(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adnephrine
adrianople
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
anomaliped
antependia
antipodean
antipodean
adj
(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
diametrically opposed
relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth
noun
An inhabitant of the antipodes.
aphidiinae
apocodeine
apocodeine
noun
An alkaloid with chemical formula C₁₈H₁₉NO₂, prepared from codeine, with effects like those of apomorphine.
apodeipnon
apogonidae
appendical
appendical
adj
(rare, biology, specifically) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the vermiform appendix.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices (chiefly of books).
appendices
appendices
noun
plural of appendice
plural of appendix
appendicle
appendicle
noun
A small appendage.
appendixed
appendixes
asclepidin
asplenioid
bipennated
bipennated
Adjective
Having two wings.
bipinnated
bipinnated
adj
bipinnate
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
candlepins
candlepins
noun
plural of candlepin
centipedal
centipedal
adj
Having 100 or another large number of legs or appendages.
Of or resembling a centipede.
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chlidanope
complained
complained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complain
crapaudine
crapaudine
noun
(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
cynipoidea
cyprinidae
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
dauphiness
dauphiness
noun
The wife of a dauphin.
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
delaplaine
dendraspis
dentiscalp
dentiscalp
noun
An instrument for scraping the teeth; a toothpick.
deoppilant
depaganize
depaganize
verb
To remove the pagan qualities or elements of.
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depilation
depilation
noun
Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.
depilitant
depreciant
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
desynapsis
desynapsis
noun
The separation of homologous chromosomes in the diplotene period of meiotic prophase
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
diaspidine
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
didelphian
didelphian
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to opossums.
diipenates
dinophilea
diparentum
dipladenia
diplanetic
dipneumona
dipneustal
dipsadinae
disaproned
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
disemplane
disemplane
verb
Synonym of deplane (“disembark from an airplane”)
dispansive
dispensary
dispensary
noun
(dated) Synonym of pharmacy, particularly one included in a hospital that does not act as a point of sale.
A retail establishment that sells marijuana and related supplies to customers with a prescription to use it for medical purposes.
An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice.
dispensate
dispersant
dispersant
noun
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.
displanted
displanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of displant
drainpipes
drainpipes
noun
Synonym of drainpipe trousers
plural of drainpipe
drepanidae
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
dysphrenia
endocarpic
endopathic
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endosporia
endosporia
noun
plural of endosporium
epicaridan
epidendral
eupolidean
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
exaspidean
exaspidean
adj
(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.
expandible
explicanda
explicanda
noun
plural of explicandum
galipidine
genipapada
genipapada
noun
(rare) A refreshing drink made in South America from the fruit of the genipap.
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
handygripe
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
heparinoid
heparinoid
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin
heptandria
hyphedonia
hypoadenia
impanelled
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
impleading
impleading
verb
present participle of implead
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
inaptitude
inaptitude
noun
The quality of being inapt.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
inculpated
inculpated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inculpate
infraposed
inlapidate
inlapidate
verb
(archaic, transitive) To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
interpaved
interplead
interplead
verb
(law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader.
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
kidnappers
kidnappers
noun
plural of kidnapper
leopardine
leopardine
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a leopard.
leptandrin
leptandrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter glucoside obtained from plants in the genus Leptandra.
lipreading
lipreading
noun
The act of reading lips.
verb
present participle of lipread
maidenship
maidenship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a maiden.
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
mispainted
mispainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispaint
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
nephridial
nephridial
adj
Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
opalinidae
outpainted
outpainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpaint
overpained
paedogenic
paedogenic
adj
Alternative form of pedogenic
paedonymic
painesdale
pairedness
pairedness
noun
The quality of being paired.
palaemonid
palaemonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the species of family Palaemonidae.
palindrome
palindrome
noun
(by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
(by extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
(genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
palisander
palisander
noun
rosewood
pallidness
pallidness
noun
The characteristic of being pallid.
pandectist
pandectist
adj
Pertaining to the German adaptation of Roman law in the early sixteenth century.
Pertaining to the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
noun
A proponent or developer of a complete code of laws of a country, especially of the German pandestic law.
An expert on the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
pandemonic
pandemonic
adj
Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a pandemonium.
pandermite
pandermite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.
pandership
pandership
noun
(obsolete) The work of a pander; pimping.
pandoridae
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
panorpidae
pansideman
pantomimed
pantomimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pantomime
paradisean
paradisean
adj
paradisiacal
paraffined
paraffined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paraffin
simple past tense and past participle of paraffine
paramedian
paramedian
adj
(surgery) to one side of the median position
parcidenta
parmenides
parotidean
parotidean
Adjective
Relating to the parotid gland.
partheniad
partheniad
noun
(obsolete) A poem in honour of a virgin.
pasquinade
pasquinade
noun
A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
verb
(transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.
patellidan
pathfinder
pathfinder
noun
One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
One who first does something; a pioneer.
patronised
patronised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronise
patronized
patronized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronize
pavilioned
pavilioned
adj
Having a pavilion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pavilion
pectinated
pectinated
adj
(anatomy, zoology, botany) Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.