(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
ammoniuret
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
antiserums
antiserums
noun
plural of antiserum
artemisium
artemisium
Proper noun
A cape north of Euboea, Greece.
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
autodermic
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
baumeister
bitterbump
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
centaurium
circuitmen
circumdate
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
closterium
cometarium
cometarium
noun
(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
coustumier
creamfruit
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
curvimeter
curvimeter
noun
A device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
demiluster
demilustre
demiturned
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
diparentum
diumvirate
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
duumvirate
duumvirate
noun
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
elotherium
emmitsburg
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
epicentrum
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
erimanthus
eudiometer
eudiometer
noun
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
eudiometry
eudiometry
noun
(chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
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.
eumeristic
eumoiriety
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
eurhythmic
eurhythmic
adj
harmonious
eurythmics
eurythmics
noun
a rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements
eurythmies
eurythmies
noun
plural of eurythmy
fieulamort
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
fluidmeter
flurriment
fremituses
fruitwomen
frumenties
frumenties
noun
plural of frumenty
frumentius
fruticetum
fruticetum
noun
A kind of arboretum featuring shrubs and bushes rather than trees.
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumitories
fumitories
noun
plural of fumitory
furmenties
gourmetism
gourmetism
noun
The habits and attitudes of gourmets; a love of fine food.
haematuria
haematuria
noun
Britain standard spelling of hematuria.
helipterum
hyotherium
illurement
imbruement
imbruement
noun
The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.
immaturely
immaturely
adv
Giving an appearance of immaturity.
Without maturity.
immeritous
immeritous
adj
(obsolete) undeserving
immurement
immurement
noun
Capital punishment by entombing for life.
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
importuner
importuner
noun
One who importunes.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impuberate
impuberate
adj
not puberate
impurities
impurities
noun
plural of impurity
innumerate
innumerate
adj
Lacking numeracy.
noun
One who lacks numeracy skills.
instrument
instrument
noun
(aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
(law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
A device used to produce music.
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
A measuring or displaying device.
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
verb
(transitive) To apply measuring devices.
(transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
interhuman
interhuman
adj
Between humans
intermural
intermural
adj
Between walls; enclosed by walls.
inurements
inurements
noun
plural of inurement
jimpricute
laurentium
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
lumisterol
lumisterol
noun
Constituent of vitamin D₁.
malnutrite
malnutrite
adj
(obsolete) malnourished
manualiter
manualiter
adj
Of organ music requiring the use of the manuals only.
manumitter
manumitter
noun
An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits.
marguerita
marguerite
marguerite
noun
A shrub with daisy-like flowers, Argyranthemum frutescens
An oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
The China aster.
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
martinique
martinique
Proper noun
An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
matriculae
maturative
maturative
adj
(obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.
maturities
maturities
noun
plural of maturity
maucherite
maumetries
maupertuis
mauretania
melicratum
mercuriate
merricourt
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
meurtriere
microburet
micturated
micturated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of micturate
miniatured
miniatured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miniature
miniatures
miniatures
noun
plural of miniature
misculture
misfeature
misfeature
noun
An undesirable or incorrect feature.
misfortune
misfortune
noun
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
misgesture
misgesture
noun
A gesture that is made in error.
verb
To make the wrong gesture.
misnatured
misnatured
adj
Of a bad or wrong nature; malformed.
misnurture
misnurture
verb
(transitive) To nurture or train wrongly.
missourite
missourite
noun
(mineralogy) A leucite-augite rock, resembling ijolite but with leucite in place of nepheline.
mistrusted
mistrusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistrust
mistruster
mistruster
noun
One who mistrusts.
mistutored
mistutored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistutor
misventure
misventure
noun
(archaic) misadventure
mithraeums
moisturize
moisturize
verb
(transitive) To make more humid.
(transitive) To make more moist.
mortuaries
mortuaries
noun
plural of mortuary
mountainer
mountainer
noun
(obsolete) A person who lives in a mountainous area.
mousterian
mousterian
Adjective
Of or from Le Moustier
Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region
muliebrity
muliebrity
noun
(literary) The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
(literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
(physiology) The state of puberty in a female.
multiarmed
multiarmed
adj
Having several arms or projections.
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
multicurie
multicurie
adj
Pertaining to, or emitting, multiple curies (radiation units).
multiframe
multiframe
adj
Involving or composed of multiple frames.
multigrade
multigrade
adj
(education) Relating to students of differing grade levels
Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil)
multilayer
multilayer
adj
Any system of multiple layers, especially of multiple monolayers
multimeter
multimeter
noun
An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter.
multiparae
multiparae
noun
plural of multipara
multiplier
multiplier
noun
(arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
(economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
(grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
(physics) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
(physics, obsolete) a coil; when Johann Schweigger in 1820 invented the electric coil, increasing the electro-magnetic field from a single wire, this invention was called a multiplier.
A multiplier onion.
multiresin
multiverse
multiverse
noun
(fiction) The different canons, continuities or timelines of a fictional property, considered as a whole.
(philosophy) The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.
munitioner
munitioner
noun
(military) A manufacturer of munitions; someone who manufactures munitions; a munitioneer
murasakite
muriculate
muriculate
adj
Minutely muricate.
murthering
murthering
verb
present participle of murther
musketries
musketries
noun
plural of musketry
mutessarif
mutessarif
noun
Alternative spelling of mutasarrif
mutineered
mutineered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mutineer
myometrium
myometrium
noun
(anatomy) The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.
mysterious
mysterious
adj
Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
Difficult to understand.
Having unknown qualities.
Of unknown origin.
narthecium
neutralism
neutralism
noun
(biology) The neutral theory of molecular evolution, holding that, at the molecular level, most evolutionary changes and variation within and between species are caused not by natural selection but by genetic drift of mutant alleles that are neutral.
A political policy of nonalignment in a situation of conflict.