Characteristic of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) of plants.
mystagogue
mystagogue
noun
A person who prepares an initiate for entry into a mystery cult, or who teaches mystical doctrines.
One who keeps and shows church relics.
myxomatous
myxomatous
adj
Of or relating to myxomata.
nauseously
nauseously
adv
In a nauseous manner.
neurectasy
nurseryman
nurseryman
noun
A person who rears and sells plants in a nursery.
obscurancy
onychauxis
oscularity
osculatory
osculatory
adj
(formal) Of or relating to kissing.
(geometry) Relating to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation.
noun
(Christianity) A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which is kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace"); it is then passed to others at the mass who also kiss it.
outsatisfy
outsatisfy
verb
(transitive) To provide more satisfaction than.
outstaying
outstaying
verb
present participle of outstay
oxyuriasis
oxyuriasis
noun
pinworm infection; enterobiasis
pachyotous
pachytylus
panhygrous
paronymous
paronymous
adj
(semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning.
(semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
patulously
patulously
adv
In a patulous manner.
pausefully
pausefully
adv
In a pauseful manner; with pauses.
paycheques
paycheques
noun
plural of paycheque
pelycosaur
pelycosaur
noun
Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.
persuasory
persuasory
adj
Persuasive.
physagogue
picayunish
picayunish
adj
Petty; paltry; mean.
platypuses
platysomus
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
polyanthus
polyanthus
noun
A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.
polygamous
polygamous
adj
(botany) Exhibiting polygamy.
Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.
polymastus
polyparous
polyparous
adj
Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
polysaccum
postulancy
postulancy
noun
The role or status of a postulant.
presumably
presumably
adv
able to be sensibly presumed
pseudandry
pseudandry
noun
(rare) The use by a female writer of a male pseudonym.
pseudovary
pseudovary
noun
Alternative form of pseudovarium
puissantly
puissantly
adv
In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength.
punishably
punishably
adv
In a punishable manner; in a manner that merits punishment.
purchasery
pursuantly
pursuantly
adv
In a way that is pursuant; agreeably; conformably.
quackishly
quackishly
adv
In a quackish manner.
quaestuary
quaestuary
adj
Relating to or concerned with gain; engaged in moneymaking.
qualmishly
qualmishly
adv
In a qualmish manner.
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
racemously
ravenously
ravenously
adv
In a ravenous manner; voraciously.
reissuably
residually
residually
adv
To a residual extent
resultancy
roundelays
roundelays
noun
plural of roundelay
russolatry
rustically
rustically
adv
In a rustic manner.
sabulosity
sabulosity
noun
The characteristic of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
saintsbury
salicylous
salutarily
salutarily
adv
In a salutary manner
salutatory
salutatory
adj
Characteristic of or relating to a salutation or greeting.
noun
(chiefly US) A greeting; an address, speech or article of greeting; the first editorial by the new editor of a newspaper or periodical; an introduction or preface.
(obsolete) A place for saluting or greeting.
sanguinary
sanguinary
adj
(of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
(of an event) Involving bloodshed.
Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
noun
A bloodthirsty person.
The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).
sanguinely
sanguinely
adv
In a sanguine manner.
sanguinity
sanguinity
noun
The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.
satyresque
satyresque
adj
satyrlike
scabrously
scabrously
adv
In a scabrous way.
scrutatory
secularity
secularity
noun
The state of being secular.
semilunary
semilunary
adj
Obsolete form of semilunar.
sensuality
sensuality
noun
(countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.
(uncountable) The state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy.
shaftsbury
shakyamuni
shamefully
shamefully
adv
In a shameful manner.
Used to express discontent with a situation or occurrence.
simulatory
simulatory
adj
simulated, or capable of being simulated
singularly
singularly
adv
Extremely; remarkably.
In the singular number; in terms of a single thing.
Strangely; oddly.
solely; only; uniquely
slaughtery
sluggardly
sluggardly
adj
Like a sluggard.
sluggardry
soapbubbly
spaciously
spaciously
adv
In a spacious manner.
specularly
specularly
adv
In a specular manner (in the manner of a mirror)
splaymouth
sprayfully
squalidity
squalidity
noun
The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
squamosely
squamosely
adv
In a squamose manner.
squamosity
squamosity
noun
The quality of being squamose.
squamously
squamously
adv
In a squamous way.
squarishly
squarishly
adv
In a squarish way.
squarsonry
squawberry
squawberry
noun
The bearberry.
The partridgeberry.
squeakyish
squeakyish
adj
Somewhat squeaky.
squeezably
squeezably
adv
In a squeezable manner.
squirarchy
squirarchy
noun
Alternative form of squirearchy
stachyurus
statefully
statefully
adv
In a stateful manner.
statutably
statutably
adv
In a way that conforms to statute.
staurology
stimulancy
stimulancy
noun
The act of stimulating; stimulation.
The quality of being stimulating.
stuyvesant
stymphalus
stymphalus
Proper noun
a town and district in Arcadia, ancient Greece
subability
subability
noun
An ability making up part of a greater ability.
subacidity
subacidity
noun
The quality of being subacid.
subacridly
subacutely
subacutely
adv
In a subacute way.
subaudibly
subaurally
subaxially
subaxially
adv
In a subaxial manner
subcompany
subcompany
noun
A company forming part of a larger company.
subcyanide
subdeanery
subdeanery
noun
The office or rank of subdean.
subdurally
subdurally
adv
(anatomy) Beneath the dura mater and above the meninges.
subendymal
subendymal
adj
(anatomy) Situated under the endyma.
subequally
subequally
adv
In a subequal manner.
subfactory
subfactory
noun
A secondary or subordinate factory.
subhumanly
subhumanly
adv
In a subhuman way, or to a subhuman extent.
subhyaline
subhyaline
adj
Partly or imperfectly hyaline.
subhyaloid
subhyaloid
adj
(anatomy) Situated under the hyaloid membrane.
subjacency
subjacency
noun
(linguistics) A constraint on the movement of elements whereby an element cannot move into a specifier position that is already occupied.
The state of being subjacent.
sublapsary
submammary
submammary
adj
(anatomy) Situated under the mammae.
submiliary
submiliary
adj
(medicine) Designating large tuberculous masses formed by the coalescence of many miliary tubercles.
subphratry
subphratry
noun
A clan, a subdivision of a phratry.
subprimary
subprimary
adj
Below the primary level; less than primary.
subquality
subquality
noun
A distinct part of a larger quality
subrailway
subreptary
subsidiary
subsidiary
adj
Auxiliary or supplemental.
Of or relating to a subsidy.
Secondary or subordinate.
noun
(music) A subordinate theme.
A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
One who aids or supplies; an assistant.
subsynodal
subtenancy
subtenancy
noun
(property law) Synonym of sublease.
subterrany
subterrany
adj
(obsolete) subterranean
noun
(obsolete) A subterranean place.
subtotally
subtotally
adv
Less than totally; partially.
subturbary
subturbary
adj
Lying beneath a turbary.
subtypical
subtypical
adj
(zoology) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.
Relating to a subtype.
suburbanly
suburbanly
adv
In a suburban manner.
subvariety
subvariety
noun
(botany) A rank below that of variety.
(linguistics) A subordinate language variety.
(mathematics) A subset of a variety which is itself a variety.
subvocally
subvocally
adv
In a subvocal manner.
subwealthy
sufferably
sufferably
adv
In a sufferable manner.
sugarberry
sugarberry
noun
hackberry
suicidally
suicidally
adv
In a suicidal fashion.
In terms of or by means of suicide.
sulphocyan
sundayfied
sundaylike
sundaylike
Adjective
Resembling a Sunday or some aspect of one, especially the religious observances and abstinence from work of the Christian Sabbath.
sundayness
superalloy
superalloy
noun
(metallurgy) Any of several high-performance alloys that are resistant to high temperatures