(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
demipriest
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
empiricist
empiricist
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
empiristic
empiristic
adj
(physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
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.
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epitomiser
epitomiser
noun
Alternative form of epitomizer
exotropism
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
hempstring
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
hipsterism
hipsterism
noun
Something typical of a hipster.
hipness
imparities
imparities
noun
plural of imparity
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
importless
importless
adj
(obsolete) meaningless
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
impostress
impostress
noun
A female impostor.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
impresting
impresting
verb
present participle of imprest
imprinters
imprinters
noun
plural of imprinter
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
lithosperm
mariposite
mariposite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium-rich variety of mica, giving a green color to the generally white dolomitic marble in which it is commonly found.
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
mastership
mastership
noun
(obsolete) Chief work; masterpiece.
A title of respect, sometimes ironic.
Mastery: dominion, superiority, control.
Mastery: superior skill.
The state or office of a master.
maupertuis
mehtarship
mehtarship
noun
The role or status of a mehtar.
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
mercaptids
mesotropic
metropolis
metropolis
noun
(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
mispresent
mispresent
verb
(transitive) To present badly or wrongly.
misprinted
misprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misprint
misreports
misreports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misreport
misreprint
mothership
mothership
noun
Alternative spelling of mother ship
The state of being a mother; motherhood
opisometer
opisometer
noun
A device for measuring the length of curved lines, such as on a map.
opsiometer
opsiometer
noun
An old instrument for measuring vision and determining the focal length of a lens that can correct an individual's imperfect eyesight.
optimizers
optimizers
noun
plural of optimizer
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
passimeter
passimeter
noun
(rail transport) A turnstile operated from a ticket booth or by a ticket machine.
A pocket pedometer.
pasteurism
pasteurism
Proper noun
The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
pasteurisation
pediastrum
pentaprism
pentaprism
noun
(photography) A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
perfectism
periastrum
perimeters
perimeters
noun
plural of perimeter
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
periostoma
perishment
perishment
noun
The act of perishing.
peristomal
peristomal
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a peristome.
peristylum
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
peritonism
peritonism
noun
(pathology) Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum
permistion
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
piptomeris
praesertim
preformist
preformist
noun
Synonym of preformationist
premoisten
premoisten
verb
To moisten in advance.
presbytism
presbytism
noun
Presbyopia.
prestimuli
prestomial
prestomium
primitives
primitives
noun
plural of primitive
prismatize
prisometer
prisonment
prisonment
noun
(now rare) Imprisonment.
proatheism
problemist
problemist
noun
(chess) One who composes chess problems for other players to attempt to solve.
prophetism
prophetism
noun
The work of prophets; prophecy.
psalmister
psalterium
psalterium
noun
A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)
An omasum.
pterygiums
pulsimeter
pulsimeter
Noun
A sphygmograph.
reimplants
reimplants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reimplant
reshipment
reshipment
noun
(countable) A second or subsequent shipment.
(uncountable) The condition of being reshipped.
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
resumptive
resumptive
adj
That is in the nature of resumption.
noun
(archaic) A restorative medicine.
(grammar) A resumptive pronoun.
scrimpiest
scrimpiest
adj
superlative form of scrimpy: most scrimpy
semiputrid
semiputrid
adj
Somewhat or partly putrid.
semitorpid
semitorpid
adj
Somewhat torpid.
semitropic
semitropic
adj
Alternative form of semitropical
separatism
separatism
noun
A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).
The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.
septemviri
septemviri
noun
plural of septemvir
septemvirs
shipmaster
shipmaster
noun
The master of a ship; a captain; a commander.
shrimpiest
shrimpiest
adj
superlative form of shrimpy: most shrimpy
simmesport
slipstream
slipstream
noun
(figurative, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.
(uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.
The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.
verb
(computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.
To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
spearmints
spearmints
noun
plural of spearmint
spermaceti
spermaceti
noun
A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics etc.
spermalist
spermatial
spermatial
adj
Of or relating to the spermatium.
spermation
spermatism
spermatism
noun
(historical) Spermism.
The emission of sperm or semen.
spermatist
spermatist
noun
Synonym of spermist
spermatium
spermatium
noun
One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.
spermatize
spermatize
verb
(obsolete) To produce or emit sperm.
spermatoid
spermatoid
adj
(biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
spermiduct
spermiduct
noun
Synonym of vas deferens
spiritsome
spiritsome
adj
Characteristic of or possessing the qualities of a spirit; spiritlike.
spirometer
spirometer
noun
(medicine) An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
spirometry
spirometry
noun
(medicine) The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.
springtime
springtime
noun
The season of spring, between winter and summer.
suppertime
suppertime
noun
The time when supper is ready.
The time when supper takes place.
sympatries
sympatries
noun
plural of sympatry
templarism
temporalis
temporalis
noun
(anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
temporised
temporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of temporise
temporiser
temporiser
noun
Alternative form of temporizer
temporizes
temporizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of temporize