(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.
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
dinaphthyl
dinaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) binaphthyl
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two naphthyl radicals in a compound
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
diophysite
diotrephes
diphtheria
diphtheria
noun
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
diphtheric
diphtheric
adj
Relating to, or having, diphtheria.
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
diphyletic
diphyletic
adj
(biology) Of or relating to two phylums.
diphyodont
diphyodont
adj
(anatomy) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other.
noun
Any creature with two successive sets of teeth.
diplophyte
diplophyte
noun
(biology) sporophyte
dipsopathy
dipsopathy
noun
(medicine, archaic) The treatment of disease by abstaining from liquids; a thirst cure.
Alcoholism.
dispatched
dispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispatch
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
dispatches
dispatches
noun
plural of dispatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispatch
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
docentship
doctorship
doctorship
noun
Professional position or title of a doctor.
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
dystrophia
dystrophia
noun
dystrophy
dystrophic
dystrophic
adj
(of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus
Affected with dystrophy
ecphractic
ecphractic
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent.
noun
(dated) Any medicine of this kind.
ecthlipses
ecthlipses
noun
plural of ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
noun
(phonology) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
(phonology) The elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
ectophloic
ectophloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is external to the xylem.
ectophytic
ectophytic
adj
Relating to ectophytes
ectotrophi
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
eightpenny
eightpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
elephantic
elephantic
adj
(not comparable) Having elephantiasis
Of or relating to elephants
gigantic; massive
empathetic
empathetic
adj
Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic.
empathized
empathized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empathize
empathizes
empathizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize
emphatical
emphatical
adj
emphatic
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
endopathic
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
endotrophi
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
enthalpies
enthalpies
noun
plural of enthalpy
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
entotrophi
eosphorite
eosphorite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
epenthesis
epenthesis
noun
(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
epenthetic
epenthetic
adj
(phonology, of a phoneme or syllable) Inserted into a word.
(phonology, phonetics) Of or pertaining to epenthesis.
ephemerist
ephemerist
noun
One who collects or studies ephemera.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
ephererist
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
ephrathite
ephthalite
epibenthic
epibenthic
adj
(ecology) That lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
epicanthic
epicanthic
adj
(anatomy, of a fold of skin) That partially covers the inner angle of the eye.
epicanthus
epicanthus
noun
(anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
epimetheus
epimetheus
Proper noun
Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
epiphytism
epiphytism
noun
(botany) The quality or condition of being an epiphyte.
epiphytous
epistrophe
epistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
epistrophy
epitaphial
epitaphial
adj
Alternative form of epitaphian
epitaphian
epitaphian
adj
Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
epitaphist
epitaphist
noun
A writer of epitaphs.
epitaphize
epitaphize
verb
(intransitive) To write epitaphs.
(transitive) To write an epitaph for or about.
epithalami
epithalamy
epithecate
epithecial
epithecium
epithecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.
epithelial
epithelial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epithelium.
epithelium
epithelium
noun
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
epithelize
epitheloid
epitheloid
adj
Alternative form of epithelioid
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
epithetize
epithetize
verb
To disparage by means of an epithet.
To name using an epithet.
epitrophic
epityphlon
ericophyte
erythropia
ethiopians
ethopoetic
ethopoetic
adj
(obsolete) Expressing character.
euphonetic
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
euphuistic
euphuistic
adj
Of or pertaining to euphuism.
euphyllite
eutrophies
eutrophies
noun
plural of eutrophy
expertship
expertship
noun
The role or status of an expert.
externship
externship
noun
An experiential learning opportunity, usually offered by a school, similar to an internship, but generally shorter in duration.
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
fathership
fathership
noun
(religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
fautorship
fautorship
noun
The role or status of fautor.
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
fishpotter
flaithship
fostership
fostership
noun
The relationship between foster parent and foster child.
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geothlypis
glyptolith
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
graphitoid
graphitoid
adj
Resembling graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
hainesport
halophytic
halophytic
adj
Growing well under salty conditions
haplobiont
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.
heliophyte
heliophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that thrives in bright sunlight
heliotrope
heliotrope
adj
Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
Light purple or violet.
noun
(botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
(mineralogy) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
(surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
A light purple or violet colour.
Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.
The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
heliotropy
heliotropy
noun
heliotropism
heliotyped
heliotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heliotype
heliotypic
heliotypic
adj
Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
helipterum
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
hemitropic
hemitropic
adj
(crystallography) hemitropal.
(mathematics) Invariant relative to a proper orthogonal group.
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
noun
(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
hemotropic
hemotropic
adj
That is attracted to blood cells
hempstring
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
hepatolith
hepatolith
noun
A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
hephaestic
hephaistos
heptacolic
heptagynia
heptandria
heptaploid
heptaploid
adj
Having seven complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
noun
(biology) Such a cell or organism.
heptapodic
heptarchic
heptarchic
adj
Of or pertaining to a heptarchy.
heptasemic
heptasemic
adj
(ancient prosody) containing seven morae or units of time.
heptastich
heptastich
noun
(poetry) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.
heptatomic
heptatomic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of seven atoms
heptatonic
heptatonic
adj
(music) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave
heredipety
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
hermitship
hermitship
noun
The state of being a hermit.
herpestine
hesperitin
hesperitin
noun
Alternative form of hesperetin
heteroepic
heterophil
heterophil
noun
Alternative form of heterophile
hetmanship
hetmanship
noun
The role or status of hetman.
hexpartite
hexpartite
adj
hexapartite
hierophant
hierophant
noun
(Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge.