(transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for).
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
(transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
(transitive, dated) To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken.
(transitive, obsolete) To prevent (something planned or attempted).
disaproned
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
discipline
discipline
noun
(Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
A set of rules regulating behaviour.
A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
A state of order based on submission to authority.
A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
An enforced compliance or control.
verb
(transitive) To impose order on someone.
(transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
discipling
discipling
verb
present participle of disciple
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
disemplane
disemplane
verb
Synonym of deplane (“disembark from an airplane”)
disenvelop
disenvelop
verb
To unwrap or disentangle.
dishpanful
dishpanful
noun
As much as a dishpan will hold.
dishwiping
disopinion
disopinion
noun
(obsolete) Absence or difference of belief; disbelief.
dispansive
disparison
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispassion
dispassion
noun
Freedom from passion; the absence of passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.
dispelling
dispelling
verb
present participle of dispel
dispending
dispending
verb
present participle of dispend
dispensary
dispensary
noun
(dated) Synonym of pharmacy, particularly one included in a hospital that does not act as a point of sale.
A retail establishment that sells marijuana and related supplies to customers with a prescription to use it for medical purposes.
An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice.
dispensate
dispensers
dispensers
noun
plural of dispenser
dispensing
dispensing
noun
The act by which something is dispensed or served out.
verb
present participle of dispense
dispensive
dispersant
dispersant
noun
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
dispersion
dispersion
noun
(medicine) The removal of inflammation.
(optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
A process of dispersing.
The degree of scatter of data.
The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
disphenoid
disphenoid
adj
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
noun
(geometry) A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
displacing
displacing
verb
present participle of displace
displanted
displanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of displant
displaying
displaying
verb
present participle of display
displenish
displenish
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
disploding
disploding
verb
present participle of displode
displosion
displosion
noun
(obsolete) explosion
displuming
displuming
verb
present participle of displume
dispondaic
dispondaic
adj
Of or relating to dispondees.
disporting
disporting
noun
The act of one who disports.
verb
present participle of disport
disprizing
disprizing
verb
present participle of disprize
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
disputanta
disputants
disputants
noun
plural of disputant
disrupting
disrupting
adj
That disrupts; disruptive.
verb
present participle of disrupt
disruption
disruption
noun
A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.
A continuing act of disorder.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
disulphone
docentship
dognapping
dognapping
noun
Kidnapping or stealing of a dog owned by someone else.
dopinesses
dorsipinal
drainpipes
drainpipes
noun
Synonym of drainpipe trousers
plural of drainpipe
drainspout
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
dreepiness
drepanidae
drinkproof
droopiness
droopiness
noun
The characteristic of being droopy.
droopingly
droopingly
adv
In a drooping manner.
droppingly
droppingly
adv
In drops; one drop at a time.
bit by bit; one at a time
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
dukkeripen
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
duplicando
duplicando
noun
(Scotland, law) Alternative form of duplicand
duplifying
dupondidii
dysphrenia
empoisoned
empoisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empoison
enciphered
enciphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encipher
endocarpic
endopathic
endopelvic
endopelvic
adj
(anatomy) Within the pelvis
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
endopodite
endopodite
noun
(biology) The innermost of two processes attached to the basal process of the limbs of some Crustacea.
endoscopic
endoscopic
adj
Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
endosepsis
endosiphon
endosporia
endosporia
noun
plural of endosporium
endosporic
endosporic
adj
related to, or characgerized by, endospory
endotrophi
endotropic
epeisodion
epicaridan
epicondyle
epicondyle
noun
(anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.
epidendral
epidendric
epidendron
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidesmine
epimenides
epimenides
Proper noun
Epimenides of Knossos.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
euphonized
euphonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonize
eupolidean
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
exaspidean
exaspidean
adj
(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.
expandible
expedience
expedience
noun
(obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
Something that is expedient.
Speed, haste or urgency.
expediency
expediency
noun
(countable) An expedient.
(obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
(uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
expediente
expedients
expedients
noun
plural of expedient
expediment
expediment
noun
Obsolete form of expedient.
expediting
expediting
verb
present participle of expedite
expedition
expedition
noun
(collective) The group of people making such excursion.
(military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
(now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
(obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
expendible
expendible
adj
Alternative form of expendable
expenditor
explicanda
explicanda
noun
plural of explicandum
expounding
expounding
noun
The act by which something is expounded.
verb
present participle of expound
floccipend
floodplain
floodplain
noun
(geography) An alluvial plain adjacent to a river formed by flooding during periods of high rain.
friendship
friendship
noun
(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
(uncountable) Good will.
(uncountable) The condition of being friends.
galipidine
galipoidin
genipapada
genipapada
noun
(rare) A refreshing drink made in South America from the fruit of the genipap.
godsonship
gonopodial
gonopodial
adj
Relating to a gonopodium
gonopodium
gonopodium
noun
(anatomy) A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.
hadjipanos
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
handspring
handspring
noun
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
handygripe
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
heparinoid
heparinoid
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin
heptandria
hesperidin
hesperidin
noun
(biochemistry) a flavanone glycoside found in citrus fruit
hippomedon
hispanidad
hydroponic
hydroponic
adj
(agriculture, horticulture) Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
hyphedonia
hyphenised
hyphenized
hyphenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyphenize
hypnoidize
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
hypnotized
hypnotized
adj
Under hypnosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotize
hypoadenia
hypoditone
hypodorian
hypodorian
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D.
hypolydian
hypolydian
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from C to F.
hyporhined
idempotent
idempotent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).
(mathematics) (said of an algebraic structure) Having an idempotent operation (in the sense given above).
(mathematics) (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.
(mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.
noun
(mathematics) An idempotent element.
(mathematics) An idempotent structure.
idiophonic
idiophonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by an idiophone
idiosepion
impanelled
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
impediment
impediment
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.
A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.
impedingly
impedingly
adv
So as to impede or hinder.
impedition
impedition
noun
(obsolete) A hindrance; that which impedes.
impendence
impendence
noun
Alternative form of impendency
impendency
impendency
noun
That which impends.
The state of impending.
impleading
impleading
verb
present participle of implead
impledging
impledging
verb
present participle of impledge
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
impounding
impounding
noun
An act of impoundment.
verb
present participle of impound
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
imprudence
imprudence
noun
(countable) An imprudent act.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.