(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
anatropous
anatropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
antipoenus
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
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
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
camponotus
conspectus
conspectus
noun
A detailed survey or overview of a subject.
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
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.
drainspout
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
footpounds
footpounds
noun
plural of footpound
himantopus
housepaint
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.
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
irruptions
irruptions
noun
plural of irruption
monotypous
neurospast
neurospast
noun
A puppet.
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
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
pantomimus
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
photonosus
phototonus
phototonus
noun
sensitivity to, or irritation caused by, light
pleustonic
pleustonic
adj
Relating to the pleuston.
plutoniums
plutoniums
noun
plural of plutonium
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.
polygnotus
ponticulus
ponticulus
noun
(anatomy) a ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear
portentous
portentous
adj
Of momentous or ominous significance.
Ominously prophetic.
Puffed up with vanity.
postneural
postneural
adj
posterior to a neural plate
postnotums
postulance
postulancy
postulancy
noun
The role or status of a postulant.
postulants
postulants
noun
plural of postulant
postvenous
poundstone
preconsult
prosternum
prosternum
noun
(zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.
proteinous
proteinous
adj
proteinaceous
protrusion
protrusion
noun
(countable) Anything that protrudes.
(uncountable) The act of protruding.
(uncountable) The state of being protruded.
pseudodont
pulmonitis
pulmonitis
noun
pneumonitis
pulsations
pulsations
noun
plural of pulsation
punctilios
punctilios
noun
plural of punctilio
purgations
purgations
noun
plural of purgation
pushbutton
pushbutton
adj
Alternative spelling of push-button
putaminous
pycnonotus
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
scrumption
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
shoupeltin
spoonhutch
spoutiness
spoutiness
noun
The quality of being spouty.
sproutland
sproutling
sproutling
noun
A small or young sprout
spurnpoint
stupendous
stupendous
adj
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
stupration
stupration
noun
(obsolete) Rape.
subcaption
subcaption
noun
A caption that is subordinate to another caption.
verb
(transitive) To provide with a subordinate caption.
subception
subconcept
subconcept
noun
A secondary or subsidiary concept.
subpotency
subpotency
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
subreption
subreption
noun
The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
subutopian
sulphation
sulphation
noun
Alternative spelling of sulfation
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
sunspotted
supertonic
supertonic
noun
(music) The second note in a diatonic scale.
supination
supination
noun
(anatomy) The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm
(anatomy) The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.
(fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.
The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
suppletion
suppletion
noun
(grammar) More loosely, the use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine, normally referred to as collateral adjectives.
(linguistics, grammar) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.
The supplying of something lacking.
supporting
supporting
adj
That supports.
noun
That which supports something else; a support.
verb
present participle of support
surreption
surreption
noun
An unperceived or sudden arrival.
The obtaining of something in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
susception
susception
noun
The act of taking; reception.
suspection
suspection
noun
(obsolete) suspicion
theopneust
theopneust
adj
Inspired or possessed by a god.
toponymous
typonymous
typonymous
adj
Synonym of typonymic
unapposite
unapposite
adj
Not apposite.
uncaptious
uncaptious
adj
Not captious.
undespotic
undespotic
adj
Not despotic.
unestopped
unestopped
adj
Not estopped.
unhospital
unopposite
unpastoral
unpastoral
Adjective
Not pastoral.
unportuous
unpositive
unpostered
unpostered
adj
Not covered with posters.
unsportful
unsportful
adj
Not sportful.
unsporting
unsporting
adj
unfair, or not sportsmanlike
unsportive
unsportive
adj
Not sportive.
unsprouted
unsprouted
adj
(horticulture) ungerminated; without sprouts (of seed)
unstooping
unstooping
adj
Not stooping.
unstopping
unstopping
verb
present participle of unstop
upshooting
upshooting
verb
present participle of upshoot
usucaption
usucaption
noun
The acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time.
usurpation
usurpation
noun
A taking or use without right.
The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
Trespass onto another's property without permission.
utopianism
utopianism
noun
The belief in a system for an ideal society, usually regarded as unrealistic.