(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
addington
adjoining
adjoining
adj
Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
verb
present participle of adjoin
adonizing
adonizing
verb
present participle of adonize
adoringly
adoringly
adv
In an adoring manner.
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
agaonidae
agaricoid
agaricoid
adj
(of a fungus) Resembling an agaric
agilawood
agoniadin
agoniadin
noun
A glucoside found in agonia bark (Plumeria lancifolia), used as an antiperiodic or a febrifuge in malaria.
agromyzid
agromyzid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
aldington
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
anangioid
anodizing
anodizing
verb
present participle of anodize
argilloid
audiogram
audiogram
noun
A graphical representation of the hearing ability of a person
audiology
audiology
noun
An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.
The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders
bardiglio
bardiglio
noun
An Italian variety of marble, commonly having a dark grey or bluish ground traversed by veins.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
biglenoid
bignoniad
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
bloodings
bloodings
noun
plural of blooding
bloodying
bloodying
verb
present participle of bloody
boardings
boardings
noun
plural of boarding
bordering
bordering
adj
Having a common boundary or border
noun
A pattern or ornament forming a border.
verb
present participle of border
bridgepot
bridgeton
bringdown
bringdown
noun
comedown
disappointment, letdown
broadling
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
broodling
broodling
noun
(science fiction) a member of a brood in science fiction
a member of a brood, as of animals
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
carangoid
carangoid
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
chilidogs
chilidogs
noun
plural of chilidog
clarigold
cloudling
cloudling
noun
A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.
codelight
codesigns
codesigns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codesign
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
coediting
coediting
verb
present participle of coedit
cogitated
cogitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cogitate
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
coleridge
coleridge
Proper noun
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English romantic poet.
Coleridge, North Carolina.
colliding
colliding
noun
A collision.
verb
present participle of collide
colluding
colluding
adj
That colludes
verb
present participle of collude
conceding
conceding
verb
present participle of concede
condignly
condignly
adv
(especially of a punishment) appropriately
condoling
condoling
adj
Expressing condolence; sympathetic.
noun
Condolence.
verb
present participle of condole
condoning
condoning
verb
present participle of condone
conducing
conducing
adj
(obsolete) That conduces to a desired purpose; beneficial, helpful.
That conduces to a given purpose or end result.
verb
present participle of conduce
confiding
confiding
adj
(Birding) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
In confidence; as if with trust.
noun
The telling of something in confidence.
verb
present participle of confide
congridae
consigned
consigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consign
copending
cordigeri
cordoning
cordoning
verb
present participle of cordon
coregonid
coregonid
noun
Any freshwater whitefish of the former family Coregonidae (now Salmonidae)
corrading
corrading
verb
present participle of corrade
corroding
corroding
noun
corrosion
verb
present participle of corrode
cotingoid
cowhiding
cowhiding
noun
A flogging with a cowhide.
verb
present participle of cowhide
dacoitage
dacoitage
noun
(dated) dacoity
dacoiting
dacoiting
verb
present participle of dacoit
deaconing
deaconing
verb
present participle of deacon
decocting
decocting
verb
present participle of decoct
decodings
decodings
noun
plural of decoding
deepgoing
defoaming
defoaming
verb
present participle of defoam
defogging
defogging
verb
present participle of defog
defoliage
deforcing
deforcing
verb
present participle of deforce
deforming
deforming
verb
present participle of deform
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
delousing
delousing
verb
present participle of delouse
demagogic
demagogic
adj
of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.
demegoric
demegoric
adj
Related to public speaking, especially as a style of rhetoric.
demiglobe
demigorge
demigorge
noun
(military) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the centre of the bastion.
demigroat
demiurgos
demiurgos
noun
(more common in earlier works) Alternative form of demiurge.
demobbing
demobbing
verb
present participle of demob
demogenic
deploring
deploring
verb
present participle of deplore
deploying
deploying
verb
present participle of deploy
deporting
deporting
verb
present participle of deport
designado
desorbing
desorbing
verb
present participle of desorb
detouring
detouring
noun
The act of taking a detour.
verb
present participle of detour
devoicing
devoicing
noun
(phonetics) The process by which a sound is devoiced.
verb
present participle of devoice
devolving
devolving
verb
present participle of devolve
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
dewooling
dewooling
verb
present participle of dewool
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
diabology
diabology
noun
The study of the Devil in religion.
diagnosed
diagnosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diagnose
diagnoses
diagnoses
noun
plural of diagnosis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diagnose
diagnosis
diagnosis
noun
(medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
(taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.
The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
verb
(nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Synonym of diagnose
diagonals
diagonals
noun
plural of diagonal
diagonial
diagonial
adj
(obsolete) diametrically opposed
Obsolete form of diagonal.
dialogers
dialogers
noun
plural of dialoger
dialogged
dialogism
dialogism
noun
An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more.
dialogist
dialogist
noun
A speaker within a dialogue.
A writer of dialogs.
dialogite
dialogite
noun
(mineralogy) Rhodochrosite.
dialogize
dialogize
verb
(intransitive, archaic, formal) To discourse in dialogue.
(transitive) To transform into a dialogue.
dialogued
dialogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dialogue
dialoguer
dialoguer
noun
A participant in a dialogue.
A person employed to write dialogue for characters in a soap opera or similar show.
dialogues
dialogues
noun
plural of dialogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialogue
dichogamy
dichogamy
noun
(biology) The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
dictyogen
dictyogen
noun
(botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae, Smilacaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
digeneous
digestion
digestion
noun
(chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
(medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
The ability to use this process.
The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
The result of this process.
digestors
digestors
noun
plural of digestor
digestory
digestory
adj
Relating to a digestor
digiorgio
digitonin
digitonin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside, obtained from Digitalis purpurea, that is used as a detergent and whose aglycone is digitogenin.
digitoxin
digitoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.
diglossia
diglossia
noun
(linguistics, sociology) The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages.
(pathology) The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.
diglottic
dignation
dignation
noun
(obsolete) The act of thinking worthy; honour.
dignotion
dignotion
noun
(obsolete) distinguishing mark; diagnostic
dihalogen
dihalogen
adj
(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A diatomic molecule of a halogen
dilogical
dilogical
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; of double meaning
dingdongs
dingdongs
noun
plural of dingdong
diogenean
diogenean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Diogenes.
diogenite
diogenite
noun
An achondritic stony meteorite originating from deep within the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta
diosgenin
diosgenin
noun
(organic chemistry) A steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.
diphthong
diphthong
noun
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
disgorged
disgorged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disgorge
disgorger
disgorger
noun
(fishing) A device used to remove a hook from the mouth of a fish
disgorges
disgorges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgorge
disgospel
dislodged
dislodged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dislodge
dislodges
dislodges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislodge
disoblige
disoblige
verb
(Britain) To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility.
(Britain) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
disowning
disowning
verb
present participle of disown
disponing
disponing
verb
present participle of dispone
disposing
disposing
noun
The act by which things are disposed, or set out.
verb
present participle of dispose
disrobing
disrobing
noun
Removal of the clothes.
verb
present participle of disrobe
dissogeny
dissogony
dissogony
noun
pedogenesis
disyoking
disyoking
verb
present participle of disyoke
dittogram
dittogram
noun
Synonym of dittography (“erroneous repetition in a text”)