A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
adoptious
adoptious
adj
(obsolete) Adopted.
agitpunkt
amphitruo
amplitude
amplitude
noun
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
(firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
(physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
antiopium
antiopium
adj
Opposing the drug opium.
antipudic
antipudic
adj
(rare) That covers the genitals.
apiculate
apiculate
adj
(botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
aplustria
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
aptitudes
aptitudes
noun
plural of aptitude
assumpsit
assumpsit
noun
(law) A promise or undertaking, either express or implied, founded on a consideration.
(law) An action to recover damages for breach or nonperformance of such a promise.
audiotape
audiotape
noun
A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.
verb
(transitive) To record onto audiotape.
auspicate
auspicate
verb
(transitive) To foreshow; to foretoken.
(transitive) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business.
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autopilot
autopilot
noun
(aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.
(by extension, figuratively) A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically
verb
(intransitive, of a vehicle) To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically.
autopista
autopista
noun
A controlled-access highway in various Spanish-speaking countries.
autopoint
autopsied
autopsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autopsy
autopsies
autopsies
noun
plural of autopsy
autopsist
autopsist
noun
One who performs an autopsy.
autotypic
autotypic
adj
Relating to an autotype
bipunctal
capitatum
capiteaux
capitular
capitular
adj
(botany, anatomy) pertaining to a capitulum
Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
noun
a member of a chapter
an act passed in a chapter
the head or prominent part
capitulum
capitulum
noun
(anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
(arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
(botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
(entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
cuspidate
cuspidate
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Tapering to a sharp, firm point
Having a cusp
disputant
disputant
adj
Disputing; engaged in controversy.
noun
A participant in a dispute.
duplation
duplation
noun
(mathematics) A historic form of multiplication based on doubling
doubling
duplicate
duplicate
adj
(games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
noun
(botany, zoology) A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
(law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
(uncountable) The game of duplicate Scrabble.
(uncountable) The game of duplicate bridge.
A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
verb
(transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again.
(transitive) To make a copy of.
(transitive) To produce something equal to.
epulation
epulation
noun
(obsolete) A feast or banquet.
epuration
epuration
noun
any type of political cleansing, such as ethnic cleansing
purification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction)
eucalypti
eucalypti
noun
plural of eucalyptus
eupatorin
eupatrids
euplastic
euplastic
adj
(archaic) Describing an organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed..
eupomatia
eupotamic
eupractic
hippurate
hippurate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of hippuric acid
impactful
impactful
adj
Having impact.
impactual
impactual
adj
Of or relating to an impact.
impasture
impasture
verb
(archaic, transitive) To place in a pasture; to foster.
impuritan
imputable
imputable
adj
(law) Accusable; culpable; chargeable with fault.
That may be imputed
imputably
imputably
adv
In an imputable manner; by imputation.
inculpate
inculpate
verb
(law) To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
jurupaite
jurupaite
noun
(mineralogy) magnesium-bearing xonotlite
katipunan
kopagmiut
limphault
multipara
multipara
noun
A woman who has given birth to more than one child.
multipart
multipart
adj
(computing) of computer printout that is printed in multiple copies on paper having two or four continuous sheets rolled together with interleaving carbon paper; after printing it is separated on a decollator
having multiple parts
multipass
multipass
adj
Alternative spelling of multi-pass
multipath
multipath
adj
Involving or pertaining to more than one path (route), as between nodes on a network or components in a computer.
noun
(telecommunications) A wireless propagation phenomenon that results in a signal reaching the receiving antenna by two or more paths.
multiplan
naupathia
naupathia
noun
(medicine) seasickness
neptunian
neptunian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Neptunian
nuptially
nuptially
adv
In terms of marriage.
outpacing
outpacing
verb
present participle of outpace
outpaints
outpaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpaint
outparish
outparish
noun
A parish lying outside the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town.
outpraise
outpraise
verb
(transitive) To surpass in praising.
paideutic
paideutic
adj
Relating to paideutics.
palluites
panguitch
panguitch
Proper noun
a city in Utah, USA, and the county seat of Garfield County.
paniquita
pantsuits
pantsuits
noun
plural of pantsuit
paricutin
particule
partinium
partitura
partitura
noun
sheet music; score
parvitude
parvitude
Noun
smallness
pastorium
pastorium
noun
(US, Southern US) A parsonage, in some Baptist churches.
pasturing
pasturing
noun
Land used as pasture.
The process of putting an animal out to pasture.
verb
present participle of pasture
patchouli
patchouli
noun
Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil.
The oil or perfume made from these plants.
pathrusim
patrizius
paucities
paucities
noun
plural of paucity
paulinist
paulinity
pausation
pentaquin
pentaquin
noun
An 8-amino-quinoline derivative used to treat malaria.
penultima
penultima
noun
the next to last syllable in a word
periactus
periactus
noun
Alternative form of periaktos
peripatus
peripatus
noun
(zoology) Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus
petaurine
petaurine
adj
(zoology) Relating to the possum family Petauridae.
petaurist
petaurist
noun
(zoology) Any flying marsupial of the order Phalangeriformes, such as those in genera Petaurista, Phalanger, Acrobates.
pettiagua
pharmuthi
pinnulate
pinnulate
adj
(botany) Having each pinna subdivided; said of a leaf, or of its pinnae.
piquantly
piquantly
adv
In a piquant manner; with piquancy.
pituitary
pituitary
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
Mucous.
noun
(anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.
(medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.
plaintful
plaintful
adj
(obsolete) complaining; expressing sorrow audibly
plastique
plastique
noun
(countable) A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of platinum
platitude
platitude
noun
(countable) A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
(countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
(uncountable) Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation.
(uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.
plauditor
plauenite
playsuits
playsuits
noun
plural of playsuit
plicature
plicature
noun
A doubling; a fold; a plication.
plumasite
pluralist
pluralist
adj
Of, or related to pluralism.
noun
A person who holds multiple offices, especially a clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
An advocate of pluralism (in all senses)
plurality
plurality
noun
(countable) A group composed of more than one entity.
(countable) A group of many entities: a large number.
(countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
(countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.
(countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.
(countable) A state of being numerous.
(ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.
(of spouses) Polygamy.
(psychology) The condition of a single body/person displaying multiple distinct personas.
(uncountable) The state of being plural.
plurative
plutonian
plutonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Pluto, Roman god of the underworld.
Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; gloomy, dark; mournful.
Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.
Noun
An inhabitant of the dwarf planet Pluto.
A person whose horoscope is dominated by Pluto.
pneumatic
pneumatic
adj
(of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy
(zoology) Having cavities filled with air
Of or relating to pneumatics
Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
Powered by, or filled with, compressed air
Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
noun
(Gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
(dated) A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
pontianus
portugais
portunian
potassium
potassium
noun
(countable) A single atom of this element.
A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.
potiguara
practicum
practicum
noun
(US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
(US) A science exam in which students are questioned about specimens or other objects placed in front of them.
pratiques
pratiques
noun
plural of pratique
preacquit
preputial
preputial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the prepuce.
proritual
proustian
proustian
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of (1871–1922), French novelist, or his works.
prussiate
prussiate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A ferricyanide, ferrocyanide or cyanide.
psittacus
publicate
publicate
verb
(rare, transitive) To publish or make publicly known.
pudicitia
pudicitia
noun
(historical) The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
pugnacity
pugnacity
noun
The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
pukateine
pukateine
noun
An alkaloid found in the bark of the pukatea.
pulaskite
pulaskite
noun
(mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
pullicate
pullicate
noun
A kind of handkerchief of checked cotton or silk.
pulsatile
pulsatile
adj
(music) Of a musical instrument: played by striking or beating.
Characterized by pulses.
Pulsating; that pulses.
pulsating
pulsating
adj
Very exciting.
noun
A pulsation.
verb
present participle of pulsate
pulsation
pulsation
noun
(now rare) Physical striking; a blow.
A single beat, throb or vibration.
Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
pulsative
pulsative
adj
Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing.
pulvinate
pulvinate
adj
(architecture) Curved convexly or swelled.
(zoology) Having the form of a cushion.
pumicated
pumicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pumicate
punctatim
puntillas
puntillas
noun
plural of puntilla
pupations
pupations
noun
plural of pupation
pupillate
pupillate
adj
(zoology) Having a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.
purgation
purgation
noun
(archaic) Exoneration or the act undertaken to achieve exoneration.
The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
purgative
purgative
adj
(capable of) purging
noun
something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative
puritanic
puritanic
adj
Archaic form of puritanical.
puritanly
puritanly
adv
Alternative letter-case form of Puritanly.
putrilage
putrilage
noun
That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.
rainspout
rainspout
noun
A spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.
rapturing
rapturing
noun
A feeling or expression of rapture; great joy.
verb
present participle of rapture
rapturist
rapturist
noun
(obsolete) A religious enthusiast or zealot.
(religion) One who believes in the rapture.
rapturize
rapturize
verb
(intransitive) To enter a state of rapture.
(transitive) To put in a state of rapture.
repudiate
repudiate
verb
(intransitive) To be repudiated.
(transitive) To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.
(transitive) To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
(transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
septarium
septarium
noun
(geology) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
spacesuit
spacesuit
noun
Alternative spelling of space suit
spiculate
spiculate
adj
Covered with, or having, spicules.
verb
(transitive) To sharpen to a point.
spinulate
spinulate
adj
Having spinules
spiritual
spiritual
adj
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
noun
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
spirulate
spirulate
adj
(zoology) Having the colour spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.
spissatus
spissatus
noun
(meteorology) A cloud species which consists of dense, high level strands, which can haze, or block the sun. Associated only with cirrus formations.