(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anastrophy
anorthopia
anorthopia
noun
(medicine) A defect of vision in which straight lines appear to be curved
anthophora
anthophore
anthophore
noun
(botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.
anthropoid
anthropoid
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance
having characteristics of an ape
noun
An anthropoid animal.
antigraphy
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
antrophore
antrophose
apanthropy
apanthropy
noun
An aversion to human company; love of solitude.
aphronitre
archpatron
asyntrophy
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
boanthropy
boanthropy
noun
(psychiatry) The delusion that one is an ox or cow.
branchport
cantorship
cantorship
noun
The state or business of a cantor.
carpathian
carpathian
Adjective
From, in or relating to Carpathians.
chapournet
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
crotaphion
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.
elephantry
elephantry
noun
(military, historical) That branch of an army that uses elephants.
endotrophi
entosphere
entotrophi
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
euphratean
euphratean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Euphrates river.
externship
externship
noun
An experiential learning opportunity, usually offered by a school, similar to an internship, but generally shorter in duration.
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
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
hempstring
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
heptandria
herpestine
hesperitin
hesperitin
noun
Alternative form of hesperetin
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.
One who explains or makes a commentary.
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
homopteron
hotsprings
hotsprings
noun
plural of hotspring
hymenopter
hymenopter
noun
(archaic) hymenopteran
hypaethron
hypaethron
noun
An open court.
hyperbaton
hyperbaton
noun
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
hypertense
hypertense
adj
Extremely tense.
hypertonia
hypertonia
noun
(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hyphantria
hypnotiser
hypnotiser
noun
Alternative form of hypnotizer
hypnotizer
hypnotizer
noun
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
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
hyponitric
hypopteron
hypopteron
noun
(biology) the tuft of axillary feathers of a bird's wing
hypotensor
hypothenar
hypothenar
adj
(anatomy) Of the muscles of the little finger.
(anatomy) Of the ulnar fleshy side of the palm.
noun
(technical) Ulnar fleshy side of the palm, formed by the underlying three muscles of the little finger.
Any of those muscles: the abductor, flexor, or opponens digiti minimi.
interglyph
interglyph
noun
(architecture) The space between glyphs.
internship
internship
noun
(US) The first year of a medical residency.
A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.
interphase
interphase
adj
(chemistry, physics) Between phases
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.
(mechanical engineering) An indistinct region in the interface between two substances in composite materials.
interphone
interphone
noun
intercom
leptorrhin
lithoprint
lithoprint
noun
A print made by lithography.
matronship
matronship
noun
matronage
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
morphactin
morphactin
noun
Any of a class of synthetic compounds that limit plant growth.
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
morphinist
morphinist
noun
(obsolete) One who is addicted to morphine.
naprapathy
naprapathy
noun
A branch of alternative medicine, a manipulative therapy that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
naturopath
naturopath
noun
(alternative medicine) A practitioner of naturopathy, a nature healer
necropathy
nectophore
nectophore
noun
(biology) The swimming bell of a siphonophore
nephometer
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
nephrolith
nephrolith
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of kidney stone
nephrotome
nephrotome
noun
(biology, dated) A section of the mesoderm formerly believed to give rise to the pronephros and eventually to the rest of the kidney.
nephrotomy
nephrotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
neuropathy
neuropathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).
(medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
neutrophil
neutrophil
adj
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
noun
(biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
nitrophile
nitrophile
noun
Any nitrophilous organism.
nitrophyte
nitrophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
nonupright
nonupright
adj
Not upright.
northupite
northupite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
nosotrophy
nosotrophy
noun
(obsolete) The care and nursing of the sick.
notaryship
notaryship
noun
The state of being a notary.
ontography
ontography
noun
The study of how living creatures react to the physiographic environment.
opisthenar
opisthenar
noun
(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.
ornithopod
ornithopod
noun
A type of bipedal, herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, found on all seven continents.
orpheonist
orthophony
orthophony
noun
The art of correct articulation / speaking
orthopneic
orthopneic
adj
Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
orthopnoea
orthopnoea
noun
Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.
outsharpen
paintbrush
paintbrush
noun
A thin brush for applying paint.
painterish
painterish
adj
Characteristic of a painter, or of painted artworks.
panatrophy
panatrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy of all parts of a structure or the body; general atrophy
pantagraph
pantagraph
noun
Alternative form of pantograph
pantamorph
pantheress
pantheress
noun
A female panther.
pantherine
pantherine
adj
Like a panther, especially in colour.
noun
(biochemistry) muscimol
(zoology, countable) Any animal of the genus Panthera.
(zoology, countable) Any animal of the subfamily Pantherinae.
pantherish
pantherish
adj
Like a panther; catlike.
pantograph
pantograph
noun
(rail transport) A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.
A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid.
A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying.
By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift.
verb
To engrave by means of a pantograph (parallel linkage) system.
pantomorph
pantothere
pantothere
noun
(zoology) Any of the Pantotheria, a (now abandoned) taxon of Mesozoic mammals.
paragnaths
paragnaths
noun
plural of paragnath
parathyrin
parathyrin
Noun
parathyroid hormone
parchments
parchments
noun
plural of parchment
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pardanthus
parenthood
parenthood
noun
The state of being a parent
parentship
parentship
noun
The condition, state, or status of a parent.
partheniad
partheniad
noun
(obsolete) A poem in honour of a virgin.
partheniae
parthenian
parthenian
Adjective
Of or relating to Parthenius, a mountain in Arcadia.
parthenium
parthenium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
parthenius
parthenope
pathfinder
pathfinder
noun
One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
One who first does something; a pioneer.
patronship
patronship
noun
(uncommon) Patronage, the act or especially the formalized state of being a backer or supporter (of something).
Alternative form of patroonship
pennyearth
pennyworth
pennyworth
noun
(dated) A good bargain.
A small value or quantity.
The amount that can be bought for a penny.
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
pentahedra
periphyton
periphyton
noun
(ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
perishment
perishment
noun
The act of perishing.
petrarchan
petrarchan
Adjective
Of or relating to a renowned Renaissance Italian humanist.
phanariote
pheasantry
pheasantry
noun
(zoology) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
philtering
philtering
verb
present participle of philter
phoniatric
phoniatric
adj
Of or pertaining to phoniatrics.
phonometer
phonometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sounds.
phonometry
phonometry
noun
The measurement of sound.
phonomotor
phonomotor
noun
(physics) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.
phonotyper
photoprint
photoprint
noun
Any print made by a photomechanical process.
pinchcrust
pinfeather
pinfeather
noun
A developing feather as it emerges through the skin
pinnothere
pinnothere
noun
(obsolete) A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs.