(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
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.
graphiter
graphites
graphites
noun
plural of graphite
guestship
heptaglot
heptaglot
noun
(rare) A book in seven languages.
heptagons
heptagons
noun
plural of heptagon
heptagrid
heptagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
hiplength
hospitage
hospitage
noun
(obsolete) hospitality
integraph
integraph
noun
(mathematics) A device that determines the value of an integral by measuring the area under a curve (and drawing the curve of its integral)
patchogue
pathogene
pathogene
noun
Dated form of pathogen.
pathogens
pathogens
noun
plural of pathogen
pathogeny
pathogeny
noun
(medicine) The generation and method of development of disease.
pathogerm
penghutao
penlights
penlights
noun
plural of penlight
pentrough
pentrough
noun
A penstock.
penwright
phagocyte
phagocyte
noun
(cytology) A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.
verb
(transitive) To phagocytize
photogene
photogene
noun
(archaic) An afterimage.
(genetics) A gene involved in photosynthesis.
photogeny
photogeny
noun
(obsolete) photography
phytogeny
phytogeny
noun
(biology) phytogenesis
pithoegia
plighters
plighters
noun
plural of plighter
pothanger
pothanger
noun
pothook (hook used to suspend a cooking-pot)
pothering
pothering
verb
present participle of pother
preflight
preflight
adj
(computing) Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request.
Taking place before the start of a flight.
noun
An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
verb
To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
prefright
pregather
pregrowth
pregrowth
adj
Prior to growth
noun
A period before growth begins
pretaught
setophaga
sheepgate
spaghetti
spaghetti
noun
(by extension) A dish that has spaghetti as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
(countable) A spaghetti western.
(informal) Any type of pasta.
(informal) Anything tangled or confusing.
(informal) Electrical insulating tubing.
(informal, programming) Spaghetti code.
A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
verb
(intransitive) To become, or appear to become longer and thinner.
(transitive) To stretch to become longer and thinner.
The cables spaghettied onto the shoulder of the technician.
sprighted
sprighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spright
telegraph
telegraph
noun
(chiefly historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.
(uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
(video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
verb
(figurative) To clearly communicate to another nonverbally, whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign, especially unintentionally.
To use a telegraph.
thegnship
theophagy
theophagy
noun
(rare) The eating or consumption of a god, in a sacramental context.
threaping
threaping
verb
present participle of threap
threeping
tightrope
tightrope
noun
(figuratively) a difficult or desperate situation.
A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
tragelaph
tragelaph
noun
Any member of the genus Tragelaphus of spiral-horned antelopes.
upgathers
upgathers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upgather
uplighted
uplighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uplight
uprighted
uprighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upright
upsighted
upsighted
adj
(obsolete, rare) Having a defect in vision, produced by a contraction of the lower portion of the iris, that makes it difficult to see things below the level of one's eyes.
zygophyte
zygophyte
noun
(botany, obsolete) Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.