(medicine) The absence or an intermission during a bout of fever.
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
artotype
artotype
noun
(archaic) A kind of autotype.
asperity
asperity
noun
(countable) An area that protrudes from a surface.
(countable) Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
(countable, geology) A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience.
The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people.
The quality of having a rough or uneven surface.
beparody
bepretty
bypasser
bypasser
noun
Alternative form of passer-by (“one who passes by”)
one who or that which bypasses
calypter
calypter
noun
(biology, entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
canreply
cerotype
cerotype
noun
A print made by this process.
A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.
chapelry
chapelry
noun
The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
cheapery
copyread
copyread
verb
To read text (of a newspaper etc.) and edit it to correct mistakes.
coryphee
coryphee
noun
Alternative form of coryphée
courtepy
courtepy
noun
(historical) A short coat of coarse cloth.
craftype
creepily
creepily
adv
In a creepy manner.
With a furtive creeping motion.
cyphered
cyphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cypher
cypraeid
cypraeid
noun
(zoology) Any cowry in the family Cypraeidae.
cypreses
cypreses
noun
plural of cypres
cypriote
cypruses
dapperly
dapperly
adj
(Scotland) variegated
adv
In a dapper way.
decrypts
decrypts
noun
plural of decrypt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt
dipteryx
dispermy
dispermy
noun
(biology) The penetration of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
employer
employer
noun
A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
empyreal
empyreal
adj
Fiery, made of pure fire.
Of the sky or heavens.
Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean
empyrean
empyrean
adj
Of the sky or the heavens; celestially refined.
noun
(historical) The region of pure light and fire; the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to exist: the same as the ether, the ninth heaven according to ancient astronomy, and Dante's poem.
empyreum
encrypts
encrypts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt
engraphy
ephrayim
ephydrid
ephydrid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
ephyrula
eriphyle
eryopsid
erysiphe
eupatory
euphrasy
euphrasy
noun
The eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
eupyrene
eupyrene
adj
(zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, fertile.
eupyrion
eupyrion
noun
(archaic, historical) A device historically used for obtaining instantaneous light, such as a lucifer match.
eurypyga
eutrophy
eutrophy
noun
(geography, of a body of water) The quality of being rich in minerals and nutrients.
(medicine) healthy nutrition
verb
(transitive, intransitive, of a body of water) To make or become rich in minerals and nutrients, which often manifests itself in a green color.
expertly
expertly
adv
In an expert manner; with great skill.
flippery
flippery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
flypaper
flypaper
noun
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it
verb
To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
fopperly
foreplay
foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in foreplay.
foretype
foretype
noun
A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
verb
(transitive) To make into a foretype, or exemplify as such; to foreshadow; exemplify beforehand
frippery
frippery
noun
(obsolete) Cast-off clothes.
(obsolete) The place where old clothes are sold.
(obsolete) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
Useless things; trifles.
frumpery
frumpery
noun
Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
geotropy
geotropy
noun
geotropism
gephyrea
graypate
greypate
gryphaea
gryphaea
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.
gryphite
gryphite
noun
(paleontology) A shell of the genus Gryphea.
gyplures
gypsters
gypsters
noun
plural of gypster
hipberry
humphrey
hypergol
hypergol
noun
(chemistry, aeronautics) Any hypergolic propellant.
hypergon
hyperion
hyperite
hyperite
noun
(geology) Synonym of hypersthenite
hypernic
hypernic
noun
The wood of a tropical tree Haematoxylon brasiletto (found in Nicaragua); a red dye extracted from it
hypernik
hyperons
hyperons
noun
plural of hyperon
hyperoon
hyperoon
noun
(biblical) An upper room.
hyperope
hyperope
noun
A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
hyperper
hyperper
noun
A Byzantine gold solidus
hypoderm
hypoderm
noun
Alternative form of hypodermis
hypomere
hypomere
noun
(biology) A part that the walls of a pleuroperitoneal cavity grow.
impurely
impurely
adv
In an impure manner.
jeopardy
jeopardy
noun
Danger of loss, harm, or failure.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.
keypress
keypress
noun
(computing) The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release.
The depression of an input key; a keystroke.
koupreys
koupreys
noun
plural of kouprey
lampreys
lampreys
noun
plural of lamprey
lyotrope
maypearl
mcripley
morphrey
myophore
myophore
noun
The point of attachment of a muscle to the shell of a mollusc
necropsy
necropsy
noun
(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death.
verb
The act of performing a necropsy.
nonpayer
nonpayer
noun
One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
operably
operably
adv
(medicine) Such that it allows an operation to take place.
operancy
orphreys
orphreys
noun
plural of orphrey
orthoepy
orthoepy
noun
Accepted or customary pronunciation.
Synonym of phonology: the study of pronunciation.
overhype
overhype
verb
(transitive) To promote or publicize excessively.
overpays
overpays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpay
overplay
overplay
verb
(transitive) To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
(transitive) To play (a song or record) too frequently.
(transitive, golf) To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".
(transitive, intransitive) To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
overpray
overtype
overtype
noun
(computing, uncountable) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.
(historical, countable) A kind of steam wagon having the engine above the cab.
verb
To type on top of something already typed.
palberry
palfreys
palfreys
noun
plural of palfrey
palterly
palterly
adj
(obsolete) Mean; paltry.
pamphrey
panderly
panderly
adj
(archaic) Having the quality of a pander.
panegyre
panegyry
panegyry
noun
Archaic Egyptological spelling of panegyris
Obsolete spelling of panegyric
paperboy
paperboy
noun
A male who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round
papyrean
papyrean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to papyrus or paper.
papyrine
papyrine
adj
Of or pertaining to papyrus or paper.
noun
A kind of vegetable parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.
paralyse
paralyse
verb
(transitive) To make unable to function properly.
(transitive) To make unable to move; to immobilize.
paralyze
paralyze
verb
(transitive) To afflict with paralysis.
(transitive) To render unable to function properly.
(transitive) To render unable to move; to immobilize.
paratype
paratype
noun
(taxonomy) A physical specimen (or an illustration) that is not the holotype but is considered the same taxon by the author of the holotype.
parksley
parlayed
parlayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parlay
parlayer
parleyed
parleyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parley
parleyer
parleyer
noun
One who parleys.
parsleys
parsleys
noun
plural of parsley
partyers
partyers
noun
plural of partyer (people who like to party or attend a party)
passerby
passerby
noun
Alternative spelling of passer-by
patchery
patchery
noun
(UK, India, military, historical) Living quarters for married soldiers.
Hypocrisy; trickery.
That which is thrown or sown together usually clumsily or with different color and textures, like patchwork.
patterny
paygrade
paygrade
noun
Alternative spelling of pay grade
peaberry
peaberry
noun
A kind of coffee bean, one that develops alone in the cherry rather than with a second seed and thus has a more oval shape.
peachery
peachery
noun
A hothouse in which peaches are grown.
pearleye
pedantry
pedantry
noun
An excessive attention to detail or rules.
An instance of such behaviour.
An overly ambitious display of learning.
peddlery
peddlery
noun
(obsolete) The trade or goods of a peddler.
(obsolete) trickery
pediatry
pediatry
noun
Alternative spelling of paediatry; alternative form of pediatrics.
peixerey
pejerrey
pejority
pejority
noun
pejoration; process of making or becoming worse
penargyl
pencilry
pennyrot
pergamyn
periergy
periergy
noun
Excessive caution or diligence.
perigyny
perigyny
noun
(botany) The quality of being perigynous.
perionyx
perionyx
noun
(anatomy) The epidermis bordering a nail.
peripety
peripety
noun
(psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.
Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”)
peritomy
peritomy
noun
The surgical removal of a strip of the conjunctiva of an eye.
pernancy
pernancy
noun
(law) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
perryman
perryton
perseity
perspiry
perspiry
adj
sweaty
perukery
petchary
petitory
petitory
adj
petitioning, soliciting, begging, petitionary
petreity
peyerian
peytrals
peytrels
peytrels
noun
plural of peytrel
physeter
physeter
noun
(zoology) A member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.