(UK, archaic) A duty payable on goods by the bushel.
busheling
busheling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
verb
present participle of bushel
butlerage
butlerage
noun
(law, archaic) A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every tun of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.
buttering
buttering
noun
(cooking) The application of butter (“n.”) to something.
(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.
Hyponyms: nosebuttering, tailbuttering
The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards
verb
present participle of butter
cacafuego
cacafuego
noun
(by extension) A braggart.
A spitfire.
calcifuge
calcifuge
noun
Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk
catalogue
catalogue
noun
(US) A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
(computing, dated) A directory listing.
(music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
(singular) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
A list of all the publications in a library.
A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
verb
(philately) to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
To make a catalogue of.
To put into a catalogue.
cedarburg
censuring
censuring
noun
An act of censure.
verb
present participle of censure
censusing
censusing
verb
present participle of census
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
chargeful
chargeful
adj
(obsolete) costly; expensive
chaseburg
chauffage
chemurgic
chemurgic
adj
Relating to chemurgy.
cherbourg
cherbourg
Proper noun
A coastal town in Normandy, France
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
ciguatera
ciguatera
noun
A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.
cingulate
cingulate
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a cingulum.
noun
Any mammal of the order Cingulata, the armadillos
claughted
coagulase
coagulase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that induces coagulation
(biochemistry) Specifically, the enzyme produced by various Staphylococcus species that converts fibrinogen to fibrin
coagulate
coagulate
adj
(obsolete) Coagulated.
noun
A mass formed by means of coagulation.
verb
(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
(transitive) To cause to congeal.
coaguline
coagulose
coalheugh
coaugment
coburgess
coburgher
coccygeus
coccygeus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of the pelvic wall, that in combination with the levator ani forms the pelvic diaphragm.
colesburg
colleague
colleague
noun
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
verb
To unite or associate with another or with others.
collegium
collegium
noun
(in Ancient Rome) Any of several legal associations
(in Russia) A committee or council
collogued
collogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of collogue
collogues
collogues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collogue
conemaugh
configure
configure
verb
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
congestus
congoleum
congruent
congruent
adj
(algebra) Satisfying a congruence relation.
(mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
(mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
Corresponding in character; congruous
conjugate
conjugate
adj
(botany) In single pairs; coupled.
(chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
(grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
(mathematics) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
noun
(algebra) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
(algebra, field theory, of an element of an extension field) Given a field extension L / K and an element α ∈ L, any other element β ∈ L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of α over K.
(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
(grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
(immunology) A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together
(mathematics) An explementary angle.
Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
verb
(biology, of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
(mathematics) To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
(Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
(countable, cooking) The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.
cousinage
cousinage
noun
(obsolete) relationship; kinship
cowtongue
crataegus
crataegus
noun
Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
crucifige
cudgelers
cudgelers
noun
plural of cudgeler
cudgeling
cudgeling
noun
A beating with a cudgel.
verb
present participle of cudgel
cudgelled
cudgelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cudgel
cudgeller
cudgeller
noun
Alternative spelling of cudgeler
cultigens
cultigens
noun
plural of cultigen
cumbering
cumbering
verb
present participle of cumber
cumengite
cumengite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal indigo blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
cunninger
cunninger
adj
comparative form of cunning: more cunning
cupelling
cupelling
verb
present participle of cupel
curettage
curettage
noun
(medicine) The removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette.
curetting
curetting
noun
The act of scraping with a curette.
verb
present participle of curette
curfewing
curiegram
curtilage
curtilage
noun
(law) The area immediately surrounding a house, especially dooryard areas and sometimes including closely associated buildings and structures.
curveting
curveting
noun
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
verb
present participle of curvet
cutchogue
cutigeral
cutigeral
adj
Containing skin.
damageous
damageous
adj
(obsolete) damaging, hurtful, injurious
dangerful
dangerful
adj
(obsolete) Fraught with danger; hazardous.
dangerous
dangerous
adj
(colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Full of danger.
daugherty
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
daydrudge
debuggers
debuggers
noun
plural of debugger
debugging
debugging
noun
(computing) The process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system.
verb
present participle of debug
debunking
debunking
noun
The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
verb
present participle of debunk
debussing
debussing
verb
present participle of debus
decalogue
decalogue
noun
Alternative spelling of Decalogue
decoupage
decoupage
noun
An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated
An artwork made by this technique
verb
To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.
decupling
decupling
verb
present participle of decuple
decurring
decurving
deducting
deducting
verb
present participle of deduct
degaussed
degaussed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of degauss
degausser
degausser
noun
A device that performs degaussing.
degausses
degausses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degauss
degumming
degumming
noun
The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.
degustate
degustate
verb
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To taste or eat.
degusting
degusting
verb
present participle of degust
delegatus
delousing
delousing
verb
present participle of delouse
delundung
delundung
noun
(zoology) An East Indian carnivorous mammal, Prionodon linsang, having spots and resembling the civet, but without scent pouches.
demagogue
demagogue
noun
(derogatory) A political orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
(historical) A leader of the people.
verb
(intransitive and transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.
demihague
demiurges
demiurges
noun
plural of demiurge.
demiurgic
demiurgic
adj
Relating to a demiurge.
demiurgos
demiurgos
noun
(more common in earlier works) Alternative form of demiurge.
demiurgus
demiurgus
noun
(chiefly dated) Alternative form of demiurge.
demurrage
demurrage
noun
(shipping) the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
a charge made for exchanging currency for bullion
compensation paid for such detention
demurring
demurring
noun
demurral
verb
present participle of demur
depluming
depluming
verb
present participle of deplume
depurging
dequeuing
dequeuing
verb
present participle of dequeue
desargues
designful
designful
adj
Full of designs; scheming.
desugared
desugared
adj
(computing) Having had the syntactic sugar removed
Having some or all the sugar removed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desugar
detouring
detouring
noun
The act of taking a detour.
verb
present participle of detour
detruding
detruding
verb
present participle of detrude
deuniting
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
dialogued
dialogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dialogue
dialoguer
dialoguer
noun
A participant in a dialogue.
A person employed to write dialogue for characters in a soap opera or similar show.
dialogues
dialogues
noun
plural of dialogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialogue
digeneous
digesture
digesture
noun
(obsolete) digestion
diguanide
diguanide
noun
Biguanide.
disfigure
disfigure
verb
to change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
disgenius
disguised
disguised
adj
(obsolete) Acting inappropriately, badly behaved.
(obsolete) Concealed, hidden, out of sight.
(obsolete, of dress) Altered for the sake of fashion; newfangled or showy.
(obsolete, of dress, names, etc.) Serving as a disguise; altered for the sake of concealing one’s identity.
(of things) Made to appear as something other than it is, hidden in outward form.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) Drunk.
Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disguise
disguiser
disguiser
noun
(archaic, historical) A person who wears a disguise; an actor in a masque or masquerade; a masker.
A person or thing that disguises.
disguises
disguises
noun
plural of disguise
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disguise
disgusted
disgusted
adj
Filled with disgust.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disgust
disguster
distingue
distingue
adj
Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
divulgate
divulgate
adj
(obsolete) Published.
verb
(obsolete) To divulge.
divulgers
divulgers
noun
plural of divulger
doghouses
doghouses
noun
plural of doghouse
doodlebug
doodlebug
noun
(entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
(entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
(entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
(historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
(informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
(informal) A slackard or time-waster.
(informal) An idiot.
(informal) Someone who draws constantly.
(informal, Britain) The V-1 flying bomb.
(obsolete) Individual self-propelled train cars.
dougherty
dougherty
Proper noun
of origin.
doughface
doughface
noun
(derogatory) a person, especially a politician, who is pliable, moldable like dough.
doughfeet
doughhead
doughiest
doughiest
adj
superlative form of doughy: most doughy
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughtier
doughtier
adj
comparative form of doughty: more doughty
doumergue
draughted
draughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of draught
draughter
draughter
noun
Alternative spelling of drafter
dredgeful
druggiest
druggiest
adj
superlative form of druggy: most druggy
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drugstore
drugstore
noun
(chiefly US, Canada) Synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.
dumaguete
dungarees
dungarees
noun
Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.
dungeness
dungeness
Proper noun
A headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland.
An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States.
dungeoner
dungeoner
noun
(obsolete) A jailer.
duologues
duologues
noun
plural of duologue
duplexing
duplexing
verb
present participle of duplex
durangite
durangite
noun
A rare sodium aluminium arsenate fluoride gem with brittle crystals, chemical formula NaAl(AsO₄)F.