(historical) The period or duration of this office.
apartheids
apartheids
noun
plural of apartheid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apartheid
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
beldamship
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
bisphenoid
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
dauphiness
dauphiness
noun
The wife of a dauphin.
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
dealership
dealership
noun
A place that sells items, especially cars.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
deemphasis
deemphasis
noun
Alternative spelling of de-emphasis
deiphontes
delphinius
demisphere
demorphism
depolished
depolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolish
depolishes
depolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depolish
deputyship
deputyship
noun
The position or role of deputy.
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
diaphorase
diaphorase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds
diaphyseal
diaphyseal
adj
Of or pertaining to diaphysis
diastrophe
dicephalus
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
diophysite
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diotrephes
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diplophase
diplophase
noun
(biology) The diploid phase in the life cycle of an organism
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
diskophile
dispatched
dispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispatch
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
dispatches
dispatches
noun
plural of dispatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispatch
disphenoid
disphenoid
adj
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
noun
(geometry) A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
displenish
displenish
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
disulphide
disulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of disulfide
disulphone
docentship
drivership
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
dysphemism
dysphemism
noun
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original.
dysphemize
dysphemize
verb
(rare, transitive) To describe in dysphemisms.
dysphrenia
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
emphasised
emphasised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emphasise
emphasized
emphasized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emphasize
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endosiphon
ephidrosis
euphausiid
euphausiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the taxonomic order Euphausiacea of krill.
euphemised
euphemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphemise
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
friendship
friendship
noun
(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
(uncountable) Good will.
(uncountable) The condition of being friends.
guidership
haploidies
haploidies
noun
plural of haploidy
harpalides
headpieces
headpieces
noun
plural of headpiece
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.
hemipodius
hemosporid
heraldship
heraldship
noun
The status or office of a herald.
hesperides
hesperidia
hesperidia
noun
plural of hesperidium
hesperidin
hesperidin
noun
(biochemistry) a flavanone glycoside found in citrus fruit
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hippiedoms
holdership
holdership
noun
The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
hydropsies
hydropsies
noun
plural of hydropsy
hydrospire
hydrospire
noun
A flattened calcareous tube on each side of the midline of the inner part of the ambulacra of a blastoid
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hyphenised
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
hypodermis
hypodermis
noun
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
impolished
judgeships
judgeships
noun
plural of judgeship
kyphosidae
leadership
leadership
noun
A group of leaders.
The capacity of someone to lead others.
The office or status of a leader.
maidenship
maidenship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a maiden.
mediumship
mediumship
noun
(parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.
midshipmen
midshipmen
noun
plural of midshipman
mispatched
mispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispatch
misphrased
misphrased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misphrase
misshipped
nymphoides
paddlefish
paddlefish
noun
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
pandership
pandership
noun
(obsolete) The work of a pander; pimping.
parishwide
pedagogish
phantasied
phantasied
adj
Dated form of fantasied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phantasy
philanders
philanders
noun
plural of philander
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander
phocylides
pistonhead
polishedly
polishedly
adv
In a polished manner; refinedly, elegantly.
polyphides
pondfishes
pondfishes
noun
plural of pondfish
poodleship
preshipped
priesthood
priesthood
noun
Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.
Priests as a group; the clergy.
The role or office of a priest.
prophesied
prophesied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prophesy
pseudaphia
pseudechis
readership
readership
noun
The collected readers of a publication.
The role or office of a reader.
redispatch
redispatch
noun
Repeat dispatch
verb
To dispatch again
repolished
repolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repolish
rhapsodies
rhapsodies
noun
plural of rhapsody
rhapsodize
rhapsodize
verb
(intransitive) To perform a rhapsody.
(intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
(transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
(transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
riderships
riderships
noun
plural of ridership
seraphtide
serphoidea
sheepified
shepherdia
shepherdia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Shepherdia of shrubs with silvery scurfy leaves.
shipholder
shipholder
noun
The owner of a ship.
shoplifted
shoplifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shoplift
shopsoiled
shopsoiled
adj
Alternative form of shop-soiled
siphonated
siphuncled
siphuncled
adj
(zoology) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
sisyphides
speedlight
speedlight
noun
(photography) A flashgun that is not fixed to a camera
sphaeridia
sphaeridia
noun
plural of sphaeridium
sphecoidea
sphegoidea
sphenoidal
sphenoidal
adj
Synonym of sphenoid
sphenopsid
sphenopsid
noun
Any horsetail of the former order Sphenopsida, now Equisetopsida
spheradian
spheroidal
spheroidal
adj
Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
noun
A spheroid
spheroidic
spheroidic
Adjective
spheroidal
sphindidae
sphingidae
sphyraenid
sphyraenid
noun
(zoology) Any barracuda in the family Sphyraenidae.
sphyrnidae
spridhogue
springhead
springhead
noun
(figuratively) A source.
A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.
The source of a natural spring.
spritehood
spritehood
noun
The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
stupidhead
stupidhead
noun
Alternative form of stupid-head
sulphamide
sulphamide
noun
(chemistry) Any of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.
sulphazide
sulphidize
sulphimide
sulphimide
noun
Alternative form of sulfimide
sulphinide
sulphinide
noun
Alternative form of sulfinide
sulphoxide
sulphoxide
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxide
sylphidine
syphilized
syphilized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of syphilize