The state or quality associated with being an actor.
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophoto
aerophoto
noun
Alternative form of aerophotograph
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
afterhelp
afterhope
aftership
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aliphatic
aliphatic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds
A compound of this type.
allopaths
allopaths
noun
plural of allopath
allopathy
allopathy
noun
(countable) A conventional Western medical method or treatment.
(uncountable, originally) A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
allophite
alopathic
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
alphatype
alpheratz
alpheratz
Proper noun
A binary star in the constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus).
alphonist
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
amphitene
amphitoky
amphitron
amphitruo
ampholyte
ampholyte
noun
(chemistry) An amphoteric electrolyte
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
antapocha
anteporch
anthocarp
anthocarp
noun
(botany) A collective, composite or aggregated fruit formed from an entire inflorescence, as in the sorosis of a pineapple or the syconus of a fig.
(botany) A composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth.
(botany) A fruit formed by the union of the floral organs or part of them, with the fruit itself, as in Nyctagineae; also applied to fruits with accessories, sometimes termed pseudocarps, as the strawberry and pineapple.
(botany) A fruit resulting from many flowers, such as the pineapple; a fruit of which the perianth or the torus forms part.
(botany) In the Nyctaginaceae, individual apetalous flowers have a tubular, petaloid calyx that resembles a sympetalous corolla. The lower portion of the calyx tightly enwraps the one-seeded achene and is persistent around the fruit as an anthocarp. The calyx base plus the enclosed seed-bearing achene is the unit of dispersal.
(botany) Lower part of a perianth containing the fruit, the upper part having dropped away, well seen in plants of the family Nyctaginaceae.
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
anthropol
anthropos
anthropos
Proper noun
The primordial man/humanity.
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antipasch
antipathy
antipathy
noun
A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste often without any conscious reasoning.
Natural contrariety or incompatibility
antiphase
antiphase
adj
(sciences) Describing a boundary between an ordered phase and a disordered or random phase
noun
(physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°
antiphona
antiphons
antiphons
noun
plural of antiphon
antiphony
antiphony
noun
(music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
apachette
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
apathaton
apathetic
apathetic
adj
Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
aphanites
aphanites
noun
plural of aphanite
aphanitic
aphanitic
adj
(geology, petrology) Pertaining to aphanites, igneous rocks composed of microscopic mineral crystals (fine grains too small to be visible to the naked eye.
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aphlaston
apholates
aphorists
aphorists
noun
plural of aphorist
aphotaxis
aphrizite
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
aphrolite
apjohnite
apjohnite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
apophatic
apophatic
adj
(by extension) That which passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic thereof.
(theology) Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
aposthume
apothecal
apothecal
adj
Relating to drugs or pharmacy.
apotheces
apothecia
apothecia
noun
plural of apothecium
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
apotheose
apothesis
apothesis
noun
(architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
A dressing room connected with a public bath.
arapahite
arapahite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral.
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.
arhatship
arhatship
Noun
The state of being an arhat.
arthropod
arthropod
noun
An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
ashplants
ashplants
noun
plural of ashplant
asphalted
asphalted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphalt
asphalter
asphalter
noun
One who pours or works with asphalt.
asphaltic
asphaltic
adj
(obsolete) Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel).
Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.
asphaltum
asphaltum
noun
(dated) asphalt
asphaltus
asphaltus
noun
Archaic form of asphalt.
asphyctic
asphyctic
adj
Pertaining to asphyxia.
asthenope
astrophel
astrophel
Noun
A lover similar to that in the poem
astrophil
astrophil
noun
Obsolete form of astrophile.
atahualpa
athrepsia
athrepsia
noun
(pathology) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
atmograph
atmophile
atmophile
noun
(chemistry, geology) in the Goldschmidt classification, a gaseous element that concentrates in the atmosphere.
atrophias
atrophias
noun
plural of atrophia
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atrophies
atrophies
noun
plural of atrophy
atrophous
aulophyte
authotype
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
automorph
automorph
adj
Alternative form of automorphic
autopathy
autopathy
noun
(biology) An interaction where a species affects its own subsequent growth, especially negatively.
(homeopathy) The philosophy that the cause of sickness in one individual is the same as the cause in another person.
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
autophony
autophony
noun
(medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
autophyte
autophyte
noun
Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
autotroph
autotroph
noun
(ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
auxotroph
auxotroph
noun
Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
batyphone
beastship
beastship
noun
The quality of being a beast, or beastly.
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
bephilter
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
bhaktapur
binapthyl
bishoplet
bishoplet
noun
(archaic) A petty bishop.
bitesheep
bitesheep
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) A bishop, particularly a Catholic bishop persecuting Protestants.
bothropic
bothropic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to the genus Bothrops of venomous pit vipers endemic to Central and South America.
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
bryophyta
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.
cachepots
cachepots
noun
plural of cachepot
cacopathy
cadetship
cadetship
noun
(Australia) A kind of training programme that combines on-the-job experience with formal training; an apprenticeship
(military) The position, rank, or commission of cadet.
caliphate
caliphate
noun
A unified Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by a caliph.
calthrops
calthrops
noun
plural of calthrop
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
caphtorim
carpathia
carpolith
carpolith
noun
Synonym of carpolite
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.
cataphyll
cataphyll
noun
(botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.
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
catharpin
catharpin
noun
(nautical) A short rope, or iron cramp, used to stop the shrouds interfering with the yards.
cathepsin
cathepsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
catheptic
celtophil
cenotaphs
cenotaphs
noun
plural of cenotaph
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
cephalata
cephalate
cephalate
adj
(zoology) Having a head.
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.
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chapapote
chapaties
chapattis
chapattis
noun
plural of chapatti
chapiters
chapiters
noun
plural of chapiter
chapitral
chapleted
chapleted
adj
Adorned with or having a chaplet.
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
chapteral
chaptered
chaptered
adj
Having chapters of a specified number or kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chapter
chassepot
chassepot
noun
(military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
chautemps
cheepiest
cheepiest
adj
superlative form of cheepy: most cheepy
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.
chepachet
chipolata
chipolata
noun
A type of sausage from Europe, typically of seasoned coarsely ground pork.