(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
bacteroidal
bacteroidal
adj
Relating to the bacteroids
bacteroides
baronetised
baronetized
benedictory
benedictory
adj
Giving thanks
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of a benediction
bichromated
birdmouthed
birostrated
birostrated
adj
Alternative form of birostrate
blindstorey
bloodthirst
bloodthirst
noun
An eagerness for bloodshed.
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
borderlight
bostrychoid
bostrychoid
adj
(botany, of buds) arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis
bothridiums
boththridia
botryllidae
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bradycrotic
bradycrotic
adj
Having a slow pulse
britishhood
brittlewood
broadwayite
bucerotidae
cardioblast
cardioblast
noun
(biology) An embryonic cell, in some insects, that develops into the heart
contributed
contributed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
corymbiated
corymbiated
adj
Having a corymb.
counterbids
counterbids
noun
plural of counterbid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbid
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarration
debonairity
debonairity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being debonair; debonair character, graciousness.
debrominate
debrominate
verb
To remove bromine atoms, especially those added by a previous bromination
deliberator
deliberator
noun
A person who deliberates
dicarbonate
dicarbonate
noun
(chemistry) Any compound containing two carbonate groups per molecule
discubitory
discubitory
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) leaning; fitted for a reclining posture
disobstruct
disobstruct
verb
To clear away an obstruction.
disrobement
disrobement
noun
The act of disrobing (undressing, removing clothes).
distortable
distortable
adj
Capable of being distorted.
distributor
distributor
noun
(printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.
(printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
One who or that which distributes.
dithyrambos
doctrinable
doctrinable
adj
(obsolete) Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine.
erodability
erodability
noun
Misspelling of erodibility.
erodibility
erodibility
noun
The quality or degree of being erodible.
fibromatoid
footbridges
footbridges
noun
plural of footbridge
hybridation
hybridation
noun
hybridization
iodobromite
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
labidometer
labidometer
noun
(medicine) A specialized forceps or attachment to a regular forceps for measuring the size and curvature of the head of a fetus in the pelvis.
labradorite
labradorite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar mineral, calcium sodium aluminum silicate, often very coarsely crystalline, used as a decorative stone for carvings and building façades.
morbidities
morbidities
noun
plural of morbidity
moribundity
moribundity
noun
the state or condition of being moribund
nonbristled
nontimbered
nontimbered
adj
untimbered
obdormition
obdormition
noun
(obsolete) Falling asleep; the condition of being asleep.
The sensation of numbness that occurs in a limb when it "falls asleep" due to pressure on a nerve.
obedientiar
obedientiar
noun
Alternative form of obedientiary
obliterated
obliterated
adj
(slang) Very drunk, intoxicated, wasted.
Destroyed, broken beyond repair.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obliterate
orbiculated
orbiculated
adj
Alternative form of orbiculate
orobatoidea
outbreeding
outbreeding
noun
The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.
The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription).
outbridging
preobedient
preobtained
preobtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preobtain
preobviated
productible
productible
adj
(archaic) Capable of being produced; producible.
redhibition
redhibition
noun
(law) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.
redhibitory
redhibitory
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to redhibition (the annulling of a sale).
(non-native speakers' English) Prohibitive (cf. French rédhibitoire).
reobligated
roadability
roadability
noun
The quality or degree of being roadable.
softbrained
southbridge
southbridge
noun
(computing, electronics) A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.
stockbridge
stourbridge
stourbridge
Proper noun
A large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England.
strikeboard
strikebound
strikebound
adj
Not operating normally because of strike action.
stringboard
stringboard
noun
(architecture) A stringpiece.
subdirector
subdirector
noun
(business) A director who reports to another director.
subordinate
subordinate
adj
(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
Descending in a regular series.
Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
noun
(countable) One who is subordinate.
verb
(transitive) To make subservient.
(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
(transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
tailorbirds
tailorbirds
noun
plural of tailorbird
tenebrionid
tenebrionid
noun
(zoology) Any member of family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.