(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
absurdly
absurdly
adv
In an absurd fashion.
The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise.
To an extreme degree.
accursedly
accursedly
adv
(degree, somewhat dated) Damnably; extremely.
In an accursed manner.
acetylenediurein
acetylfluoride
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
noun
The upper surface of a toe
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
acrydium
adjudicatory
adjudicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
adjuratory
adjuratory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
adjutory
adjutory
adj
(obsolete) Serving to help or assist.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adrenomedullary
adrenomedullary
adj
Of or relating to the adrenal medulla.
adulatory
adulatory
adj
Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
adulterately
adulterately
adv
In an adulterate manner.
adulterously
adulterously
adv
In an adulterous manner.
adultery
adultery
noun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
aerohydrous
aerohydrous
adj
Composed of or containing air and water.
afterstudy
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
androdynamous
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anhydrously
antejudiciary
anthrahydroquinone
antidysuric
antiproductively
antiproductivity
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
archduchy
archduchy
noun
The territory (principality) of an archduke.
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
arduously
arduously
adv
in an arduous manner
artiodactylous
artiodactylous
adj
(zoology) even-toed; of ungulates, having the weight borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
assuredly
assuredly
adv
In an assured manner; certainly.
asterospondylous
audiometrically
audiometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, audiometry.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorially
auditorially
adv
In an auditory manner.
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
audrey
audry
audrye
aurichlorohydric
auricyanhydric
auricyanide
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
autodepolymerization
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autohybridization
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
autotetraploidy
autotetraploidy
noun
The property of being autotetraploid.
autotriploidy
autotriploidy
noun
The condition of being autotriploid
ayurveda
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
ballyllumford
baudery
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
bodyguard
bodyguard
noun
A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.
verb
(transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
bodyguarded
bodyguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodyguard
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bodyguards
bodyguards
noun
plural of bodyguard
boundary
boundary
noun
(cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
(cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.
(figurative, often in the plural) The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
(topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.
The dividing line or location between two areas.
brachydactylous
brachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having abnormally short digits.
brachydodromous
brachypodous
bradbury
bradburya
bradyacousia
bradyauxesis
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
bradycauma
bradynosus
bradypus
bradyuria
bradyuria
noun
Unusually slow urination
budgerygah
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
bulbomedullary
bullyragged
bullyragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullyrag
buraydah
butyraldehyde
butyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CHO derived from butane
buzzardly
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
caducary
caducary
adj
(law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
caduciary
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
cardiodysneuria
cardiopulmonary
cardiopulmonary
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
caudatory
cerebromedullary
cerebromedullary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebrum and medulla.
chlamydobacteriaceous
chlamydosaurus
chondropharyngeus
churchyard
churchyard
noun
A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
churchyards
churchyards
noun
plural of churchyard
chylopericardium
chylopericardium
noun
(pathology) The presence of chyle in the pericardium
chytridiaceous
chytridiaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Chytridiaceae.
clairaudiently
clairaudiently
adv
In a clairaudient way; by means of clairaudience.
condylarthrous
condylura
consuetudinary
consuetudinary
adj
(law) Customary; considered law by virtue of the fact that it is generally observed.
noun
A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
contradictiously
contradictiously
adv
In a contradictious manner.
cordylanthus
couderay
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
courtyard
courtyard
noun
An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
courtyards
courtyards
noun
plural of courtyard
craniodidymus
crypturidae
cuprocyanide
cuproiodargyrite
curlyhead
curlyhead
noun
A person with curly hair.
curlyheads
curlyheads
noun
plural of curlyhead
curtailedly
cyanuramide
cylindraceous
cylindraceous
adj
cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form
cylindrocellular
cylindrocellular
adj
(biology) Relating to cylindrical cells.
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
cylindruria
cylindruria
noun
(pathology) The presence of renal cylinders in the urine
dacryagogue
dacrydium
dacryuria
dactylopterus
daemonurgy
daguerreotype
daguerreotype
noun
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
daguerreotyped
daguerreotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotyper
daguerreotyper
noun
One who takes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypes
daguerreotypes
noun
plural of daguerreotype
daguerreotypic
daguerreotyping
daguerreotyping
verb
present participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotypist
daguerreotypist
noun
A person who makes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypy
daguerreotypy
noun
The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
daisycutter
daisycutter
noun
Alternative form of daisy cutter
dalury
danbury
danbury
Proper noun
a village in City of district, Essex, England
a city in Connecticut, USA.
a small city in Iowa, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a town in New Hampshire, USA.
a small city in North Carolina, USA
a small city in Texas, USA.
a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
dandruffy
dandruffy
adj
Like dandruff; scurfy.
Suffering from dandruff; marked by the presence of dandruff.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
dasyure
dasyure
noun
Any of various Australasian carnivorous marsupials, of the family Dasyuridae, which include the marsupial equivalent to cats
dasyures
dasyures
noun
plural of dasyure
dasyurid
dasyurid
noun
A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.