simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adrianople
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
airdropped
airdropped
adj
dropped from an aircraft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airdrop
airproofed
airproofed
adj
That has been made airtight
aperulosid
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
argiopidae
arpeggioed
arpeggioed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggio
bridgeport
bridgeport
Proper noun
a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a neighbourhood on Nova Scotia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA.
a CDP in and the county seat of California, USA.
an unincorporated community in California.
a seaport city in Connecticut, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA
an unincorporated community in New Jersey, USA.
hamlet and CDP in and New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a small town in Oklahoma, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
an unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA.
a former community in Utah, USA.
a city in Washington, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin, USA.
broadpiece
broadpiece
noun
(historical) An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, such as a Carolus or Jacobus.
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
cercopidae
cheiropody
cheiropody
noun
Archaic form of chiropody.
cipherhood
cipherhood
noun
nothingness
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
coperiodic
cordycepin
cordycepin
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A deoxy form of adenosine.
crippledom
crippledom
noun
The state of being a cripple.
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
decompiler
decompiler
noun
(computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
demorphism
dendrophil
dennisport
deperition
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
depolarise
depolarise
verb
Alternative spelling of depolarize
depolarize
depolarize
verb
(transitive) To demagnetize.
(transitive) To remove the polarization from something.
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
depositors
depositors
noun
plural of depositor
depository
depository
noun
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
depositure
depositure
noun
(rare) The act of depositing.
depression
depression
noun
(biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
(economics) A period of major economic contraction.
(economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
(psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
(psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
The act of lowering or pressing something down.
depriorize
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
descriptor
descriptor
noun
(computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
(linguistics) A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
desorption
desorption
noun
The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption.
despoilers
despoilers
noun
plural of despoiler
dexiotrope
diaphorase
diaphorase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds
diaphorite
diaphorite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
diaporesis
diastrophe
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
diotrephes
diploptera
dipolarize
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
disapprove
disapprove
verb
(intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
(transitive) To refuse to approve; reject.
She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.
To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
disaproned
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
disempower
disempower
verb
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dispeopler
dispeopler
noun
One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.
dispermous
dispermous
adj
(botany) Having only two seeds.
dispersion
dispersion
noun
(medicine) The removal of inflammation.
(optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
A process of dispersing.
The degree of scatter of data.
The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
dispersoid
dispersoid
noun
Dispersoids are ultrafine nanometer-scale and numerous finely divided particles of one substance dispersed within another liquid or solid. For example carbon or niobium in a steel matrix.
colloid
disportive
disprofess
disprofess
verb
(obsolete, rare) To give up, renounce.
dispromise
disprovide
disprovide
verb
(obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
dispurpose
dispurpose
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dissuade; to frustrate.
dopperbird
dopplerite
dopplerite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived from the maceration of peat.
droopiness
droopiness
noun
The characteristic of being droopy.
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
dryopteris
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
endocarpic
endosporia
endosporia
noun
plural of endosporium
endosporic
endosporic
adj
related to, or characgerized by, endospory
endotrophi
endotropic
ephidrosis
epichordal
epichordal
adj
(anatomy) Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
epidendron
epidermoid
epidermoid
adj
Similar to epidermal tissue but not histologically identical, or possibly not so (to the extent known by the pathologist so far).
noun
(pathology) An epidermoid cyst
epidermose
epidermose
noun
(biochemistry) keratin
epidermous
epidiorite
epidiorite
noun
A greenish metamorphic rock composed of plagioclase and hornblende.
epiparodos
expenditor
forcipated
forcipated
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
foreperiod
foreperiod
noun
A time interval, in reaction time experiments, between the ready signal and the stimulus
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
hemosporid
heparinoid
heparinoid
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin
hermokopid
hippodrome
hippodrome
noun
(US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
(archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.
A horse racing course.
verb
(US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
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.
hydrophile
hydrophile
adj
Hydrophilic.
noun
(chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
(zoology) Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.
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
hyperoxide
hyperoxide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any oxide that has a higher than normal ratio of oxygen to metal
hyperploid
hyperploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number
(medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number
noun
A hyperploid organism.
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypodermic
hypodermic
adj
Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
noun
A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
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.
hyporhined
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
improvided
improvided
adj
Unforeseen.
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
infraposed
interloped
interloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlope
interposed
interposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interpose
iridophore
iridophore
noun
(histology) iridocyte
isoprenoid
isoprenoid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound formally derived from one or more isoprene units.
jeapordize
jeopardied
jeopardied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jeopardy
jeopardies
jeopardies
noun
plural of jeopardy
jeoparding
jeoparding
verb
present participle of jeopard
jeopardise
jeopardise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize.
jeopardize
jeopardize
verb
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
jeopordize
leopardine
leopardine
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a leopard.
leopardite
lepidopter
lepidopter
noun
lepidopteran; one of the Lepidoptera.
leporicide
madreporic
madreporic
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
meropodite
meropodite
noun
(biology) A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite
middleport
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misreposed
myoproteid
necropsied
necropsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of necropsy
neodiprion
nephrodium
nonproteid
nonproteid
adj
(archaic) Synonym of nonprotein
nonstriped
nonstriped
adj
Not striped.
notopterid
notopterid
noun
(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notopteridae, the featherbacks.
odoriphore
offprinted
offprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of offprint
ophiouride
orthopedia
orthopedia
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine which deals with the prevention and correction of deformities in bodies; orthopedics.
orthopedic
orthopedic
adj
Of, or relating to orthopedics.
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
overpained
overpriced
overpriced
adj
Priced higher than its real worth.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprice
overprized
overprized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprize
overspiced
overspiced
adj
Too strongly spiced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspice
paedotribe
paguroidea
palindrome
palindrome
noun
(by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
(by extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
(genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
pandoridae
panorpidae
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.