(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adenopharyngitis
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adstipulating
amygdalothripsis
andrographis
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androsphinges
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
angiocardiographies
angiodiascopy
anglepods
antieavesdropping
antiprestidigitation
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
antispreading
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
appendages
appendages
noun
plural of appendage
argyraspides
argyraspides
noun
plural of argyraspide
aspidoganoidei
astragaloscaphoid
astragaloscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
bandspreading
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bespangled
bespangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespangle
bespreading
bespreading
verb
present participle of bespread
bloodspilling
bradysphygmia
bridegroomship
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
campgrounds
campgrounds
noun
plural of campground
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
cardiographies
cardiographies
noun
plural of cardiography
cardiographs
cardiographs
noun
plural of cardiograph
cardiosphygmogram
cardiosphygmograph
cardiosphygmograph
noun
A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.
cardophagus
cardsharping
cardsharping
noun
The trickery used by a cardsharp to cheat in card games.
chondropharyngeus
chondropterygious
codpitchings
corresponding
corresponding
adj
that have a similar relationship
noun
A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.
verb
present participle of correspond
correspondingly
correspondingly
adv
In a corresponding manner; conformably.
costodiaphragmatic
costodiaphragmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura.
cystoradiography
dactylioglyphist
daguerreotypes
daguerreotypes
noun
plural of daguerreotype
daguerreotypist
daguerreotypist
noun
A person who makes daguerreotypes.
dampings
dampings
noun
plural of damping
dapsang
dasypygal
dasypygal
adj
(rare) Having hairy buttocks.
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
daughtership
daughtership
noun
The position or state of being a daughter.
dayspring
dayspring
noun
(archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
decompensating
decompensating
verb
present participle of decompensate
decomposing
decomposing
verb
present participle of decompose
decompressing
decompressing
verb
present participle of decompress
deemphasizing
deemphasizing
verb
present participle of deemphasize
delegateship
demigoddessship
demographers
demographers
noun
plural of demographer
demographics
demographics
noun
The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
demographies
demographies
noun
plural of demography
demographist
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
demospongiae
dendrophagous
dendrophagous
adj
That feeds on the wood of trees
departmentalising
departmentalising
verb
present participle of departmentalise
depasturage
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depersonalising
depersonalising
verb
present participle of depersonalise
depersonalizing
depersonalizing
verb
present participle of depersonalize
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
dephlegmedness
dephlegmedness
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A state of being freed from water.
dephlogisticate
dephlogisticate
verb
To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
dephlogisticated
dephlogisticated
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) From which the phlogiston has been removed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate
dephlogistication
dephlogistication
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The process of dephlogisticating; removal of the phlogiston, or supposed ability to burn.
depolarising
depolarising
verb
present participle of depolarise
depolishing
depolishing
verb
present participle of depolish
deposing
deposing
verb
present participle of depose
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
depressingly
depressingly
adv
In a depressing manner.
depressingness
depressingness
noun
The state or quality of being depressing.
deprogrammers
deprogrammers
noun
plural of deprogrammer
deprogrammings
deprogrammings
noun
plural of deprogramming
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
derepressing
derepressing
verb
present participle of derepress
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dermatophagus
dermographism
dermographism
Noun
dermatographia
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
desmopathologist
desmopathology
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
despairingly
despairingly
adv
In a despairing manner.
despairingness
despairingness
noun
The state or quality of being despairing.
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
despising
despising
noun
An act of despising.
verb
present participle of despise
despisingly
despisingly
adv
Contemptuously; with scorn.
despiting
despiting
verb
present participle of despite
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
despondingly
despondingly
adv
In a desponding manner.
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphurising
desulphurising
verb
present participle of desulphurise
desulphurizing
desulphurizing
verb
present participle of desulphurize
diageotropism
diageotropism
noun
(botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the centre of the Earth.
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
diagraphs
diagraphs
noun
plural of diagraph
diapausing
diapausing
adj
Undergoing a diapause
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
dictyograptus
digonoporous
digraphs
digraphs
noun
plural of digraph
dihydrosphingosine
dihydrosphingosine
noun
(organic chemistry) sphinganine
dioeciopolygamous
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphosgenes
diphthongisation
diphthongisation
noun
The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
diphthongise
diphthongise
verb
Alternative spelling of diphthongize
diphthongised
diphthongised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongise
diphthongising
diphthongising
verb
present participle of diphthongise
diphthongous
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
diplegias
diplegias
noun
plural of diplegia
dipleurogenesis
diplogenesis
diplogenesis
noun
(medicine) The double formation of something that is normally single, such as a body organ.
diploglossata
diploglossate
dippings
dippings
noun
plural of dipping
dipterologist
dipterologist
noun
One who studies flies, the Diptera.
dipygus
dipygus
noun
An individual with a congenital deformity where the body axis forks left and right partway along the torso, with the posterior end (pelvis and legs) duplicated.