interplay | (noun) reciprocal action and reaction | - |
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irreplaceable | (adjective) impossible to replace | Synonyms: unreplaceable |
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irreplaceableness | (noun) the quality of being irreplaceable | - |
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isopleth | (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable | Synonyms: isarithm, isogram |
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karyoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: nucleoplasm |
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keratoplasty | (noun) a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor | Synonyms: corneal graft, corneal transplant |
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lamplight | (noun) light from a lamp | - |
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lamplighter | (noun) (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights | - |
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lamplit | (adjective) lighted by a lamp | - |
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leadplant | (noun) shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore | Synonyms: Amorpha canescens, lead plant |
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limply | (adverb) without rigidity | - |
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lipless | (adjective) without a lip or lips | Synonyms: unlipped |
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liplike | (adjective) having lips or parts that resemble lips | Synonyms: labiate |
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maple | (noun) any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone | - |
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(noun) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring | - |
maplelike | (adjective) resembling maple | Synonyms: maple-like |
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marketplace | (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | Synonyms: market, market place |
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(noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | Synonyms: market, market place, mart |
mayapple | (noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit | Synonyms: May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake |
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midplane | (noun) the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | Synonyms: midline |
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misapplication | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation |
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(noun) wrong use or application | - |
misapply | (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misuse |
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misplace | (verb) place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position | - |
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(verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: mislay |
misplaced | (adjective) put in the wrong place or position | - |
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(adjective) lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | Synonyms: mislaid |
misplacement | (noun) faulty position | Synonyms: malposition |
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misplay | (noun) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | Synonyms: error |
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(verb) play wrong or in an unskillful manner | - |
(verb) play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note | - |
monoplane | (noun) an airplane with a single wing | - |
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monoplegia | (noun) paralysis of a single limb | - |
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monoploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | Synonyms: haploid, haploidic |
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multiple | (adjective) having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual | - |
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(noun) the product of a quantity by an integer | - |
multiplex | (adjective) having many parts or aspects | - |
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(adjective) many and varied; having many features or forms | Synonyms: manifold |
(noun) a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building | - |
(noun) communicates two or more signals over a common channel | - |
multiplexer | (noun) a device that can interleave two or more activities | - |
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multiplicand | (noun) the number that is multiplied by the multiplier | - |
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multiplication | (noun) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed | Synonyms: times |
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(noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | Synonyms: generation, propagation |
(noun) a multiplicative increase | - |
multiplicative | (adjective) tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree | - |
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multiplicatively | (adverb) in a multiplicative manner | - |
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multiplicity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: numerosity, numerousness |
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(noun) the property of being multiple | - |
multiplied | (adjective) greatly increased as by multiplication | - |
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multiplier | (noun) the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied | Synonyms: multiplier factor |
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multiply | (adverb) in several ways; in a multiple manner | - |
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(verb) have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | Synonyms: breed |
(verb) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | Synonyms: procreate, reproduce |
(verb) combine or increase by multiplication | Synonyms: manifold |
(verb) make multiple copies of | Synonyms: manifold |
(verb) combine by multiplication | - |
mycoplasma | (noun) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection | - |
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myringoplasty | (noun) surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | - |
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nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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nanoplankton | (noun) microscopic organisms found in plankton | - |
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neoplasia | (noun) the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor | - |
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neoplasm | (noun) an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | Synonyms: tumor, tumour |
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neoplastic | (adjective) of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm | - |
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neuroplasty | (noun) plastic surgery of the nerves | - |
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nipple | (noun) a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier | - |
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(noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, pap, teat, tit |
nonaccomplishment | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonachievement |
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noncompliance | (noun) the failure to obey | Synonyms: disobedience |
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noncompliant | (adjective) boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | Synonyms: defiant |
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(noun) a person who refuses to comply | Synonyms: balker, baulker |
nonexplorative | (adjective) not exploratory | Synonyms: nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory |
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nonexploratory | (adjective) not exploratory | Synonyms: nonexplorative, unexplorative, unexploratory |
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nonexplosive | (adjective) not explosive | - |
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nonplus | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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nonplused | (adjective) filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at a loss, nonplussed, puzzled |
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nonplussed | (adjective) filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at a loss, nonplused, puzzled |
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nonuple | (adjective) having nine units or components | Synonyms: nine-fold, ninefold |
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nucleoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: karyoplasm |
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numberplate | (noun) a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number | Synonyms: license plate |
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octuple | (adjective) having eight units or components | Synonyms: eight-fold, eightfold |
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ophthalmoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye | - |
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otoplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear | - |
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outplay | (verb) excel or defeat in a game | - |
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overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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overexploitation | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overuse, overutilisation, overutilization |
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overplay | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overact |
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overplus | (noun) extreme excess | Synonyms: embarrassment, plethora, superfluity |
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oversimplification | (noun) an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is | Synonyms: simplism |
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(noun) an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation | Synonyms: simplism |
oversimplify | (verb) simplify to an excessive degree | - |
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oversupply | (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, surfeit |
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(verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, glut |
palatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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panoplied | (adjective) in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia | Synonyms: arrayed |
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(adjective) equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior | Synonyms: armored |
panoply | (noun) a complete and impressive array | - |
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paraplegia | (noun) paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma) | - |
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paraplegic | (adjective) suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord | - |
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(noun) a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down) | - |
participle | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participial |
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peneplain | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplane |
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peneplane | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplain |
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people | (noun) (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively | - |
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(noun) the body of citizens of a state or country | Synonyms: citizenry |
(noun) members of a family line | - |
(noun) the common people generally | Synonyms: hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, the great unwashed |
(verb) fill with people | - |
(verb) furnish with people | - |
peopled | (adjective) furnished with people | - |
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peoples | (noun) the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group | - |
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peplos | (noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | Synonyms: peplum, peplus |
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peplum | (noun) a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse | - |
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(noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | Synonyms: peplos, peplus |
peplus | (noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | Synonyms: peplos, peplum |
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perplex | (verb) make more complicated | Synonyms: complicate |
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(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
perplexed | (adjective) full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment | - |
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perplexedly | (adverb) in a perplexed manner | Synonyms: confoundedly |
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perplexing | (adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: confusing, puzzling |
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perplexity | (noun) trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | - |
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phalloplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury | - |
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phenoplast | (noun) a thermosetting resin | Synonyms: phenolic, phenolic resin |
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phytoplankton | (noun) photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae | - |
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pieplant | (noun) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | Synonyms: rhubarb |
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pimple | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne | Synonyms: hickey, zit |
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pimpled | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: acned, pimply, pustulate |
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pimply | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: acned, pimpled, pustulate |
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pineapple | (noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated | Synonyms: ananas |
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(noun) a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics | Synonyms: Ananas comosus, pineapple plant |
piroplasm | (noun) minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals | - |
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placable | (adjective) easily calmed or pacified | - |
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placard | (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, poster, posting |
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(verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: bill |
(verb) post in a public place | - |