A binary star in the constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus).
aphrizite
appetizer
appetizer
noun
A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal
Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.
azeotrope
azeotrope
noun
(physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
verb
To create a mixture of this kind.
azeotropy
azeotropy
noun
(physics, chemistry) The formation of an azeotrope; the condition of being azeotropic
baptizers
baptizers
noun
plural of baptizer
caprizant
caprizant
adj
(pathology, of a pulse, obsolete, rare) Having irregular, leaping beats.
expertize
expertize
verb
(intransitive) To act as an expert.
(transitive) To give an expert opinion on; to assess.
operatize
operatize
verb
(transitive) To convert into operatic form.
optimizer
optimizer
noun
(computing) A compiler or assembler that produces optimized code.
(computing) A program that uses linear programming to optimize a process.
A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
parrotize
parrotize
verb
(transitive) To cause to behave like a parrot.
To parrot; to repeat what one has been told.
partizans
partizans
noun
plural of partizan
pastorize
pastorize
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To perform the religious duties of a pastor.
patrizate
patrizius
patronize
patronize
verb
(transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
(transitive, obsolete) To blame, to reproach.
peptizers
peptizers
noun
plural of peptizer
petrinize
petrinize
Verb
To cause to conform with the writings or doctrines of
petrolize
petrolize
verb
(transitive) To treat (water) with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes.
To convert into a petroleum-based economy.
picturize
picturize
verb
(transitive, rare) To adorn with pictures; to illustrate.
(transitive, rare) To represent in a picture or a motion picture; to depict.
poetizers
poetizers
noun
plural of poetizer
posterize
posterize
verb
(basketball, slang) To score a slam dunk by leaping over another player.
To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another.
posturize
posturize
verb
(intransitive) To posture.
preiotize
prelatize
prelatize
verb
(intransitive) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.
(transitive) To bring under the influence of prelacy.
prestezza
prestezza
noun
(art) A painting technique which uses a series of fast brushstrokes to create the impression of faces and objects, rather than working out their details
privatize
privatize
verb
(computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.
(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
protozoal
protozoal
adj
protozoan
protozoan
protozoan
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
noun
(cytology) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
protozoea
protozoea
noun
(zoology) A group of larval stages in the growth of decapods in which the antennae are used for movement, and mandibles for chewing.
protozoic
protozoic
adj
Of or relating to the protozoa.
protozoon
protozoon
noun
(cytology) A protozoan.
protozzoa
prozymite
prozymite
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical, derogatory) One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
prytanize
rapturize
rapturize
verb
(intransitive) To enter a state of rapture.
(transitive) To put in a state of rapture.
rebaptize
rebaptize
verb
(transitive) To baptize again.
spiritize
temporize
temporize
verb
(intransitive) To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.
(intransitive, archaic) To comply with the occasion or time; to humour, or yield to, current circumstances or opinion; also, to trim (“fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each”).
(intransitive, by extension) To discuss, to negotiate; to reach a compromise.
(intransitive, obsolete) To delay, especially until a more favourable time; to procrastinate.
(transitive, dentistry) To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.
torporize
torporize
verb
To fill with torpor; stupefy.
trapezate
trapezate
adj
Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform.
trapezial
trapezial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trapezium bone of the wrist.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trapezius muscle.
In the form of a trapezium.
trapezian
trapezian
adj
(geometry) Having opposed trapeziform faces.
trapezing
trapezing
verb
present participle of trapeze
trapezist
trapezist
Noun
A gymnast who performs on a trapeze.
trapezium
trapezium
noun
(anatomy) The trapezium bone of the wrist.
(geometry, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
(geometry, US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
(restrictively) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
trapezius
trapezius
noun
(anatomy) A large vertebrate skeletal muscle divided into an ascending, descending, and transverse portion, attaching the neck and central spine to the outer extremity of the scapula; it functions in scapular elevation, adduction, and depression.
trapezoid
trapezoid
noun
(anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
(geometry, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
(geometry, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.