(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.
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
diparentum
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
endopleura
endopleura
noun
(botany) The inner coating of a seed; the tegmen.
enraptured
enraptured
adj
Marked by fondness; filled with delight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enrapture
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
landlouper
landlouper
noun
A vagabond; a vagrant.
pandurated
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.
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
peduncular
peduncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a peduncle
perdurance
perdurance
noun
permanence, persistence
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
plunderage
plunderage
noun
(maritime law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
portunidae
preadjourn
preadjunct
preattuned
prehaunted
premundane
prudential
prudential
adj
Advisory; superintending or executive.
Characterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation.
Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious.
noun
(archaic, chiefly in the plural) A matter requiring prudence.
pseudandry
pseudandry
noun
(rare) The use by a female writer of a male pseudonym.
putredinal
serpulidan
superadorn
unapprised
unapprised
adj
Not apprised or informed
unapprized
unapproved
unapproved
adj
(archaic) Not proven.
Not approved.
unaspersed
unaspersed
adj
Not aspersed (falsely or maliciously charged with something).
uncaptured
uncaptured
adj
Not captured.
verb
past participle of uncapture
uncarpeted
uncarpeted
adj
Not carpeted.
uncompared
uncompared
adj
Not compared.
undeparted
undeparted
adj
Not departed.
undepraved
undepraved
adj
(archaic) Not morally depraved or corrupted.
underpants
underpants
noun
underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
underparts
underparts
noun
plural of underpart
underplain
underplant
underplant
noun
A plant that has been planted underneath others.
verb
(transitive) To plant too little of.
(transitive) To plant underneath.
underplate
underplate
noun
(geology) A tectonic plate that forms or moves under another.
An armoured plate that forms part of a mortice lock.
verb
(geology) To act as an underplate.
underplays
underplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underplay
undersharp
understamp
understrap
understrap
noun
A strap running underneath something.
underswamp
undiapered
undiapered
adj
Not wearing diapers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undiaper
ungrappled
ungrappled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ungrapple
unhampered
unhampered
adj
Not hampered.
unimpaired
unimpaired
adj
Not impaired.
unimparted
unimparted
adj
Not imparted.
unoperated
unoperated
adj
Upon which no operation has been performed.
unorphaned
unorphaned
adj
Not orphaned.
unoverpaid
unpampered
unpampered
adj
Not pampered.
unparadise
unparadise
verb
(transitive) To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to make unhappy.
unparceled
unparceled
adj
Alternative form of unparcelled
unpardoned
unpardoned
adj
Not having been pardoned; unforgiven.
unparented
unparented
adj
Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent.
unpargeted
unpargeted
adj
Not pargeted.
unparodied
unparodied
adj
Coordinate term: unsatirized
Not having been parodied.
unparroted
unpastured
unpastured
adj
Not pastured.
unpersuade
unpersuade
verb
(transitive) To persuade (someone) against a formerly adopted course of action; to dissuade.
unpervaded
unpervaded
adj
Not pervaded.
unpillared
unpillared
adj
Not pillared.
unpreached
unpreached
adj
Not preached.
unprefaced
unprefaced
adj
Not prefaced; without a preface.
unprepared
unprepared
adj
Not prepared; caught by surprise.
noun
A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.