(topology) A locally connected continuum that is the closure of the union of an at most countable number of spheres and simple arcs, of which every simple closed contour is contained in one and only one of the spheres.
A member of the cactus subfamily Cactoideae.
cadbait
cadbait
noun
(archaic) A caddis; the larva of a caddis fly.
candiot
candiot
Adjective
Of or relating to Candia (now called Heraklion).
candite
candite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark variety of spinel.
cardita
cardita
noun
Any mollusk of the genus Cardita
cardito
carotid
carotid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery.
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
catbird
catbird
noun
A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris.
catydid
cestida
cestoid
cestoid
adj
(archaic) Of or pertaining to the order Cestoidea; cestoidean
noun
Any of the parasitic flatworms of the class or infraclass Cestoda.
chedite
chedite
noun
Alternative form of cheddite
chindit
chindit
Noun
A member of an allied commando unit operating behind enemy lines in northern Burma during World War II.
chitted
chitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chit
chytrid
chytrid
noun
(pathology) Abbreviation of chytridiomycosis.
Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota.
cistudo
citadel
citadel
noun
(sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
A Salvation Army meeting place.
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.
citydom
coadmit
coadmit
verb
(transitive) To admit (a patient) jointly.
coedits
coedits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coedit
condite
condite
adj
(obsolete) Preserved; pickled.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To pickle; to preserve.
conduit
conduit
noun
(figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
(finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.
A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
contoid
contoid
noun
(linguistics) A phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.
cordite
cordite
noun
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.
coticed
cotidal
cotidal
adj
Describing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day
cotised
cotised
adj
Alternative form of cottised
cottoid
cottoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to fish of the genus Cottus.
noun
(zoology) A fish belonging to the genus Cottus.
credits
credits
noun
plural of credit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of credit
crudity
crudity
noun
(countable) A crude act or characteristic.
(obsolete, medicine) Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.
(uncountable) The state of being crude.
ctenoid
ctenoid
adj
Comb-like in shape.
Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales
noun
A ctenoidean.
cubited
cuitled
cundite
cundite
noun
Obsolete spelling of conduit
cystoid
cystoid
adj
Resembling a cyst or bladder.
dacitic
dacitic
adj
Pertaining to, or composed of, dacite.
dacoits
dacoits
noun
plural of dacoit
dacoity
dacoity
noun
(chiefly India, Myanmar) Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
dactyli
dactyli
noun
plural of dactylus
dartoic
dartoic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the dartos.
datisca
daturic
deceits
deceits
noun
plural of deceit
deficit
deficit
noun
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
deicate
deictic
deictic
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on context.
Directly pointing out; specifying.
noun
(grammar) Such a word (such as I or here).
deistic
deistic
adj
Of or relating to deism.
delicat
delicti
delicto
delicts
delicts
noun
plural of delict
deltaic
deltaic
adj
Of or pertaining to a river delta.
Shaped like the letter delta (Δ), or like an equiangular or equilateral triangle.
demotic
demotic
adj
Of or for the common people.
Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors.
Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
noun
(linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people.
deontic
deontic
adj
(ethics, linguistics) Pertaining to necessity, duty or obligation, or expressions conveying this.
depicts
depicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depict
deticks
deticks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detick
devinct
diactin
diactin
adj
Alternative form of diactine
dialect
dialect
noun
(colloquial) A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
(computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
(derogatory) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
(linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
(linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese or Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
(ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
dicasts
dicasts
noun
plural of dicast
dicetyl
dichter
diciest
diciest
adj
superlative form of dicey: most dicey
dickite
dickite
noun
(mineralogy) A phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.
dicotyl
dicotyl
noun
(botany) dicotyledon
dictaen
dictate
dictate
noun
An order or command.
verb
To determine or decisively affect.
To order, command, control.
To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
dictery
dictier
dictier
adj
comparative form of dicty: more dicty
diction
diction
noun
(theater) Enunciation, pronunciation.
Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
dictums
didacts
didacts
noun
plural of didact
dietics
dietics
noun
Synonym of dietetics
dinetic
dipcoat
dipcoat
noun
A coating that is applied by immersing an object in a liquid, often applied to prevent corrosion.
diptyca
diptych
diptych
noun
(Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
(Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
(historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
(transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
directs
directs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of direct
discant
discant
noun
(music) Alternative form of descant
discept
discept
verb
To debate; to discuss.
discost
discost
verb
Obsolete form of discoast.
discute
disject
disject
verb
(archaic, transitive) To break apart; separate
dissect
dissect
verb
(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
(transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
(transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
distich
distich
adj
Distichous.
noun
(prosody) A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
Any couplet.
ditched
ditched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ditch
ditcher
ditcher
noun
In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
One who digs ditches.
One who ditches, or abandons.
ditches
ditches
noun
plural of ditch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ditch
docetic
docetic
adj
Pertaining to docetism.
doctrix
doctrix
noun
A female medical doctor, physician.
A female teacher.
doketic
domitic
dotchin
dotchin
noun
(India, obsolete) A steelyard or balance.
dowitch
drastic
drastic
adj
Acting rapidly or violently.
Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
noun
A powerful, fast-acting purgative medicine.
ductile
ductile
adj
(rare) Led easily; prone to follow.
Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
Molded easily into a new form.
ducting
ducting
noun
ductwork
verb
present participle of duct
duction
duction
noun
(obsolete) guidance
An eye movement involving only one eye.
dulcite
dulcite
noun
(organic chemistry) The sugar alcohol dulcitol (galactitol)
dulcity
dulcity
noun
(literary) Sweetness (literal and figurative).
dulotic
dulotic
adj
Of or relating to dulosis.
dunitic
dunitic
adj
Of or relating to dunite.
edacity
edacity
noun
(archaic) Greediness; voracity; rapacity.
edictal
edictal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from edicts
edictum
eidetic
eidetic
adj
(neuroscience) Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
enticed
enticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entice
evicted
evicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evict
excited
excited
adj
(physics) Being in a state of higher energy.
Having an erection; erect.
Having great enthusiasm.
Sexually aroused.
verb
past participle of excite
excudit
fatidic
fatidic
adj
(now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic
fitched
fitched
adj
(heraldry) Alternative form of fitchy
hitched
hitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hitch
hydatic
hydatic
adj
Relating to a hydatid
identic
identic
adj
(diplomacy, obsolete) Precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; applied to concerted action or language used by two or more governments in treating with another government.
(obsolete) Identical.
idiotcy
idiotcy
noun
Archaic spelling of idiocy.
idiotic
idiotic
adj
(of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
(of an action) Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish
idistic
incited
incited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incite
indicts
indicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indict
inditch
inditch
verb
(transitive) To bury in, or cast into, a ditch.
inducts
inducts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of induct
jaditic
jaditic
adj
Alternative form of jadeitic
kidcote
kidcote
noun
(obsolete) A local lockup / prison
lactide
lactide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones
(organic chemistry) The anhydride of lactic acid
lactoid
lichted
midcult
midcult
noun
A form of middlebrow culture that copies and adulterates high culture.
noctuid
noctuid
noun
Any moth in the species-rich family Noctuidae or the superfamily Noctuoidea.
noticed
noticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of notice
octadic
octadic
adj
of or pertaining to an octad; eightfold
octofid
octofid
adj
(botany) Cleft or separated into eight segments.
odontic
odontic
adj
dental
outchid
oviduct
oviduct
noun
(anatomy) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
pedetic
pedetic
adj
Relating to pedesis, or Brownian motion.
picoted
picoted
adj
decorated with picots
pitched
pitched
adj
(not comparable) Covered in pitch.
(not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
(of a battle, fight, etc) Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitch
poditic
predict
predict
noun
(obsolete) A prediction.
verb
(intransitive) To make predictions.
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
(transitive, military, rare) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
(transitive, of theories, laws, etc.) To imply.
recited
recited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recite
scheidt
schmidt
sotadic
sotadic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Sotadic
stichid
sticked
sticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stick (still used in some senses, archaic in others).