(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃-CO-CH₂- formally derived from acetone
addyston
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
amythaon
anolytes
anolytes
noun
plural of anolyte
anophyte
anophyte
noun
(botany) A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
antagony
antagony
noun
(obsolete) contest; opposition; antagonism
antibody
antibody
noun
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
antilogy
antilogy
noun
(rhetoric) A contradiction in related terms or ideas. Usually an inconsistency in syllogisms, of a person or group supposedly of one set of ideals.
antimony
antimony
noun
A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: a lustrous gray metalloid.
The alloy stibnite.
antinomy
antinomy
noun
(archaic) A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities.
(by extension) Any contradiction or paradox.
(specifically, epistemology, logic) In the thought of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox.
antonyms
antonyms
noun
plural of antonym
antonymy
antonymy
noun
(semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.
aroynted
aroynted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroynt
astogeny
astogeny
noun
Any morphological change in colonial zooids as the colony grows
atonally
atonally
adv
In an atonal manner; without tone.
attorney
attorney
noun
(Philippines, sometimes US) An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
(UK, 20th century and later, rare, usually derogatory) A solicitor.
(UK, dated, 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
(US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
(obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
A prosecutor
Clusia spp.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To work as a legal attorney.
(transitive, rare) To provide with a legal attorney.
autodyne
autodyne
noun
(radio, historical) A circuit that improved radio signal amplification by means of an audion.
autogeny
autogeny
noun
spontaneous generation
autonomy
autonomy
noun
(Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
(mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
autoxeny
barryton
barytone
barytone
adj
(linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Archaic form of baritone.
noun
(linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
(linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
barytons
barytons
noun
plural of baryton
bayonets
bayonets
noun
plural of bayonet
berryton
bonitary
bonitary
adj
beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil
bonytail
bovinity
bovinity
noun
The condition of being bovine.
boylston
boystown
boystown
Proper noun
A gayborhood area of Chicago
butyrone
butyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
byronist
byronite
caryotin
caryotin
noun
Alternative form of karyotin (“chromatin”)
catatony
catatony
noun
Dated form of catatonia.
cenatory
cenatory
adj
Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.
cenosity
citoyens
claymont
cloyment
cloyment
noun
(obsolete) satiety
cocytean
cogently
cogently
adv
In a cogent manner.
commonty
commonty
noun
(transferred sense) Land.
A right to own land that is held in common between two or more people and under some servitudes.
conceity
conicity
conicity
noun
The quality of being conic.
contrary
contrary
adj
Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
adv
Contrarily
noun
(logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
The opposite.
verb
(obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
(obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
(obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
(obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
(obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
(obsolete) To impugn.
(obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
cornetcy
cornetcy
noun
(military, historical) The rank, role, or position of a cornet.
corryton
corybant
corynite
courtnay
courtney
courtney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
coventry
coventry
Proper noun
An industrial city in central England.
coyoting
crotonyl
crotonyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃-CH=CH-CO- derived from crotonic acid
cryotron
cryotron
noun
(physics) A switch that employs superconductivity
cyanotic
cyanotic
adj
(pathology) Resembling or afflicted with cyanosis.
cymation
cynodont
cynodont
noun
(zoology) Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
cynortes
cytogene
cytogene
noun
A self-replicating fragment of DNA or chromosome located in the cytoplasm
cytogeny
cytogeny
noun
(biology) cell production or development; cytogenesis
cytosine
cytosine
noun
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
Hypernyms: nucleobase, pyrimidine
cytozoon
cytozoon
noun
(cytology) A parasite, especially a protozoon, living within a cell
daktylon
dolently
dolhenty
donatary
donatary
noun
Alternative form of donatory
donatory
donatory
noun
(law, Scotland) A donee of the crown; one to whom, upon certain conditions, escheated property is made over.
dotingly
dotingly
adv
In a doting 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.
dynatron
dynatron
noun
A tetrode in which the voltage on the screen grid is higher than that on the control grid, causing the plate current to decrease as plate voltage increases; was used in oscillators.
dystonia
dystonia
noun
(pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body
dystonic
dystonic
adj
(chemistry) Describing the isothermal isobaric reversible dissolution of a system of three or more components to form a saturated solution; typically describes the dissolution of a mixed salt in its own water of crystallization.
(psychology) Relating to dystonia.
noun
(pathology) A person who has dystonia.
enactory
enactory
adj
Serving to enact something, such as a law.
endocyst
endocyst
noun
(zoology) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa
endothys
enormity
enormity
noun
(countable) A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness.
(obsolete) Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality.
(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty.
(uncountable, sometimes proscribed) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness.
entocyst
entohyal
entyloma
enworthy
eophyton
erythron
erythron
noun
All the erythrocytes circulating in the bloodstream together with their precursors
ethanoyl
etymonic
etymonic
adj
Being or pertaining to an etymon or etymons.
eurytion
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.
eyestone
eyestone
noun
(mineralogy) Eye agate.
A small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye.
festoony
festoony
adj
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
fontally
fontally
adv
In a fontal manner.
fontenoy
fromenty
genitory
genitory
noun
(obsolete) The sex organs, genitals.
genotype
genotype
noun
(genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.
(taxonomy, obsolete) The type species of a genus; generitype.
A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution.
verb
(transitive) To determine the genotype of.
gluttony
gluttony
noun
The vice of eating to excess.
gonocyte
gonocyte
noun
(biology) A long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females
gonotype
goyetian
graymont
graytown
guyandot
gymnotid
gymnotid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Gymnotidae; a naked-back knifefish.
gymnotus
gymnotus
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Gymnotus of electric knifefishes.
gyration
gyration
noun
(also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
(conchology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
(neurology) The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.
(specifically, Euclidean geometry) A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.
gytheion
haythorn
henryton
hogtying
hogtying
verb
present participle of hogtie
holotony
homotony
homotony
noun
The quality of being homotonous.
honestly
honestly
adv
(manner) In an honest manner.
Frankly, to be honest.
intj
Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc.
honeypot
honeypot
noun
(US slang, dated) A romantic pet name; "honey".
(chiefly Britain) A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
(computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
(espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A chamberpot.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A slop bucket.
(slang) A vulva or vagina.
A pot of honey.
A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
hornstay
hoyleton
hueytown
hybodont
hybodont
noun
Any extinct shark (or similar fish) of the order Hybodontiformes
hydetown
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.
hypotony
hypotony
noun
The state of being hypotonic
hyrnetho
hysteron
hysteron
noun
(physics, mathematics) A two-valued operator that is used to model hysteresis.
idoneity
idoneity
noun
The state or quality of being idoneous.
ilotycin
imbonity
imbonity
noun
(obsolete, rare) Lack of goodness.
incitory
ionicity
ionicity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is ionic.
(uncountable) The condition of being ionic.
ivoryton
karyotin
karyotin
noun
chromatin
kellyton
keynoted
keynoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keynote
keynoter
keynoter
noun
A speaker who delivers the keynote speech of a conference.
The keynote speech itself.
keynotes
keynotes
noun
plural of keynote
keystone
keystone
noun
(architecture) The top stone of an arch.
(baseball) The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
(retail) A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
Something on which other things depend for support.
verb
(transitive) To distort (an image) by projecting it onto a surface at an angle, which for example causes a square to look like a trapezoid.
(transitive, retail) To double the cost price in order to determine the retail price; to apply a markup of 100%.
klystron
klystron
noun
(physics) an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation.
knottily
knottily
adv
In a knotty way.
kootenay
kryptons
kryptons
noun
plural of krypton
kymation
langooty
langooty
noun
Alternative form of langoti
lanosity
lanosity
noun
(botany, zoology, rare) The quality of being lanose, or woolly.
leontyne
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.
loyalton
lyonetia
lyontine
manyroot
manyroot
noun
(Caribbean) The plant Ruellia tuberosa.
matronly
matronly
adj
Exuding the authority, wisdom, power, and intelligence of an experienced woman.
Having the appearance of a mature woman, often of larger physical stature and somewhat unkempt or dowdy.
In the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.
adv
In the manner of a matron.
maythorn
maythorn
noun
mayblossom
metonyms
metonyms
noun
plural of metonym
metonymy
metonymy
noun
(countable) A metonym.
(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
metoxeny
metronym
metronym
Noun
The name of someone's mother.
A matronymic surname.
minatory
minatory
adj
Threatening, menacing.
minority
minority
adj
(attributive, politics, of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.
(relational, attributive) Of or relating to a minority.
noun
(US) A member of an ethnic minority.
(sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.
The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.