(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
adaptitude
adaptitude
noun
Adaptedness; special aptitude.
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
aegopodium
ailuropoda
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampullated
ampullated
adj
ampullate
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
antiputrid
antiputrid
adj
antiputrefactive
aperulosid
apiculated
apiculated
adj
(botany) apiculate
applauders
applauders
noun
plural of applauder
applauding
applauding
noun
applause
verb
present participle of applaud
aquaplaned
aquaplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aquaplane
asphodelus
aspidiotus
audiophile
audiophile
noun
A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.
audiotapes
audiotapes
noun
plural of audiotape
auspicated
auspicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auspicate
avoidupois
bagpudding
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bepastured
bepastured
adj
Furnished with pasture land.
bicuspidal
bicuspidal
adj
(geometry) Having two cusps.
biddulphia
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bistipuled
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
buddhaship
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
capodacqua
capsulated
capsulated
adj
Enclosed in a capsule
capsulized
capsulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capsulize
carpodacus
carpodetus
catapulted
catapulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catapult
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
cloudscape
cloudscape
noun
A work of art or other image depicting sky and clouds.
compendium
compendium
noun
(pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
A list or collection of various items.
A short, complete summary; an abstract.
compounded
compounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compound
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
comproduce
conopodium
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
copepodous
coprodaeum
coproduced
coproduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coproduce
coproducer
coproducer
noun
Any of a group of producers who work together on a coproduction
coproduces
coproduces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coproduce
crapaudine
crapaudine
noun
(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
cupidinous
cupidinous
adj
Characterized by or related to cupidity (greed, desire for wealth).
cupidities
cupidities
noun
plural of cupidity
cuspidated
cuspidated
adj
Alternative form of cuspidate
cynipidous
cynopodous
dadupanthi
dampcourse
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
dauphiness
dauphiness
noun
The wife of a dauphin.
decapodous
decapodous
adj
decapodal; ten-footed
deceptious
deceptious
adj
(obsolete) Tending to deceive.
decompound
decompound
adj
(botany) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
noun
A decomposite.
verb
To compound or mix with that which is already compound; to compound a second time.
To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
decoupling
decoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is decoupled.
verb
present participle of decouple
delphinium
delphinium
noun
(countable and uncountable) A shade of blue, named for the flowers.
(countable) A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers.
delphinius
demipuppet
departures
departures
noun
plural of departure
depastured
depastured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depasture
depauville
depeculate
depictured
depictured
adj
(now rare) Depicted, portrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depicture
deplumated
deplumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deplumate
depopulate
depopulate
adj
(obsolete) Depopulated.
verb
(intransitive) To become depopulated, to lose its population.
(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
(transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
depressure
depressure
verb
To reduce the pressure of something, especially of a gas inside a container; to depressurize
depudorate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
depuratory
depuratory
adj
Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
deputative
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
deputizing
deputizing
verb
present participle of deputize
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
despiteful
despiteful
adj
(archaic) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
despumated
despumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despumate
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
diapausing
diapausing
adj
Undergoing a diapause
diaphanous
diaphanous
adj
(physics) Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
dicephalus
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
dimorphous
dimorphous
adj
Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms.
dinophilus
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
diparentum
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
diphyllous
diphyllous
adj
(botany) Having two leaves.
diplacuses
diplacusis
diplacusis
noun
A form of tinnitus in which a single auditory stimulus is perceived as two separate sounds which may differ in pitch or in time.
dipleurula
dipleurule
diplodocus
diplodocus
noun
Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.
dipneumona
dipneustal
dipsaceous
dipsaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Dipsaceae, including teasels.
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
discipular
disculpate
disculpate
verb
(transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
disepalous
disepalous
adj
(botany) Having two sepals.
disespouse
disespouse
verb
(poetic, transitive) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
dishpanful
dishpanful
noun
As much as a dishpan will hold.
disparatum
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispiteous
dispiteous
adj
(archaic, literary) Not showing mercy or pity.
displuming
displuming
verb
present participle of displume
dispurpose
dispurpose
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dissuade; to frustrate.
disputable
disputable
adj
Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
disputably
disputably
adv
In a disputable manner.
disputanta
disputants
disputants
noun
plural of disputant
disputator
disputator
noun
One who takes part in a dispute; a disputant or debater.
disputeful
disreputed
disreputed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disrepute
disreputes
disreputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrepute
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.
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disrupture
disrupture
noun
Alternative form of disruption
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide
disulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of disulfide
disulphone
dodecuplet
dodecuplet
noun
(music) A group of twelve notes, typically to be played in place of eight
doryphorus
drainspout
dropperful
dropperful
noun
Enough to fill a dropper.
drupaceous
drupaceous
adj
of, relating to, resembling, or producing drupes
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
dukkeripen
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
duodecuple
duodecuple
Adjective
Twelvefold.
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
dupability
dupability
noun
The quality of being dupable.
duperrault
duplicable
duplicable
adj
Capable of being duplicated.
duplicando
duplicando
noun
(Scotland, law) Alternative form of duplicand
duplicated
duplicated
verb
past participle of duplicate
duplicates
duplicates
noun
plural of duplicate
duplicator
duplicator
noun
A device that reproduces something, such as printed documents or compact discs; a copier.