(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
anaglyphic
anaglyphic
adj
Relating to anaglyphs.
noun
Work with chased or embossed relief.
anaglyptic
anaglyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph
anaptychus
anaptychus
noun
(paleontology) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, such as the ammonites.
anaptyctic
anaptyctic
adj
(phonology) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
ancylopoda
angiocarpy
anoxyscope
antipapacy
antipapacy
noun
antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope
antiphysic
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
apocryphon
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
appellancy
appellancy
noun
Capability of appeal.
appendancy
appendancy
noun
Alternative form of appendance
appendency
appendency
noun
(obsolete) Something that is appendant.
(obsolete) State of being appendant.
applicancy
applicancy
noun
(dated) applicability
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
baryphonic
bellypinch
brachypnea
camphylene
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
capernoity
capnomancy
capnomancy
noun
Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy.
catchpenny
catchpenny
noun
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
chapellany
chapellany
noun
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
chaplaincy
chaplaincy
noun
A building, for example on a university campus, catering to people's religious needs.
The role or position of a chaplain.
chaplainry
chaplainry
noun
A chaplaincy.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chrysophan
chrysophan
noun
Archaic form of chrysophane.
cineplasty
clippingly
coenotypic
colonopexy
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
compliancy
compliancy
noun
The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance
componency
componency
noun
The property of being a component or having components.
condylopod
conicopoly
conicopoly
noun
(India, historical) A native clerk or accountant in the Madras presidency.
conspiracy
conspiracy
noun
(by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
(law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
(linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
A group of lemurs.
A group of ravens.
The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
verb
(rare, proscribed) To conspire.
cooperancy
coparenary
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
cordycepin
cordycepin
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A deoxy form of adenosine.
corpulency
corpulency
noun
Alternative form of corpulence
coryphaena
coryphodon
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
crapulency
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
crippingly
cryptonema
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
cryptozoon
cyanopathy
cyanopathy
noun
(medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyanophose
cyanospiza
cyaphenine
cymbopogon
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
cynipidous
cynipoidea
cynography
cynomorpha
cynophilic
cynophilic
adj
Of or relating to cynophilia.
cynophobia
cynophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
cynopodous
cypressinn
cyprinidae
cypripedin
cypripedin
noun
(organic chemistry) A precipitate from the tincture of Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens, employed in treating neuralgia and hysteria.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
dependancy
dependancy
noun
Archaic form of dependency.
dependency
dependency
noun
(computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.
(computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
desipiency
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
encryption
encryption
noun
(cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
epicondyle
epicondyle
noun
(anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.
epionychia
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
escapingly
expectancy
expectancy
noun
(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The state of being expected.
expediency
expediency
noun
(countable) An expedient.
(obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
(uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
glycolipin
glyptician
gynophoric
hippomancy
hippomancy
noun
Divination by the interpretation of the appearance and behaviour of horses. Their neighing and stamping are particularly noted.
hydroponic
hydroponic
adj
(agriculture, horticulture) Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
hyperclean
hyperclean
Adjective
Exceptionally clean.
hypernomic
hyperpneic
hyperpneic
adj
Related to hyperpnea.
hypersonic
hypersonic
adj
(of a speed, aeronautics) Far enough above the speed of sound as to cause significant differences in behaviour due to chemical reactions or dissociation of the air.
(of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hypnagogic
hypnagogic
adj
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.
That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
hypnogogic
hypnogogic
adj
Alternative spelling of hypnagogic
hypnologic
hypocenter
hypocenter
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hypocentre
hypocentre
hypocentre
noun
(geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
(military) The point on the surface below an atmospheric explosion; ground zero
hypochnose
hypoconule
hypocrinia
hyponastic
hyponastic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.
hyponitric
hyponoetic
hypophonic
hypophonic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, hypophonia.
hypothenic
iconophily
iconophily
noun
A love of icons or images.
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
impeccancy
impeccancy
noun
The quality of being sinless.
impendency
impendency
noun
That which impends.
The state of impending.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
incapacity
incapacity
noun
Legal disqualification.
The lack of a capacity; an inability.
incipiency
incipiency
noun
A state of nascency; a quality of incipience.
inculpably
inculpably
adv
In an inculpable way; blamelessly.
insapiency
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
lycoperdon
miscopying
miscopying
verb
present participle of miscopy
naphthylic
narcolepsy
narcolepsy
noun
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations
necropathy
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
necrophily
necrophily
noun
Necrophilia.
necroscopy
necroscopy
noun
A necropsy.
necrotypic
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
neurectopy
neuropsych
neuropsych
noun
(countable, colloquial) neuropsychologist
(uncountable, colloquial) neuropsychology
nickeltype
noncopying
noncopying
adj
That does not copy.
noncryptic
noncryptic
adj
Not cryptic.
nonopacity
nonopacity
noun
Lack of opacity; the state or condition of being nonopaque.
nonpliancy
nonpsychic
nonpsychic
adj
Not psychic.
noun
One who is not a psychic.
nonstyptic
nontypical
nontypical
adj
Not typical
nyctalopia
nyctalopia
noun
(medicine) The inability to see clearly in dim light; night blindness
nyctalopic
nyctalopic
adj
(medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.