A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.
beachboys
beachboys
noun
plural of beachboy
caddishly
caddishly
adv
In a caddish manner.
cattishly
cattishly
adv
In a cattish manner.
chambrays
chambrays
noun
plural of chambray
charybdis
charybdis
Proper noun
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
A general term for any dangerous whirlpool
chayefsky
chlamydes
chlamydes
noun
plural of chlamys
chlamyses
chrismary
christyna
chrysalid
chrysalid
adj
of or relating to a chrysalis.
noun
Archaic form of chrysalis.
chrysalis
chrysalis
noun
(figurative) A limiting environment or situation.
The cocoon itself.
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
chrysazin
chrysazin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, a stimulant laxative formally derived from anthraquinone.
chrysazol
chrysopal
chrysopal
noun
Synonym of chrysoberyl
chuprassy
dyarchies
dyarchies
noun
plural of dyarchy
dyschiria
dyschroia
dysphagic
dysphagic
adj
Having or relating to dysphagia.
noun
A person who has dysphagia.
dysphasic
dysphasic
adj
Having or relating to dysphasia.
noun
A person who has dysphasia.
esthacyte
fishyback
haruspicy
haruspicy
noun
The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
hatchways
hatchways
noun
plural of hatchway
haystacks
haystacks
noun
plural of haystack
hesitancy
hesitancy
noun
A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
hesychasm
hesychasm
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Hesychasm
hesychast
hesychast
noun
Alternative spelling of Hesychast
hyacinths
hyacinths
noun
plural of hyacinth
hydracids
hydracids
noun
plural of hydracid
hygiastic
hylactism
hypacusia
hypacusis
hypocaust
hypocaust
noun
An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.
An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.
hyposarca
hyposarca
noun
anasarca
hyrachyus
hyracoids
hyracoids
noun
plural of hyracoid
hysteriac
hysteriac
noun
(medicine, chiefly dated) One who suffers from hysteria.
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
lechayims
marshalcy
marshalcy
noun
Synonym of marshalship
mischancy
mischancy
adj
(archaic, Scotland) dangerous
(archaic, Scotland) unfortunate
myiarchus
namaycush
namaycush
noun
(Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
pachynsis
pamphysic
paychecks
paychecks
noun
plural of paycheck
phacocyst
phacocyst
noun
(rare, anatomy) The capsule of the lens of the eye
physicals
physicals
noun
plural of physical
physician
physician
noun
A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.
polychsia
psychical
psychical
adj
(theology) Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit.
Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic.
Performed by or pertaining to the mind or spirit; mental, psychic.
psychidae
schmaltzy
schmaltzy
adj
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
scholarly
scholarly
adj
Characteristic of a scholar.
Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
adv
(US) In a scholarly manner
schynbald
schynbald
noun
(historical) A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.
sciamachy
sciamachy
noun
shadow-boxing; fighting that is futile or make-believe
sciomachy
sciomachy
noun
Alternative form of sciamachy
scyphozoa
scytheman
scytheman
noun
One who uses a scythe; a mower.
shammocky
skiamachy
snatchily
snatchily
adv
In a snatchy manner.
speechway
stachyose
stachyose
noun
(biochemistry) A tetrasaccharide found in many vegetables and plants, used as a sweetener or for its functional oligosaccharide property.
staphylic
starchily
starchily
adv
In a starchy or formal manner.
staunchly
staunchly
adv
In a staunch manner.
strychnia
strychnia
noun
(archaic, chemistry) strychnine
swatchway
swatchway
noun
(nautical) A twisting channel amongst sandbanks that is only navigable at high water
sycophant
sycophant
noun
(obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.
One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
(transitive, rare) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
symbranch
symmachus
sympathic
synanthic
synechiae
synechiae
noun
plural of synechia
theocrasy
theocrasy
noun
(Neopagan theology) Interaction, admixture, and conflation of divine principles.
trachytes
trachytes
noun
plural of trachyte
watcheyes
wheyfaces
wheyfaces
noun
plural of wheyface
whichways
whichways
adv
(US) every which way
yachtings
yachtings
noun
plural of yachting
yachtsman
yachtsman
noun
A man who sails a yacht.
yachtsmen
yachtsmen
noun
plural of yachtsman
yahvistic
yahwistic
yamstchik
yamstchik
noun
(historical) In 19th-century Russia, someone who delivered post by means of a horse-drawn carriage.