Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
azophenol
azophenyl
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
barhopped
barhopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barhop
barograph
barograph
noun
A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
baronship
baronship
noun
The rank or position of a baron.
baryphony
basophile
basophile
noun
Alternative form of basophil
basophils
basophils
noun
plural of basophil
batyphone
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
bolograph
bouphonia
bryophyta
cachepots
cachepots
noun
plural of cachepot
cacopathy
cacophony
cacophony
noun
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
calthrops
calthrops
noun
plural of calthrop
campholic
camphoric
camphoric
adj
Containing, or derived from camphor
camphoryl
camphoryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from camphor
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
canonship
canonship
noun
The rank or office of canon.
caphtorim
capocchia
capouches
capouches
noun
plural of capouch
carapacho
carpincho
carpincho
noun
Alternative form of carpinchoe
carpolith
carpolith
noun
Synonym of carpolite
carpophyl
cataphora
cataphora
noun
(linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.
catchpole
catchpole
noun
(historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach.
(obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes.
A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors.
catchpoll
catchpoll
noun
Alternative form of catchpole
cecograph
cenotaphs
cenotaphs
noun
plural of cenotaph
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
cephaloid
cephaloid
adj
Shaped like the head or the brain.
cephalous
cephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a head; applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
chaetopod
chaetopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.
chalciope
champacol
champacol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of guaiol
champions
champions
noun
plural of champion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion
chapapote
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chaperone
chaperone
noun
(UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
verb
(UK, business) To work as a chaperone.
To act as a chaperone.
chaperons
chaperons
noun
plural of chaperon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperon
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
chassepot
chassepot
noun
(military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
chilopoda
chinnampo
chipboard
chipboard
noun
(Australia, UK) A building material made from wood chips compressed and bound with synthetic resin.
chipolata
chipolata
noun
A type of sausage from Europe, typically of seasoned coarsely ground pork.
chloropal
chloropal
noun
(mineralogy) A massive mineral, greenish in colour and opal-like in appearance, essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
chloropia
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chrysopal
chrysopal
noun
Synonym of chrysoberyl
coachwhip
coachwhip
noun
A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
colaphize
coliphage
coliphage
noun
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
colophane
colophany
colophany
noun
Alternative form of colophony
copperahs
copperahs
noun
plural of copperah
copygraph
copygraph
noun
(dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.
coryphaea
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
coumaphos
coumaphos
noun
A nonvolatile, fat-soluble organophosphate with ectoparasiticidal properties.
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
crosspath
crotaphic
cryopathy
cryopathy
noun
(pathology) Any morbid condition caused by coldness
cyanophil
cyanophil
noun
(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
cymophane
cymophane
noun
(mineralogy) A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.
cytophaga
cytophagy
cytophagy
noun
(cytology) The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
daphnioid
dasiphora
diaphones
diaphones
noun
plural of diaphone
diaphonia
diaphonic
diaphonic
adj
(phonology) Of or pertaining to diaphones.
Of or pertaining to diaphony.
diaporthe
dicophane
dicophane
noun
Synonym of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (“DDT”)
dramshops
dramshops
noun
plural of dramshop
dropheads
dropheads
noun
plural of drophead
dysphonia
dysphonia
noun
(medicine) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
dysphoria
dysphoria
noun
(LGBT) Ellipsis of gender dysphoria.
A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.
earphones
earphones
noun
A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.
plural of earphone
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
ecophobia
ecophobia
noun
A feeling of powerlessness to prevent cataclysmic environmental change, apocalypse, etc.
Fear of one’s home.
ecphonema
ecphonema
noun
(rhetoric) interjection; ecphonesis
ecphoriae
ecphorias
ecphorias
noun
plural of ecphoria
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
elaphodus
endophagy
endophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, within a group.
epanthous
epharmony
ephoralty
ephoralty
noun
The body of ephors collectively.
The rank or office of an ephor.
ephorates
ephorates
noun
plural of ephorate
epimorpha
epochally
epochally
adv
In an epochal manner.
ergograph
ergograph
noun
A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
erotopath
erotopath
noun
A person who has erotopathy.
esiphonal
esophagal
esophagus
esophagus
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of oesophagus
esophoria
esophoria
noun
(ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
ethiopian
ethiopian
Noun
A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
A black-skinned person.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
ethopoeia
ethopoeia
noun
(countable) An instance of this technique.
(uncountable) A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.
euphoniad
euphorbia
euphorbia
noun
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
euphorias
euphorias
noun
plural of euphoria
exopathic
exophasia
exophasia
noun
Audible speech.
exophasic
exophoria
exophoria
noun
(ophthalmology) A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.
footpaths
footpaths
noun
plural of footpath
foreshape
foreshape
noun
A forward or projecting form, piece, or shape.
verb
(transitive) To shape or mould beforehand; prepare in advance.
gamophagy
gazpachos
gazpachos
noun
plural of gazpacho
geography
geography
noun
(archaic) an atlas or gazetteer.
(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
geophagia
geophagia
noun
Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
gnathopod
gnathopod
noun
(zoology) A maxilliped.
gomphrena
gomphrena
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena, the globe amaranths.
gopherman
gorakhpur
grapeshot
grapeshot
noun
(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
graphiola
gyrograph
gyrograph
noun
A recording of gyratory stability, used to determine optimal bitumen mixtures for paving etc.
gyrophora
haemophil
hailproof
hailproof
adj
Resistant to hail (form of frozen precipitation).
halophile
halophile
noun
(biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile
halophyte
halophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content
haloscope
haloscope
noun
An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
hapalotis
haplodoci
haplodont
haplodont
adj
(zoology) Being or having molar teeth with simple crowns, without ridges or tubercles.
haploidic
haploidic
adj
Of or pertaining to a call having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
haplolaly
haplology
haplology
noun
(phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
(phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
haplomous
haplontic
haplontic
adj
(biology) Describing an organism that is haploid for most of its life cycle but that briefly has a diploid zygote
haplopias
haplotype
haplotype
noun
(genetics) A group of alleles that are transmitted together.
verb
(genetics) To characterize with respect to haplotype