(biology) The separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups.
(religion) A prayer of dismissal at the end of an Eastern Orthodox service
apomyius
apotypic
apotypic
adj
(taxonomy) Relating to an apotype
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
biophyte
biophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
bioscopy
bioscopy
noun
(medicine) the examination of a body to determine if it is alive or dead
biotypes
biotypes
noun
plural of biotype
biotypic
biotypic
adj
Relating to a biotype.
choppily
choppily
adv
In a choppy manner.
coltpixy
coltpixy
noun
Alternative form of coltpixie
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
copyedit
copyedit
noun
A single change to the text of a document that is an instance of copyediting.
The process or act of copyediting a document.
The result of copyediting a document.
verb
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
copyists
copyists
noun
plural of copyist
copywise
croupily
croupily
adv
In a croupy manner.
cyanopia
cyanopia
noun
Alternative form of cyanopsia
cyclopia
cyclopia
noun
(teratology) A congenital abnormality in which the orbits of the eye do not divide to form separate sockets.
cyclopic
cyclopic
adj
(pathology) Related to cyclopia
Synonym of cyclopean
cynipoid
cynipoid
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of the gall wasps of the superfamily Cynipoidea
noun
Any insect of the superfamily Cynipoidea
cyphosis
cyphosis
noun
Dated form of kyphosis.
cypriote
cypriots
cyrtopia
cytophil
cytophil
adj
Alternative form of cytophile
diaphony
diaphony
noun
(music) A form of harmony in which the parts proceeded by parallel motion in fourths, fifths, and octaves.
diascopy
diascopy
noun
(medicine) A test for blanchability performed by applying pressure with a finger or glass slide and observing color changes.
diploidy
diploidy
noun
(countable, genetics) An instance of being diploid.
(uncountable, genetics) The state of being diploid, having two sets of chromosomes.
dipropyl
dipropyl
noun
(chemistry) One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals.
droopily
droopily
adv
In a droopy manner.
drypoint
drypoint
noun
(countable) A print made using this technique.
(countable) The needle used in this technique.
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
dyspnoic
dyspnoic
adj
Alternative form of dyspneic
dystopia
dystopia
noun
(pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
ecotypic
ecotypic
adj
Of or pertaining to an ecotype
eophytic
eophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to eophytes.
epicotyl
epicotyl
noun
(botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling above the cotyledons.
episcopy
episcopy
noun
(obsolete) episcopacy
(obsolete) survey; superintendence
epizooty
epizooty
noun
An epizootic disease or outbreak.
eponymic
eponymic
adj
Of or relating to an eponym.
epoxying
epoxying
verb
present participle of epoxy
epyllion
epyllion
noun
(literary) A "little epic".
(literary) A brief narrative poem with a romantic or mythological theme.
eryopsid
euploidy
euploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
eupyrion
eupyrion
noun
(archaic, historical) A device historically used for obtaining instantaneous light, such as a lucifer match.
eyepoint
eyepoint
noun
A point of reference based on the participant's focus, used in generating visual imagery in virtual reality systems.
The focal point of an optical lens.
floppily
floppily
adv
In a floppy manner.
gipsydom
gipsydom
noun
Alternative form of gypsydom
gossipry
gossipry
noun
Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
gossypin
gryposis
haploidy
haploidy
noun
(genetics) The state of being haploid
hopingly
hopingly
Adverb
In a hopeful manner.
hydropic
hydropic
adj
(biology, of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency.
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
hyperion
hypnogia
hypnosis
hypnosis
noun
A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
Any of various sleep-like conditions.
The art or skill of hypnotism.
hypnotic
hypnotic
adj
(pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
noun
(pharmacology) A soporific substance.
A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
hypoacid
hypoacid
adj
hypoacidic
hypochil
hypocist
hypocist
noun
An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
hypogeic
hypolite
hyponoia
hyponoia
noun
The thought or idea that underlies a myth.
hypopial
hyposmia
hyposmia
noun
A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours
hypoxias
hypoxias
noun
plural of hypoxia
hypozoic
hypozoic
adj
(geology) older than the lowest rocks which contain organic remains
ideotype
ideotype
noun
(cognitive science) A type of concept metarepresentation that is a compound memory trace consisting of the structural information detected by humans in categorical stimuli
A specimen identified as belonging to a specific taxon by the author of that taxon, but collected from somewhere other than the type locality
idiotype
idiotype
noun
(immunology) A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen-binding specificity of their variable region; and thus, the resultant immunologic phenotype, which can often be specific to a person or to only a small percentage of people.
impolicy
impolicy
noun
The state or act of being impolitic.
impropry
inoscopy
insapory
isopathy
isopathy
noun
(medicine) The old theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
(medicine) The system that treats a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
isospory
isospory
noun
The quality of being isosporous.
isotropy
isotropy
noun
(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
isotypes
isotypes
noun
plural of isotype
isotypic
isotypic
adj
(geology, of a mineral) Having the same crystal or chemical structure as another
japygoid
japygoid
noun
(zoology) Any hexapod of the superfamily Japygoidea.
kyphosis
kyphosis
noun
(anatomy) The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
(pathology) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
linotype
linotype
noun
A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.
verb
To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.
lipocyte
lipocyte
noun
(cytology) An adipocyte in connective tissue that stores and metabolizes fat
lipotype
lipoxeny
lycopsis
lymphoid
lymphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or found within the lymphatic system of the body
lyophile
lyophile
adj
(chemistry) lyophilic
noun
(chemistry) a lyophilic substance
micanopy
micropsy
micropsy
noun
Alternative form of micropsia
mimotype
mopingly
mopingly
adv
While moping; sulkily.
mopishly
mopishly
adv
In a mopish manner.
myopical
myopical
adj
Archaic form of myopic.
myriapod
myriapod
noun
(zoology) Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda.
myriopod
myriopod
noun
Alternative form of myriapod
nongipsy
nonspiny
ohiopyle
olympiad
olympiad
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Olympiad, q.v.
olympian
olympian
Adjective
Of or relating to the Greek gods; godlike, celestial.
Aloof; remote and superior.
Of or relating to Olympia or Mount Olympus.
Of or relating the Olympic Games.
Noun
Any of the 12 principal gods of the Greek pantheon; Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, and Hades.
Someone from Olympia.
An athlete competing in the Olympics.
olympias
olympias
Proper noun
Epirote queen who was the mother of Alexander the Great.
name of historical use only.
olympics
olympics
Proper noun
The Olympic Games.
olympium
oophytic
oophytic
adj
of, pertaining to or characteristic of an oophyte
opinably
opsigamy
opsigamy
noun
(rare) marriage at an old age
opsonify
opsonify
verb
Synonym of opsonize
opticity
opticity
noun
The degree of optical activity of a solution
optimacy
optimacy
noun
a most favourable condition or state
government by the nobility
the nobility, collectively
optimity
optimity
noun
The state of being best.
ossypite
oxyaphia
oxyphile
oxyphils
oxypolis
palilogy
palilogy
noun
(rhetoric) Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.
palimony
palimony
noun
(law) A form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship.
palinody
palinody
noun
Obsolete form of palinode.
pejority
pejority
noun
pejoration; process of making or becoming worse
perionyx
perionyx
noun
(anatomy) The epidermis bordering a nail.
peritomy
peritomy
noun
The surgical removal of a strip of the conjunctiva of an eye.
petitory
petitory
adj
petitioning, soliciting, begging, petitionary
peyotism
peyotism
noun
The consumption of peyote for its psychedelic effects.
phonying
phonying
verb
present participle of phony
phrynoid
phycitol
phylloid
phylloid
adj
Resembling a leaf.
phymosia
phytonic
phytonic
adj
(biology) Relating to a phyton
phytosis
phytosis
noun
(pathology, dated) dermatophytosis
pigeonry
pigeonry
noun
A place for pigeons; a dovecote.
pilosity
pilosity
noun
The quality or state of being pilose.
pityroid
pityroid
adj
Having the form of, or resembling, bran.
podiatry
podiatry
noun
(US, medicine) chiropody
pokingly
pokingly
adv
(dated) In a drudging, servile manner.
So as to poke out or protrude.
polarily
polarily
adv
(obsolete) In a polary manner; with polarity.
polarity
polarity
noun
(chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. ᵂᵖ
(electricity) A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ
(embryology) The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ
(gender) The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ
(geometry) Ellipsis of trilinear polarity.
(grammar) The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ
(mathematics) An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ
(microbiology) Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ
(physics) Ellipsis of magnetic polarity.
(physics) The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase.
(politics) Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ
(projective geometry) A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ
Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
politely
politely
adv
in a polite manner
polyacid
polyacid
adj
(chemistry, of a base) polybasic
noun
(chemistry) Any polybasic acid
polyadic
polyadic
adj
Of or pertaining to a polyad (comprising many elements)
polybius
polybrid
polyemia
polyemia
noun
(dated, medicine) The presence of an abnormally large volume of blood in the body.
polyemic
polyemic
adj
Having or relating to polyemia.
polyenic
polyenic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a polyene.
polyfoil
polyfoil
noun
(architecture) Multifoil.
polyidus
polylith
polylith
noun
A prehistoric monument consisting of many stones
polymnia
polynoid
polynoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the polychaete worms of the family Polynoidae.
noun
Any of these organisms.
polyopia
polyopia
noun
(medicine) A condition in which multiple images of a single object are formed on the retina; multiple vision