(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
androspore
androspore
noun
(biology) A spore with male functions, in some algae.
aphelandra
aphelandra
noun
Any of the tropical evergreen shrubs in the genus Aphelandra
appledrane
appledrane
noun
(Devon, obsolete) A wasp.
appledrone
apprehends
apprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bradypnoea
bradypnoea
noun
Alternative form of bradypnea
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
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.
cyprinidae
dapperling
dapperling
noun
(rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow.
dapperness
dapperness
noun
The state or quality of being dapper.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
deadpanner
deadpanner
noun
One who makes deadpan remarks.
dendraspis
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
depreciant
depressant
depressant
adj
(pharmacology) reducing functional or nervous activity.
noun
(mining) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
desperance
diparentum
disaproned
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
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.
dispersant
dispersant
noun
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.
drainpipes
drainpipes
noun
Synonym of drainpipe trousers
plural of drainpipe
drepanidae
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
dysphrenia
endocarpal
endocarpal
adj
(botany) Relating to the endocarp.
endocarpic
endophragm
endopleura
endopleura
noun
(botany) The inner coating of a seed; the tegmen.
endoprocta
endosporia
endosporia
noun
plural of endosporium
enjeopardy
enraptured
enraptured
adj
Marked by fondness; filled with delight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enrapture
ependymary
epicaridan
epidendral
espronceda
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
handscrape
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
hydrophane
hydrophane
noun
(mineralogy) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
hydroplane
hydroplane
noun
(aircraft, nautical) A seaplane; any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
(nautical) A hydrofoil
(nautical) A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.
The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth
verb
To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
infraposed
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
landleaper
landleaper
noun
Synonym of landlouper.
landlouper
landlouper
noun
A vagabond; a vagrant.
landscaper
landscaper
noun
One that does landscaping.
laplanders
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
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
nephridial
nephridial
adj
Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
nonadapter
nonadopter
nonadopter
noun
One who does not adopt (a new technology etc.).
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overpained
pairedness
pairedness
noun
The quality of being paired.
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
pandermite
pandermite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.
pandership
pandership
noun
(obsolete) The work of a pander; pimping.
pandoridae
pandurated
panelboard
panelboard
noun
(US) a distribution board
panhandler
panhandler
noun
One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.
panorpidae
papandreou
paperbound
paperbound
adj
(comparable) Involving or burdened by excessive administrative requirements, especially in the form of paperwork.
(not comparable, of a book) Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered.
noun
(dated) A paperback book.
paradental
paradental
adj
(dentistry) Of or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars.
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
pardonable
pardonable
adj
Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
pardonless
pardonless
adj
unpardonable
parenthood
parenthood
noun
The state of being a parent
parmenides
parotidean
parotidean
Adjective
Relating to the parotid gland.
partedness
partedness
noun
(in combination) The quality of having a specified number of parts.
The quality of being parted or separated.
partheniad
partheniad
noun
(obsolete) A poem in honour of a virgin.
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
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
(dance) Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.
(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.
noun
(dated) An expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.
A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
peduncular
peduncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a peduncle
pendergast
penetrated
penetrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of penetrate
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
pentahedra
pentamerid
pentandria
percoidean
perdicinae
perdurance
perdurance
noun
permanence, persistence
peridental
peridental
adj
Surrounding a tooth or its root; periodontal.
peridineae
peridinial
peridinian
personated
personated
verb
past participle of personate
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
pervadence
philanders
philanders
noun
plural of philander
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander
phoronidea
phrenoward
phryganeid
phryganeid
noun
(zoology) Any caddis fly belonging to the family Phryganeidae.
picarooned
picarooned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of picaroon
pieridinae
pignorated
pignorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pignorate
pinaverdol
pinnigrade
pinnigrade
noun
(zoology) An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve as paddles.
pirandello
planterdom
plunderage
plunderage
noun
(maritime law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
podarginae
polderland
pomeridian
pomeridian
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to the afternoon.
ponderable
ponderable
adj
(physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
(rare) Heavy; ponderous.
Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
ponderance
ponderance
noun
The act or an instance of pondering; that which one ponders.
Weight; gravity.
ponderancy
ponderosae
pontederia
pontevedra
pontevedra
Proper noun
The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.
A province in the southwest of Galicia
portunidae
preabdomen
preabdomen
noun
(entomology) The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding the reproductive apparatus.
The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion
preadjourn
preadjunct
preadvance
preattuned
prebendary
prebendary
adj
Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to a system in which such allocation is prevalent.
Pertaining to the office or person of a prebendary; prebendal.
noun
An honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church.
prebendate
prebendate
verb
(obsolete) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.