(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.
dampcourse
departures
departures
noun
plural of departure
depastured
depastured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depasture
depudorate
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
depuratory
depuratory
adj
Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
diparentum
dipleurula
drupaceous
drupaceous
adj
of, relating to, resembling, or producing drupes
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
duperrault
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
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
eupatridae
eupatridae
Noun
The ancient nobility of the Greek region of Attica.
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
europeward
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
harrumphed
harrumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harrumph
hyperdulia
hyperdulia
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
jamshedpur
jeapordous
jeopardous
jeopardous
adj
Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous
landlouper
landlouper
noun
A vagabond; a vagrant.
outcapered
outcapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcaper
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
outspreads
outspreads
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread
paguroidea
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.
parachuted
parachuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parachute
paradoxure
paradoxure
noun
Any member of the species of genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
pauperised
pauperised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pauperise
pauperized
pauperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pauperize
pediastrum
peduncular
peduncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a peduncle
perdurable
perdurable
adj
very durable; long-lasting
perdurably
perdurably
adv
in a perdurable manner
perdurance
perdurance
noun
permanence, persistence
periductal
periductal
adj
Around a duct (for example, the ductus arteriosus).
permutated
permutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of permutate
perquadrat
persuaders
persuaders
noun
plural of persuader
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
pisauridae
pleurodira
plugdrawer
plunderage
plunderage
noun
(maritime law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
pluralised
pluralised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pluralise
pluralized
pluralized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pluralize
portunidae
poulardize
praeludium
praeludium
noun
Obsolete spelling of preludium
praesidium
praesidium
noun
Alternative form of presidium
preaccused
preadjourn
preadjunct
preadjusts
preadjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preadjust
prealluded
preassumed
preassumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preassume
preassured
preattuned
predaceous
predaceous
adj
Surviving by preying on other animals.
predacious
predacious
adj
Alternative spelling of predaceous
predefault
preeducate
prehaunted
premundane
procedural
procedural
adj
(computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
Related to procedure.
noun
(literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
prodefault
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.
pseudocarp
pseudocarp
noun
(botany) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part of a strawberry or fig.
pseudovary
pseudovary
noun
Alternative form of pseudovarium
pulverated
pulverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pulverate
putredinal
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadrupeds
quadrupeds
noun
plural of quadruped
quadrupled
quadrupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruple
quadruples
quadruples
noun
plural of quadruple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple
quadruplet
quadruplet
noun
(music) A tuplet of four notes.
A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
A sequence of four elements.
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
quadruplex
quadruplex
adj
Having four components.
Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.
noun
A quadruplex system.
verb
(transitive) To make quadruplex.
quadrupole
quadrupole
noun
(physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
(physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
recaptured
recaptured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recapture
repersuade
repersuade
verb
(transitive) To persuade again.
repudative
repudiable
repudiable
adj
Able or fit to be repudiated.
repudiated
repudiated
adj
disowned
divorced such as by a spouse
rejected as untrue or unjust
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repudiate
repudiates
repudiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repudiate
repudiator
repudiator
noun
One who repudiates.
serpulidae
serpulidan
spermaduct
spermaduct
noun
A spermatic duct.
sporulated
sporulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sporulate
sprauchled
sprauchled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sprauchle
spurgalled
spurgalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spurgall
superadded
superadded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of superadd
superadorn
superaward
superdural
superideal
supperward
suppurated
suppurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of suppurate
suprapedal
suprapedal
adj
(zoology) Situated above the foot of a mollusk.
tepidarium
tepidarium
noun
(historical) A boiler in which the water was heated.
(historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
Any room containing a warm bath.
thraupidae
tripudiate
tripudiate
verb
(rare, poetic) To dance with joy or exultation.
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.