(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bisphenoid
candlepins
candlepins
noun
plural of candlepin
centipedes
centipedes
noun
plural of centipede
dauphiness
dauphiness
noun
The wife of a dauphin.
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
deceptions
deceptions
noun
plural of deception
deiphontes
delphinius
dendraspis
dennisport
dentiscalp
dentiscalp
noun
An instrument for scraping the teeth; a toothpick.
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.
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
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
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
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
empoisoned
empoisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empoison
endophasia
endophasia
noun
Internal speech that is not vocalized.
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
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
epeisodion
epidesmine
epimenides
epimenides
Proper noun
Epimenides of Knossos.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
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.
expedients
expedients
noun
plural of expedient
friendship
friendship
noun
(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
(uncountable) Good will.
(uncountable) The condition of being friends.
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
hesperidin
hesperidin
noun
(biochemistry) a flavanone glycoside found in citrus fruit
hyphenised
hypnotised
hypnotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise
idiosepion
impedances
impedances
noun
plural of impedance
imprisoned
imprisoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprison
impudences
impudences
noun
plural of impudence
incomposed
incomposed
adj
(obsolete) disordered; disturbed
indescript
indescript
adj
(rare) undescribed
indisposed
indisposed
adj
(euphemistic) In the lavatory/WC.
(euphemistic) Undressed; not yet dressed enough to be seen by visitors.
Mildly ill.
Not disposed, predisposed, or inclined; unwilling.
indisputed
indisputed
adj
(obsolete) Undisputed.
infraposed
inspiredly
inspiredly
adv
In an inspired manner
inspirited
inspirited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inspirit
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.
kidnappers
kidnappers
noun
plural of kidnapper
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
limpidness
limpidness
noun
The property of being limpid, clarity.
maidenship
maidenship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a maiden.
mainprised
mainprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mainprise
midshipmen
midshipmen
noun
plural of midshipman
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
mispainted
mispainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispaint
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
mispointed
mispointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispoint
misprinted
misprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misprint
misspender
misspender
noun
One who misspends.
monopodies
monopodies
noun
plural of monopody
necropsied
necropsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of necropsy
nonstriped
nonstriped
adj
Not striped.
nymphoides
opsonified
opsonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of opsonify
outspinned
painesdale
pairedness
pairedness
noun
The quality of being paired.
palisander
palisander
noun
rosewood
pallidness
pallidness
noun
The characteristic of being pallid.
pandectist
pandectist
adj
Pertaining to the German adaptation of Roman law in the early sixteenth century.
Pertaining to the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
noun
A proponent or developer of a complete code of laws of a country, especially of the German pandestic law.
An expert on the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
pandership
pandership
noun
(obsolete) The work of a pander; pimping.
pandowdies
pandowdies
noun
plural of pandowdy
pansideman
paradisean
paradisean
adj
paradisiacal
parmenides
pasquinade
pasquinade
noun
A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
verb
(transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.
patronised
patronised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronise