(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.
amphistyly
amphithyra
amphitryon
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphrysian
amplifying
amplifying
verb
present participle of amplify
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
anaptyctic
anaptyctic
adj
(phonology) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
angiocarpy
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
angioplany
anglophily
anilopyrin
anisotropy
anisotropy
noun
The degree to which this property is exhibited.
The property of being directionally dependent.
anolympiad
antigraphy
antipapacy
antipapacy
noun
antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope
antiphysic
antipopery
antipopery
noun
Opposition to popery.
antipyonin
antipyonin
noun
(dated, medicine) borax
antipyrine
antipyrine
noun
(pharmacology) The drug phenazone.
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
aparavidya
apicillary
apicolysis
apicolysis
noun
(surgery) excision of the apex of an anatomical part (typically lung or tooth)
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
apophysial
appleringy
applicably
applicably
adv
In an applicable manner.
applicancy
applicancy
noun
(dated) applicability
applyingly
applyingly
adv
With application.
appositely
appositely
adv
In an apposite manner.
apsychical
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
aristotype
aristotype
noun
(historical) A print made by such a process.
(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
aspiratory
aspiratory
adj
pertaining to aspiration
aspiringly
aspiringly
adv
In an aspiring manner.
asymptotic
asymptotic
adj
(mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
(mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
atypically
atypically
adv
In a manner which is not typical.
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
autophytic
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
avoyership
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
baryphonia
baryphonic
beautyship
bellypiece
bellypinch
bibliopegy
bibliopegy
noun
The art of bookbinding.
bibliopoly
bibliopoly
noun
(literary) Bookselling.
binaphthyl
binaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, analogous to biphenyl, formed from two naphthalene residues linked by a single bond
biophysics
biophysics
noun
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.
biopsychic
biopsychic
adj
Relating to psychic phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
bipedality
bipedality
noun
The condition of being bipedal; bipedalism.
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
bipyridine
bipyridine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of two pyridine molecules directly linked; their derivatives have many industrial applications.
blimpishly
blimpishly
adv
In a blimpish manner.
bopyridian
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
caerphilly
caerphilly
noun
A light-colored, crumbly cheese made from cow's milk.
calciphyre
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
callityped
calotypist
calotypist
noun
A person who makes calotypes.
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
capability
capability
noun
(computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.
the power or ability to generate an outcome
caperingly
caperingly
adv
in a capering manner
capernoity
capitulary
capitulary
adj
Of or related to a chapter, in its various senses.
Of or related to the Capitoulate of Toulouse.
noun
A member of an ecclesiastical chapter
A set of decrees, especially those made by the Frankish kings
captiously
captiously
adv
In a captious manner.
cataphysic
cattyphoid
celiolymph
celioscopy
celioscopy
noun
Alternative form of coelioscopy
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.
cheapishly
cheiropody
cheiropody
noun
Archaic form of chiropody.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chippeways
chirpingly
chirpingly
adv
With a chirping sound.
chrysippus
chrysopsis
cineplasty
cityscapes
cityscapes
noun
plural of cityscape
clippingly
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
coenotypic
colipyuria
collotypic
compactify
compactify
verb
(humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
(mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
(physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
companying
companying
verb
present participle of company
compatibly
compatibly
adv
In a compatible manner
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
compliably
compliancy
compliancy
noun
The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance
complicacy
complicacy
noun
That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
The state of being complex; entanglement.
complicity
complicity
noun
(archaic) Complexity.
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
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.
copyfitter
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
cordycepin
cordycepin
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A deoxy form of adenosine.
corporeity
corporeity
noun
(countable) A body, a physical substance.
(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
corylopsis
coryphasia
corypphaei
crampingly
crampingly
adv
So as to cramp or confine.
creepingly
creepingly
adv
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
crippingly
cryophilic
cryophilic
adj
(microbiology) growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius
cryophoric
cryoscopic
cryoscopic
adj
(chemistry, physics) of or pertaining to cryoscopy; determined using a cryoscope
cryptodira
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptolite
cryptolith
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
cryptopyic
cryptozoic
cryptozoic
adj
(chiefly soil science, of an organism) Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible.