(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
amphinomus
amphipnous
anatropous
anatropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
anocarpous
antipoenus
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
apollonius
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
axiopoenus
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
camponotus
canephorus
chopunnish
compulsion
compulsion
noun
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
compursion
compursion
noun
(rare) A pursing, as of the lips.
conocarpus
conolophus
conspectus
conspectus
noun
A detailed survey or overview of a subject.
consulship
consulship
Noun
The office of a consul, in its various senses.
The term of office of a consul.
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
conuropsis
copernicus
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
couponless
couponless
adj
Without a coupon or coupons.
cousinship
cousinship
noun
The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.
croupiness
croupiness
noun
The state or quality of being croupy.
cupidinous
cupidinous
adj
Characterized by or related to cupidity (greed, desire for wealth).
cynipidous
cynopodous
diaphanous
diaphanous
adj
(physics) Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
dinophilus
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disruption
disruption
noun
A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.
A continuing act of disorder.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
disulphone
drainspout
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
euphonious
euphonious
adj
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
euphrosyne
euphrosyne
Proper noun
One of the three Charites and the goddess of joy.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
europasian
europasian
Adjective
Eurasian
Noun
Eurasian
expounders
expounders
noun
plural of expounder
expulsions
expulsions
noun
plural of expulsion
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
footpounds
footpounds
noun
plural of footpound
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
himantopus
housepaint
housephone
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogynous
hypogynous
adj
(botany) Of a flower, having a superior ovary, attached directly to the receptacle like other floral parts.
hyponymous
hyponymous
adj
Synonym of hyponymic
hypotenuse
hypotenuse
noun
(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
impulsions
impulsions
noun
plural of impulsion
inexposure
inexposure
noun
A state of not being exposed.
irruptions
irruptions
noun
plural of irruption
isopleuran
juniorship
juniorship
noun
The rank or position of junior; juniority.
lipogenous
lipoxenous
lupulinous
manuprisor
melanoplus
menopausal
menopausal
adj
Of, or pertaining to the menopause
menopauses
menopauses
noun
plural of menopause
menopausic
minigroups
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
monopodous
monopodous
adj
(zoology) Having a single foot.
monopolous
monopolous
adj
(archaic) monopolistic
monotypous
nephroncus
neuroplasm
neuroplasm
noun
The protoplasm of a nerve cell.
neuropsych
neuropsych
noun
(countable, colloquial) neuropsychologist
(uncountable, colloquial) neuropsychology
neurospasm
neurospasm
noun
A nervous spasm or twitching of a muscle.
neurospast
neurospast
noun
A puppet.
neurospora
nonleprous
nonleprous
adj
Not leprous.
nonplushed
nonplushed
adj
(dated, pronunciation spelling) nonplussed
nonplusing
nonplusing
verb
present participle of nonplus
nonplussed
nonplussed
adj
(nonstandard, chiefly US, informal) Unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.
Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nonplus
nonplusses
nonpursuit
nonpursuit
noun
Absence of pursuit; failure to pursue something.
nonsupport
nonsupport
noun
(countable) One who fails to provide support
(uncountable)A lack of support
(uncountable)The failure to provide for one's family or other dependents
nonsuspect
nonsuspect
noun
One who is not a suspect.
notopterus
nuncioship
nuncioship
noun
The role or status of nuncio.
oenocarpus
omniparous
omniparous
adj
Producing all things; omniparient.
opaqueness
opaqueness
noun
The characteristic of being opaque.
opinicuses
opulencies
opulencies
noun
plural of opulency
opuntiales
outpassing
outpassing
verb
present participle of outpass
outpassion
outpassion
verb
(transitive, rare) To be more passionate than; to surpass in passion.
outpension
outpension
noun
A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution.
outpushing
outpushing
noun
A part that pushes outward; a protuberance.
verb
present participle of outpush
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
outsharpen
outspanned
outspanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outspan
outspinned
outspruing
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
paludinous
paludinous
adj
Like or relating to the genus Paludina.
Of or relating to a marsh or fen.
paludinal
panhygrous
panivorous
panivorous
adj
(formal) Eating bread.
pantomimus
paronymous
paronymous
adj
(semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning.
(semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
passionful
passionful
adj
Full of passion; passionate.
pedimanous
pedimanous
adj
(zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.
pedionomus
pennaceous
pennaceous
adj
(ornithology) having the structure of a normal feather
penthoused
penthoused
adj
(archaic) Furnished with a penthouse or exterior building.
penthouses
penthouses
noun
plural of penthouse
pentosuria
pentosuria
noun
(pathology) the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose in the urine
penumbrous
penumbrous
adj
Partially shaded.
Vague; ill-defined; unclear.
perculsion
percussion
percussion
noun
(countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
(countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
(countable) The sound so produced.
(engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
(medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
(palmistry) The outer side of the hand.
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
perivenous
perivenous
adj
(medicine) Surrounding a vein.
pernicious
pernicious
adj
(obsolete) swift; celeritous.
Causing death or injury; deadly.
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
personarum
persuasion
persuasion
noun
(by extension, often humorous) Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature.
A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology.
A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.
An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.
One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness.
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.
phalloncus
phenacodus
phenicious
photonosus
phototonus
phototonus
noun
sensitivity to, or irritation caused by, light
pincushion
pincushion
noun
(figuratively, colloquial) A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
(sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
The coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
The dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
The pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
The pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
verb
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
(transitive, also figuratively) To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
pinicolous
piniferous
pinivorous
plangorous
plasmoquin
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
plunderous
plunderous
adj
Tending to plunder.
plutoniums
plutoniums
noun
plural of plutonium
poisonbush
polionotus
pollutants
pollutants
noun
plural of pollutant
pollutions
pollutions
noun
plural of pollution
polyanthus
polyanthus
noun
A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.
polybunous
polybunous
adj
multituberculate
polygenous
polygenous
adj
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres