(rare) A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.
anemopsis
antiprism
antiprism
noun
A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
apemantus
apemosyne
apimanias
aspermont
asplenium
asplenium
noun
(botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
axmanship
axmanship
noun
Alternative form of axemanship
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
campaigns
campaigns
noun
plural of campaign
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of campaign
campanist
campanist
noun
One who studies bells.
campesino
campesino
noun
An agricultural worker in Latin America.
camphenes
camphenes
noun
plural of camphene
camphines
camphines
noun
plural of camphine
campiness
campiness
noun
(art) The quality of being campy
champions
champions
noun
plural of champion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
companias
companies
companies
noun
plural of company
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of company
compenser
complains
complains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain
complines
complines
noun
plural of compline
composant
composant
noun
Alternative form of corposant
composing
composing
adj
Conducive of a composed state, relaxing.
verb
present participle of compose
compounds
compounds
noun
plural of compound
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compound
comptness
contempts
contempts
noun
plural of contempt
crampoons
crampoons
noun
plural of crampoon
crimpness
crimpness
noun
The state or quality of being crimp.
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
dampeners
dampeners
noun
plural of dampener
demonship
demonship
noun
The state of a demon.
dopamines
dopamines
noun
plural of dopamine
dumpiness
dumpiness
noun
The quality of being dumpy
dumplings
dumplings
noun
plural of dumpling
empassion
empassion
verb
Archaic spelling of impassion.
emphrensy
empoisons
empoisons
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empoison
emptiness
emptiness
noun
A nonexistence; a lack of existence.
A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
The state or feeling of being empty.
empyreans
empyreans
noun
plural of empyrean
encompass
encompass
verb
(transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
(transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
(transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
endoplasm
endoplasm
noun
(cytology) The inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
endosperm
endosperm
noun
(biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
enemyship
enemyship
noun
The state or condition of being an enemy or enemies; enmity.
ensampler
ensamples
ensamples
noun
plural of ensample
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ensample
entempest
entoplasm
entoplasm
noun
The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
epicenism
epicenism
noun
The property of being epicene.
epigonism
epigonism
noun
An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
The product of an epigone.
eponymies
eponymies
noun
plural of eponymy
eponymism
eponymism
noun
The use of eponyms.
eponymist
eponymist
noun
One whose name is used as an eponym; a person after whom something is named.
eponymous
eponymous
adj
Of a thing: named after a person or entity.
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
euphonism
euphonism
noun
An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
glimpsing
glimpsing
verb
present participle of glimpse
gonoplasm
grampians
grampians
Proper noun
The Grampian Mountains, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands.
gumptions
gumptions
noun
plural of gumption
gymnogyps
gymnosoph
gymnosoph
noun
A nudist; one who practises or promotes gymnosophy.
gypsuming
hemipenis
hemipenis
noun
(zoology) Each of a pair of intromittent organs of male snakes and lizards, usually held inverted within the body but everted for reproduction via erectile tissue.
hispanism
hispanism
Noun
The study of the language or culture.
a Spanish word, phrase or idiom used in another language
homespuns
homespuns
noun
plural of homespun
humpiness
humpiness
noun
The quality of being humpy.
hyphenism
hyphenism
noun
The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, as in "Irish-American".
hypnotism
hypnotism
noun
The art of inducing hypnosis.
impassion
impassion
verb
(transitive) make passionate, instill passion in
impasting
impasting
verb
present participle of impaste
impatiens
impatiens
noun
Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Impatiens.
impennous
impennous
adj
Lacking wings.
impingers
impingers
noun
plural of impinger
implosion
implosion
noun
A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.
The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.
The action of imploding.
The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
Violent compression.
imposting
impotents
impotents
noun
plural of impotent
imprisons
imprisons
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprison
impsonite
impsonite
noun
A black carbonaceous substance, believed to be derived from a fluid bitumen which polymerized after filling a vein.
impugners
impugners
noun
plural of impugner
impulsing
impulsing
verb
present participle of impulse
impulsion
impulsion
noun
Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.
The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.
ishpeming
jumpiness
jumpiness
noun
The state of being jumpy.
kinoplasm
kinoplasm
noun
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
kneippism
kneippism
Noun
The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.
lampstand
lampstand
noun
A menorah or other holder or stand for a lamp.
limpiness
limpiness
noun
The quality of being limpy.
lumpiness
lumpiness
noun
The property of being lumpy.
mainprise
mainprise
noun
(law, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
(law, historical) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
verb
(transitive, law) To allow (a prisoner) to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance on a given day.
malaspina
malshapen
malshapen
adj
(rare) misshapen
manciples
manciples
noun
plural of manciple
manorship
manoscope
manoscope
noun
manometer
manpowers
mantispid
mantispid
noun
Any insect in the family Mantispidae.
manyplies
manyplies
noun
Synonym of omasum (“compartment of the stomach of a ruminant”)
mariposan
marsupian
marsupian
noun
(obsolete) marsupial
marzipans
marzipans
noun
plural of marzipan
mcpherson
mcpherson
Proper noun
a city in Kansas, USA
mcspadden
menisperm
menopause
menopause
noun
The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.
The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
meshoppen
mesropian
messapian
messapian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the ancient Messapian people
Noun
A member of the Messapian people, the ancient inhabitants of the region of Apulia in Southern Italy
Proper noun
The Italic language spoken by this people
midpoints
midpoints
noun
plural of midpoint
millponds
millponds
noun
plural of millpond
minislump
minislump
noun
A brief slump in performance
minorship
minorship
noun
The state or quality of being a minor.
miresnipe
misexpend
misexpend
verb
(transitive) To expend badly or wrongly.
mishappen
mishappen
verb
(intransitive) To happen ill; fare ill.
(now rare) To happen through misfortune.
(obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
mislippen
mislippen
verb
(transitive, Britain, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To neglect.
(transitive, Britain, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To suspect; to be suspicious of.
mispaging
mispaging
noun
The incorrect arrangement of pages in a document.
mispaints
mispaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispaint
mispaying
mispaying
verb
present participle of mispay
mispenned
mispenned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispen
misplants
misplants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplant
mispoints
mispoints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispoint
misprints
misprints
noun
plural of misprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misprint
misshapen
misshapen
adj
Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed.
Morally or intellectually warped.
misspends
misspends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misspend
misspoken
misspoken
verb
past participle of misspeak
mistyping
mistyping
noun
(countable) A mistyped word.
verb
present participle of mistype
monaphase
monocarps
monocarps
noun
plural of monocarp
monophase
monophase
adj
(chemistry, physics) Existing as a single phase (normally a liquid)
(electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current
monoplast
monoplast
noun
(biology) A monoplastic element.
monopodes
monopodes
noun
plural of monopode
monopoles
monopoles
noun
plural of monopole
monopsony
monopsony
noun
(economics) A buyer with disproportionate power.
(economics) A market situation in which there is only one buyer for a product.
monoscope
monoscope
noun
(electronics) A device that produced a single video image
A simple telescope having the form of one half of a pair of binoculars
monospace
monospace
adj
Of a typeface, having characters with uniform width.
verb
To type, typeset, or design text using a typeface that has the same width for each character.
monosperm
monosperm
noun
(botany) A monospermous plant.
monospore
monospore
noun
(biology) A simple nonmotile asexual spore
monotypes
monotypes
noun
plural of monotype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monotype
monspermy
montespan
moonscape
moonscape
noun
(by extension) A desolate or devastated landscape.
A view of an area of the Moon
morphines
morphines
noun
plural of morphine
munnopsis
neomorphs
neomorphs
noun
plural of neomorph
neoplasma
neoplasms
neoplasms
noun
plural of neoplasm
nephalism
nephalism
noun
(obsolete, Temperance movement) The practice of abstaining completely from the drinking of alcohol; teetotalism
nephrisms
nepotisms
nepotisms
noun
plural of nepotism
neptunism
neptunism
Proper noun
A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.