A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
dechristianize
dechristianize
verb
To deprive of Christian character
delphinapterus
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
disenchantress
disenchantress
noun
(rare) A female disenchanter.
disenthralling
disenthralling
verb
present participle of disenthral
disenthralment
disheartenedly
disheartenedly
adv
In a disheartened manner, dispiritedly.
disheartenment
disheartenment
noun
The act of disheartening.
The state of being disheartened; dejection.
disinheritable
disinheritable
adj
That can be disinherited;
That can be excluded from an inheritance.
disinheritance
disinheritance
noun
The act of disinheriting
dumbartonshire
endotracheitis
farsightedness
farsightedness
noun
(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.
The quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future.
gastornithidae
grandfatherish
grandfatherish
adj
grandfatherly
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
hardfistedness
hardfistedness
noun
The quality of being covetous or niggardly.
hereditariness
hereditariness
noun
(rare) The property of being hereditary.
hydrogenations
hydrogenations
noun
plural of hydrogenation
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
neanderthalism
ornithoscelida
pseudoperianth
reanesthetized
reanesthetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reanesthetize
restraightened
restraightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of restraighten
roadworthiness
roadworthiness
noun
The property of being roadworthy.
shatterbrained
shatterbrained
adj
disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild
stepgrandchild
stepgrandchild
noun
The grandchild of one's wife or husband by a previous partner, or the child of one's stepchild.
The stepchild of one's own child.
sternohyoidean
straightedging
strophomenidae
thermodynamics
thermodynamics
noun
(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
thermodynamist
thyreoadenitis
trachyandesite
trachyandesite
noun
(geology) An extrusive igneous rock with a composition between that of trachyte and andesite.
trisoctahedron
trisoctahedron
noun
(crystallography) A solid of the isometric system bounded by 24 equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.
