(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
adenoneure
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
adulterant
adulterant
noun
That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
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.
anandrious
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
andromaque
andronicus
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
antiputrid
antiputrid
adj
antiputrefactive
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
auburndale
audiencier
audiencier
noun
A bailiff in certain French courts.
autosender
autosender
noun
An automatic sender.
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
bainbrudge
bandcutter
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banebrudge
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
bermudians
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bladdernut
bladdernut
noun
Any of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus Staphylea, in the family Staphyleaceae
Diospyros whyteana, a species of tree with edible fruit, native to Africa.
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
blunderers
blunderers
noun
plural of blunderer
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
blundering
blundering
noun
The act of making a blunder.
verb
present participle of blunder
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
boundbrook
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bourgeoned
bourgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
bradynosus
brassbound
brassbound
adj
Bound with brass.
brundisium
brunnhilde
buchbinder
bumgardner
bundesrath
burdenable
burdenless
burdenless
adj
Without a burden.
burdensome
burdensome
adj
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
burgaudine
burgenland
burgenland
Proper noun
The easternmost and least populous federal state of Austria.
burgundian
burgundian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Burgundy, or a person descended from natives of Burgundy.
A member or descendant of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.
Proper noun
The extinct East Germanic language of the Burgundians.
The Burgundian Oïl language, Bourguignon-Morvandiau.
Adjective
Pertaining to Burgundy, its people or its language.
burgundies
burgundies
noun
plural of burgundy
burhinidae
burundians
caducicorn
caducicorn
adj
(zoology) Having deciduous horns or antlers.
calentured
calentured
adj
Afflicted with calenture.
campground
campground
noun
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) is held.
An area where tents are pitched.
cannelured
cannelured
adj
Having cannelures
carbuncled
carbuncled
adj
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
cardioncus
cardueline
cardueline
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.
cassaundra
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
chadbourne
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chunderous
chunderous
adj
(Australia, slang) sickening; nauseating
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
clubridden
coenduring
coenduring
verb
present participle of coendure
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
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.
concluders
concluders
noun
plural of concluder
conductors
conductors
noun
plural of conductor
conductory
conductory
adj
Able to conduct (electricity, etc.)
condurango
condurango
noun
(medicine) The bark of a South American vine, Marsdenia cundurango, of the milkweed family, once erroneously believed to cure cancer.
condurrite
condurrite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
conundrums
conundrums
noun
plural of conundrum
coriandrum
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
counterend
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.
creedbound
crenulated
crenulated
adj
Alternative form of crenulate
crunchweed
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.
cundurango
cundurango
noun
Alternative form of condurango
curledness
curledness
noun
The state of being curled.
curmudgeon
curmudgeon
noun
(archaic) A miser.
An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
cursedness
cursedness
noun
The state or quality of being cursed.
curvedness
curvedness
noun
The property of being curved.
daemonurgy
daguerrean
daguerrean
Adjective
Relating to (1787–1851), French artist and physicist, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
daundering
daundering
verb
present participle of daunder
debentured
debentured
adj
Entitled to drawback or debenture.
debentures
debentures
noun
plural of debenture
debruising
debruising
verb
present participle of debruise
decandrous
decandrous
adj
(botany) Having ten stamens
Of or pertaining to the Linnaean class of plants Decandria
decangular
decangular
adj
(rare) Having ten angles.
decarhinus
decurrence
decurrence
noun
The act of running down; a lapse.
decurrency
decurrency
noun
Alternative form of decurrence
deertongue
deertongue
noun
Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
defrauding
defrauding
noun
The act of committing fraud.
verb
present participle of defraud
delustrant
delustrant
noun
A chemical agent which removes the sheen from something, especially one that removes the sheen from yarn or fabric.
demiturned
demureness
demureness
noun
The state or quality of being demure.
denaturant
denaturant
noun
a substance used for denaturation
denaturate
denaturate
verb
Alternative form of denature
denaturing
denaturing
noun
The process by which something is denatured.
verb
present participle of denature
denaturise
denaturise
verb
Adulterate (alcohol) to make unsuitable for human consumption
Alter the chemical structure
Combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material.
Take away a natural characteristic
denaturize
denaturize
verb
To denature.
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
denouncers
denouncers
noun
plural of denouncer
denticular
denticular
adj
Synonym of denticulate
denudatory
denudatory
adj
Synonym of denudative
denumerant
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
desugaring
desugaring
verb
present participle of desugar
detruncate
detruncate
verb
(transitive) To shorten by cutting; to lop off.
deurbanize
deurbanize
verb
To make (a region) less urban.
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
dextrinous
dichronous
dicoumarin
dinosauria
dinosauric
dinosauric
adj
(rare) Dinosaurian.
dioscurian
diparentum
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disburdens
disburdens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden