(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.
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
desmotrope
desmotropy
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.
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
despectant
despiteful
despiteful
adj
(archaic) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
despiteous
despiteous
adj
Dispiteous.
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
despondent
despondent
adj
In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
desponsate
desponsate
verb
(transitive, archaic) To betroth.
despotical
despotical
adj
Despotic.
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
despotisms
despotisms
noun
plural of despotism
despumated
despumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despumate
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
devaporate
developist
dexiotrope
diapedetic
diapedetic
adj
Relating to diapedesis.
diaphorite
diaphorite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
diastrophe
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
diipenates
dilapidate
dilapidate
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To fall into ruin or disuse.
(transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
(transitive, figurative) To squander or waste.
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
dimplement
dimplement
noun
The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
diophysite
diotrephes
diparentum
dipetalous
dipetalous
adj
(botany) Having two petals.
diphtheria
diphtheria
noun
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
diphtheric
diphtheric
adj
Relating to, or having, diphtheria.
diphyletic
diphyletic
adj
(biology) Of or relating to two phylums.
diplanetic
diplomates
diplomates
noun
plural of diplomate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diplomate
diplophyte
diplophyte
noun
(biology) sporophyte
diploptera
diplotegia
dipneustal
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
disapostle
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
discrepate
disculpate
disculpate
verb
(transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
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
dispensate
dispergate
dispersant
dispersant
noun
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.
dispersity
dispersity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is dispersed.
(uncountable) The state of being dispersed, of being a dispersion.
dispirited
dispirited
adj
Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispirit
dispiteous
dispiteous
adj
(archaic, literary) Not showing mercy or pity.
displanted
displanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of displant
disportive
disputable
disputable
adj
Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
disputeful
disreputed
disreputed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disrepute
disreputes
disreputes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrepute
disrespect
disrespect
noun
A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
verb
(transitive) To show a lack of respect to someone or something.
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disrupture
disrupture
noun
Alternative form of disruption
disscepter
dissceptre
dissipated
dissipated
adj
Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dissipate
dissipater
dissipater
noun
Alternative form of dissipator
dissipates
dissipates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissipate
distempers
distempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper
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.
docentship
dodecuplet
dodecuplet
noun
(music) A group of twelve notes, typically to be played in place of eight
doorplates
doorplates
noun
plural of doorplate
dopplerite
dopplerite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived from the maceration of peat.
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
driftpiece
dryopteris
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
duperrault
duplicated
duplicated
verb
past participle of duplicate
duplicates
duplicates
noun
plural of duplicate
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
dyspeptics
dyspeptics
noun
plural of dyspeptic
edaphodont
editorship
editorship
noun
The position or job of being an editor
empathized
empathized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empathize
endopathic
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
endopodite
endopodite
noun
(biology) The innermost of two processes attached to the basal process of the limbs of some Crustacea.
endoprocta
endotrophi
endotropic
enraptured
enraptured
adj
Marked by fondness; filled with delight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enrapture
epauletted
epauletted
adj
Alternative form of epauleted
epideictic
epideictic
adj
Of or pertaining to rhetoric of ceremony, declamation, and demonstration, most often the rhetoric of funerals and other formal events. One of the three branches, or "species" (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined by Aristotle.
epideistic
epidiorite
epidiorite
noun
A greenish metamorphic rock composed of plagioclase and hornblende.
epileptoid
epileptoid
adj
(medicine) Resembling epilepsy.
noun
(archaic) A person with epilepsy.
epipoditic
epitheloid
epitheloid
adj
Alternative form of epithelioid
epitomised
epitomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epitomise
epitomized
epitomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epitomize
eupatridae
eupatridae
Noun
The ancient nobility of the Greek region of Attica.
eurypterid
eurypterid
noun
A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first animals to venture onto land.
evaporated
evaporated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaporate
exculpated
exculpated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exculpate
exopoditic
exopoditic
adj
(zoology) Relating to the exopodite.
expatiated
expatiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expatiate
expectedly
expectedly
adv
In an expected way; as expected; predictably.
expediente
expedients
expedients
noun
plural of expedient
expediment
expediment
noun
Obsolete form of expedient.
expeditate
expeditate
verb
(UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.
expeditely
expeditely
adv
In an expedite manner; expeditiously.
expediters
expediters
noun
plural of expediter
expediting
expediting
verb
present participle of expedite
expedition
expedition
noun
(collective) The group of people making such excursion.
(military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
(now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
(obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
expeditive
expeditive
adj
(obsolete) Performing with speed.
expenditor
expertised
expertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expertise
expertized
expertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expertize
expiscated
expiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiscate
explicated
explicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explicate
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
extirpated
extirpated
adj
(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extirpate
farstepped
ferrotyped
ferrotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferrotype
fieldstrip
fieldstrip
verb
Alternative form of field strip
forcipated
forcipated
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
gasteropod
gasteropod
noun
Alternative form of gastropod
gliderport
gliderport
noun
(aviation) An airport for gliders.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
goldenpert
goldenpert
noun
The plant Gratiola aurea, the golden hedgehyssop.
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
hecatomped
hedgetaper
helicopted
helicopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of helicopt
heliotyped
heliotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heliotype
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.