Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deploy
dryopes
employs
employs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of employ
eponyms
eponyms
noun
plural of eponym
eyespot
eyespot
noun
(biology) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.
(botany) Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots; strawbreaker
An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock or the wing of a butterfly.
isopyre
isopyre
noun
(mineralogy) A form of opal that has iron oxide impurities
isotype
isotype
noun
(botany, taxonomy) A duplicate specimen of the holotype, from the same genetic individual.
(immunology) A marker corresponding to an antigen found in all members of a subclass of a specific class of immunoglobulins
kopeysk
leprosy
leprosy
noun
(figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such a thing should be handled by avoidance or isolation of its victims.
(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
(medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin, particularly psoriasis, syphilis, vitiligo, scabies, and (biblical) the various diseases considered "tzaraath" in the Old Testament of the Bible.
(obsolete) Synonym of mange and glanders in horses.
(obsolete, rare) Synonym of leprosarium: a place for the housing of lepers in isolation from the rest of society.
Ellipsis of murine leprosy. and feline leprosy, diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium.
myopies
ospreys
ospreys
noun
plural of osprey
padesoy
padesoy
noun
Alternative form of paduasoy
peyotes
peyotes
noun
plural of peyote
peyotls
phoneys
phoneys
noun
plural of phoney
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phoney
phoresy
phoresy
noun
(zoology) An association between two organisms in which one (e.g. a mite) travels on the body of another, without being a parasite.
poleyns
poleyns
noun
plural of poleyn
polyose
polyose
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) polysaccharide
popeyes
popeyes
noun
plural of popeye
prosely
pyrones
pyrones
noun
plural of pyrone
pyropes
pyropes
noun
plural of pyrope
slopely
soapery
soapery
noun
A factory making soap
A shop selling soap
spooney
spooney
adj
Alternative spelling of spoony
spyhole
spyhole
noun
(UK) Synonym of peephole
stepony
stepony
noun
(historical) A cooling drink made with raisins and sugar.
sympode
sympode
noun
(botany) A sympodium.
syncope
syncope
noun
(biology, medicine) A loss of consciousness when someone faints.
(linguistics, phonology, prosody) The loss or elision of a sound, from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
(music) A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.