(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
apartheids
apartheids
noun
plural of apartheid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apartheid
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
catchpoled
chaetopoda
deathtraps
deathtraps
noun
plural of deathtrap
dehepatize
dentaphone
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
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
diaphorite
diaphorite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
diastrophe
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
diphtheria
diphtheria
noun
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
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
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.
edaphodont
empathized
empathized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empathize
endopathic
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
hecatomped
hedgetaper
heptachord
heptachord
noun
(music) A lyre with seven chords.
(music) A system of seven sounds.
(poetry) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
heptadecyl
heptadecyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₇H₃₅, formally derived from heptadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
heptahedra
heptandria
heptaploid
heptaploid
adj
Having seven complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
noun
(biology) Such a cell or organism.
heptapodic
heteropoda
hyphenated
hyphenated
adj
Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
Written with a hyphen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyphenate
lappethead
methyldopa
methyldopa
noun
(pharmacology) The compound 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methyl-L-alanine, C₁₀H₁₃NO₄, which is used as an antihypertensive agent.
mispatched
mispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispatch
orthopaedy
orthopaedy
noun
Alternative form of orthopedy
orthopedia
orthopedia
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine which deals with the prevention and correction of deformities in bodies; orthopedics.
packthread
packthread
noun
(archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
parachuted
parachuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parachute
parenthood
parenthood
noun
The state of being a parent
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
partheniad
partheniad
noun
(obsolete) A poem in honour of a virgin.
pathfinder
pathfinder
noun
One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
One who first does something; a pioneer.
pedanthood
pedatrophy
pentachord
pentachord
noun
(music) Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
A musical instrument with five strings.
pentahedra
phalerated
phantasied
phantasied
adj
Dated form of fantasied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phantasy
phenolated
phenolated
adj
Reacted with a phenol or phenolate
Treated with phenol
phenylated
phenylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Modified by the addition of phenyl groups.