(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
To feel (something) emotionally.
To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
To learn (something).
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
beaproned
bedraping
bedraping
verb
present participle of bedrape
bedspring
bedspring
noun
A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed.
bepranked
bradypnea
bradypnea
noun
(medicine) A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.
compander
compander
noun
Any device used for companding.
conspired
conspired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conspire
craspedon
crispened
crispened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crispen
dampeners
dampeners
noun
plural of dampener
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
deepeners
deepeners
noun
plural of deepener
departing
departing
adj
that is leaving
while leaving
noun
The act by which somebody or something departs.
verb
present participle of depart
deperming
deperming
verb
present participle of deperm
deploring
deploring
verb
present participle of deplore
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
deprehend
deprehend
verb
To detect; to discover; to find out.
To take unawares or by surprise; to catch or seize (a criminal etc.) in the act.
depriment
depriment
adj
Serving to depress.
depriving
depriving
verb
present participle of deprive
depurging
despenser
desponder
desponder
noun
One who desponds.
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
diapering
diapering
noun
A regular pattern of the same shape, evenly spaced.
The act of clothing somebody in a diaper.
verb
present participle of diaper
dipterans
dipterans
noun
plural of dipteran
direption
direption
noun
The act of despoiling, plundering, or snatching away.
dispender
dispender
noun
(obsolete) One who dispends or expends; a steward.
dispenser
dispenser
noun
A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.
An object used to dispense other items.
Something or someone that dispenses things.
disprince
disproven
disproven
adj
(archaic, Scottish law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt
Shown to be false
verb
Alternative irregular form of the past participle of disprove
diterpene
diterpene
noun
(chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin
dognapers
dognapers
noun
plural of dognaper
dognapper
dognapper
noun
agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
drainpipe
drainpipe
noun
(uncountable) The type of pipe that is used to construct a drainpipe.
A conduit for carrying rainwater or flood water.
A pipe that carries wastewater from a bathtub, shower, sink, etc.
A pipe that is part of a device or appliance for carrying away waste fluid.
A type of form-fitting trousers with highly tapered legs.
A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
drepanium
drepanium
noun
(botany) A helicoid cyme whose successive pedicels are aligned on the same plane.
drepanoid
dripstone
dripstone
noun
(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
(geology) Stalactites and stalagmites collectively.
A water filter in which impurities are removed by running water through a porous stone.
dronepipe
dronepipe
noun
One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
dropsonde
dropsonde
noun
(meteorology) A weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.
dupuytren
encrypted
encrypted
adj
Being in code; having been encrypted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encrypt
endocarps
endocarps
noun
plural of endocarp
endomorph
endomorph
noun
(bodybuilding) A person having a theoretical body type with slow metabolism in which weight is gained easily, but fat levels are hard to reduce. Endomorphic bodybuilders tend to be the most massive.
A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another
A person of the endomorphic physical type, characterised by big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs and a naturally high degree of body fat, especially around the midsection.
endoproct
endoproct
noun
Synonym of entoproct
endorphin
endorphin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.
endosperm
endosperm
noun
(biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
endospore
endospore
noun
A small vegetative spore produced by some bacteria.
The inner layer of a spore.
endpapers
endpapers
noun
plural of endpaper
enjeopard
ensphered
ensphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ensphere
entrapped
entrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entrap
enwrapped
enwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enwrap
ephedrine
ephedrine
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid drug C₁₀H₁₅NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.
ephedrins
ephedrins
noun
plural of ephedrin
expanders
expanders
noun
plural of expander
expenders
expenders
noun
plural of expender
expounder
expounder
noun
A person who expounds, explains
fringepod
fringepod
noun
Any of various herbs of the genus Thysanocarpus.
godparent
godparent
noun
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
grapeland
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.
handpress
handpress
noun
(printing, historical) An early printing press operated by means of a handle that applied pressure on the form.
harpooned
harpooned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harpoon
honeydrop
horsepond
horsepond
noun
A pond for watering horses.
impounder
impounder
noun
One who impounds.
impregned
impregned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impregn
imprinted
imprinted
adj
(genetics) Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
Stamped or impressed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprint
imprudent
imprudent
adj
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions
incorpsed
incorpsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incorpse
insphered
insphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of insphere
interpled
inwrapped
inwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inwrap
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
landloper
landloper
noun
Alternative spelling of landlouper.
laplander
laplander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Lapland; a Sami.
leptandra
meropidan
meropidan
noun
Any bird (such as the bee-eaters) of the family Meropidae
midparent
midparent
noun
(genetics) The average phenotype of two parents.
nephridia
nephridia
noun
plural of nephridium
nonspored
nonspored
adj
Not having spores.
nordcaper
overspend
overspend
noun
The amount by which someone or something is overspent.
verb
To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns.
paderborn
paludrine
paludrine
noun
(medicine) The antimalarial drug proguanil hydrochloride
pandareus
panderage
panderage
noun
The act of pandering.
panderers
panderers
noun
plural of panderer
panderess
panderess
noun
A female pander.
pandering
pandering
verb
present participle of pander
panderism
panderism
noun
The employment, arts, or practices of a pander.
panderize
panderous
panderous
adj
Resembling or relating to a pander.
pandurate
pandurate
adj
(botany, of leaves) Having a shape reminiscent of a fiddle; obovate with a pair of sinuous indentations near the base.
panniered
panniered
adj
Equipped with panniers.
pantdress
pantdress
noun
(Canada, US) A pair of loose pants/trousers for women, resembling a dress.
paragoned
paragoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paragon
pardoners
pardoners
noun
plural of pardoner
parentdom
parentdom
noun
The realm, world, sphere, influence, jurisdiction, or authority of a parent; parenthood.
partnered
partnered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of partner
pasterned
patterned
patterned
adj
Conformed to a pattern, a model to be followed.
Supplied with a pattern
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pattern
peltandra
pendicler
pendicler
noun
(Scotland) An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft.
pendragon
pendragon
noun
Also capitalized as Pendragon: a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs: chief war leader, chieftain, dictator, despot or king.
penholder
penholder
noun
A device for storing pens while they are not being used.
Alternative form of penhold
pennlaird
pennybird
pentagrid
pentagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular pentagons
pentander
pentander
noun
(botany, obsolete) Any plant of the former class Pentandria, having five stamens.
perdicine
perdicine
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the family Perdicidae, the partridges.
perdition
perdition
noun
Absolute ruin; downfall.
Eternal damnation.
Hell.
perdrigon
perdurant
perdurant
noun
(ontology) A happening; an entity that only exists partially at any given point in time.
perduring
perduring
verb
present participle of perdure
perendure
pereundem
periander
peridinid
perozonid
perpended
perpended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perpend
pertained
pertained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pertain
pervading
pervading
verb
present participle of pervade
petarding
petarding
verb
present participle of petard
philander
philander
noun
A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander, formerly Didelphis philander.
A lover.
An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis, formerly Perameles lagotis.
verb
(intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
philender
phrensied
phrensied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phrensy
phrynidae
pieridine
pieridine
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Pieridae, a large family of butterflies.
pindarize
pinedrops
pinedrops
noun
A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.
pintadera
pioneered
pioneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pioneer
piperidin
plundered
plundered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of plunder
plunderer
plunderer
noun
One who plunders or pillages.
podargine
polderman
pomanders
pomanders
noun
plural of pomander
ponderant
ponderary
ponderary
adj
Of or pertaining to weight.
ponderate
ponderate
verb
(intransitive) To have weight or influence.
To consider; to ponder.
ponderers
ponderers
noun
plural of ponderer
pondering
pondering
noun
An act of rumination or cogitation.
verb
present participle of ponder
ponderosa
ponderosa
noun
A social, lime or get together where planning or issues are discussed.
A very large species of pine tree native to western North America, Pinus ponderosa.
ponderous
ponderous
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
(obsolete) Dense.
(rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.