(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
aminoplast
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphitryon
ampliation
ampliation
noun
(law, civil law) A postponement of the decision of a cause for further consideration or reargument.
enlargement; amplification
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
anemopathy
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
applotment
applotment
Noun
apportionment
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
atropamine
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
camponotus
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compaction
compaction
noun
The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
companator
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
compellent
compendent
compensate
compensate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
competence
competence
noun
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.
(countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter.
(dated) A sustainable income.
(geology) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.
(linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
complacent
complacent
adj
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
complaints
complaints
noun
plural of complaint
complanate
complanate
adj
Flattened to a level surface.
verb
(transitive) To make level.
complement
complement
noun
(astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
(biochemistry) Synonym of alexin
(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
(computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
(economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
(electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
(genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
(heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).
(immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
(logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
(music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
(nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
(now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
(obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.
(obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.
(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
verb
(obsolete) Old form of compliment
To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
components
components
noun
plural of component
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
compresent
compresent
adj
(philosophy) Existing together concurrently.
comptonite
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
consumpted
consumpted
adj
(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consumpt
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
cryptonema
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
deportment
deportment
noun
Apparent level of schooling or training.
Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
Conduct; public behavior.
Self-discipline.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
elopements
elopements
noun
plural of elopement
embonpoint
embonpoint
adj
Plump, chubby, buxom.
noun
Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
emplection
emplection
noun
Alternative form of emplecton
employment
employment
noun
(economics) The number or percentage of people at work
A use, purpose
An activity to which one devotes time
The act of employing
The state of being employed
The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
emportment
epistomian
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
foretopman
foretopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
foretopmen
foretopmen
noun
plural of foretopman
gomphodont
gomphodont
noun
Any cynodont of the taxon Gomphodontia
gymnoplast
gymnoplast
noun
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
hemipteron
hemipteron
noun
Alternative form of hemipteran
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
himantopus
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
homopteron
hymenopter
hymenopter
noun
(archaic) hymenopteran
hypnotisms
hypnotisms
noun
plural of hypnotism
idempotent
idempotent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).
(mathematics) (said of an algebraic structure) Having an idempotent operation (in the sense given above).
(mathematics) (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.
(mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.
noun
(mathematics) An idempotent element.
(mathematics) An idempotent structure.
impanation
impanation
noun
(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.
impedition
impedition
noun
(obsolete) A hindrance; that which impedes.
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
impetition
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
importment
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
importuner
importuner
noun
One who importunes.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposement
imposement
noun
(obsolete) imposition
imposition
imposition
noun
(UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
(printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
(religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
A trick or deception put or laid on others.
An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
impotently
impotently
adv
In an impotent manner.
impuration
impuration
noun
(obsolete) The act of making impure; defilement; obscuration.
imputation
imputation
noun
(game theory) A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
(genetics) The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
(statistics) The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
Opinion; intimation; hint.
That which has been imputed or charged.
The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
incomplete
incomplete
adj
(botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Not complete; not finished
noun
(Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
(Usenet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
A designation of being incomplete.
intemporal
lampoonist
lampoonist
noun
One who lampoons.
leptomonad
leptomonad
noun
(biology) A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative
Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
leptomonas
lymphation
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
maintopman
maintopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor on duty on a maintop.
maintopmen
maintopmen
noun
plural of maintopman
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
manucaptor
manucaptor
noun
(law, obsolete) In English common law, a person empowered to take bail and capture a person who forfeits it.
matronship
matronship
noun
matronage
mecopteran
mecopteran
noun
Any of the carnivorous insects in the order Mecoptera
mecopteron
megaphyton
melanotype
melanotype
noun
Alternative form of melainotype
menotyphla
mentorship
mentorship
noun
state of being a mentor
metaphyton
metaphyton
noun
Any metaphytic filamentous alga
microprint
microprint
noun
(countable) A document bearing a microreproduction of printed text
(uncountable) Extremely small print
misappoint
mispointed
mispointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispoint
monopathic
monopathic
adj
(medicine) Affecting only one organ or function.
monophotal
monopolist
monopolist
noun
One who has, or attempts to acquire, a monopoly on something.
monoprotic
monoprotic
adj
(chemistry) Having a single hydrogen atom; monobasic
monopteral
monopteral
adj
(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.
monopteroi
monopteroi
noun
plural of monopteros
monopteron
monopteron
noun
(architecture) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella.
monopteros
monopteros
noun
(architecture) A classical temple made up of one circle of columns supporting a roof.
monoptical
monoptical
adj
Alternative form of monoptic
monoptotic
monopttera
monotropic
monotropic
adj
(biology, of a pollnator) that collects pollen the flowers of only one species
(chemistry, physics) Describing any material that exists in multiple forms, only one of which is stable at all temperatures and pressures
monotypous
monponsett
montpelier
montpelier
Proper noun
The state capital of Vermont in the United States of America
A district of Bristol, England.
Any of several other towns in the USA, Canada and the UK.
morphactin
morphactin
noun
Any of a class of synthetic compounds that limit plant growth.
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
morphinist
morphinist
noun
(obsolete) One who is addicted to morphine.
muttonchop
muttonchop
noun
(by extension, in the plural) A facial hairstyle consisting of sideburns without a beard and sometimes with a moustache (“friendly” muttonchops).
A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
myoprotein
myoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any protein that occurs in muscle tissue.
neophytism
neophytism
noun
The property of being a neophyte.
nephometer
nephrotome
nephrotome
noun
(biology, dated) A section of the mesoderm formerly believed to give rise to the pronephros and eventually to the rest of the kidney.
nephrotomy
nephrotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
nonpayment
nonpayment
noun
The failure to make a payment
notopodium
notopodium
noun
(zoology) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium.
nympholept
nympholept
noun
A person in a state of nympholepsy.
nymphotomy
nymphotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into the labia minora
omentopexy
omentopexy
noun
(surgery) The operation of suturing the omentum to the abdominal wall, securing anastomotic communication between the portal system and that of the vena cava.
omniparent
omniparent
adj
That produces all things
noun
A universal parent; god
omniparity
omniparity
noun
Equality in every part; general equality.
omnipotent
omnipotent
adj
(biology) Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell).
Having unlimited power, force or authority.
noun
An omnipotent being.
optimising
optimising
verb
present participle of optimise
optimizing
optimizing
adj
Carrying out optimization.
verb
present participle of optimize
optomeninx
outjumping
outjumping
verb
present participle of outjump
outpayment
outpayment
noun
An outgoing payment; expenditure.
palmerston
pancosmist
pancosmist
noun
A believer in pancosmism.
panoramist
panoramist
noun
A person who creates panoramas.
pantamorph
pantomania
pantometer
pantometer
noun
An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
pantometry
pantometry
noun
(dated) A proposed scheme for universal measurement.
A tendency to measure everything; fixation on measurement or quantitative aspects.
pantomimed
pantomimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pantomime
pantomimes
pantomimes
noun
plural of pantomime
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pantomime