(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
noun
A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.
apemantus
aphelinus
apneumona
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
apogenous
aquaplane
aquaplane
noun
A board ridden by a standing person and pulled by a motorboat for entertainment
verb
(automotive, UK) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
To ride such a board.
arpenteur
asplenium
asplenium
noun
(botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
auriphone
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
bumpkinet
capernaum
cauponate
cauponize
cauponize
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To sell wine or victuals.
centupled
centupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centuple
centuples
centuples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centuple
conceptus
conceptus
noun
The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.
cornupete
cornupete
adj
(rare) Of an animal: threatening to butt with its horns.
corpulent
corpulent
adj
(obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.
Large in body; fat; overweight.
crapulent
crapulent
adj
Exhibiting or relating to crapulence.
cuapinole
cupelling
cupelling
verb
present participle of cupel
cupertino
cusparine
cuspidine
cuspidine
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
dauphines
dauphines
noun
plural of dauphine
decupling
decupling
verb
present participle of decuple
delphinus
depluming
depluming
verb
present participle of deplume
depurging
dipneusti
drepanium
drepanium
noun
(botany) A helicoid cyme whose successive pedicels are aligned on the same plane.
dumpiness
dumpiness
noun
The quality of being dumpy
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
dunstaple
duplexing
duplexing
verb
present participle of duplex
dupuytren
encapsule
encapsule
verb
(transitive) To place inside a capsule.
encarpium
enrapture
enrapture
verb
(transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
ensulphur
entropium
entropium
noun
Alternative form of entropion
envolupen
epanthous
ephymnium
epicurean
epicurean
adj
Devoted to luxurious living.
Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
noun
One who is devoted to pleasure.
epifaunae
epifaunae
noun
plural of epifauna
epifaunal
epifaunal
adj
Of or pertaining to epifauna.
epifaunas
epigenous
epigenous
adj
Growing on the surface of a leaf
epigonium
epigonous
epigonous
adj
Following and modelling after another thing.
epigynous
epigynous
adj
(botany) Having an inferior ovary that is completely buried within the receptacle.
epineural
epineural
adj
(anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra
noun
An epineural bone
epineuria
epineuria
noun
plural of epineurium
epitonium
eponymous
eponymous
adj
Of a thing: named after a person or entity.
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
epruinose
epruinose
adj
(botany) Not pruinose
epulation
epulation
noun
(obsolete) A feast or banquet.
epuration
epuration
noun
any type of political cleansing, such as ethnic cleansing
purification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction)
equipment
equipment
noun
(slang, humorous) The male genitalia.
Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
equipping
equipping
noun
equipment
verb
present participle of equip
eruptions
eruptions
noun
plural of eruption
espousing
espousing
verb
present participle of espouse
eupatorin
euphemian
euphenics
euphenics
noun
The science of making biological (phenotypic) improvements to humans after birth.
euphoniad
euphonies
euphonies
noun
plural of euphony
euphonise
euphonise
verb
Alternative form of euphonize
euphonism
euphonism
noun
An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
euphonium
euphonium
noun
A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch; a sax horn.
euphonize
euphonize
verb
(transitive) To make euphonic.
euphonous
euphonous
adj
Synonym of euphonious
euphorion
eupittone
eupittone
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance, resembling aurin, obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; eupittonic acid.
europeans
euspongia
euterpean
euterpean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the mythological figure Euterpe, or to music.
expansure
expansure
noun
(obsolete) Expanse.
expounded
expounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expound
expounder
expounder
noun
A person who expounds, explains
expuition
expuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spiting phlegm.
expulsing
expulsing
verb
present participle of expulse
expulsion
expulsion
noun
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
expungers
expungers
noun
plural of expunger
expunging
expunging
noun
The act by which something is expunged; a deletion.
verb
present participle of expunge
fourpence
fourpence
noun
A former British silver coin, worth four pence.
A monetary amount of four pence.
fourpenny
fourpenny
adj
(dated) Costing fourpence.
noun
A coin or stamp worth fourpence.
galempung
geepounds
geepounds
noun
plural of geepound
grapenuts
groupment
groupment
noun
(military) A temporary, improvised grouping of forces.
guineapig
gunpapers
gunpapers
noun
plural of gunpaper
gunpowder
gunpowder
noun
(India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
Short for gunpowder tea.
homespuns
homespuns
noun
plural of homespun
humpiness
humpiness
noun
The quality of being humpy.
ibuprofen
ibuprofen
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.
verb
(rare) To treat with ibuprofen; to administer ibuprofen to.
impennous
impennous
adj
Lacking wings.
importune
importune
adj
(obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
(obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
(obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
verb
(obsolete) To import; to signify.
To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
To bother, irritate, trouble.
To harass with persistent requests.
impounded
impounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impound
impounder
impounder
noun
One who impounds.
imprudent
imprudent
adj
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions
impudence
impudence
noun
Impudent language, conduct or behavior.
The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
impudency
impudency
noun
(now rare) Impudence.
impugners
impugners
noun
plural of impugner
impunible
inculpate
inculpate
verb
(law) To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
inopulent
inopulent
adj
Not opulent; not affluent or rich.
inputfile
insculped
insculped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of insculp
insuspect
interpour
interrupt
interrupt
noun
(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
verb
(transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
(transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
(transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
ionopause
ionopause
noun
The boundary layer of the ionosphere, where it meets the mesosphere or exosphere.
jumpiness
jumpiness
noun
The state of being jumpy.
juniperus
liespfund
liespfund
noun
(historical) An Estonian unit of mass, equivalent to 8.6 kilograms.
lumpiness
lumpiness
noun
The property of being lumpy.
lupetidin
menopause
menopause
noun
The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.
The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
morpunkee
mughopine
muncupate
nephelium
nephrauxe
nepotious
nepotious
adj
(archaic) nepotistic
neptunean
neptunian
neptunian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Neptunian
neptunism
neptunism
Proper noun
A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.
neptunist
neptunist
Noun
A proponent of Neptunism.
neptunium
neptunium
noun
The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np.
neuropath
neuropath
noun
(medicine, dated) A person with neuropathy, perhaps also including (in outdated nosology) a neurosis: someone who has, or is predisposed to, some disease of the nervous system.
(medicine, historical) A physician with specialization in neuropathy, corresponding to today's specialties of neuropathologist or neurologist: one who focuses on nervous conditions in pathology.
neurophil
neuropile
neuropile
noun
Alternative form of neuropil
neuropore
neuropore
noun
(anatomy) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.
neuropter
neuropter
noun
(zoology) A lacewing of the order Neuroptera
newsgroup
newsgroup
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
nonmakeup
nonopaque
nonopaque
adj
Not opaque.
nonplused
nonpluses
nonpluses
noun
plural of nonplus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nonplus
nonpueblo
nonpueblo
adj
Not belonging or relating to a pueblo.
noun
A community or location that is not a pueblo.
nulliplex
nulliplex
adj
(genetics, of a polyploid) homozygously recessive (lacking the dominant allele) at a particular locus
nullipore
nullipore
noun
Any of various crustaceous marine algae which secrete calcium carbonate.
nuncupate
nuncupate
verb
(transitive) To dedicate.
(transitive) To solemnly pronounce
(transitive, law) To declare, usually of a will, by word of mouth only.
nutpecker
nutpecker
noun
The nuthatch.
nymphaeum
nymphaeum
noun
An ancient Greek or Roman shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.