(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
byepath
byepath
noun
Alternative spelling of bypath
bypaths
bypaths
noun
plural of bypath
diptych
diptych
noun
(Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
(Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
(historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
(transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
empathy
empathy
noun
(obsolete slang) MDMA.
(parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
eophyte
eophyte
noun
(botany, paleontology) A fossil plant from the Silurian age
epimyth
epimyth
noun
The moral of a story.
eupathy
eupathy
noun
Right feeling.
heptyne
hoppity
hoppity
intj
Nonce variation of the word hop, usually used to indicate a series of small hopping actions.
noun
The board game halma.
hypatia
hypatia
Proper noun
Hypatia of Alexandria (Greek: Ὑπατίᾱ Hupatíā; born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria.
hypatie
hypaton
hyporit
nymphet
nymphet
noun
(obsolete) A small nymph.
A sexually attractive girl or young woman.
oophyte
oophyte
noun
(obsolete, biology) gametophyte
pathway
pathway
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.
(figurative) A course of action.
A footpath or other path or track.
paughty
phratry
phratry
noun
(Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities.
(anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
phycite
phycite
noun
(organic chemistry, obsolete) Erythritol, C₄H₆(OH)₄, that has been obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris.
phymata
phytane
phytane
noun
(organic chemistry) A diterpenoid alkane with one more carbon than pristane.
phytase
phytase
noun
(biochemistry) A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.
phytate
phytate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of phytic acid
phyteus
phytins
phytoid
phytoid
adj
Resembling a plant, plantlike.
phytols
phytols
noun
plural of phytol
phytoma
phytome
phytons
phytons
noun
plural of phyton
pithily
pithily
adv
In a pithy manner, concisely and to the point.
pothery
prothyl
prythee
prythee
intj
Alternative spelling of prithee
puthery
pytheas
pythiad
pythiad
noun
(in Ancient Greece) The interval of time between Pythian games (either four or eight years, depending on the time period).
pythian
pythian
Adjective
a native or inhabitant of Delphi
pythias
pythios
pythium
pythius
pythons
pythons
noun
(bodybuilding, slang) Large and well-developed muscles in the upper arm.
plural of python
rhyptic
therapy
therapy
noun
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
Healing power or quality.
Specifically, psychotherapy.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.
(transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.
tiphany
toyshop
toyshop
noun
A shop that sells toys.
typhlon
typhoid
typhoid
adj
Characterised by or relating to typhus.
noun
(pathology) Short for typhoid fever.
typhons
typhons
noun
plural of typhon
typhoon
typhoon
noun
A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.
verb
(intransitive) To swirl like a hurricane.
typhose
typhose
adj
Obsolete form of typhous.
typhous
typhous
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to typhus; of the nature of typhus.