(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
adaptitude
adaptitude
noun
Adaptedness; special aptitude.
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
aegopodium
ailuropoda
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
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
applauding
applauding
noun
applause
verb
present participle of applaud
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
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
capsulized
capsulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capsulize
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
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.
conopodium
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
dadupanthi
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
dauphiness
dauphiness
noun
The wife of a dauphin.
deceptious
deceptious
adj
(obsolete) Tending to deceive.
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
depauville
depictured
depictured
adj
(now rare) Depicted, portrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depicture
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
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.
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.
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
drainspout
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
dukkeripen
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
dupability
dupability
noun
The quality of being dupable.
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.
duplicatus
duplicious
duplicitas
duplifying
dupondidii
dysprosium
dysprosium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermous
equipoised
equipoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equipoise
equispaced
equispaced
adj
Spaced apart at equal distances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equispace
eumolpides
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
eupatridae
eupatridae
Noun
The ancient nobility of the Greek region of Attica.
euphausiid
euphausiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the taxonomic order Euphausiacea of krill.
euphemised
euphemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphemise
euphemized
euphemized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphemize
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
euphonized
euphonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonize
euploidies
euploidies
noun
plural of euploidy
eupolidean
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
eurypterid
eurypterid
noun
A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first animals to venture onto land.
expounding
expounding
noun
The act by which something is expounded.
verb
present participle of expound
filopodium
filopodium
noun
(cytology) A slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
glucolipid
glucolipid
noun
Any glycolipid whose carbohydrate component is glucose.
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.
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
guidership
guptavidya
hemipodius
hyperdulia
hyperdulia
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
hyperdulic
hyperdulic
adj
(religion) Relating to hyperdulia.
hypoiodous
hypoiodous
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to hypoiodous acid or its derivatives
hypopodium
hypopodium
noun
(botany) The basal podium of a foliage leaf
hyporadius
impaludism
impaludism
noun
(obsolete) A diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas.
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
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.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
impudences
impudences
noun
plural of impudence
impudently
impudently
adv
In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
impudicity
impudicity
noun
(formal) immodesty; shamelessness
inaptitude
inaptitude
noun
The quality of being inapt.
inculpated
inculpated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inculpate