Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
aluminised
aluminised
adj
Having the property of being coated with aluminium
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminise
aluminizes
aluminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aluminize
amanuensis
amanuensis
noun
A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.
One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambisexual
ambisexual
adj
(slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.
(zoology) Hermaphroditic.
Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex.
Unisex: fit for persons of either sex.
noun
An ambisexual person.
ambushlike
amiantuses
ammiaceous
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
anchesmius
aneurismal
aneurismal
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmal
anisomelus
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antiserums
antiserums
noun
plural of antiserum
armiferous
armiferous
adj
(rare) Bearing arms or weapons.
armigerous
armigerous
adj
Entitled to bear a coat of arms.
artemisium
artemisium
Proper noun
A cape north of Euboea, Greece.
assimulate
assimulate
verb
(obsolete) To assimilate.
(obsolete) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
autotomies
autotomies
noun
plural of autotomy
autotomise
autotomise
verb
Alternative form of autotomize
baumeister
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bemuslined
bemuslined
adj
Dressed or covered in muslin.
bermudians
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
betacismus
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
bismuthide
bismuthide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of bismuth with a more electropositive element
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthite
bismuthite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic bismuth carbonate mineral.
bituminise
bituminise
verb
Alternative spelling of bituminize
boedromius
boucherism
ceruminous
ceruminous
adj
Having to do with cerumen (earwax).
chaucerism
chemurgies
chemurgies
noun
plural of chemurgy
chumminess
chumminess
noun
The state of being chummy.
chumpiness
circumcise
circumcise
verb
(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.
(sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a penis.
circumfuse
circumfuse
verb
To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.
To spread round; to surround.
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
clementius
closterium
clumsiness
clumsiness
noun
A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
collegiums
columbines
columbines
noun
plural of columbine
columnizes
columnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columnize
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
comiferous
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.
communised
communised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communise
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
coustumier
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.
culminates
culminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate
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.
demifusion
demiluster
demilustre
demiourgos
demisangue
demiurgism
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
dentaliums
desiderium
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
desmoulins
diadumenus
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.
dreyfusism
dromiceius
drumfishes
drumfishes
noun
plural of drumfish
duodecimos
duodecimos
noun
plural of duodecimo
effluviums
effluviums
noun
plural of effluvium
eilshemius
ekacaesium
ekacaesium
noun
Alternative form of eka-caesium
elegiambus
embolismus
embolismus
noun
Alternative form of embolism (“intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil”)
emissarium
emmitsburg
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.
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
emusifying
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.
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.
episcenium
episporium
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
equisetums
erimanthus
esquimauan
esquiredom
eucosmidae
eudemonics
eudemonics
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonics
eudemonism
eudemonism
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonism
eudemonist
eudemonist
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonist
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.
eumeristic
eumolpides
euphemious
euphemised
euphemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphemise
euphemiser
euphemiser
noun
Alternative form of euphemizer
euphemisms
euphemisms
noun
plural of euphemism
eurylaimus
eurythmics
eurythmics
noun
a rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements
eurythmies
eurythmies
noun
plural of eurythmy
eustachium
eximiously
eximiously
adv
In an eximious way; with distinction, outstandingly.
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
fieldmouse
fieldmouse
noun
Alternative spelling of field mouse
figuresome
figuresome
adj
Characterised as possessing an attractive figure or shape