriched uranium.
enthusiasm
enthusiasm
noun
(obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
ephemerist
ephemerist
noun
One who collects or studies ephemera.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
epimetheus
epimetheus
Proper noun
Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
epiphytism
epiphytism
noun
(botany) The quality or condition of being an epiphyte.
epithalami
epithalamy
epithecium
epithecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.
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.
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
erethismic
erethismic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to erethism.
erimanthus
erythremia
erythremia
noun
A medical condition characterised by the excess production of red blood cells
esthiomene
esthiomene
noun
(medicine) Elephantiasis of the vulva, particularly the labia.
ethanamide
ethanamide
noun
(organic chemistry) The systematic IUPAC name for acetamide.
etheriform
etheriform
adj
Having the form of ether.
ethicalism
ethicalism
noun
ethical beliefs and behaviour generally
ethinamate
ethinamate
noun
A short-acting carbamate-derived sedative-hypnotic medication used to treat insomnia.
ethnomanic
ethonomics
ethylamide
ethylamide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any N-ethyl derivative of an amide
ethylamime
ethylamine
ethylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile liquid amine, CH₃-CH₂-NH₂ having many industrial applications.
euhemerist
euhemerist
adj
Synonym of euhemeristic: of or related to euhemerism.
noun
Someone who practices or upholds euhemerism, a person who believes all or most myths and legends arose from historical origins.
eurhythmic
eurhythmic
adj
harmonious
eurythmics
eurythmics
noun
a rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements
eurythmies
eurythmies
noun
plural of eurythmy
eustachium
euthycomic
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
exothecium
exothecium
noun
(botany) The outer coat of the anther.
exothermic
exothermic
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.
(chemistry, of a reaction) That releases energy in the form of heat.
(zoology) Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded.
famishment
famishment
noun
(now literary) The state or process of being famished.
(obsolete) Famine.
frameshift
frameshift
noun
A frameshift mutation.
verb
To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.
framesmith
framesmith
noun
A maker of frames.
frightment
frightment
noun
(obsolete) fear; terror
frightsome
frightsome
adj
Feeling fright; afraid; frightened.
Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
geisotherm
geisotherm
noun
Archaic form of geoisotherm.
gemuetlich
gemuetlich
adj
Alternative form of gemutlich
geochemist
geochemist
noun
(chemistry, geology) A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry
geothermic
geothermic
adj
geothermal
glathsheim
gnathidium
gnathidium
noun
(zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.
gnathonism
goldsmiths
goldsmiths
noun
plural of goldsmith
habilement
habiliment
habiliment
noun
Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion.
Equipment or furnishings characteristic of a place or being; trappings.
haematinic
haematinic
adj
Alternative form of hematinic
haematinon
haematinon
noun
Alternative form of hematinon
haematinum
haematitic
haematitic
adj
Of a blood-red colour; crimson or brownish red.
haematosin
haematosin
noun
(biochemistry) hematin
haematosis
haematosis
noun
Alternative form of hematosis
haematuria
haematuria
noun
Britain standard spelling of hematuria.
haemolytic
haemolytic
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemolytic
haemotoxic
haemotoxic
adj
Alternative form of hemotoxic
haemotoxin
haemotoxin
noun
Alternative form of hemotoxin
hailstorms
hailstorms
noun
plural of hailstorm
hamacratic
hamacratic
adj
(politics) Forming a harmonious whole from independent parts, as in a federation or commonwealth.
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
hamrongite
hamstrings
hamstrings
noun
plural of hamstring
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamstring
harmotomic
hartmannia
haustorium
haustorium
noun
A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon.
A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
heathenism
heathenism
noun
paganism, heathendom
heatmaking
hedgesmith
hegemonist
hegemonist
noun
A person, organisation or country that practices hegemony.
heidenstam
heliometer
heliometer
noun
An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.
heliometry
heliometry
noun
The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
helipterum
helmetlike
helmetlike
adj
Resembling a helmet.
helminthes
helminthes
noun
Misspelling of helminths.
helminthic
helminthic
adj
(medicine) Causing the expulsion of intestinal worms.
Of or pertaining to worms; used especially of parasitic worms.
noun
(medicine) Any medicine that expels intestinal worms.
hematobium
hematocrit
hematocrit
noun
(medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
(medicine, countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.
hematoidin
hematoidin
noun
(obsolete) bilirubin
hematolite
hematolite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
hematozoic
hematozoic
adj
Alternative form of haematozoic
hemellitic
hemiacetal
hemiacetal
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of compounds of general formula R₁R₂C(OH)OR' (where R' is not H and R₁ or R₂ is often hydrogen).
hemiataxia
hemiataxia
noun
ataxia on one side of the body.
hemidactyl
hemidactyl
noun
(zoology) Any species of Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko
hemiditone
hemiditone
noun
(music, Ancient Greece) The lesser third.
hemielytra
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
hemistater
hemistichs
hemistichs
noun
plural of hemistich
hemiterata
hemiterata
noun
plural of hemiteras
hemitremor
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemizygote
hemizygote
noun
(biology) A hemizygous individual
hemologist
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
hemostasia
hemostasia
noun
Synonym of hemostasis
hemostasis
hemostasis
noun
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.
hemostatic
hemostatic
adj
Of or pertaining to hemostasis
That checks bleeding; styptic
noun
Any medicine that stops bleeding.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
hempstring
henotheism
henotheism
noun
Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
heptatomic
heptatomic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of seven atoms
hereditism
hereditism
noun
heredity
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs