(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
admeasured
admeasured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admeasure
admeasurer
admeasurer
noun
Agent noun of admeasure; one who admeasures.
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ameiuridae
anacardium
anadromous
anadromous
adj
(botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.
(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromaque
archidamus
arillodium
audiograms
audiograms
noun
plural of audiogram
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorium
auditorium
noun
(in a theater, etc.) the space where the audience is located
a large room for public meetings or performances
autodermic
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
bemurmured
bermudians
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
boedromius
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
bradycauma
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
brundisium
bugbeardom
bumgardner
burdensome
burdensome
adj
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
burgessdom
burgessdom
noun
The role or status of burgess.
burgherdom
butcherdom
butcherdom
noun
The condition or trade of a butcher.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
ceramidium
ceramidium
noun
(phycology) In macroalgae in the Rhodomelaceae family, the urn-shaped envelope surrounding the sporogenous filaments of the cystocarp
chromidium
chromidium
noun
A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
chytridium
circumdate
circumduce
circumduce
verb
(archaic, law, Scotland, transitive) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
circumduct
circumduct
verb
(anatomy) To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.
(law) Alternative form of circumduce (“to close a case to further proof”)
(law, obsolete) To contravene; to nullify.
(obsolete) To lead about or astray.
comburendo
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
conundrums
conundrums
noun
plural of conundrum
coprodaeum
coriandrum
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
cummerbund
cummerbund
noun
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.
curmudgeon
curmudgeon
noun
(archaic) A miser.
An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
daemonurgy
dampcourse
decamerous
decamerous
adj
Synonym of decempartite
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
demifigure
demiluster
demilustre
demiourgoi
demiourgos
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demiturned
demiurgism
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
demureness
demureness
noun
The state or quality of being demure.
demurrable
demurrable
adj
That may be demurred to.
demurrages
demurrages
noun
plural of demurrage
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
denumerant
dermatauxe
desiderium
deutomalar
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
diadromous
diadromous
adj
(of a fish) that travels between salt water and fresh water as part of its life cycle
diagredium
diagrydium
dicoumarin
dicoumarol
dicoumarol
noun
An anticoagulant that functions as a vitamin K antagonist, also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases.
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
dimercuric
dimorphous
dimorphous
adj
Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms.
diparentum
disenamour
disenamour
verb
(transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
disparatum
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dissimuler
dissimuler
noun
(obsolete) A dissembler.
disulfiram
disulfiram
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound (trademark Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholics to make drinking alcohol produce unpleasant after-effects.
disuniform
disuniform
Adjective
Not uniform.
diumvirate
docudramas
docudramas
noun
plural of docudrama
documenter
documenter
noun
One who documents something
documentor
documentor
noun
Alternative form of documenter
doughmaker
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
dramalogue
dramaturge
dramaturge
noun
(rare, theater) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.
(rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare, theater) To act as a dramaturge.
dramaturgy
dramaturgy
noun
(theater) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.
draughtman
draughtman
noun
Archaic form of draughtsman. (one who draws architectural or engineering plans)
dreamfully
dreamfully
adv
In a dreamful manner.
dreyfusism
dromiceius
drumbeater
drumbeater
noun
(figuratively) A propagandist.
One who beats a drum.
drumfishes
drumfishes
noun
plural of drumfish
drumlinoid
drumloidal
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
dullardism
dullardism
noun
Synonym of dullardry
dumbbeller
dumbledore
dumbledore
noun
(dialectal) A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle.
(dialectal) A dandelion.
(dialectal, archaic, old-fashioned) A bumblebee.
(slang) A blundering person.
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumfounder
dumfounder
verb
To dumbfound; to confound.
duramatral
dutymonger
duumvirate
duumvirate
noun
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
dysprosium
dysprosium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.
embrasured
embrasured
Adjective
Having embrasures.
encumbered
encumbered
adj
Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encumber
endolumbar
enumerated
enumerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enumerate
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
ermentrude
esquiredom
eudendrium
eudiometer
eudiometer
noun
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
eudiometry
eudiometry
noun
(chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
exadversum
fluidmeter
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
formulated
formulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulate
formulised
formulised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulise
formulized
formulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulize
foundryman
foundryman
noun
A man who works in a foundry
foundrymen
foundrymen
noun
plural of foundryman
fumaroidal
fundmonger
furfuramid
furosemide
furosemide
noun
(pharmacology) A diuretic (trademark Lasix) used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and edema.
gourmander
gradualism
gradualism
noun
(biology) The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
(politics) The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings.
(transferred sense) The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time.
groundmass
groundmass
noun
(geology) The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded.
groundsman
groundsman
noun
A male groundskeeper.
guardrooms
guardrooms
noun
plural of guardroom
gudemother
hadhramaut
hadhramaut
Proper noun
A region at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Its people are called Hadhrami and speak a form of Arabic.
harrumphed
harrumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harrumph
homeground
humberside
humberside
Proper noun
A former county in northeastern England created from parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Replaced in 1996 by the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.