(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adoptedly
adoptedly
adv
In a manner of something adopted.
aegophony
aegophony
noun
Alternative form of egophony
aeolipyle
aeolipyle
noun
Alternative form of aeolipile
aepyceros
aepyornis
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
aeroscopy
aeroscopy
noun
(obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
(rare) divination by observation of the sky
(zoology) aeroscepsy
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agrypnode
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
albespyne
albespyne
noun
Alternative form of albespine
allophyle
allotypes
allotypes
noun
plural of allotype
alphatype
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
amphogeny
ampholyte
ampholyte
noun
(chemistry) An amphoteric electrolyte
amplidyne
amplidyne
noun
A form of electromechanical amplifier in which an AC motor drives a DC generator
ampycides
anaptyxes
anaptyxes
noun
plural of anaptyxis
antetypes
antetypes
noun
plural of antetype
antitypes
antitypes
noun
plural of antitype
apemosyne
aphyllies
aphyllose
aphyllose
adj
Alternative form of aphyllous
apoenzyme
apoenzyme
noun
(biochemistry) An inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor.
apophyges
apophyges
noun
plural of apophyge
apophyses
apophyses
noun
plural of apophyse
apozymase
apparency
apparency
noun
(obsolete) Appearance.
The position of being heir apparent.
The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
appetency
appetency
noun
Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
appliedly
appliedly
adv
By application.
applyment
apteryges
apteryxes
apteryxes
noun
plural of apteryx
apyrexial
apyrexial
adj
(medicine) Relating to apyrexy.
apyrotype
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
aspersory
aspersory
adj
aspersive
noun
Synonym of aspersorium
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
asphyxies
asphyxies
noun
plural of asphyxy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxy
asymptote
asymptote
noun
(by extension, figuratively) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.
(mathematical analysis) A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity. The limit of the curve; its tangent "at infinity".
verb
(mathematical analysis) To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity.
aulophyte
authotype
autophyte
autophyte
noun
Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
autotypes
autotypes
noun
plural of autotype
azeotropy
azeotropy
noun
(physics, chemistry) The formation of an azeotrope; the condition of being azeotropic
azophenyl
bapistery
batyphone
biphenyls
biphenyls
noun
plural of biphenyl
blasphemy
blasphemy
noun
(by extension) An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
bodyplate
bopyridae
bradypnea
bradypnea
noun
(medicine) A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.
bradypode
bryophyte
bryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
calcipexy
callitype
calypsoes
calypters
calypters
noun
plural of calypter
campylite
campylite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of mimetite.
caprylate
caprylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid
caprylene
caprylone
carpentry
carpentry
noun
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
caryopses
caryopses
noun
plural of caryopsis
catalepsy
catalepsy
noun
(pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.
cataplexy
cataplexy
noun
(medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
cerotypes
cerotypes
noun
plural of cerotype
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippeway
chirotype
chrysopee
cityscape
cityscape
noun
The view of the buildings of a city, usually referring to a pictured landscape.
clapeyron
clepsydra
clepsydra
noun
A water clock, especially as used in the ancient world.
clypeated
clypeated
adj
Alternative form of clypeate
clypeolar
coemploys
coenotype
coenotype
noun
(biology) The type of organism in a coenopopulation
collotype
collotype
noun
(countable) An image produced by this process
(uncountable) A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing
colortype
colortype
noun
(photography, historical) A color print that is produced by combining the images from three photo-engraved plates, each contributing a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow).
complexly
complexly
adv
(mathematics) Involving complex numbers.
In a complex manner.
coparceny
coparceny
noun
(law) An equal share of an inheritance.
copolymer
copolymer
noun
(chemistry) A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
cordyceps
cordyceps
noun
Any of the fungi of the genus Cordyceps, a genus of endoparasitoid sac fungi.
coryphaea
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
coryphees
coryphees
noun
plural of coryphee
coryphene
coryphene
noun
(zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
cryophile
cryophile
noun
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
cryoprobe
cryoprobe
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery.
cryoscope
cryoscope
noun
A device used to measure the freezing point of a liquid (or the melting point of a solid).
cumaphyte
cyanotype
cyanotype
noun
(countable) A photographic print produced by means of this process.
(uncountable) An early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide.
cyclopean
cyclopean
adj
(image) Created by combining two images
(masonry) Fitted together of huge irregular stones.
Massive in stature.
Suggestive of a cyclops.
cyclopite
cymaphyte
cymophane
cymophane
noun
(mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.
cymoscope
cymoscope
noun
(wireless telegraphy, disused) A detector of electromagnetic waves.
cynipidae
cynoclept
cynophile
cynophile
noun
A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
cynophobe
cynophobe
noun
A person with cynophobia.
cyphellae
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
cypraeoid
cypressed
cypresses
cypresses
noun
plural of cypress
cyprinine
cypriotes
cypseline
cypseloid
cypselous
cytopenia
cytopenia
noun
(cytology) A reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons.
dalrymple
datatypes
datatypes
noun
plural of datatype
deceptory
deceptory
adj
deceptive
decrepity
decrepity
noun
(obsolete) Decrepitude.
decrypted
decrypted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrypt
deityship
deityship
noun
The condition of being a deity; divinity, especially as a jocular epithet
depeyster
depletory
depletory
adj
Serving to deplete.
deploying
deploying
verb
present participle of deploy
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
depthways
desperacy
diaphyses
diaphyses
noun
plural of diaphysis
diapyesis
diapyesis
noun
suppuration
diapyetic
diapyetic
adj
Inducing or relating to suppuration, or diapyesis.
diazotype
diphenyls
diphenyls
noun
plural of diphenyl
diphyesis
diphysite
disemploy
disemploy
verb
(transitive) To deprive of employment.
displayed
displayed
adj
(heraldry) With wings unfurled.
(typography) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.
Spread open to view; shown off.
Spread out; unfurled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of display
displayer
displayer
noun
One who, or that which, displays.
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
dropberry
duplexity
duplexity
noun
The state of being duplex
dupuytren
dyspepsia
dyspepsia
noun
(pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion, characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn and nausea, often following a meal.