(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.
comiferous
commercium
commercium
noun
A traditional academic feast, known and held at universities in most Central and Northern European countries.
comminuate
comminuted
comminuted
adj
Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminute
commissure
commissure
noun
(anatomy) The joint between two bones.
(anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.
(neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
communised
communised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communise
communized
communized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communize
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.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
coremiumia
corniplume
corniplume
noun
A horn-like tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
councilmen
councilmen
noun
plural of councilman
coustumier
creamfruit
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
crumminess
crumminess
noun
The state of being crummy.
cuemanship
cuemanship
noun
The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
culminated
culminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of culminate
culminates
culminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate
cumulative
cumulative
adj
(finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
(law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
(linguistics) Adding one statement to another.
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
That tends to accumulate.
curvimeter
curvimeter
noun
A device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
customized
customized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of customize
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
customizes
customizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
dagusmines
decenniums
decenniums
noun
plural of decennium
dehumanise
dehumanise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
dehumanize
dehumanize
verb
To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
dehumidify
dehumidify
verb
To reduce the moisture in a body of air; to lower the humidity.
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.
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
deluminize
demicolumn
demifigure
demifusion
demihagbut
demiluster
demilustre
deminudity
demiourgoi
demiourgos
demipuppet
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demisangue
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.
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
dentaliums
desiderium
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
desmoulins
diadumenus
diagredium
dimercuric
diminuendo
diminuendo
adj
(music) describing a passage having this mark
noun
(metaphoric) The gradual dying away of something.
(music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
diminutely
diminutive
diminutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
noun
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
diparentum
dipneumona
disaugment
discommune
disembogue
disembogue
verb
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.
To come out into the open sea from a river etc.
disenamour
disenamour
verb
(transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
disinhumed
disinhumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disinhume
dismounted
dismounted
adj
Having gotten off one's horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dismount
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dissimuler
dissimuler
noun
(obsolete) A dissembler.
diumvirate
dreyfusism
dromiceius
drumfishes
drumfishes
noun
plural of drumfish
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.
duodecimal
duodecimal
adj
(arithmetic) Of a number, expressed in base twelve.
noun
(arithmetic) A number system that uses twelve as its base.
duodecimos
duodecimos
noun
plural of duodecimo
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.
ecumenical
ecumenical
adj
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
(rare) General, universal, worldwide.
effluviums
effluviums
noun
plural of effluvium
eilshemius
ekacaesium
ekacaesium
noun
Alternative form of eka-caesium
elegiambus
elotherium
emarginula
embolismus
embolismus
noun
Alternative form of embolism (“intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil”)
embryulcia
embryulcia
noun
(surgery, archaic) The forcible extraction of the fetus.
emissarium
emmitsburg
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
empurpling
empurpling
verb
present participle of empurple
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emulsified
emulsified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emulsify
emulsifier
emulsifier
noun
A substance that helps an emulsion form, or helps keep an emulsion from separating.
emulsifies
emulsifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emulsify
emulsoidal
emulsoidal
adj
Being or relating to an emulsoid.
emundation
emundation
noun
Cleaning; disinfection.
Rectification; purification, especially of crude drugs.
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
emusifying
enamouring
enamouring
verb
present participle of enamour
encomiumia
endomysium
endomysium
noun
a layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers
enthusiasm
enthusiasm
noun
(obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
epicentrum
epichilium
epicranium
epicranium
noun
(anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
epidermous
epimetheus
epimetheus
Proper noun
Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
A moon of the planet Saturn.
epineurium
epineurium
noun
(anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
epiphloeum
epiphloeum
noun
(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
epiphyllum
epiphyllum
noun
A cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
episcenium
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epithecium
epithecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.
epithelium
epithelium
noun
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
equanimity
equanimity
noun
The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
equisetums
erimanthus
eriophorum
esquimauan
esquiredom
eucnemidae
eucosmidae
eudaemonia
eudaemonic
eudaemonic
adj
Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
That produces satisfied happiness and well-being.
eudaimonia
eudaimonia
noun
Alternative spelling of eudemonia
eudemonics
eudemonics
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonics
eudemonism
eudemonism
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonism
eudemonist
eudemonist
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonist
eudendrium
eudidymite
eudidymite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
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.
euharmonic
euharmonic
adj
(rare) Pleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were employed.
euhemerise
euhemerise
verb
(UK) Alternative form of euhemerize
euhemerism
euhemerism
noun
(uncountable) The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.
euhemerist
euhemerist
adj
Synonym of euhemeristic: of or related to euhemerism.
noun
Someone who practices or upholds euhemerism, a person who believes all or most myths and legends arose from historical origins.
euhemerize
euhemerize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) Synonym of deify: to actually create mythology and legends from ancient historical figures and events.
(transitive, intransitive, derogatory) To invent a plausible but fanciful historical origin for something in order to explain away mythology and legends.