simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
aperulosid
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
demorphism
dennisport
depolarise
depolarise
verb
Alternative spelling of depolarize
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.
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
diaphorase
diaphorase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds
diaporesis
diastrophe
diotrephes
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
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.
droopiness
droopiness
noun
The characteristic of being droopy.
dryopteris
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
endosporia
endosporia
noun
plural of endosporium
endosporic
endosporic
adj
related to, or characgerized by, endospory
ephidrosis
epidermose
epidermose
noun
(biochemistry) keratin
epidermous
epiparodos
hemosporid
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.
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
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
infraposed
interposed
interposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interpose
isoprenoid
isoprenoid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound formally derived from one or more isoprene units.
jeopardies
jeopardies
noun
plural of jeopardy
jeopardise
jeopardise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize.
misproduce
misproduce
verb
To produce something poorly, or in an improper way
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misreposed
necropsied
necropsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of necropsy
nonstriped
nonstriped
adj
Not striped.
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
overspiced
overspiced
adj
Too strongly spiced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspice
pastorised
patronised
patronised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronise
pediferous
pediferous
adj
(zoology) pedigerous; having feet
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
perdendosi
perdendosi
noun
(music) A gradual fading away.
perfidious
perfidious
adj
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
peridromos
peroxidase
peroxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
podiatries
pomaderris
posturised
posturised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturise
posturized
posturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of posturize
predacious
predacious
adj
Alternative spelling of predaceous
predations
predations
noun
plural of predation
predeposit
predeposit
verb
(transitive) To deposit in advance.
predictors
predictors
noun
plural of predictor
predispose
predispose
verb
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
prednisone
prednisone
noun
(pharmacology) A glucocorticoid C₂₁H₂₆O₅ that is a dehydrogenated analog of cortisone, used to relieve rheumatic and allergic conditions and to treat leukemia.
preimposed
preimposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preimpose
preludious
preludious
adj
(archaic) preludial
preordains
preordains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preordain
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.
princedoms
princedoms
noun
plural of princedom
priodontes
prologised
prologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prologise
prophesied
prophesied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prophesy
proscribed
proscribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of proscribe
proskomide
prosodemic
prosodetic
pterideous
pteropsida
pyranoside
pyranoside
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoside of a pyranose
radioscope
radioscope
noun
An instrument for detecting or studying X-rays.
redeposits
redeposits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of redeposit
redisposed
redisposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of redispose
repolished
repolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repolish
repromised
repromised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repromise
responding
responding
noun
response
verb
present participle of respond
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.
ridgepoles
ridgepoles
noun
plural of ridgepole
scorpaenid
scorpaenid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Scorpaenidae, a scorpionfish.
semiperoid
semitorpid
semitorpid
adj
Somewhat torpid.
serpentoid
serphoidea
shipholder
shipholder
noun
The owner of a ship.
slideproof
slideproof
adj
Resistant to sliding or skidding.
slipformed
slipformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of slipform
snipperado
spermatoid
spermatoid
adj
(biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
spheroidal
spheroidal
adj
Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
noun
A spheroid
spheroidic
spheroidic
Adjective
spheroidal
spiderwork
spiderwork
noun
Lace worked by spider stitch.
spiderwort
spiderwort
noun
A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
sporidiole
spridhogue
spritehood
spritehood
noun
The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
superoxide
superoxide
noun
(chemistry) A peroxide
(chemistry) The univalent anion, O₂⁻, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion
supersolid
supersolid
noun
(mathematics) An analogue in a space of four or more dimensions of a solid in three dimensions.
(physics) A superfluid material that has a spatially ordered structure similar to a crystal.
temporised
temporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of temporise
torpedoist
torpedoist
noun
One skilled in the theory or use of naval torpedoes.
One who favours the use of torpedoes.
torpidness
torpidness
noun
torpor; torpidity
trapezoids
trapezoids
noun
plural of trapezoid
unprisoned
unprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unprison
unpromised
unpromised
adj
Not promised.
verb
past tense of unpromise
unprovised
vapourised
vapourised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vapourise
worshipped
worshipped
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of worship