(Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
(linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
(linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
(rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
plural of anaphor
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
anoplura
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
antproof
antproof
adj
Resistant to ants.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to ants.
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
aphronia
aphronia
noun
The lack of practical judgment.
apocrine
apocrine
adj
(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
aporphin
aporphin
noun
Alternative form of aporphine
aproneer
aproneer
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) A shopkeeper.
apronful
apronful
noun
as much as an apron will hold
aproning
aproning
noun
Material for making aprons.
verb
present participle of apron
araponga
araponga
noun
Synonym of bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)
atropine
atropine
noun
(toxicology, pharmacology) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
atropins
barspoon
bosporan
brontops
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
canephor
capnomor
capnomor
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A colourless oil with a peculiar odour, obtained from beech tar.
caponier
caponier
noun
(military, historical) A type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry moat that surrounds the main fortress.
capronic
capronyl
carupano
cawnpore
chaperno
chaperon
chaperon
noun
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.
An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
verb
To accompany; to escort.
To mother.
chapourn
comprend
comprint
comprint
verb
(UK, law, obsolete) To reprint without permission a work belonging to another.
To print together.
conocarp
consperg
conspire
conspire
verb
(intransitive) To agree, to concur to one end.
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results.
(transitive) To work together to bring about.
coparent
coparent
noun
Alternative form of co-parent
copatron
copatron
noun
A joint patron; a patron of the same person or organisation.
coplanar
coplanar
adj
(astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) Orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.
(geometry, of at least two things, usually lines or plane figures) Within the same plane.
coprinae
coprince
coprince
noun
Any of a group of princes who govern jointly, as in Andorra.
coprinus
cornpipe
corpsman
corpsman
noun
(US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman.
(deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
(medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.
corpsmen
corpsmen
noun
plural of corpsman
couperin
crampons
crampons
noun
plural of crampon
crampoon
crampoon
noun
A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.
Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe)
crompton
cropland
cropland
noun
arable land
cropping
cropping
noun
(agriculture) The growing of crops.
(mining) An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
verb
present participle of crop
cropshin
crumpton
dipteron
disponer
disponer
noun
(law, Scotland) One who legally transfers his or her own property to another.
dognaper
dognaper
noun
Alternative spelling of dognapper
downpour
downpour
noun
A heavy rain.
verb
(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
downwarp
downwarp
noun
(geology) A segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
drooping
drooping
adj
That droops or droop.
noun
An instance of something drooping.
verb
present participle of droop
dropline
dropline
noun
A long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.
dropling
dropping
dropping
noun
(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.
Something dropped; a droplet.
The act of something that drops or falls.
verb
present participle of drop
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.
dryprong
earphone
earphone
noun
A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
empatron
emprison
emprison
verb
Obsolete form of imprison.
endocarp
endocarp
noun
(botany) The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed.
ensporia
entrepot
entrepot
noun
Alternative spelling of entrepôt
entropic
entropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
envapour
epimeron
epimeron
noun
(entomology) In insects, the lateral piece behind the episternum.
(zoology) In crustaceans, the part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.
epperson
ereption
ereption
noun
(obscure) A sudden snatching away.
eruption
eruption
noun
A sudden release of pressure or tension.
A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
eupyrion
eupyrion
noun
(archaic, historical) A device historically used for obtaining instantaneous light, such as a lucifer match.
european
expandor
expandor
noun
Dated form of expander.
flaperon
flaperon
noun
(aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
foreplan
foreplan
noun
A plan, device, or strategy created in advance.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To devise beforehand.
forpined
forpined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forpine
forspend
forspend
verb
(transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
forspent
forspent
adj
(archaic, poetic) exhausted
gonopore
gonopore
noun
A small genital opening in the female of some insects etc.
grouping
grouping
noun
A collection of things or people united as a group.
Shot grouping.
The action of the verb to group.
verb
present participle of group
grownups
grownups
noun
plural of grownup
gryphons
gryphons
noun
plural of gryphon
gunpower
gunpower
noun
firepower from guns
gynopara
gynopara
noun
A viviparous female aphid that is born in the autumn on a secondary host, then flies to the primary host where she produces new females that mate and deposit eggs.
hapteron
hapteron
noun
A branched swelling at the base of an aquatic plant (such as an alga) that it uses to fix itself in place
harpagon
harpagon
noun
(obsolete) A grappling hook.
harpoons
harpoons
noun
plural of harpoon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harpoon
hereupon
hereupon
adv
Immediately afterwards; at this.
hornpipe
hornpipe
noun
(music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
Music played to the hornpipe dance
verb
(intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.
hornpout
hornpout
noun
Synonym of horned pout
horsepen
hypergon
hyperion
hyperons
hyperons
noun
plural of hyperon
hyperoon
hyperoon
noun
(biblical) An upper room.
imprison
imprison
verb
(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
inceptor
inceptor
noun
(UK) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
A beginner; one in the rudiments.
incorpse
incorpse
verb
(obsolete) To incorporate.
ingroups
ingroups
noun
plural of ingroup
inpoured
inpoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inpour
insapory
interpol
interpol
Proper noun
The International Criminal Police Organization, an international organization facilitating police cooperation.
isoprene
isoprene
noun
(organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C₅H₈, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.
kopfring
kryptons
kryptons
noun
plural of krypton
leporine
leporine
adj
(chiefly mammalogy, also figuratively) Of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit.
noun
(historical) A supposed hybrid between a hare and a rabbit, now known not to exist; a leporide.
Synonym of leporid (“any mammal of the family Leporidae: the hares and rabbits”)
longport
longspur
longspur
noun
A specific type of bird, of the genus Calcarius; it has a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
mainport
manpower
manpower
noun
The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
manropes
manropes
noun
plural of manrope
micropin
monocarp
monocarp
noun
(botany) Any monocarpic plant.
moondrop
moonport
moonport
noun
A spaceport located on a moon.
morepeon
morphean
morphean
Adjective
Pertaining to Morpheus; sleepy, soporific, oneiric.
morphgan
morphine
morphine
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
morphins
morphins
noun
plural of morphin
napiform
napiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
nashport
necropsy
necropsy
noun
(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death.
verb
The act of performing a necropsy.
neomorph
neomorph
noun
(genetics) A gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
neophron
neoprene
neoprene
noun
A synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, commonly used in wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces, electrical insulation, liquid and sheet-applied elastomeric membranes and flashings, car fan belts, etc.
nephroid
nephroid
adj
kidney-shaped
noun
(geometry) A plane curve resembling two intersecting ellipses
nephrons
nephrons
noun
plural of nephron
nephrops
neuropil
neuropil
noun
A fibrous network of nervous tissue that forms the gray matter of the brain
neuropod
neuropod
noun
(zoology) Any neuropodous animal.
nonparty
nonparty
adj
(law) Not a party (involved person or entity), or unrelated to a party.
Not a party (social gathering), or not related to parties or partying.
noun
(law) One who is not a party.
nonpayer
nonpayer
noun
One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
nonpolar
nonpolar
adj
(chemistry) Not ionic; not dissociating into ions when dissolved in water etc.
(physics) Not containing a dipole.
nonpower
nonpower
adj
Not a power
nonpress
nonpress
adj
Not of or pertaining to the press (journalism or publishing industry).
nonprint
nonprint
adj
Being or pertaining to a source not found in print; not in print.
nontrump
nontrump
noun
(chiefly attributive, card games) Any card that is not a trump.
norphlet
norpinic
northrop
northrup
notropis
offprint
offprint
noun
A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication.
verb
(transitive) To reprint as an excerpt.
oophoron
oophoron
noun
ovary
openwork
openwork
noun
(mining) A quarry; an open cut.
Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.