(chemistry) Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.
bysmalith
chemistry
chemistry
noun
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
chimbleys
chimbleys
noun
plural of chimbley
chrismary
chymistry
chymistry
noun
(historical) Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy.
Obsolete form of chemistry.
chymosins
chymosins
noun
plural of chymosin
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
dampishly
dampishly
adv
In a moderately damp or moist manner.
dimethyls
dumpishly
dumpishly
adv
In a dumpish manner; dejectedly; gloomily.
dyotheism
dysphemia
dysphemia
noun
(obsolete) The replacement of a word or phrase with a more vulgar or offensive substitute.
A speech impediment characterized by stammering or stuttering usually resulting from emotional or psychological causes.
dysthymia
dysthymia
noun
(psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least 2 years.
A tendency to be depressed, without hope.
dysthymic
dysthymic
adj
Having or relating to dysthymia.
noun
A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
echinomys
emphlysis
emphlysis
noun
(pathology) A vesicular tumour.
enemyship
enemyship
noun
The state or condition of being an enemy or enemies; enmity.
eryhtrism
erythrism
erythrism
noun
(biology) Abnormal red colouration.
familyish
familyish
adj
(informal) Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
hemolysin
hemolysin
noun
(medicine) Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin
hemolysis
hemolysis
noun
(medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.
hilarymas
himalayas
histonomy
histonomy
noun
The science that deals with organic tissues and their formation, development, and functions.
histotomy
histotomy
noun
The dissection of organic tissues.
histozyme
histozyme
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, supposed to be responsible for many normal decompositions and synthetic processes.
homolysin
homolysin
noun
Synonym of isolysin
homolysis
homolysis
noun
(chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances
The lysis of blood cells by homolysin
hoydenism
hoydenism
noun
The behaviour of a hoyden.
hybridism
hybridism
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a hybrid, a word from elements of different languages.
The production of hybrids by cross-breeding.
The state of being hybrid.
hylactism
hylozoism
hylozoism
noun
A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.
hymeniums
hymettius
hymnaries
hymnaries
noun
plural of hymnary
hymnodies
hymnodies
noun
plural of hymnody
hymnodist
hymnodist
noun
A composer of hymns.
A person who studies hymnody.
hyphemias
hyphenism
hyphenism
noun
The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, as in "Irish-American".
hypnotism
hypnotism
noun
The art of inducing hypnosis.
ichthyism
isorhythm
isorhythm
noun
(music) A technique that arranges a fixed pattern of pitches with a repeating rhythmic pattern, used in some medieval motets and in more recent works.
ladysmith
ladysmith
Proper noun
a village near New South Wales, Australia.
a town on British Columbia, Canada. Named to commemorate the lifting of the siege of Ladysmith, Natal, in 1902.
town in province, South Africa.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA. Named after Ladysmith, Natal.
a city in Wisconsin, USA, and the county seat of Named after the bride of Charles R. Smith.
lathyrism
lathyrism
noun
A neurological disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus and characterised by paralysis and emaciation.
lechayims
lophiomys
lumpishly
lumpishly
adv
In a lumpish manner.
mannishly
mannishly
adv
In a mannish manner.
martyrish
martyrish
adj
Having characteristics of a martyr.
mawkishly
mawkishly
adv
In a mawkish manner.
mayfishes
mayfishes
noun
plural of mayfish
mayorship
mayorship
noun
The office or role of a mayor.
mesorhiny
minxishly
minxishly
adv
In a minxish manner.
mischancy
mischancy
adj
(archaic, Scotland) dangerous
(archaic, Scotland) unfortunate
misosophy
misosophy
noun
A hatred of wisdom.
misrhymed
misrhymed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misrhyme
misrhymer
mobbishly
mondayish
mondayish
Adverb
on, or around Monday
Adjective
feeling ill, especially used of clergymen having worked all day Sunday
hungover after a weekend of drinking (as a presumed contributing explanation for a clergyman feeling Mondayish)
grumpy and disheartened on returning to work on a Monday after the weekend
(in particular) The opinion that Jesus of Nazareth did not exist in any way whatsoever.
(theology) The scholarly opinion that the gospels are mythological expansions of historical data.
The creative potential for the creation of mythology; the faculty of mythopoeia.
The habitual practice of attributing everything to mythological causes; superstition, the opposite of rationalism, or of realism.
The view that a certain figure or event is unhistorical or mythical, chiefly in the context of pseudo-scholarship or conspiracy theories.
mythicist
mythicist
noun
An adherent of mythicism (view that a certain person is mythical and never existed).
mytishchi
nymphitis
nymphitis
noun
inflammation of the labia minora
nymphosis
nymphosis
noun
(entomology) The passage from the larval state to the nymph state of an insect.
nymphwise
opsimathy
opsimathy
noun
Learning or education that occurs late in life.
pamphysic
phyletism
physicism
physicism
noun
The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.
physiform
physitism
pygmyship
pythonism
pythonism
noun
The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.
qualmyish
rammishly
rhymewise
rhymewise
adv
In terms of rhyme.
rhythmics
rhythmics
noun
The study of rhythm.
rhythmist
rhythmist
noun
A musician who plays the rhythm.
rompishly
rompishly
adv
In a rompish manner.
sciamachy
sciamachy
noun
shadow-boxing; fighting that is futile or make-believe
sciomachy
sciomachy
noun
Alternative form of sciamachy
semihardy
semihardy
adj
(botany) Somewhat hardy.
semihorny
semihorny
adj
(chiefly zoology) Somewhat or partially horny (hard or bony).
semishady
semishady
adj
partly shady
shammying
shammying
verb
present participle of shammy
shamoying
shamoying
noun
A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists of frizzing the skin and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, etc.) ordinarily used in tanning.
shandyism
shieldmay
shimmying
shimmying
verb
present participle of shimmy
shoddyism
shoddyism
noun
(archaic, slang, derogatory) The condition of being a nouveau riche or social climber.
(archaic, slang, derogatory) The practice of suppliers who profited from United States government contracts during the Civil War by supplying cheap, inferior goods.
(colloquial) Shoddy quality or condition.
sisyphism
sisyphism
Noun
Infinite labor that produces nothing.
skiamachy
skykomish
smithying
smithying
verb
present participle of smithy
smoothify
smoothify
verb
To convert fruit, vegetables etc into a smoothie.
sphygmoid
sphygmoid
adj
pulse-like
symaethis
sympathic
sympathin
sympathin
noun
Any substance (such as adrenaline) released from sympathetic nerve endings.
symphilic
symphilic
adj
Relating to a symphile
symphonia
symphonia
noun
(music) Concord in Ancient Greek music.
(obsolete) The bagpipe.
(obsolete) The virginal.
symphonic
symphonic
adj
(music) Characteristic of a symphony
symphysic
symphysis
symphysis
noun
(anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
(anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
(medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
symphytic
syphiloma
syphiloma
noun
A syphilitic tumor
thymiosis
timwhisky
tinsmithy
tinsmithy
noun
The smithy of a tinsmith.
tomboyish
tomboyish
adj
Displaying behavior associated with a tomboy.
yahooisms
yahooisms
noun
plural of yahooism
yamashita
yamstchik
yamstchik
noun
(historical) In 19th-century Russia, someone who delivered post by means of a horse-drawn carriage.