(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.
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.
antipapacy
antipapacy
noun
antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope
antiphysic
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
capernoity
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.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
cineplasty
coenotypic
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.
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
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.
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.
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
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.
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.
glyptician
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
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
hyponastic
hyponastic
adj
(botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.
hyponitric
hyponoetic
hypothenic
impatiency
impatiency
noun
(obsolete) Impatience.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
incapacity
incapacity
noun
Legal disqualification.
The lack of a capacity; an inability.
naphthylic
necropathy
necrotypic
nephrocyte
nephrocyte
noun
(biology) a specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products
neurectopy
nickeltype
noncryptic
noncryptic
adj
Not cryptic.
nonopacity
nonopacity
noun
Lack of opacity; the state or condition of being nonopaque.
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.
pachyodont
pachyodont
adj
(zoology) Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve.
(zoology) Having thick teeth.
noun
(zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.
parchmenty
parchmenty
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
patrocliny
patrocliny
noun
The quality of being patroclinous.
patronymic
patronymic
adj
(by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.
Derived from one's father.
noun
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
A name acquired from one's father.
pedanticly
pedanticly
adv
Obsolete form of pedantically.
penetrancy
penetrancy
noun
The quality or state of being penetrant; penetrance.
pentadecyl
pentadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₅H₃₁, formally derived from pentadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
pentaptych
pentaptych
noun
A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centrepiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
pertinency
pertinency
noun
(countable, dated) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
phenocryst
phenocryst
noun
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
phenotypic
phenotypic
adj
Of, or relating to a phenotype.
phlyctaena
phlyctaena
noun
Alternative form of phlyctena
phlyctenae
phlyctenae
noun
plural of phlyctena
phonotypic
phonotypic
adj
Of or relating to phonotypy.
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
pinacocyte
pinacocyte
noun
(biology) Any of a group of flattened polygonal cells that together make up the pinacoderm in the dermal epithelium of sponges.
placentary
placentary
adj
Relating to the placenta.
noun
(botany) The projecting line or ridge formed by the union of several placentas.
platycodon
playacting
playacting
noun
Alternative form of play-acting.
verb
present participle of playact
polyactine
polyactine
noun
The ray of a polyactinal sponge
polycletan
polyctenid
polyctenid
noun
(zoology) Any bug in the family Polyctenidae.
polyethnic
polyethnic
adj
(of a group or society) That contains people who together represent multiple ethnicities, especially such that they coexist and interact harmoniously.
(of a person) Who identifies as being of multiple ethnicities.
portcrayon
portcrayon
noun
Obsolete form of porte-crayon.
postulancy
postulancy
noun
The role or status of a postulant.
precentory
prepotency
prepotency
noun
(biology) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
ptochogony
punctually
punctually
adv
(archaic) Precisely; exactly; minutely.
In a punctual manner; on time.
pycnodonti
pycnometer
pycnometer
noun
(physics, metrology) A vessel of precisely known volume used by weighing to determine the specific gravity or relative density of a liquid.
pycnonotus
pycnostyle
pycnostyle
adj
(architecture) Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
noun
(architecture) A colonnade of this kind.
pyoctanine
pyogenetic
pyogenetic
adj
pyogenic
pyracantha
pyracantha
noun
A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs.
pyrocotton
pyrocotton
noun
Nitrated cotton, a high explosive that is the main constituent of smokeless powder.
pyrogentic
pyromantic
pyromantic
adj
Of or relating to pyromancy.
noun
A practitioner of pyromancy.
pyrotechny
pyrotechny
noun
(figuratively) Impressive, dazzling or virtuosic display.
(obsolete) The manufacture and use of gunpowder, bombs etc.
The manufacture and use of fireworks.
The use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy.
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
pythonical
saponacity
saponacity
noun
The quality or state of being saponaceous.
splenocyte
splenocyte
noun
(biology, immunology) A type of monocyte characteristically found in spleen tissue
stenotypic
stenotypic
adj
Alternative form of stenotypical
subpotency
subpotency
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
sycophants
sycophants
noun
plural of sycophant
synaptical
synaptical
adj
Alternative form of synaptic
syncopated
syncopated
adj
(grammar) of a word, shortened by syncope
(music) of a rhythm, modified by syncopation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of syncopate
syncopates
syncopates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of syncopate
syncopator
syncopator
noun
One who or that which syncopates.
syncryptic
synoptical
synoptical
adj
synoptic
syntrophic
syntrophic
adj
Of or pertaining to syntrophy.
tachypneic
tachypneic
adj
Alternative form of tachypnoeic
tachypnoea
tachypnoea
noun
(medicine) Hyperventilation.
toponymics
toponymics
noun
The study of toponyms.
trepidancy
trepidancy
noun
(rare) Trembling caused by fear or nervous agitation.
tympanitic
tympanitic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.