(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.
amatorious
amatorious
adj
(obsolete) amatory
ammoniuret
amurcosity
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.
auditorium
auditorium
noun
(in a theater, etc.) the space where the audience is located
a large room for public meetings or performances
autodermic
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
botrychium
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
chromatium
clamourist
closterium
colatorium
cometarium
cometarium
noun
(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.
comminutor
comminutor
noun
(engineering) A type of machine that grinds up solid materials, especially in waste treatment
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
consortium
consortium
noun
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.
(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
An association or society.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
coustumier
cronartium
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
curatorium
curatorium
noun
A board of curators or advisory board, in certain European institutions.
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
elotherium
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
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.
eumoiriety
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
fieulamort
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
fortuitism
fortuitism
noun
The doctrine that chance is involved in natural events rather than absolute determinism.
fructiform
fruitwoman
fruitwomen
fulminator
fulminator
noun
One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumatorium
fumatorium
noun
An airtight compartment in which vapour may be generated to destroy germs or insects; especially, the apparatus used to destroy San Jose scale on nursery stock, using hydrocyanic acid vapour.
fumattoria
fumigators
fumigators
noun
plural of fumigator
fumigatory
fumigatory
adj
Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
fumitories
fumitories
noun
plural of fumitory
gourmetism
gourmetism
noun
The habits and attitudes of gourmets; a love of fine food.
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.
humiliator
humiliator
noun
One who humiliates.
humoralist
humoralist
noun
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
humoristic
humoristic
adj
Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style.
hyotherium
immeritous
immeritous
adj
(obsolete) undeserving
immuration
immuration
noun
A walling up or immuring.
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
impostrous
impostrous
adj
(archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impromptus
impromptus
noun
plural of impromptu
impuration
impuration
noun
(obsolete) The act of making impure; defilement; obscuration.
informatus
irrumation
irrumation
noun
Vigorous oral sex; the active penetration of a mouth with a penis.
locutorium
lumisterol
lumisterol
noun
Constituent of vitamin D₁.
maturation
maturation
noun
(biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
(medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.
The process of becoming mature.
merricourt
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
microburet
misfortune
misfortune
noun
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
missourite
missourite
noun
(mineralogy) A leucite-augite rock, resembling ijolite but with leucite in place of nepheline.
mistutored
mistutored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistutor
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
modularity
modularity
noun
The property of being modular.
moisturize
moisturize
verb
(transitive) To make more humid.
(transitive) To make more moist.
moratorium
moratorium
noun
(law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
A suspension of an ongoing activity.
mortacious
mortuarian
mortuaries
mortuaries
noun
plural of mortuary
morulation
morulation
noun
(biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
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
multichord
multichord
adj
Relating to multiple musical chords.
multicolor
multicolor
adj
(American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
noun
(American spelling) A display of many colors.
multiflora
multiflora
noun
The hardy rose Rosa multiflora
multilobar
multilobar
adj
Consisting of, or having, many lobes.
multimotor
multimotor
adj
Involving more than one motor.
multipolar
multipolar
adj
(physics, biology) Having more than two poles.
(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
noun
An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist.
multistory
multistory
adj
(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of multi-storey
multiwords
munitioner
munitioner
noun
(military) A manufacturer of munitions; someone who manufactures munitions; a munitioneer
muratorian
muratorian
Adjective
relating to Italian historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori
mutilators
mutilators
noun
plural of mutilator
mutilatory
mutilatory
adj
Of or relating to mutilation.
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
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.
nasutiform
natatorium
natatorium
noun
(US) A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools.
noctuiform
noctuiform
adj
Having the form of a noctuid moth.
nominature
nominature
noun
(archaic) nomination
numeration
numeration
noun
Any system of giving names to numbers.
The act of counting or numbering; enumeration.
numerosity
numerosity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is numerous.
(obsolete) Harmonious flow.
(uncountable) The condition of being numerous.
octavarium
osmaterium
osmaterium
noun
Alternative form of osmeterium
osmeterium
osmeterium
noun
(zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.
otocranium
outadmiral
outmarried
outmarried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outmarry
outmiracle
outmiracle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in miraculousness.
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outrhyming
outrhyming
verb
present participle of outrhyme
overminute
overminute
adj
Excessively minute.
oxymuriate
oxymuriate
noun
(obsolete) chlorate
paratomium
paratorium
pastoriums
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
peritoneum
peritoneum
noun
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
(zoology) In animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.
picturedom
pluteiform
polimetrum
praetorium
praetorium
noun
Alternative form of pretorium
prestomium
prohibitum
promethium
promethium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.
prostomium
prostomium
noun
(zoology) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
psilothrum
punctiform
punctiform
adj
Having the form of a point.
puritandom
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
remounting
remounting
noun
The act of mounting something again.
verb
present participle of remount
remutation
remutation
noun
mutation again, or back to a previous form
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
rheumatoid
rheumatoid
adj
Presenting analogies with rheumatism.
rotuliform
roumeliote
rumbustion
rumination
rumination
noun
(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
(pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.
(psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
ruminators
ruminators
noun
plural of ruminator
sanatorium
sanatorium
noun
An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
sanctorium
sanitorium
sanitorium
noun
Alternative spelling of sanatorium
sclerotium
sclerotium
noun
(mycology) A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
scrumption
semirotund
semirotund
adj
Somewhat or partly rotund.
setuliform
setuliform
adj
Resembling a setula.
simulators
simulators
noun
plural of simulator
simulatory
simulatory
adj
simulated, or capable of being simulated
stimulator
stimulator
noun
A person, device or substance that stimulates.
stramonium
stramonium
noun
A narcotic drug obtained from the dried leaves of this plant.