(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.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
diparentum
dipleurula
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
eupatridae
eupatridae
Noun
The ancient nobility of the Greek region of Attica.
euripidean
euripidean
Adjective
Of definition relating to Euripides
hyperdulia
hyperdulia
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
outpraised
outpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpraise
paguroidea
pauperised
pauperised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pauperise
pauperized
pauperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pauperize
pediastrum
periductal
periductal
adj
Around a duct (for example, the ductus arteriosus).
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
pisauridae
pleurodira
pluralised
pluralised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pluralise
pluralized
pluralized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pluralize
portunidae
poulardize
praeludium
praeludium
noun
Obsolete spelling of preludium
praesidium
praesidium
noun
Alternative form of presidium
predacious
predacious
adj
Alternative spelling of predaceous
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.
putredinal
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
repudative
repudiable
repudiable
adj
Able or fit to be repudiated.
repudiated
repudiated
adj
disowned
divorced such as by a spouse
rejected as untrue or unjust
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repudiate
repudiates
repudiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repudiate
repudiator
repudiator
noun
One who repudiates.
serpulidae
serpulidan
superideal
tepidarium
tepidarium
noun
(historical) A boiler in which the water was heated.
(historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
Any room containing a warm bath.
thraupidae
tripudiate
tripudiate
verb
(rare, poetic) To dance with joy or exultation.
unapprised
unapprised
adj
Not apprised or informed
unapprized
underplain
undiapered
undiapered
adj
Not wearing diapers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undiaper
unimpaired
unimpaired
adj
Not impaired.
unimparted
unimparted
adj
Not imparted.
unoverpaid
unparadise
unparadise
verb
(transitive) To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to make unhappy.
unparodied
unparodied
adj
Coordinate term: unsatirized
Not having been parodied.
unpillared
unpillared
adj
Not pillared.
unrepaired
unrepaired
adj
Not repaired.
unspiraled
unsprained
unsprained
adj
Not sprained.
upbraiders
upbraiders
noun
plural of upbraider
vapourised
vapourised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vapourise
vapourized
vapourized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vapourize