A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
cyanephidrosis
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
dechristianize
dechristianize
verb
To deprive of Christian character
delphinapterus
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
diachronicness
disenchantress
disenchantress
noun
(rare) A female disenchanter.
disenfranchise
disenfranchise
verb
(transitive) To deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote.
disenthralling
disenthralling
verb
present participle of disenthral
disenthralment
disfranchisers
disfranchisers
noun
plural of disfranchiser
disheartenedly
disheartenedly
adv
In a disheartened manner, dispiritedly.
disheartenment
disheartenment
noun
The act of disheartening.
The state of being disheartened; dejection.
disinheritable
disinheritable
adj
That can be disinherited;
That can be excluded from an inheritance.
disinheritance
disinheritance
noun
The act of disinheriting
dumbartonshire
dysmenorrhagia
endotracheitis
farsightedness
farsightedness
noun
(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.
The quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future.
gastornithidae
grandfatherish
grandfatherish
adj
grandfatherly
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
haemosporidian
haemosporidian
noun
Any parasitic protozoa of the order Haemosporida
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
handkerchieves
handkerchieves
noun
plural of handkerchief
hardfistedness
hardfistedness
noun
The quality of being covetous or niggardly.
hereditariness
hereditariness
noun
(rare) The property of being hereditary.
hernandiaceous
hernandiaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Hernandiaceae.
hydrogenations
hydrogenations
noun
plural of hydrogenation
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
hydromechanics
hydromechanics
noun
(physics) fluid mechanics, especially when dealing with water
hypoendocrisia
ironhandedness
ironhandedness
noun
Alternative form of iron-handedness.
landholdership
landholdership
noun
The state of being a landholder.
merchandisable
merchandisable
adj
Suitable for merchandising.
misapprehended
misapprehended
adj
Misunderstood.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend
monosaccharide
monosaccharide
noun
(biochemistry) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring
neanderthalism
ornithoscelida
overfranchised
parasphenoidal
parasphenoidal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the parasphenoid (bone)
prebendaryship
prebendaryship
noun
The role or office of a prebendary.
predischarging
predischarging
verb
present participle of predischarge
pseudobranchia
pseudobranchia
noun
(marine biology) A small patch of gill-like filaments on the inner surface of the opercle near the junction of the preopercle.
pseudoperianth
reanesthetized
reanesthetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reanesthetize
restraightened
restraightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of restraighten
ringleadership
ringleadership
noun
The role or status of ringleader.
roadworthiness
roadworthiness
noun
The property of being roadworthy.
schisandraceae
schwendenerian
shallowbrained
shatterbrained
shatterbrained
adj
disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild
stepgrandchild
stepgrandchild
noun
The grandchild of one's wife or husband by a previous partner, or the child of one's stepchild.
The stepchild of one's own child.
sternohyoidean
straightedging
strophomenidae
sulphapyridine
sulphapyridine
noun
(British spelling, medicine) Alternative spelling of sulfapyridine
superhumanized
superhumanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of superhumanize
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
thermodynamics
thermodynamics
noun
(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
thermodynamist
thyreoadenitis
trachyandesite
trachyandesite
noun
(geology) An extrusive igneous rock with a composition between that of trachyte and andesite.
trisoctahedron
trisoctahedron
noun
(crystallography) A solid of the isometric system bounded by 24 equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.