(law) The augmentation by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
airdate
airdate
noun
The date on which a television or radio program is broadcast.
airthed
andrite
antbird
antbird
noun
Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
antired
antired
adj
(particle physics) One of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to red in a quark.
arctiid
arctiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Arctiidae of moths.
arctoid
arctoid
adj
of or pertaining to the carnivoran superfamily Arctoidea
ursine
aridest
aridest
adj
superlative form of arid: most arid
aridity
aridity
noun
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
arietid
astride
astride
adv
With one’s legs on either side.
prep
Extending across (something).
With one’s legs on either side of.
astrild
astroid
astroid
noun
(geometry) A hypocycloid with four cusps.
athyrid
atridae
attired
attired
adj
(heraldry) Said of the horns of a stag when they are of a different tincture to its head.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attire
auditor
auditor
noun
(Scientology) One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
(rare) One who listens, typically as a member of an audience.
In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
aurited
aurited
adj
(zoology) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.
bedirty
bedirty
verb
(archaic) to dirty, soil; make dirty.
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
bedrite
bedrite
noun
The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.
verb
(transitive, obsolete, UK dialectal) To befoul with ordure; bedirt.
bestrid
birdlet
birdlet
noun
A small bird.
birthed
birthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birth
bistred
bistred
adj
Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.
bridget
bridget
Noun
An Irish housemaid.
bruited
bruited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bruit
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.
chytrid
chytrid
noun
(pathology) Abbreviation of chytridiomycosis.
Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota.
cordite
cordite
noun
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.
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.
darapti
darting
darting
noun
A motion or gesture that darts.
verb
present participle of dart
dartoic
dartoic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the dartos.
dartoid
dartoid
adj
(anatomy) Like the dartos; dartoic.
dasturi
dasturi
noun
(India) A commission or duty charged by an agent; a kickback.
dataria
dataria
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical) Part of the Roman Catholic Curia, abolished in 1967, from which were sent graces or favours such as appointments to benefices.
daturic
daywrit
debitor
debitor
noun
A debtor
demerit
demerit
noun
A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage
That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To depreciate or cry down.
(transitive, archaic) To deserve.
demetri
deorbit
deorbit
verb
(intransitive) Of an orbiting object, such as a satellite, to leave orbit.
(transitive) To cause to leave orbit.
deprint
detrain
detrain
verb
(of an athlete) to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
(rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark
(rail transport, transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train.
detroit
dextrin
dextrin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.
diantre
diarist
diarist
noun
One who keeps a diary.
diarmit
diaster
diaster
noun
(biology) A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei.
diatron
diatron
noun
(dated, physics) An electronic circuit containing diodes
dichter
dictery
dictier
dictier
adj
comparative form of dicty: more dicty
diderot
diester
diester
noun
(chemistry) any organic compound containing two ester functional groups
dietary
dietary
adj
Comprising a food source.
Of, or relating to diet.
noun
(UK, dated) A regulated diet.
dieters
dieters
noun
plural of dieter
diether
diether
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having two ether functional groups.
dighter
dighter
noun
(obsolete) One who dights.
dilater
dilater
noun
One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.
dilator
dilator
noun
(anatomy) Any nerve or muscle that causes part of the body to dilate.
(medicine) An instrument used to dilate an orifice or cavity.
(medicine) Any drug that causes such dilation.
diluter
diluter
noun
(chemistry) A device that adds a measured amount of sample to a measured amount of diluent.
A substance used for diluting.
dilutor
dilutor
noun
Alternative form of diluter
dimeter
dimeter
noun
(poetry) A line in a poem having two metrical feet.
(poetry) A poetic metre in which each line has two feet.
dimitri
dimitri
Noun
The drug dimethyltryptamine.
dimitry
dinitro
dinitro
noun
(organic chemistry) Two nitro groups in a chemical compound
diopter
diopter
noun
(obsolete) A surgical speculum.
(obsolete) A theodolite or similar surveyor’s angle measuring device.
(obsolete) An alidade.
(obsolete) An instrument for drawing the skull by projections.
(obsolete) Any lens system, such as a telescope.
(photography, dated) A lens element attached to the front of a photographic lens to shorten the lens's minimum focus distance; also called a "close-up filter".
A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
The dioptre adjustment mechanism of a pair of binoculars or of a camera viewfinder.
dioptra
dioptra
noun
Alternative form of diopter
dioptre
dioptre
noun
Alternative spelling of diopter
dioptry
dioptry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of diopter
diorite
diorite
noun
(petrology) A grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene.
diptera
directs
directs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of direct
dirempt
dirempt
adj
(obsolete, past participial) Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
verb
(transitive, principally in philosophy) To separate; to divide; to break off.
direxit
dirtied
dirtied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dirty
dirtier
dirtier
adj
comparative form of dirty: more dirty
dirties
dirties
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dirty
dirtily
dirtily
Adverb
In a dirty manner.
dispart
dispart
noun
A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.
The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To divide, divide up, distribute.
(transitive) To furnish with a dispart sight.
(transitive) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
(transitive, now rare) To part, separate.
disport
disport
noun
(countable, archaic) Anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game, a pastime, a sport.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.
disrate
disrate
verb
(nautical) To demote a sailor to a lower rank
To lower a rate or rating
disrest
disroot
disroot
verb
(transitive) To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; to tear from a foundation; to uproot.
disrout
disrupt
disrupt
adj
(obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
verb
(transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.
(transitive) To interrupt or impede.
(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
dissert
dissert
verb
To discourse or dispute; to discuss.
disterr
distort
distort
adj
(obsolete) Distorted; misshapen.
verb
(intransitive, ergative) To become misshapen.
(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of
distrix
distrix
noun
(medicine) The splitting of the distal ends of the hair.
disturb
disturb
noun
(obsolete) disturbance
verb
(intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
(transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
disturn
disturn
verb
(obsolete) To turn aside.
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.
dithers
dithers
noun
(slang) The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dither
dithery
dithery
adj
Characterized by dithering.
Constantly moving about
Unable to think straight; tending to dither.
ditmars
ditmore
ditsier
ditsier
adj
comparative form of ditsy: more ditsy
dittmer
ditzier
ditzier
adj
comparative form of ditzy: more ditzy
diverts
diverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divert
dmitrov
doctrix
doctrix
noun
A female medical doctor, physician.
A female teacher.
doritis
dorothi
dotarie
dottier
dottier
adj
comparative form of dotty: more dotty
drastic
drastic
adj
Acting rapidly or violently.
Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
noun
A powerful, fast-acting purgative medicine.
dravite
dravite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
drewite
dribbet
driblet
driblet
noun
A small or petty sum.
A small portion or part.
drifted
drifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drift
drifter
drifter
noun
(automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
(fishing) A boat used for drift fishing.
(fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing.
(mining, historical) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
(nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
(parachuting) A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction.
(sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
drifton
drillet
droukit
dryfist
durstin
dustier
dustier
adj
comparative form of dusty: more dusty
editors
editors
noun
plural of editor
erudite
erudite
adj
Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
noun
a learned or scholarly person
fatbird
ferdwit
flirted
flirted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flirt
fritted
fritted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frit
fruited
fruited
adj
Containing fruit; bearing fruit.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fruit
gedrite
gedrite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of anthophyllite.
girthed
girthed
adj
Of a sizeable girth; portly.
grifted
grifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grift
gritted
gritted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grit
idiotry
idiotry
noun
(obsolete) Idiocy
inditer
inditer
noun
One who indites.
indraft
indraft
noun
A draft or drawing inward.
intrada
intrada
noun
(music) A piece of music that serves as an introduction.
intrado
intrude
intrude
verb
(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
(transitive) To force in.
iridate
iridate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of iridium Ir₂O₇⁶⁻; any salt containing this anion
iridite
kirtled
kirtled
adj
Clothed or covered with, or as if with, a kirtle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kirtle
lardite
lderitz
listred
matroid
matroid
noun
(combinatorics) A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.
merdith
merited
merited
adj
deserved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of merit
midterm
midterm
adj
Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
noun
A midterm election.
A midterm school exam (i.e., halfway through the term).