(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
compounder
compounder
noun
(UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
(UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
crapaudine
crapaudine
noun
(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
depurition
depurition
noun
Alternative form of depuration
diparentum
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
dukkeripen
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
endopleura
endopleura
noun
(botany) The inner coating of a seed; the tegmen.
enraptured
enraptured
adj
Marked by fondness; filled with delight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enrapture
epidendrum
epidendrum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
expounders
expounders
noun
plural of expounder
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
imprudence
imprudence
noun
(countable) An imprudent act.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
imprudency
imprudency
noun
(obsolete) The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
(obsolete, countable) An imprudent act.
landlouper
landlouper
noun
A vagabond; a vagrant.
nephridium
nephridium
noun
(anatomy) The embryonic excretory organ that develops into the kidney.
(biology) A tubular excretory organ in some invertebrates.
nephrodium
nonprudent
outpreened
outpreened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpreen
overpruned
overpruned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprune
pandurated
papandreou
paperbound
paperbound
adj
(comparable) Involving or burdened by excessive administrative requirements, especially in the form of paperwork.
(not comparable, of a book) Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered.
noun
(dated) A paperback book.
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
pedicuring
pedicuring
verb
present participle of pedicure
peduncular
peduncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a peduncle
perdurance
perdurance
noun
permanence, persistence
peridinium
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
pleurodont
pleurodont
adj
(zoology) Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones
noun
(zoology) Any reptile with teeth of this kind.
plunderage
plunderage
noun
(maritime law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
plunderers
plunderers
noun
plural of plunderer
plunderess
plunderess
noun
(rare) A female plunderer.
plundering
plundering
noun
The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.
verb
present participle of plunder
plunderous
plunderous
adj
Tending to plunder.
portunidae
preadjourn
preadjunct
preattuned
precluding
precluding
verb
present participle of preclude
preconduct
preexpound
prefounder
preguiding
prehaunted
preinclude
preinclude
verb
(transitive) To include beforehand.
preinduced
preinduced
adj
induced prior to some other operation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preinduce
preindulge
preinsured
prejudging
prejudging
verb
present participle of prejudge
premundane
preprudent
prepunched
prepunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prepunch
presuspend
profounder
profounder
adj
comparative form of profound: more profound
pronounced
pronounced
adj
strongly marked.
uttered, articulated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pronounce
propounded
propounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of propound
propounder
propounder
noun
One who propounds.
protrudent
prudential
prudential
adj
Advisory; superintending or executive.
Characterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation.
Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious.
noun
(archaic, chiefly in the plural) A matter requiring prudence.
prudentius
pseudandry
pseudandry
noun
(rare) The use by a female writer of a male pseudonym.
punditries
punditries
noun
plural of punditry
putredinal
putredinis
putridness
putridness
noun
putridity
recompound
recompound
verb
(transitive) To compound again or anew.
rudolphine
rudolphine
Adjective
Pertaining to, or designating, the a set of astronomical tables computed by in 1627, using data collected by
serpulidan
splendrous
splendrous
adj
Splendid, having splendor.
spurwinged
spurwinged
adj
(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
superadorn
superdense
superdense
adj
(of matter) More dense than ordinary matter.
(of quantum coding of information) Having an information density of two classical bits per qubit, made possible by a shared entanglement state between sender and recipient.
superdying
superendow
superindue
supervened
supervened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of supervene
surprinted
surprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of surprint
suspenders
suspenders
noun
(Britain) Small straps, attached to a suspender belt, that hold up a woman's stockings.
(US) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
tenpounder
tenpounder
noun
The ladyfish (Elops saurus).
turnipweed
unapprised
unapprised
adj
Not apprised or informed
unapprized
unapproved
unapproved
adj
(archaic) Not proven.
Not approved.
unaspersed
unaspersed
adj
Not aspersed (falsely or maliciously charged with something).
uncaptured
uncaptured
adj
Not captured.
verb
past participle of uncapture
uncarpeted
uncarpeted
adj
Not carpeted.
uncompared
uncompared
adj
Not compared.
uncoopered
uncoopered
adj
Not coopered.
uncrippled
uncrippled
adj
Not crippled.
uncrumpled
uncrumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrumple
undecipher
undecipher
verb
(transitive) To decipher.
undecrepit
undeparted
undeparted
adj
Not departed.
undeplored
undeplored
adj
Not deplored.
undeported
undepraved
undepraved
adj
(archaic) Not morally depraved or corrupted.
undeprived
undeprived
Adjective
Not deprived.
undercreep
undercreep
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To creep secretly or imperceptibly.
undercrypt
underdepth
undergrope
underpants
underpants
noun
underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
underparts
underparts
noun
plural of underpart
underpitch
underpitch
Verb
To fill underneath; to stuff.
underplain
underplant
underplant
noun
A plant that has been planted underneath others.
verb
(transitive) To plant too little of.
(transitive) To plant underneath.
underplate
underplate
noun
(geology) A tectonic plate that forms or moves under another.
An armoured plate that forms part of a mortice lock.
verb
(geology) To act as an underplate.
underplays
underplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underplay
underpoint
underpoint
adj
Below the point (any sense)
noun
(music) The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
A downward facing point on the underside.
Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
verb
(masonry) To point the underside.
To add a dot beneath a letter as a proofreading or diacritical mark.
To emphasize or call attention to a point within a discussion.
To include too few points.
To indicate or focus on a position closer than the one that is intended.
underporch
underpower
underpower
verb
(transitive) To supply with insufficient power.
underprice
underprice
verb
To sell at a lower price than another (especially than a competitor)
To set a price at less than the value of an item
underprint
underprint
adj
(printing) The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.
noun
(geology) A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.
(philately) Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
(philately, considered incorrect usage) a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
underprior
underprize
underprize
verb
(transitive) To undervalue; to underestimate.
underproof
underproof
adj
Having a lower alcohol content than proof spirit.
verb
(baking) To proof insufficiently.
underscoop
undersharp
undersleep
undersleep
verb
(intransitive) To sleep too little.
underslept
underslept
adj
Having slept too little.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undersleep
underslope
underspend
underspend
noun
An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended.
verb
To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
underspent
underspent
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underspend
underspore
understamp
understrap
understrap
noun
A strap running underneath something.
underswamp
undersweep
undersweep
noun
A dance move where one leg is swept horizontally under the other.
An insufficient return eye movement during reading.
underswept
undertrump
undertrump
verb
(card games) To play a lower trump card than the previous one in a trick.
undescript
undescript
adj
(nonstandard) Nondescript.
undiapered
undiapered
adj
Not wearing diapers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undiaper
unexplored
unexplored
adj
Which has not been explored.
unexported
unexported
adj
Not exported.
ungrappled
ungrappled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ungrapple
unhampered
unhampered
adj
Not hampered.
unimpaired
unimpaired
adj
Not impaired.
unimparted
unimparted
adj
Not imparted.
unimplored
unimplored
adj
Not implored.
unimported
unimported
adj
Not imported.
unimproved
unimproved
adj
Not selectively bred for better quality or productiveness
Not used or employed advantageously
not tilled, built on, or otherwise improved for use.
uninspired
uninspired
adj
Lacking inspiration; dull or dry
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uninspire