(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
antiphonic
antiphonic
adj
Having the presence of an antiphon between two choirs with a call and a response in song or in chant, usually in the form of a hymn or a psalm.
aphoristic
aphoristic
adj
Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, maxims or epigrams; gnomic.
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
apochromat
apochromat
noun
(optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration.
apophantic
apophantic
adj
Involving a declaration, statement, or proposition.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
apotihecal
araphostic
araphostic
adj
Alternative form of araphorostic
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archoptoma
archpastor
archpatron
asphyctous
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
autopathic
autopathic
adj
Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic.
autophytic
baphometic
branchport
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
cacotrophy
cacotrophy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
cantorship
cantorship
noun
The state or business of a cantor.
cardiopath
cardiopath
noun
A person who suffers from a cardiopathy
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
cartograph
cartograph
noun
cartogram
cataphonic
cataphonic
adj
Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
cataphoria
cataphoric
cataphoric
adj
Of or relating to cataphora.
catchpoled
cathograph
cattyphoid
celtophobe
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
cephalotus
cetomorpha
chaetopoda
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chapournet
charophyta
chassepots
chassepots
noun
plural of chassepot
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chiroptera
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
chorioptes
chorioptic
chorioptic
adj
Caused by mites of the genus Chorioptes.
christoper
christophe
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chromotypy
chromotypy
noun
The production of chromotypes
cistophori
cistophori
noun
plural of cistophorus
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
courtships
courtships
noun
plural of courtship
crosspatch
crosspatch
noun
A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.
crotaphion
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
crotophaga
cryptolith
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
cyanopathy
cyanopathy
noun
(medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
cyrtograph
cystophora
cystophore
cytopathic
cytopathic
adj
That damages or destroys cells
cytophagic
cytophilic
cytophilic
adj
Having an affinity for cells
cytotrophy
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
docentship
doctorship
doctorship
noun
Professional position or title of a doctor.
dystrophic
dystrophic
adj
(of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus
Affected with dystrophy
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
ectophloic
ectophloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is external to the xylem.
ectophytic
ectophytic
adj
Relating to ectophytes
ectosphere
ectosphere
noun
The cortical zone of a centrosphere
ectotrophi
endopathic
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
epitrophic
ericophyte
ethopoetic
ethopoetic
adj
(obsolete) Expressing character.
euphonetic
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
halophytic
halophytic
adj
Growing well under salty conditions
hecatomped
hectograph
hectograph
noun
(historical) An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
verb
To duplicate (a document) by this process.
hectorship
hectorship
noun
(archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring
helicopted
helicopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of helicopt
helicopter
helicopter
noun
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
(botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
(zoology, slang) A dragonfly.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by helicopter.
(transitive) To transport by helicopter.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
heliotypic
heliotypic
adj
Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
hepatocele
hepatocele
noun
(medicine) hernia of the liver
hepatocyte
hepatocyte
noun
Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.
heptachlor
heptachlor
noun
An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide.
heptachord
heptachord
noun
(music) A lyre with seven chords.
(music) A system of seven sounds.
(poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
heptacolic
heptapodic
heptatomic
heptatomic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of seven atoms
heptatonic
heptatonic
adj
(music) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave
heteroepic
hippocaust
hippocaust
noun
Alternative form of hypocaust
hitchproof
hochpetsch
holophytic
holophytic
adj
(biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food
homeotypic
homeotypic
adj
(genetics) Relating to the second nuclear division in meiosis
horopteric
horopteric
adj
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
hotchpotch
hotchpotch
noun
(archaic) A kind of mutton broth with green peas instead of barley or rice.
(civil law) The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy.
Alternative form of hodgepodge (“miscellaneous collection”).
Alternative form of hodgepodge (“mixture of ingredients”).
hylotropic
hyperstoic
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
hypocenter
hypocenter
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hypocentre
hypocentre
hypocentre
noun
(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
hypocistis
hypocrater
hypocrital
hypocrital
adj
(dated) hypocritical
hypocrites
hypocrites
noun
plural of hypocrite
hypocritic
hypocritic
adj
Synonym of hypocritical
noun
A hypocrite.
hypolithic
hypolithic
adj
(of plants) Growing beneath rocks.
hyponastic
hyponastic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.
hyponitric
hyponoetic
hypostatic
hypostatic
adj
(genetics) Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.
(medicine) Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.
(theology) Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
hypotactic
hypotactic
adj
Of or relating to hypotaxis.
hypothecal
hypothecal
adj
(microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton
hypothecia
hypothecia
noun
plural of hypothecium
hypothenic
hypothetic
hypothetic
adj
based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical
existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality
hypotricha
idiopathic
idiopathic
adj
(pathology) Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause.