An instrument for scraping the teeth; a toothpick.
dependants
dependants
noun
plural of dependant
dependents
dependents
noun
plural of dependent
depictions
depictions
noun
plural of depiction
depletions
depletions
noun
plural of depletion
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
deposition
deposition
noun
(chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
(law) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
(meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
(religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.
The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
The removal of someone from office.
depressant
depressant
adj
(pharmacology) reducing functional or nervous activity.
noun
(mining) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
depressing
depressing
adj
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Causing depression or sadness.
verb
present participle of depress
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.
deputising
deputising
verb
present participle of deputise
desipience
desipience
noun
silliness, folly
desipiency
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.
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
despectant
desperance
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
despondent
despondent
adj
In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
desponsate
desponsate
verb
(transitive, archaic) To betroth.
desynapsis
desynapsis
noun
The separation of homologous chromosomes in the diplotene period of meiotic prophase
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
diaphonies
diaphonies
noun
plural of diaphony
diaspidine
diipenates
diosphenol
diosphenol
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of cyclic α-diketones which exist as enols
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
dipneustal
dipsadinae
dipyrenous
dipyrenous
adj
(botany) Containing two stones or nutlets.
disaproned
discepting
discepting
verb
present participle of discept
discerping
discerping
verb
present participle of discerp
discipline
discipline
noun
(Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
A controlled behaviour; self-control.
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
A punishment to train or maintain control.
A set of rules regulating behaviour.
A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
A state of order based on submission to authority.
A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
An enforced compliance or control.
verb
(transitive) To impose order on someone.
(transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
disemplane
disemplane
verb
Synonym of deplane (“disembark from an airplane”)
disenvelop
disenvelop
verb
To unwrap or disentangle.
dispansive
dispelling
dispelling
verb
present participle of dispel
dispending
dispending
verb
present participle of dispend
dispensary
dispensary
noun
(dated) Synonym of pharmacy, particularly one included in a hospital that does not act as a point of sale.
A retail establishment that sells marijuana and related supplies to customers with a prescription to use it for medical purposes.
An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice.
dispensate
dispensers
dispensers
noun
plural of dispenser
dispensing
dispensing
noun
The act by which something is dispensed or served out.
verb
present participle of dispense
dispensive
dispersant
dispersant
noun
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.
dispersing
dispersing
verb
present participle of disperse
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.
disphenoid
disphenoid
adj
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
noun
(geometry) A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
displanted
displanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of displant
displenish
displenish
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
disulphone
docentship
dopinesses
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
drainpipes
drainpipes
noun
Synonym of drainpipe trousers
plural of drainpipe
dreepiness
droopiness
droopiness
noun
The characteristic of being droopy.
duennaship
duennaship
noun
The role or status of duenna.
duopsonies
duopsonies
noun
plural of duopsony
dysphrenia
ecphonesis
ecphonesis
noun
(Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
(rhetoric) Exclamation.
eigenspace
eigenspace
noun
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
ellipsonic
elopements
elopements
noun
plural of elopement
emancipist
emancipist
noun
(Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
empennages
empennages
noun
plural of empennage
empoisoned
empoisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empoison
empoisoner
empoisoner
noun
(obsolete) A poisoner.
encapsuled
encapsuled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encapsule
encapsules
encapsules
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapsule
encarpuspi
encephalos
encephalos
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The encephalon.
enclasping
enclasping
verb
present participle of enclasp
encopreses
encopreses
noun
plural of encopresis
encopresis
encopresis
noun
(medicine) fecal incontinence in children
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endoplasma
endoplasma
noun
plural of endoplasm
endoscopes
endoscopes
noun
plural of endoscope
endoscopic
endoscopic
adj
Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
endosepsis
endosiphon
endosporia
endosporia
noun
plural of endosporium
endosporic
endosporic
adj
related to, or characgerized by, endospory
enraptures
enraptures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enrapture
ensignship
ensignship
noun
The state or rank of an ensign.
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
enterprise
enterprise
noun
(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
(uncountable) Active participation in projects.
A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
verb
(intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
(transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
(transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
enthalpies
enthalpies
noun
plural of enthalpy
entosphere
envelopers
envelopers
noun
plural of enveloper
eosinophil
eosinophil
adj
Alternative form of eosinophilic
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
epeisodion
epentheses
epentheses
noun
plural of epenthesis
epenthesis
epenthesis
noun
(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
ephemerons
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
epicanthus
epicanthus
noun
(anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
epicenters
epicenters
noun
plural of epicenter
epicranius
epicranius
noun
The occipitofrontalis muscle.
epicureans
epicureans
noun
plural of epicurean
epidesmine
epigenesis
epigenesis
noun
(biology) The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.
(geology) Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation.
epimenides
epimenides
Proper noun
Epimenides of Knossos.
epinasties
epinasties
noun
plural of epinasty
epiphanies
epiphanies
noun
plural of epiphany
epiphanise
epiphanise
verb
Britain standard spelling of epiphanize.
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
episarcine
episarkine
episcenium
episcopant
episcopant
noun
(Christianity, obsolete) A bishop.
episternal
episternal
adj
Of or pertaining to the episternum.
episternum
episternum
noun
(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.
epistolean
epistolean
noun
(rare) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.
epistomian
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
escaloping
escapement
escapement
noun
(clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
An escape or means of escape.
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
escapingly
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
esculapian
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
espacement
esperantic
esperantic
Adjective
In, relating to, or resembling Esperanto.
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
esplanades
esplanades
noun
plural of esplanade
espronceda
ethiopians
euphonious
euphonious
adj
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
euphrosyne
euphrosyne
Proper noun
One of the three Charites and the goddess of joy.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
europasian
europasian
Adjective
Eurasian
Noun
Eurasian
exaspidean
exaspidean
adj
(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.
exceptions
exceptions
noun
plural of exception
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
expansible
expansible
adj
expandable
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansions
expansions
noun
plural of expansion
expedients
expedients
noun
plural of expedient
expenseful
expenseful
adj
Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
expertness
expertness
noun
The state of being expert.
skill or proficiency
expiations
expiations
noun
plural of expiation
explainers
explainers
noun
plural of explainer
explosions
explosions
noun
plural of explosion
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
exposition
exposition
noun
(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
The abandonment of an unwanted child.
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
expounders
expounders
noun
plural of expounder
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
expression
expression
noun
(biology) (manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
(biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
(mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
(mostly preceded by with) emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader
(music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
(programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
A colloquialism or idiom.
A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
A particular way of phrasing an idea.
A specific blend of whisky.
The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.