(biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
(botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
alpetragius
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
amphipneust
amphistomum
amphitokous
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
anoplanthus
antepenults
antepenults
noun
plural of antepenult
anthropodus
antitropous
antitropous
adj
(botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
apatosaurus
apatosaurus
noun
A large sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus of the late Jurassic Period. Apatosaurs had a long neck and tail and a relatively small head.
aphroditous
apicultures
apopetalous
apopetalous
adj
(botany) Having distinct or free petals.
aporocactus
apostrophus
apparatuses
apparatuses
noun
plural of apparatus
appetitious
artocarpous
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
aspermatous
aspermatous
adj
Alternative form of aspermous
assumptions
assumptions
noun
plural of assumption
assumptious
assumptious
adj
assuming; presumptuous; prone to assume things or take them for granted
asteropaeus
astroscopus
atropaceous
audiotypist
audiotypist
noun
Alternative form of audio typist
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
ausgespielt
auspicating
auspicating
verb
present participle of auspicate
austrophile
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophonous
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
autopoloist
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autotropism
autotropism
noun
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.
bistipulate
bumptiously
bumptiously
adv
In a bumptious manner.
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
buprestidae
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
butterpaste
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
camptosorus
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
capitulates
capitulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate
capsulation
capsulation
noun
(medicine) The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule
capsulotome
capsulotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye
capsulotomy
capsulotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts
carnaptious
carnaptious
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
catawampous
caulopteris
centropomus
cespititous
cespitulose
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
circumspect
circumspect
adj
Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
cistophorus
cistophorus
noun
an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista
colporteurs
colporteurs
noun
plural of colporteur
compositous
compositous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Compositae; composite.
compositure
compulsitor
compulsitor
noun
(law, Scotland) That which compels.
computerese
computerese
noun
(informal, dated) The jargon associated with computers.
computerise
computerise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize.
computerist
computerist
noun
(dated) A computer user.
conceptuses
conspicuity
conspicuity
noun
The property of being clearly discernible
The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness.
conspurcate
conspurcate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To pollute; to defile.
constuprate
constuprate
verb
(obsolete) To rape, violate.
consumption
consumption
noun
(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
The act of consuming or destroying.
The act of eating, drinking or using.
The amount consumed.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
copulations
copulations
noun
plural of copulation
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
corruptions
corruptions
noun
plural of corruption
corruptious
corruptless
corruptless
adj
(archaic) Not susceptible to corruption or decay; incorruptible.
corruptness
corruptness
noun
The state of being corrupt.
corruptress
corruptress
noun
(rare) a female corrupter
coudersport
coudersport
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
counterapse
counterapse
noun
(architecture) An apse opposite another apse.
counterpose
counterpose
noun
A pose taken in opposition to another.
verb
To act as a counterweight; to counterbalance.
counterpush
counterpush
noun
A push in the opposite direction.
counterstep
counterstep
noun
A measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction.
The movement of dancers around a central point.
verb
To take an opposing step, as in dancing.
countertops
countertops
noun
plural of countertop
couplements
couplements
noun
plural of couplement
crotaphytus
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cumaphytism
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
cuspidation
cyphonautes
cyphonautes
noun
(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.
cytopahgous
cytophagous
cytophagous
adj
consuming cells
dactylopius
decapsulate
decapsulate
verb
(surgery, transitive) To remove a capsule (especially from the kidney).
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depopulates
depopulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate
depursement
deputations
deputations
noun
plural of deputation
desmatippus
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
desulphuret
deutoplasms
deutoplasms
noun
plural of deutoplasm
dipotassium
dipotassium
noun
(inorganic chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of potassium in a compound
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
displuviate
dispunitive
disputacity
disputacity
noun
(obsolete) Proneness to dispute.
disputation
disputation
noun
A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
disputeless
disputeless
adj
Admitting no dispute; undisputed.
Without a dispute; without an argument.
disputisoun
disruptable
disruptable
adj
Capable of being disrupted.
disruptions
disruptions
noun
plural of disruption
disruptment
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
disulphuret
disulphuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) disulfide
dunderpates
dunderpates
noun
plural of dunderpate
duopolistic
duopolistic
adj
Characteristic of a duopoly.
duplexities
duplexities
noun
plural of duplexity
duplicators
duplicators
noun
plural of duplicator
duplicities
duplicities
noun
plural of duplicity
duplicitous
duplicitous
adj
Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
dysepulotic
ectocarpous
elephantous
elephantous
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Of or relating to elephantiasis.
emphyteusis
emphyteusis
noun
(law) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold
encapsulate
encapsulate
verb
(networking) To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
(software, object-oriented programming) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
(transitive) To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
(transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
endophytous
ensculpture
entophytous
entophytous
adj
entophytic
eoanthropus
epibaterius
epicentrums
epicuticles
epicuticles
noun
plural of epicuticle
epigastrium
epigastrium
noun
(anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one