(historical) The period or duration of this office.
apartheids
apartheids
noun
plural of apartheid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apartheid
apprehends
apprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
asphodelus
beachdrops
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
beechdrops
beechdrops
noun
Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
beldamship
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
bisphenoid
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
blasphemed
blasphemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blaspheme
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.
deathtraps
deathtraps
noun
plural of deathtrap
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.
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
despatched
despatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despatch
despatcher
despatcher
noun
Alternative form of dispatcher
despatches
despatches
noun
plural of despatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despatch
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
handscrape
haploidies
haploidies
noun
plural of haploidy
harpalides
headphones
headphones
noun
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
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.
hemapodous
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
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
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.
hotpressed
hotpressed
adj
that has been heated and pressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hotpress
hotspurred
hydropotes
hydropsies
hydropsies
noun
plural of hydropsy
hydroscope
hydroscope
noun
(historical) A kind of water clock consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom.
A device for viewing objects below the surface of the water.
hydrospace
hydrospace
noun
That part of the Earth, or other planet, that lies below the surface of its lakes, seas and oceans,
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
jamshedpur
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.
mapleshade
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
nonplushed
nonplushed
adj
(dated, pronunciation spelling) nonplussed
nymphoides
pachyderms
pachyderms
noun
plural of pachyderm
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.
panhandles
panhandles
noun
plural of panhandle
parishwide
pedagogish
pedosphere
pedosphere
noun
The outermost layer or "skin" of the Earth, subject to soil formation processes.
penthoused
penthoused
adj
(archaic) Furnished with a penthouse or exterior building.
personhood
personhood
noun
The state or period of being a person.
The status of being considered as a person.
phantasied
phantasied
adj
Dated form of fantasied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phantasy
phenacodus
philanders
philanders
noun
plural of philander
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander
phocylides
phosphated
phosphated
adj
Containing phosphates.
phymatodes
physoderma
pistonhead
pledgeshop
polishedly
polishedly
adv
In a polished manner; refinedly, elegantly.
polyphides
pondfishes
pondfishes
noun
plural of pondfish
poodleship
postholder
postholder
noun
The holder of a post (title).
potholders
potholders
noun
plural of potholder
prehardens
prehardens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preharden
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
pseudhemal
pseudosoph
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
reprehends
reprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprehend
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.