(historical) A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewn or riveted to linen or other material.
briggsdale
brightened
brightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brighten
broadening
broadening
noun
The act of becoming broader.
The act of making (something) broader.
verb
present participle of broaden
brodeglass
broidering
broidering
noun
(archaic) embroidering
verb
present participle of broider
budgerigah
budgerigar
budgerigar
noun
A species of small green parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.
budgerygah
bugbeardom
bulldogged
bulldogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulldog
bulldogger
bulldogger
noun
One who bulldogs (chases and wrestles a steer as a rodeo performance).
bullragged
bumgardner
burgaudine
burgenland
burgenland
Proper noun
The easternmost and least populous federal state of Austria.
burgessdom
burgessdom
noun
The role or status of burgess.
burgherdom
burgundies
burgundies
noun
plural of burgundy
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
carangidae
cargadores
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
castigated
castigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of castigate
catalogued
catalogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalogue
cecidology
cecidology
noun
Study of plant galls.
centigrade
centigrade
adj
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).
noun
(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
centigrado
cerrogordo
chagrinned
chagrinned
adj
Alternative form of chagrined
challenged
challenged
adj
(euphemistic) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill ; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
(humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of challenge
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
changedale
changedale
noun
(Ireland, historical) A system of land tenure in which fields were reallotted when they went out of cultivation.
cheddaring
cheddaring
noun
The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
verb
present participle of cheddar
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chondrogen
chondrogen
noun
Alternative form of chondrigen
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
ciliograde
ciliograde
adj
(zoology) Moving by means of cilia or similar organs.
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
cirrigrade
cirrigrade
adj
(zoology) moved or moving by means of cirri
citigradae
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
coagulated
coagulated
adj
Subjected to coagulation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coagulate
coarsegold
coatbridge
coderiving
codesigned
codesigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codesign
codesigner
codesigner
noun
One who codesigns; a designer who works with another.
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
colleagued
colleagued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colleague
colligated
colligated
adj
logically connected
tied together
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colligate
commending
commending
verb
present participle of commend
commingled
commingled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commingle
condemning
condemning
noun
condemnation
verb
present participle of condemn
condensing
condensing
verb
present participle of condense
condigness
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
congressed
congressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congress
conjugated
conjugated
adj
(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
Joined together in pairs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjugate
contending
contending
noun
contention
verb
present participle of contend
cordelling
coregonoid
corndodger
corndodger
noun
Alternative form of corn-dodger
corregidor
corregidor
noun
The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
corrigenda
corrigenda
noun
plural of corrigendum
corrugated
corrugated
adj
Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.
Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corrugate
cotingidae
cradlesong
cradlesong
noun
Alternative form of cradle song
cudgelling
cudgelling
Noun
A beating with a cudgel.
curmudgeon
curmudgeon
noun
(archaic) A miser.
An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
cynghanedd
cynghanedd
noun
(prosody) The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry.
daemonurgy
daggerbush
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
daggletail
daguerrean
daguerrean
Adjective
Relating to (1787–1851), French artist and physicist, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
dagusmines
daigneault
damageable
damageable
adj
(obsolete) Hurtful; pernicious.
Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.
damageably
damagement
damagement
noun
(rare) damage
dangerless
dangerless
adj
Without danger.
dangersome
dangersome
adj
Characterised or marked by danger; dangerous
danglement
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
daringness
daringness
noun
The state or quality of being daring.
darjeeling
darjeeling
Proper noun
A city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Noun
A type of tea from the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.
datelining
datelining
verb
present participle of dateline
daughterly
daughterly
adj
Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
daundering
daundering
verb
present participle of daunder
daylighted
daylighted
adj
provided with daylight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daylight
dcolletage
deadtongue
deadweight
deadweight
noun
Alternative spelling of dead weight
deaerating
deaerating
verb
present participle of deaerate
debasingly
debasingly
adv
In a debasing manner.
debatingly
debatingly
adv
In the manner of a debate.
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
debriefing
debriefing
noun
The act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed.
The report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained.
verb
present participle of debrief
debruising
debruising
verb
present participle of debruise
decagramme
decagramme
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of decagram
decagynous
decagynous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
decalogist
decalogist
noun
One who explains the Decalogue.
decangular
decangular
adj
(rare) Having ten angles.
decatizing
decatizing
verb
present participle of decatize
decentring
decentring
noun
The process by which something is decentred.
verb
present participle of decentre
decidingly
decigramme
decigramme
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of decigram
decimating
decimating
verb
present participle of decimate
declaiming
declaiming
noun
declamation
verb
present participle of declaim
declassing
declassing
verb
present participle of declass
decoloring
decoloring
verb
present participle of decolor
decongests
decongests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decongest
decorating
decorating
noun
decoration
verb
present participle of decorate
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
decreasing
decreasing
verb
present participle of decrease
decrowning
decrowning
verb
present participle of decrown
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
dedicating
dedicating
verb
present participle of dedicate
deertongue
deertongue
noun
Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
defamingly
defamingly
Adverb
In a defamatory manner.
defatigate
defatigate
adj
(obsolete, rare) Weary; fatigued
verb
(rare) To tire or make weary
defaulting
defaulting
noun
The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation.
verb
present participle of default
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
defilading
defilading
verb
present participle of defilade
defilingly
defilingly
adv
So as to defile something.
deflagrate
deflagrate
verb
(physics) To burn with intense light and heat.
Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
defrauding
defrauding
noun
The act of committing fraud.
verb
present participle of defraud
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
degasifier
degasifier
noun
A machine for degasifying.
degaussing
degaussing
noun
The process of something being degaussed.
verb
present participle of degauss
degelation
degelation
noun
The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
degeneracy
degeneracy
noun
(neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
degenerate
degenerate
adj
(mathematics, of an eigenvalue) Having multiple different (linearly independent) eigenvectors.
(of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
(of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal; an immoral or corrupt person.
(physics) Having the same quantum energy level.
noun
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.
verb
(intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
degeneroos
deglycerin
degradable
degradable
adj
Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
noun
Any material that can be degraded or decomposed.
degradedly
degradedly
adv
In a degraded manner.
degraduate
degreasing
degreasing
noun
The removal of grease from something
verb
present participle of degrease
degreeless
degreeless
adj
without an academic degree
degreewise
degression
degression
noun
(economics) Degressive taxation, a system of progressive decreases in a rate of taxation (as tariffs etc.) below certain benchmarks.
(obsolete) Descent, the act of descending.
(publishing) Degressive description, a system of varying descriptions of a book in accordance to its importance or available space.